Concacaf, on Wednesday, announced details of the first-ever W Gold Cup, which will be held at a different time than originally planned.
The continental championship will be held from Feb. 17, 2024, until March 10, 2024. The tournament will be held in the United States, at venues to be announced.
The original plan for the tournament was for it to take place in June 2024, just before the Paris Olympics. That would have created significant fixture congestion and another major scheduling headache for the National Women’s Soccer League. As a result of the Gold Cup’s shift to the winter, next year’s SheBelieves Cup will be moved to a different date.
In forwarding the Concacaf release, U.S. Soccer stated, “U.S. Soccer is in the process of identifying the best dates to hold the tournament in 2024. This adjustment to the SheBelieves Cup schedule will only apply to years in which the Olympic Games are staged.”
The W Gold Cup expands Concacaf’s women’s competitions. The Concacaf men’s Gold Cup has been played since 1991, with the U.S….
