Women’s Olympic Football Tournament
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- USA retained SheBelieves Cup with a perfect record
- Several new players given an opportunity during six-day tournament
- USA, along with Brazil and Canada, are preparing for Tokyo Olympics
For the fourth time in six iterations of the SheBelieves Cup, USA ended at the summit of the four-nation tournament on Wednesday. And for the third time, the hosts of this annual event did so with a perfect record.
Not that the world champions had it all their own way, having been pushed hard in matches against second-placed Brazil and, in particular, Canada, as all three build towards July’s Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020. Argentina – who replaced Japan a month ago in the Orlando-based tournament – had a…