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Brazil, Canada and Japan will travel to Orlando for the tournament, which will be hosted by the two-time defending world champions<\/div>\n
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U.S. Soccer has announced that the U.S. women’s national team will host the 2021 SheBelieves Cup in Orlando next month.<\/p>\n

The tournament will also feature Canada, Brazil and Japan, with six matches to take place February 18-24 at Exploria Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OTTAWA (660 NEWS) \u2014 The Canadian women\u2019s soccer squad is ready to hit the pitch again.<\/p>\n

Canada Soccer<\/a> has announced the team will head to Orlando next month to participate in the SheBelieves Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to get the team together for the first time to kick off an important 2021 season as we build towards the Tokyo Olympic Games this summer,\u201d Canadian head coach Bev Priestman said Monday in a release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SheBelieves Cup gives us the opportunity to face some of the top football teams in the world in a tournament setting. It will be a great opportunity to get ourselves ready for the Tokyo Olympic Games, facing different styles of play and tight turnarounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada will be taking on some of the world\u2019s best: USA, Brazil, and Japan \u2014 all top 10 teams.<\/p>\n

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The most recent FIFA ranking<\/a> has Canada tied for eighth in the world with Brazil.<\/p>\n

The Canadian team hasn\u2019t seen action since March of last year due to the pandemic. Canada Soccer says it will \u201cclosely monitor all COVID-19 developments in consultation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and relevant governing bodies through the Canada Soccer Sport Medicine Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

This marks the first time Canada will be taking part in the SheBelieves Cup. The tournament was founded in 2016, and it\u2019s been won by the Americans three times, including last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait for this tournament, and I know our players feel the same way,\u201d USA head coach Vlatko Andonovski stated. \u201cWe put in all this work to play matches, so to get three great ones in this world-class event that resembles group play at an Olympics is something we\u2019re very thankful for.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a bit different this year with limited fans, but with the Olympics once again on the horizon, our players will be highly motivated, and there\u2019s no better way to prepare for the tournament than to play teams that will be in Japan. There\u2019s some great history between these countries, and I know all six games will be fun to play in and to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada and USA last faced off a little over a year ago, when the Americans won 3-0 in the Concacaf Women\u2019s Olympic Qualifying Tournament final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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