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in the international
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competitions. The governing body is the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA), which is a US Olympic Committee organization. The team won Bronze at the
1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, and has had success in the Pan American Games and Men's Pan American Cup (field hockey), Pan American Cup. Field hockey is not a major sport at college athletics, 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 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
– * Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 – 11th place * Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 – 11th place * Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 – 12th place * Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1984 – 11th place * Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 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 Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup, 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. *Field hockey at the 1967 Pan American Games, 1967 – *Field hockey at the 1971 Pan American Games, 1971 – 5th place *Field hockey at the 1975 Pan American Games, 1975 – 6th place *Field hockey at the 1979 Pan American Games, 1979 – 6th place *Field hockey at the 1983 Pan American Games, 1983 – 4th place *Field hockey at the 1987 Pan American Games, 1987 – *Field hockey at the 1991 Pan American Games, 1991 – *Field hockey at the 1995 Pan American Games, 1995 – *Field hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games, 1999 – 5th place *Field hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2003 – 5th place *Field hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2007 – 7th place *Field hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2011 – 5th place *Field hockey at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2015 – 5th place *Field hockey at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 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 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2010 World Cup in India.


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 Men's FIH Hockey World League, 2012–13 – 28th place * 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League, 2014–15 – 30th place * 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League, 2016–17 – 21st place


Champions Challenge II

* 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II, 2011 – 7th place


Players


Current squad

The following 16 players were named on 9 July 2019 for the Field hockey at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament, 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Head coach: Rutger Wiese ''Caps updated as of 10 August 2019, after the match against Chile men's national field hockey team, Chile.''


See also

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


References


External links


Official websiteFIH profile
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