United States women's national field hockey team

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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.

A year later, when Los Angeles, California hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics, the team won their first international prize, a bronze medal, 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.

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[edit] Summer Olympics

  • 1980Did not compete
  • 1984Bronze Medal
  • 19888th place
  • 1992Did not qualify
  • 19965th place
  • 2000Did not qualify
  • 2004Did not qualify

[edit] World Cup

  • 1972 – Did not qualify
  • 1974 – Did not qualify
  • 1976 – Did not qualify
  • 1978 – Did not qualify
  • 1981 – Did not qualify
  • 1983 – 6th place
  • 1986 – 9th place
  • 1990 – 12th place
  • 1994 – Bronze Medal
  • 1998 – 8th place
  • 20029th place
  • 20066th place

[edit] Pan American Games

  • 1987Silver Medal
  • 1991Bronze Medal
  • 1995Silver Medal
  • 1999Silver Medal
  • 2003Silver Medal

[edit] Pan Am Cup

  • 2001 – 2nd place
  • 2004 – 2nd place

[edit] Champions Trophy

  • 1987 to 1993 – Did not compete
  • 1995 – Bronze Medal
  • 1997 – 6th place
  • 1999 to 2006 – Did not compete

[edit] Champions Challenge

[edit] Notable players

[edit] See also

[edit] External link