United States men's national field hockey team

United States
Association	United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Head Coach	Harendra Singh
Manager	Brian Schledorner
Captain	Ajai Dhadwal
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	24 (July 22, 2024)
Highest	20 (2009 – 2010)
Lowest	30 (2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1932 )
Best result	3rd (1932)
Pan American Games
Appearances	15 (first in 1967 )
Best result	3rd (1967, 1987. 1991, 1995, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000 )
Best result	2nd (2009)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup

Last updated July 28, 2024

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 U.S. Olympic Committee organization.^[2]^[3]

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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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.

1932 –
1936 – 11th place
1948 – 11th place
1956 – 12th place
1984 – 11th place
1996 – 12th place

FIH Hockey World Cup

The U.S. 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 U.S. missed out on qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

1967 –
1971 – 5th place
1975 – 6th place
1979 – 6th place
1983 – 4th place
1987 –
1991 –
1995 –
1999 – 5th place
2003 – 5th place
2007 – 7th place
2011 – 5th place
2015 – 5th place
2019 –
2023 – 4th place

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
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	Havana, United States	5th place game	5th	6	4	0	2	19	11
2004	London, Canada	7th place game	7th	7	4	0	3	42	12
2009	Santiago, Chile	Final	2nd	5	3	0	2	16	14
2013	Brampton, Canada	3rd place game	4th	5	2	0	3	16	14
2017	Lancaster, United States	3rd place game	3rd	5	3	1	1	12	8
2022	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 U.S. competed in FIH Hockey World League Round 1 in Salamanca, Mexico. The U.S. 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 U.S.'s 33 goals while only allowing 2 over the 4 match tournament. Going into the final, the U.S. 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 United States, 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.

2012–13 – 28th place
2014–15 – 30th place
2016–17 – 21st place

Champions Challenge II

2011 – 7th place

Players

Current squad

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

Head coach: Rutger Wiese

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Jonathan Klages	(1997-05-14) May 14, 1997 (age 27)	30	Atletico San Sebastián

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

3	MF	Michael Barminski	(1993-02-11) February 11, 1993 (age 31)	87	Ventura Roadrunners
12	MF	Ajai Dhadwal (Captain)	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 30)	119
18	MF	Paul Singh	(1993-03-11) March 11, 1993 (age 31)	80	LA Tigers
20	MF	Sean Cicchi	(1995-03-23) March 23, 1995 (age 29)	73	Conejo Bulldogs
26	MF	Mohan Gandhi	(1993-03-17) March 17, 1993 (age 31)	98	Beeston

4	FW	Tyler Sundeen	(1993-12-21) December 21, 1993 (age 30)	109	LA Tigers
5	FW	Pat Harris	(1985-03-13) March 13, 1985 (age 39)	150	Mannheimer HC
10	FW	Alberto Montilla	(1998-01-24) January 24, 1998 (age 26)	13	Bulldogs
15	FW	Kei Kaeppeler	(1997-06-17) June 17, 1997 (age 27)	24	TSV Mannheim
17	FW	Christian DeAngelis	(1999-02-13) February 13, 1999 (age 25)	32	WC Eagles
21	FW	Deegan Huisman	(1997-10-29) October 29, 1997 (age 26)	27	Almere

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References

↑ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
↑ "USA Field Hockey - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
↑ "Field Hockey USA" . Retrieved December 12, 2014.
↑ "Wiese Names USMNT Roster for 2019 Pan American Games". www.teamusa.org. USA Field Hockey. July 9, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

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[FIH_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[2] "USA Field Hockey - Features, Events, Results - Team USA". Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[3] "Field Hockey USA" . Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[4] "Wiese Names USMNT Roster for 2019 Pan American Games". www.teamusa.org. USA Field Hockey. July 9, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

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