United States men's national field hockey team

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United States
United States
AssociationUnited States Field Hockey Association (USFHA)
ConfederationPAHF (Americas)
Head CoachHarendra Singh
ManagerBrian Schledorner
CaptainAjai Dhadwal
Home
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FIH ranking
Current 22 Increase 1 (4 March 2022)[1]
Highest20 (2009 – 2010)
Lowest30 (2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1932)
Best result3rd (1932)
Pan American Games
Appearances14 (first in 1967)
Best result3rd (1967, 1987. 1991, 1995, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2000)
Best result2nd (2009)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
Pan American Games 0 0 5
Pan American Cup 0 1 1
Total 0 1 7
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team
Pan American Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Santiago
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lancaster

The United States men's national field hockey team represents the United States in the international field hockey competitions. The governing body is the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA), which is a US Olympic Committee organization.[2][3]

The team won Bronze at the 1932 Summer Olympics, and has had success in the Pan American Games and Pan American Cup.

Field hockey is not a major sport at college level in the United States, so the men's team does not have as much experience as most other international teams that have professional players. The sport is largely thought of as a women's game in the United States; field hockey has historically been used as a “Title IX” sport to offset the numerous men who play college football, and as such, colleges have typically only sponsored women's field hockey teams. The players on the national team play overseas in European and Australian pro leagues.

Tournament history[]

Summer Olympics[]

In their first Olympics in 1932, team USA hosted India and Japan. With only three teams in the tournament, the U.S. lost both their games and finished third for the Bronze medal.

The team was again the host nation for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. During group stages, they lost to Australia 2–1. In the 9th-12th place playoff, the US lost to Kenya in sudden death penalty strokes 6-5 after a 1-1 regulation and then lost 11th/12th place game to Malaysia 9–8 in sudden death penalty strokes after 3–3 tie in regulation. The team finished last in tournament play.

In Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, again held in the US, the squad finished last again.

  • 1932 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 1936 – 11th place
  • 1948 – 11th place
  • 1956 – 12th place
  • 1984 – 11th place
  • 1996 – 12th place

FIH Hockey World Cup[]

The USA team has not qualified for an outdoor World Cup. However, the team has competed twice for the indoor World Cup, most recently in 2011.

Pan American Games[]

Finishing 5th at the 2015 Pan American Games, the USMNT missed out on openly qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Pan American Cup[]

The U.S. missed out on the final of the 2009 Men's Pan American Cup from a missed penalty stroke in normal time. Had the penalty been converted the team would have won the final vs Canada for direct qualification to the World Cup. As it was, they lost in OT on a golden goal and Canada went to the 2010 World Cup in India.

Pan American Cup record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
2000 Cuba Havana, United States 5th place game 5th 6 4 0 2 19 11
2004 Canada London, Canada 7th place game 7th 7 4 0 3 42 12
2009 Chile Santiago, Chile Final 2nd 5 3 0 2 16 14
2013 Canada Brampton, Canada 3rd place game 4th 5 2 0 3 16 14
2017 United States Lancaster, United States 3rd place game 3rd 5 3 1 1 12 8
2022 Chile Santiago, Chile 3rd place game 4th 5 3 1 1 16 8
Total Best: 3rd 6/6 33 19 2 12 121 67

Hockey World League[]

In 2016, the USMNT competed in FIH Hockey World League Round 1 in Salamanca, Mexico. The U.S. Men's National Team put in a dominant performance to finish undefeated and as FIH Hockey World League Round 1 champions to secure a spot at FIH Hockey World League Round 2 in March 2017. The 6–1 win over Barbados added to USA's 33 goals while only allowing 2 over the 4 match tournament. Going into the final, the USMNT was familiar with their opponent as they had played Barbados in the first game and came out on top with a 3–1 victory. With the roster that was representing the US, the squad kept developing their play throughout the week culminating in a dominant performance in the final. USA finished third in Round 2 and didn't make it to the Semifinal Round of the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League.

Champions Challenge II[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 16 players were named on 9 July 2019 for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.[4]

Head coach:

Caps updated as of 10 August 2019, after the match against Chile.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
1 GK (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 24) 30 Spain
7 DF (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 30) 78 England Beeston
9 DF (1992-03-15) 15 March 1992 (age 29) 73 England Oxted
14 DF (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 27) 71 Germany
22 DF (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 29) 95
3 MF (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 29) 87 United States
12 MF (Captain) (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 28) 119
18 MF (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 29) 80 United States
20 MF (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 26) 73 United States
26 MF (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 28) 98 England Beeston
4 FW (1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 28) 109 United States
5 FW (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 37) 150 Germany Mannheimer HC
10 FW (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 24) 13 United States
15 FW (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 24) 24 Germany
17 FW (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 23) 32 United States
21 FW (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 24) 27 Netherlands

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "USA Field Hockey - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Field Hockey USA". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Wiese Names USMNT Roster for 2019 Pan American Games". www.teamusa.org. USA Field Hockey. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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