USA Field Hockey

USA Field Hockey

USA Field Hockey is the national governing body for field hockey in the United States. USA Field Hockey is a member organization of the United States Olympic Committee and the Fédération Internationale de Hockey. The USA Field Hockey Association is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [ [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/usfha/index.htm USA Field Hockey] . Accessed December 19, 2007.]

The organization was founded in 1922. [ [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/hockey/ About Field Hockey] , USA Field Hockey. Accessed December 19, 2007.] It is responsible for the United States men's national field hockey team and the United States women's national field hockey team.

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