The 2022 SheBelieves Cup, named the 2022 SheBelieves Cup Presented by Visa for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh edition of the

SheBelieves Cup The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...

, an invitational women's football tournament held in the United States. Featuring national teams from

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, and hosts

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, it began on February 17 and ended on February 23, 2022. The United States defended their title, winning their third straight and fifth overall title.

Catarina Macario Catarina Cantanhede Melônio Macário (born October 4, 1999) is a Brazilian-born American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon in the French Division 1 Féminine. She r ...

was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

Format

The four invited teams played a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

. 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. In the event two teams were tied in points, tie-breakers would be applied in the order of goal difference, goals scored, head-to-head result, and a fair play score based on the number of yellow and red cards.

Venue

Squads

Teams

Standings

Results

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Individual Award

Following the final game, the SheBelieves Cup awarded a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, named the Visa SheBelieves Cup MVP for sponsorship reasons. A five-member selection committee made up of representatives from the four participating nations and one other person nominated four finalists for the award: U.S. forwards

and Sophia Smith, Iceland midfielder

Dagný Brynjarsdóttir Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Selfoss, and collegiate ...

, and Czech Republic goalkeeper Barbora Votíková. Fans as well as the committee voted for a winner from the list of finalists, with Macario winning the MVP award.

Goalscorers

References

External links

Official website
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