United States men's national field hockey team

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Association United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA)
Confederation PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach Harendra Singh
ManagerBrian Schledorner
CaptainAjai Dhadwal
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FIH ranking
Current 24 Decrease2.svg 1 (2 December 2023) [1]
Highest20 (2009 – 2010)
Lowest30 (2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1932 )
Best result3rd (1932)
Pan American Games
Appearances15 (first in 1967 )
Best result3rd (1967, 1987. 1991, 1995, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2000 )
Best result2nd (2009)

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]

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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. Despite this, the American team managed to achieve some limited success.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

The United States hosted the Olympic field hockey tournaments three times. 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 US was the host nation for the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. During group stages, Team USA 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. At the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, the squad finished last again.

FIH Hockey World Cup

The US team has never 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 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 overtime on a golden goal and Canada went to the 2010 World Cup in India.

Pan American Cup record
YearHostRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
2000 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana, United States5th place game5th64021911
2004 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg London, Canada7th place game7th74034212
2009 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago, ChileFinal2nd53021614
2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brampton, Canada3rd place game4th52031614
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Lancaster, United States3rd place game3rd5311128
2022 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago, Chile3rd place game4th5311168
TotalBest: 3rd6/6331921212167

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. Team 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: Rutger Wiese

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

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsClub
1GK Jonathan Klages (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26)30 Flag of Spain.svg Atletico San Sebastián

7DF Tom Barratt (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32)78 Flag of England.svg Beeston
9DF Adam Miller (1992-03-15) 15 March 1992 (age 31)73 Flag of England.svg Oxted
14DF Aki Kaeppeler (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 29)71 Flag of Germany.svg TSV Mannheim
22DF Johnny Orozco (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 30)95

3MF Michael Barminski (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 30)87 Flag of the United States.svg Ventura Roadrunners
12MF Ajai Dhadwal (Captain) (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 30)119
18MF Paul Singh (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 30)80 Flag of the United States.svg LA Tigers
20MF Sean Cicchi (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 28)73 Flag of the United States.svg Conejo Bulldogs
26MF Mohan Gandhi (1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 30)98 Flag of England.svg Beeston

4FW Tyler Sundeen (1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 30)109 Flag of the United States.svg LA Tigers
5FW Pat Harris (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 38)150 Flag of Germany.svg Mannheimer HC
10FW Alberto Montilla (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)13 Flag of the United States.svg Bulldogs
15FW Kei Kaeppeler (1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 26)24 Flag of Germany.svg TSV Mannheim
17FW Christian DeAngelis (1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 24)32 Flag of the United States.svg WC Eagles
21FW Deegan Huisman (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 26)27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Almere

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