USA Field Hockey is the national governing body

Sport governing body

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 for field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in the United States

United States

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. USA Field Hockey is a member organization of the United States Olympic Committee

United States Olympic Committee

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 and the International Hockey Federation

International Hockey Federation

The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...

. The USA Field Hockey Association is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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. It was founded in 1922.

The organization is responsible for the United States men's national field hockey team

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 men's team isn't as widely known within the country as the women's team....

 and the United States women's national field hockey team

United States women's national field hockey team

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,...

.

History

The United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA) was founded in 1922, to govern women's field hockey in the United States. Six years later, in 1928, the Field Hockey Association of America (FHAA) was founded, to govern men's field hockey in the U.S.

In April 1993, the USFHA and FHAA merged, to form the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA).

External links

• USA Field Hockey website (version 1) (possibly started as the USFHA website, before the 1993 merger)
• USA Field Hockey website (version 2) (possibly started as the FHAA website, before the 1993 merger)
• USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame webpage. USA Field Hockey website (version 2)