2016 SheBelieves Cup explained

Tourney Name:SheBelieves Cup
Year:2016
Country:United States
Dates:March 3–9
Num Teams:4
Confederations:2
Venues:3
Cities:3
Count:1
Matches:6
Goals:9
Top Scorer: Alex Morgan
(2 goals)
Player: Alex Morgan
Goalkeeper: Hope Solo
Nextseason:2017

The 2016 SheBelieves Cup was the inaugural edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. It took place between March 3 and 9, 2016,[1] before the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Squads

See main article: 2016 SheBelieves Cup squads.

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Venues

TampaNashvilleBoca Raton
(Miami area)
Raymond James StadiumNissan StadiumFAU Stadium
Capacity: 65,618Capacity: 69,143Capacity: 29,419

Results

The schedule was announced in January 2016.[1]

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Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Soccer to host inaugural SheBelieves Cup in March. Goal.com. January 12, 2016.
  2. Web site: U.S. Soccer to Host SheBelieves Cup Featuring USA, England, France and Germany. USSoccer.com. January 12, 2016.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160102030953/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/rank=552/index.html FIFA Rankings December 2015