Hayes became the 10th full-time head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team after leading the Chelsea FC Women for the last 11 seasons.
The U.S. women's national team will host Australia, Japan and Colombia in the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.
The 10th annual edition of the tournament will be played in Houston, San Diego and Glendale, Arizona, from Feb. 23-26, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday.
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The teams, which all played in the Paris Olympics this summer, will each play three games, one game apiece in each city, with the winner determined by points.
Because of the Olympics, the ninth edition of the SheBelieves Cup was abbreviated, with each team playing two games over two match days.
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"All four of these teams were in the last World Cup and Olympics, and all are in the building process to qualify for the next World Cup, so to get three games against talented teams and players in a format that replicates group play at a world championship is valuable in our process," U.S. coach Emma Hayes said in a statement.
The gold medal-winning United States will open with Colombia in Houston on Feb. 20, following by a match between Japan and Australia. The tournament moves to Glendale on Feb 23, with Colombia facing Japan before the U.S. plays Australia.
The final matches will be played on Feb. 26 in San Diego, with Australia playing Colombia before the U.S. faces Japan.
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The matches are the first scheduled for home soil for the United States in 2025.
