The U.S. women's national team didn't win the SheBelieves Cup, but that doesn't mean the tournament was a total loss. Far from it, in fact. For the first time in six years, the USWNT fell short in the SheBelieves Cup,

Japan won its first SheBelieves Cup title Wednesday thanks to its 2-1 defeat of the U.S. women’s national team in the tournament’s final game. It’s only the second loss to Japan in USWNT’s history and might help reignite a rivalry that peaked across a run of major tournament finals in 2011, 2012 and 2015.

The USWNT didn't win its sixth straight SheBelieves Cup, but for Emma Hayes, that's not what this year is about.