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States Field Hockey Association About US Club Teams © 2000
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US Field Hockey Women Open 2000 in
Argentina The newly-named U.S.
Women’s Field Hockey squad opens its 2000 season against some top international
competition this week when the U.S. travels to Buenos Aires for a four-nation tournament
and series of games with host Argentina. The U.S. will meet Argentina, New
Zealand and Spain in a tournament-style four-nation format, January 21-23 in Mar del Plata , before taking on long
time rival Argentina in three matches from Jan 25-29 in Buenos Aires. The U.S. opens
tournament play against New Zealand on Jan. 21 before taking on Argentina on Jan. 22 and
Spain on Jan 23. “This tour will be a great
opportunity to play two of the teams that will be at the qualifier next March,” said
U.S. head coach Tracey Belbin. “We have played Spain and Argentina before, but New
Zealand is an entity still unknown to us.” The U.S. will reunite with Spain
and New Zealand, March 24 - April 2 at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Milton Keynes,
England. The U.S. and Spain will play in Pool A with Ireland, India and Germany while New
Zealand enters pool play in Pool B with China, Great Britain, Japan and Russia. The top
five teams from the qualifying tournament will earn berths in the 2000 Olympic field in
Sydney. Argentina has already earned its trip to the 2000 Olympic Games by winning the Pan
American Games championship. “The tournament will also be
a test for team members, as we will still be endeavoring to find the best combination for
the Qualifier,” says Belbin on the Argentina tour. “We will still be able to
experiment, but I would like to be able to play at a standard close to where we want to be
by the end of January.” Belbin hopes to use the tour as a
springboard for its preparations leading up to the crucial Olympic Qualifier and,
eventually, the Olympic Games. “The team needs to set new standards for themselves, for us to get better, so this tournament should see individuals playing beyond what they have shown in 1999,” explained Belbin. “The tour is obviously important in our overall build up to the Qualifier.”
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| Name | Pos | Hometown | School |
Birth Date | Caps | ||
| Kate Barber | Fwd/Mid | West Chester, Pa. | Univ North Carolina ('99) |
22 Nov 76 | 38 | ||
| Chris DeBow | Def | West Chester, Pa. | Univ Maryland ('98) |
19 Oct 76 | 48 | ||
| Tracey Fuchs | Mid | Ann Arbor, Mich. | Univ Connecticut ('88) | 3 Nov 66 | 178 | ||
| Kelli James | Fwd/Mid | Medford, N.J. | Old Dominion Univ ('92) | 16 Mar 70 | 135 | ||
| Katie Kauffman | Def | West Lawn, Pa. | Univ Maryland ('91) | 26 Sep 74 | 72 | ||
| Tracey Larson | Mid | Morrisville, Pa. | Penn State ('00) | 1 May 78 | 0 | ||
| Antionette Lucas | Mid | Richmond, Va. | Northwestern Univ ('92) | 27 Oct 68 | 134 | ||
| Nancy Pelligreen | Fwd | St. Louis, Mo. | Univ North Carolina ('99) |
14 Jun 77 | 6 | ||
| Eleanor Race | Fwd | Atlanta, Ga. | Penn State ('92) |
19 Nov 70 | 59 | ||
| Jill Reeve | Def | Hoosick Falls, NY | Old Dominion ('93) |
1 Nov 69 | 82 | ||
| Peggy Storrar | GK | Mahopac, NY | Univ North Carolina ('94) |
20Feb 71 | 40 | ||
| Carla Tagliente | Fwd | Cortland, N.Y. | Univ Maryland ('01) |
2 Jan 79 | 30 | ||
| Jana Toepel | Def | Perkiomenville, Pa. | Univ North Carolina ('01) |
7 Jul 78 | 15 | ||
| Michelle Vizzuso | Mid/Fwd | Fairfield, NJ | Univ Virginia ('99) |
13 Apr 77 | 35 | ||
| Cindy Werley | Fwd | Allentown, Pa. | Univ North Carolina ('98) |
26 Feb 75 | 43 | ||
| Andrea Wieland | GK | Atlanta, Ga. | Univ Iowa ('92) |
25 Jul 69 | 36 | ||
| Head Coach | |||||||
| Tracey Belbin | Queensland, Australia/San Diego, Calif. | ||||||
| Asst Coaches | |||||||
| Tess Ellis, Shelly Behrens | |||||||
| Staff: Dr Fred Vaca, Team Physician; Renee Lehman, Trainer; Deb Olson, Umpire; Rachel Isaacs, High Performance Manager | |||||||