USWNT wins She Believes Cup

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By Jennifer Edwards
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FRISCO, TEXAS (March 16, 2020) The United States Women’s National Team quietly won the She Believes Cupon Wednesday, June 11, for the third time against the backdrop of global concern over COVID-19 (coronavirus). Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Lindsey Horan racked up the three US goals versus a single goal by Japan to win the championship. This is a huge feather in the cap of new head coach Vlatko Andonovski.

Many critical eyes were watching Andonovski from thestarting 11 to placement to personal reactions. In usual fashion, Andonovski showed the U.S. Soccer Federation they selected the perfect replacement for long time coach, Jill Ellis. Japan’s head coach, Asako Takakura, played an unusually rookie player back line against the United States powerhouse offense. 

While the score did not reflect the lopsided play, the United States consistently outplayed Japan most of the second half to secure the win. The She Believes Cup was created five seasons ago to test players for international teams and is seen as a “warm-up” to the Olympics being held in Tokyo, Japan this summer. 

The invitational tournament highlighted four international teams: United States, Spain, England, and Japan.