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 1 (2 December 2023)[1]
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 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 1932 Los Angeles Team Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team 2019 Lima Team Pan American Cup 2009 Santiago 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. 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.

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

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.

• 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 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.

• 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 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.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Jonathan Klages	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26)	30	Atletico San Sebastián
7	DF	Tom Barratt	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 32)	78	Beeston
9	DF	Adam Miller	(1992-03-15) 15 March 1992 (age 31)	73	Oxted
14	DF	Aki Kaeppeler	(1994-07-10) 10 July 1994 (age 29)	71	TSV Mannheim
22	DF	Johnny Orozco	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	95
3	MF	Michael Barminski	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)	87	Ventura Roadrunners
12	MF	Ajai Dhadwal (Captain)	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 30)	119
18	MF	Paul Singh	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 30)	80	LA Tigers
20	MF	Sean Cicchi	(1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 28)	73	Conejo Bulldogs
26	MF	Mohan Gandhi	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 30)	98	Beeston
4	FW	Tyler Sundeen	(1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 30)	109	LA Tigers
5	FW	Pat Harris	(1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 38)	150	Mannheimer HC
10	FW	Alberto Montilla	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)	13	Bulldogs
15	FW	Kei Kaeppeler	(1997-06-17) 17 June 1997 (age 26)	24	TSV Mannheim
17	FW	Christian DeAngelis	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999 (age 25)	32	WC Eagles
21	FW	Deegan Huisman	(1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 26)	27	Almere

See also

• United States women's national field hockey team
• USA Field Hockey
• USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Official website
• FIH profile

This page was last edited on 4 March 2024, at 08:48