United States men's national field hockey team

United States
Association	United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA)
Confederation	PAHF (Americas)
Coach	Rutger Wiese
Manager	Brian Schledorner
Captain	Ajai Dhadwal
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	24 (21 December 2020)
Highest	20 (2009 – 2010)
Lowest	30 (2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1932)
Best result	3rd (1932)
Pan American Games
Appearances	14 (first in 1967)
Best result	3rd (1967, 1987. 1991, 1995, 2019)
Pan American Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	2nd (2009)
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup

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 –
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.

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 –

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.

2000 – 5th place
2004 – 7th place
2009 –
2013 – 4th place
2017 –
2022 – Qualified

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.

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	14 May 1997	30	Atletico San Sebastián

7	DF	Tom Barratt	6 August 1991	78	Beeston
9	DF	Adam Miller	15 March 1992	73	Southgate
14	DF	Aki Kaeppeler	10 July 1994	71	TSV Mannheim
22	DF	Johnny Orozco	18 February 1993	95

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

4	FW	Tyler Sundeen	21 December 1993	109	LA Tigers
5	FW	Pat Harris	13 March 1985	150	Mannheimer HC
10	FW	Alberto Montilla	24 January 1998	13	Bulldogs
15	FW	Kei Kaeppeler	17 June 1997	24	TSV Mannheim
17	FW	Christian DeAngelis	13 February 1999	32	WC Eagles
21	FW	Deegan Huisman	29 October 1997	27	Almere