2020 SheBelieves Cup

The 2020 SheBelieves Cup was the fifth edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's soccer tournament held in the United States.

2020 SheBelieves Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	March 5–11
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	England
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	13 (2.17 per match)
Attendance	94,920 (15,820 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mana Iwabuchi Lucía García Alexia Putellas Christen Press (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Alexia Putellas
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Featuring national teams from Spain, England, Japan, and hosts United States, it began on March 5 and ended on March 11, 2020, making it the last soccer tournament in the United States to be completed before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all professional sports in the country.^[1] Apart from host United States, England were the only other team to have featured in every tournament, but this is the last time they have featured to date. 2020 was Japan's second appearance following their debut in 2019, while it was the first time Spain had taken part.

England were the defending champions.^[2]

The United States won their third overall title.^[3]

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

Orlando	Harrison (New York City area)	Frisco (Dallas-Fort Worth area)
Exploria Stadium	Red Bull Arena	Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 25,500	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 20,500[4]
Orlando Harrison Frisco

Squads

Main article: 2020 SheBelieves Cup squads

Teams

Team	FIFA Rankings (December 2019)
United States	1
England	6
Japan	10
Spain	13

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
	Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
	England	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking^[5]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Results

March 5, 2020

16:15 ET

Spain	3–1	Japan
Putellas 8' L. García 48', 78'	Report	Iwabuchi 44'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 7,528

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

March 5, 2020

19:00 ET

United States	2–0	England
Press 53' Lloyd 55'	Report

Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 16,531

Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

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March 8, 2020

14:15 ET

Japan	0–1	England
	Report	White 84'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 14,758

Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

March 8, 2020

17:00 ET

United States	1–0	Spain
Ertz 87'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

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March 11, 2020

16:15 CT

England	0–1	Spain
	Report	Putellas 83'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 10,507

Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

March 11, 2020

19:00 CT

United States	3–1	Japan
Rapinoe 7' Press 26' Horan 83'	Report	Iwabuchi 58'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 19,096

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.

2 goals

• Mana Iwabuchi
• Lucía García
• Alexia Putellas
• Christen Press

1 goal

• Ellen White
• Julie Ertz
• Lindsey Horan
• Carli Lloyd
• Megan Rapinoe