On Wednesday, the United States Women’s National Team will play its first competitive matches of 2017 when it kicks off the SheBelieves Cup against Germany.
The US enters the tournament as defending champions, having won all three games in the inaugural edition of the cup. But unlike last year—where the tournament was fully in the shadow of the summer Olympics—this time around there are no other big ticket events on the calendar, with the next major international event still over two years away.
Which raises the question: what are the goals for the team over the next week?