Five North Carolina Courage players were called up to their respective national teams for the February international window, with four of those teams playing matches.
Here are all the call-ups and matches for the Courage players in the window:
Jaedyn Shaw — United States — SheBelieves Cup
Jaedyn Shaw and the USWNT kick off the team’s 2025 international schedule with the 2025 SheBelieves Cup, facing off against Colombia, Australia, and Japan in the round-robin tournament.
The tournament will start the top-ranked U.S. off against some tough competition, with all the teams in the cup ranked inside FIFA’s top-25 teams in the world.
All three of the USWNT’s matches in the SheBelieves Cup will be broadcasted on TBS, Universo, MAX and Peacock.
Match Schedule:
Thursday, February 20, 8 p.m. ET vs. Colombia
Sunday, February 23, 5 p.m. ET vs. Australia
Wednesday, February 26, 10:30 p.m. ET vs. Japan
Manaka Matsukubo — Japan — SheBelieves Cup
Manaka Matsukubo earned her first senior call up for the Japan National Team at the end of 2024 following a stellar showing at the U-20 World Cup, taking home the Silver Ball as the tournament’s second-best player while leading Japan to a second-place finish.
Now the Courage’s young star has a chance to make her senior debut for Japan in this year’s SheBelieves Cup against some top competition including the United States and new teammate Jaedyn Shaw.
Match Schedule:
Thursday, February 20, 5 p.m. ET vs. Australia
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m. ET vs. Colombia
Wednesday, February 26, 10:30 p.m. ET vs. United States
Denise O’Sullivan — Ireland — UEFA Women’s Nations League
Courage captain Denise O’Sullivan and Ireland will kick off their 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League campaign with a pair of matches in Group B2 against Türkiye and Slovenia. This year’s competition will set the leagues for UEFA’s qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA World Cup.
Match Schedule:
Friday, February 21, 2:30 p.m. ET vs. Türkiye
Tuesday, February 25, 12 p.m. ET vs. Slovenia
Feli Rauch — Germany — UEFA Women’s Nations League
Feli Rauch and Germany will face off against the Netherlands and Austria in the first two matches of Group A1 play in the UEFA Women’s Nations League. Germany beat the Netherlands, 2-0, in the third-place match of last year’s competition to seal the team’s place in the Paris Olympics.
Match Schedule:
Friday, February 21, 2:45 p.m. ET vs. Netherlands
Tuesday, February 25, 12:15 p.m. ET vs. Austria
Aline Gomes — Brazil — Training Camp
While Aline Gomes and Brazil don’t have any matches on the schedule for the February camp, it is an important building block for the team heading into this summer’s Copa América Femenina.
Brazil’s five-team group in the competition includes Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Bolivia.
