USFHA: USA men's high performance coach Nick Conway has announced the 2006-07 Men's National and Junior National Squads following performances at the inaugural Men's National Championship Tournament at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
"We're all very excited about the players selected,"
"We feel we have the potential to field some good teams from this group for international competition. The key will be getting them exposure to a training environment on a regular basis and we believe we can do that right here at the Olympic Training Center."
USA Men
Rinku Bhamber, Nate Coolidge, Patrick Cota, Remco Couwenbergh, Steve Danielson, Blair Dickinson, Brett Dunn, Jed Cunningham, Jon Ginolfi, Jamal Grosvenor, Mick Harner, Patrick Harris, Sean Harris, Shawn Hindy, Binh Hoang, Malachi Mahan, Jarred Martin, Shawn Nakamura, Chris Palthe, Oliver Palthe, Chris Pothier, Arjan Reyatt, Daljeet Sagoo, Jeb Saez, Ian Scally, Brian Schledorn, Ryan Sherburne, Andy Sheridan, Rodrigo Stranieri, Jason Wellings
Members of the new squad will get their first test in a few weeks will when the team hosts Trinidad & Tobago in a four-game series from 13-17 July at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach.
USA Field Hockey also selected a full 24-player Junior National Squad at the National Championships.
"For us to be in the position to select a junior national squad at this event is an encouraging sign," said
"We still feel we have a long way to go, but we do have an exciting foundation from which to grow."
