What is the origin of the name SheBelieves Cup?
When asked during the a press conference before a match on the post-World Cup Victory Tour how she planned to keep the team, and herself, motivated after reaching the “top of the mountain,” Ellis paused, considered the question for a moment and answered:
“Well, I’m no mountaineer,” she said. “But I do know that the thing about reaching the top of a mountain is that there’s always another one to climb.”
Thus, the climb begins and the USA will have a busy schedule in 2016. An extended training camp in January will end with a match against Ireland, followed soon after by the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship running from Feb. 10-21 in Frisco and Houston, Texas, that will send two teams to Rio. The USA will then host the historic #SheBelieves Cup featuring four of the top five women’s national teams in the world as Germany, France and England come to the southeast to play three doubleheaders.