# United States men's national field hockey team

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.
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 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 | 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.
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 33) | 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 31) | 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 31) | 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 27) | 27 | Almere |