US Field Hockey News

USA Men Down Puerto Rico, 11-0, for 7th Place at Pan Am Cup

LONDON, Ontario – Jarred Martin scored three goals and Pat Harris and Shawn Nakamura scored two goals each to lift the USA men's field hockey team to an 11-0 win over Puerto Rico in the 7th/8th place game of the Pan American Cup.

Harris began the USA scoring spree early in the game when he connected on a penalty corner in the sixth minute of play. Martin recorded his hat trick in a 17-minute span, sandwiching his three tallies around Shawn Hindy's penalty corner midway through the first half.

Harris concluded the tournament with 10 goals while Nakamura added 9  and Marin 8.

Nakamura added a peanlty corner score late in the half to give the USA a 6-0 halftime lead.

The USA continued its onslaught in the second half with goals by Harris and Nakamura before a  trio of USA field Hockey's young stars concluded the scoring with Danny Jordan (19), Gurpal Kundi (17),  and Ramandeep Sandhu (20) collecting their goals.

Argentina and Canada will meet in Sunday's championship final for the continent's automatic berth in the 2006 World Cup.

The USA men are next scheduled to defend their title at the annual Guru Nanak Tournament in Moorpark, Calif. while the USA U20 men will compete in the traditional California Cup, May 28-31, in Moorpark.

May 21 at London, Ontario

USA 11, Puerto Rico 0

USA: Pat Harris (PC, 6:00)
USA: Jarred Martin (PC, 11:00)
USA: Jarred Martin (PC, 14:00)
USA: Shawn Hindy (PC, 18:00)
USA: Jarred Martin (FG, 28:00)
USA: Shawn Nakamura (PC, 32:00)
USA: Pat Harris (46:00)
USA: Shawn Nakamura (52:00)
USA: Daniel Jordan (53:00)
USA: Gurpal Kundi (62:00)
USA: Ramandeep Sandhu (70:00)

USA Starters: Jang Badhesha, Pat Harris, Jarred Martin, Shawn Hindy, Rinku Bhamber, Ian Scally, Pat Cota, Shawn Nakamura, Koijan Kainth, Ramandeep Sandhu, Jason Wellings (GK)

Reserves: Daniel Jordan, Gurpal Kundi, Daraspreet Kainth, Arjan Reyatt

Halftime: USA 6, PUR 0

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