US women to host Japan, Colombia and Australia in 10th SheBelieves Cup

  U.S. women's national team will host Australia, Japan and Colombia in 2025 SheBelieves Cup.

10th annual edition of tournament will be played in Houston, San Diego and Glendale, Arizona, from Feb. 23-26, U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday.

teams, which all played in Paris Olympics this summer, will each play three games, one game apiece in each city, with winner determined by points.

Because of Olympics, ninth edition of SheBelieves Cup was abbreviated, with each team playing two games over two match days.

"All four of se teams were in last World Cup and Olympics, and all are in building process to qualify for 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.

gold medal-winning United States will open with Colombia in Houston on Feb. 20, following by a match between Japan and Australia. tournament moves to Glendale on Feb 23, with Colombia facing Japan before U.S. plays Australia.

final matches will be played on Feb. 26 in San Diego, with Australia playing Colombia before U.S. faces Japan.

matches are first scheduled for home soil for United States in 2025.