United States women's national field hockey team

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association = USA Field Hockey
confederation = PAHF (Americas)
coach = Lee Bodimeade
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captain = Kate Barber
rank = 11th
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The United States women's national field hockey team represents the United States in the international field hockey competitions. The women's team, coached by Australia's Lee Bodimeade since 2005, made its first international appearance at the 1983 Women's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where "Team USA" ended up in sixth place. [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/games/wc_wresults.htm]

Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

During the 1984 Summer Olympics, the team won their first international prize, a bronze medal. This happened after the Netherlands defeated Australia (2-0) in the final match of the round-robin tournament and Australia and the United States were left tied for third place with identical records: two wins, two losses, one draw, and nine goals scored and seven goals conceded. Following the Holland-Australia match, the United States players came down from the stands and competed with the Australians in a penalty shoot-out to decide the bronze medal. The US won the shootout (10-5) to claim America's first Olympic medal in women's field hockey.

2008 Summer Olympics

The Olympic qualifying squad placed first in the second series of games during the 2008 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier. The team finished in eighth place in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Honors

Women's Hockey World Cup

* 1994 - Dublin, Ireland

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

* 1984 - Los Angeles, California USA

Hockey at the Pan American Games

* 2007 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* 2003 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* 1999 - Winnipeg, Canada
* 1995 - Mar del Plata, Argentina
* 1991 - Havana, Cuba
* 1987 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Pan American Cup

* 2004 - Bridgetown, Barbados
* 2001 - Kingston, Jamaica

Champions Trophy

* 1995 - Mar del Plata, Argentina

Champions Challenge

*4th 2007 - Azerbaijan (Baku)

Notable players

* Beth Anders
* Kate Barber
* Beth Beglin
* Kris Fillat
* Tracey Fuchs
* Sheryl Johnson
* Barbara Marois
* Marcia Pankratz
* Karen Shelton
* Molly Powers
* Amy Tran

See also

* US Men's National Field Hockey Team

External links

* [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/ Official site of the American Field Hockey Association]