2019 SheBelieves Cup

2019 SheBelieves Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 27 – March 5
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	77,809 (12,968 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tobin Heath Beth Mead Yuka Momiki Megan Rapinoe (2 goals each)

The 2019 SheBelieves Cup was the fourth edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States. Featuring national teams from Brazil, England, Japan, and hosts United States, it began on February 27 and ended on March 5, 2019. Having kept the same four teams in the first three editions, 2019 was the first time that France and Germany had not taken part. They were instead replaced by Japan and Brazil, the first time teams from either the AFC or CONMEBOL had taken part.

The United States were the defending champions. England won the tournament for the first time.

Format

The four invited teams played a round-robin tournament. Points awarded in the group stage followed the formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. A tie in points would be decided by goal differential; other tie-breakers are listed below.

Venues

Chester (Philadelphia area)	Nashville	Tampa
Talen Energy Stadium	Nissan Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 69,193	Capacity: 66,321
Chester Nashville Tampa

Squads

Main article: 2019 SheBelieves Cup squads

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2018)
United States	1
England	4
Japan	8
Brazil	10

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	England (C)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
2	United States (H)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Results

United States v Japan

February 27, 2019 16:00 ET

United States	2–2	Japan
Rapinoe  23' Morgan  76'	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/02/usa-ties-japan-22-in-teams-first-2019-shebelieves-cup-match	Nakajima  67' Momiki  90+1'

Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, Pennsylvania Attendance: 14,555 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

England v Brazil

February 27, 2019 19:00 ET

England	2–1	Brazil
White  49' Mead  75'	https://www.prosoccerusa.com/us-soccer/shebelieves-cup-england-downs-brazil-2-1-in-opening-match/	Andressa  16' (pen.)

Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, Pennsylvania Attendance: 5,954 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

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Brazil v Japan

March 2, 2019 13:00 CT

Brazil	1–3	Japan
Debinha  57'	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/03/02/16/52/20190302-2019-shebelieves-cup-brazil-vs-japan	Momiki  44' Kobayashi  81' Hasegawa  85'

Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee Attendance: 12,586 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

United States v England

March 2, 2019 15:30 CT

United States	2–2	England
Rapinoe  33' Heath  67'	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/03/03/01/07/20190302-wnt-usa-draws-england-2-2-2019-shebelieves-cup-nashville	Houghton  36' Parris  52'

Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee Attendance: 22,125 Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)

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Japan v England

March 5, 2019 17:25 ET

Japan	0–3	England
	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/03/05/20/06/20190305-2019-shebelieves-cup-japan-vs-england	Staniforth  12' Carney  23' Mead  30'

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

United States v Brazil

March 5, 2019 20:20 ET

United States	1–0	Brazil
Heath  20'	https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/03/06/03/45/20190305-wnt-defeats-brazil-1-0-2019-shebelieves-cup-tampa

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida Attendance: 14,009 Referee: Carol Anne Chénard (Canada)