Cuba Ends U.S. Field Hockey Men’s Medal Hopes, 4-2 

WINNIPEG (8/2/99) – Cuba scored three unanswered
 goals in the second half to defeat the U.S. men’s
 field hockey team, 4-2, and end the U.S. hopes
 for a place in the medal round.

The young U.S. team finished the tournament with a
 1-3-2 record and narrowly missed a place in the
 medal round with the loss to Cuba. Cuba improved
 its record to 3-2-1 and will face Chile in the
 bronze medal game Aug. 4. Canada (5-0-1) will
 meet Argentina (5-0-1 for the men’s gold medal.

“We’ve come a long way as a team, and we have a
 long way to go,” said U.S. coach Shiv Jagday on
 his team that featured ten players making their
 first international appearances. 

Ulysis Lapera put Cuba up early in the game with a
 penalty corner goal in the 14th minute. But with
 a trip to the medal round on the line, the U.S.
 quickly answered with a field goal by Shawn Hindy
 at the 23rd minute mark.

In the closing minute of the first half, the U.S.
 and Hindy struck again. After receiving a long
 scoop pass from back Steve Danielson, team
 captain Ryan Langford dished off to Hindy for a
 breakaway goal at the 34-minute mark to give the
 U.S. a 2-1 halftime lead.

“We had a very good first half,” said Jagday. “In
 the second half, Cuba came on strong and put on
 the pressure and we couldn’t cope with the
 pressure.”

“They just kept coming at us in waves,” said Hindy
 on the Cuban’s second half attack. “Eventually
 they got one in and then they just kept going. We
 didn’t have the same fire we did in the first
 half.”

Juan Benavides helped extinguish the U.S. fire
 with a penalty corner goal in the 49th minute.
 Lapera added another goal from the field 13
 minutes later and Vladymir Reyes Garcia clinched
 the game with a penalty corner in the game’s
 final minutes.

"We played very well during the tournament,” said
 Jagday. “We have a very young team and a very
 inexperienced team, but hopefully we can learn
 from this experience and continue to improve and
 reach our goals.”

Cuba 4, USA 2
USA		2	0	=2
CUB		1	3	=4

CUB – Ulises Lapera (pc, 14:00)
USA – Shawn Hindy (fg, 22:00)
USA – Shawn Hindy (fg, 34:00)
CUB – Juan Benavides (pc, 49:00)
CUB – Ulises Lapera (fg, 62:00)
CUB – Vladimir Reyes Garcia (pc, 68:00)

Cards: USA-  Mike Schanafelt (G, 15), Rinku Bahmber (G, 21), 
Shawn Hindy (Y, 53); CUB – Juan Benavidas (G, 21), 
Jose Rodriquez (Y, 62), 
Ulisis Lapera (Y, 66), Vladimir Reyes Garcia (Y, 45)
Coaches: USA Shiv Jagday
Umpires: Jose Ramirez (MEX), Roger St. Rose (TRI)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.), 
Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan Langford 
(Camarillo, Calif.), 
Scott Williams 
(Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda, Md.), 
Jang Badhesha (Santa Clara, Calif.), 
Mike Schanafelt (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura 
(Camarillo, Calif.), 
Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY), Rinku Bhamber (Simi Valley, Calif.), 
Andrew Duncan (Edmonton, Alberta) 

Subs: Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif.), Pat Cota 
(Camarillo, Calif.), 
Gus Reed (Colorado Springs, Colo), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY), 
John Voegtli (gk, Simi Valley, Calif.)

Cuba Starters
Eduardo Aroche, Yoandy Blanco, , Rolando Larrinaga, 
Victorio Valladares, Alain Bardaji, Juan Benavides, 
Jose Rodriguez, Ulises Lapera, Puro Delgado, 
Yunier Rodriguez, Vladimir Reyes
 Garcia

Ihosvany Hernandez (gk), Alexander Armas Diaz, Yuri Perez, 
Jorge Perez, Yumay Oliva Alan

U.S. Field Hockey Men Maul Mexico, 6-0

WINNIPEG – The U.S. men’s field hockey team kept
 alive its hopes for a berth in the Pan American
 Games bronze medal game with a 6-0 win over
 Mexico at Kildonan East Collegiate.

With the win, the U.S. improves to 1-2-2 in the
 tournament, and must defeat Cuba (2-2-1) on
 Monday to earn a spot in the Aug. 4 bronze medal
 game. 

“It always feels good,” said team vice-captain
 Shawn Nakamura after scoring two of the U.S.
 goals. “We’re in a pressure situation where we
 had to win today and tomorrow, so it’s good we
 got the first part out of the way. We can now
 start concentrating on tomorrow.”


After Steve Jennings slammed in a penalty corner
 to put the U.S. on the scoreboard at the 21
minute mark, Nakamura knocked in another corner
 five minutes later to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead.
 Jang Badesha backhanded a shot from in front of
 the cage for a 3-0 U.S. lead at the half.  

“At the beginning of the game we were a little too
 tentative,” said U.S. coach Shiv Jagday. “Once we
 scored the goals, we relaxed and started playing
 better hockey.”

The relaxed U.S. squad responded quickly in the
 second half when Scott Williams connected with a
 field goal in the first four minutes and Jeremy
 Cook slipped in a shot off a long crossing pass
 from Gus Reed in the 52nd minute.

Nakamura added the final goal off a penalty corner
 in the 61st minute as goalkeepers Andrew Duncan
 and John Voegtli combined for the shutout.
 Voegtli’s time in the cage earned the 21-year-old
 keeper his first international cap.

“We’re still in a good position,” said
 Jagday. “Tomorrow if we win against Cuba we will
 have achieved our objectives. The most important
 thing is that the boys have to be very relaxed
 and confident, and have fun and enjoy themselves.
 That’s the only way we can do well. If we put any
 unnecessary pressure on ourselves it can only
 hurt us.”

United States 6, Mexico 0
USA		3	3	=6
MEX		0	0	=0

USA – Steve Jennings (pc, 21:00)
USA – Shawn Nakamura (pc, 26:00)
USA - Jang Badesha (fg, 35:00)
USA – Scott Williams (fg, 39:00)
USA – Jeremy Cook (fg, 52:00)
USA – Shawn Nakamura (pc, 61:00)

Cards: USA- Shawn Hindy (G, 6;  Y, 6), Steve
 Jennings (G, 16); MEX – Juan Huerta (G, 6), Jaime
 Chavez (Y, 20), Mario Rosales (G, 14), C.
 Gonzales (Y, 61)

Coaches: USA Shiv Jagday, MEX Jaime Chavez
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP), Cameron Burke (BAR)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.),
 Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan
 Langford (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Williams
 (Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda,
 Md.), Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif., Mike
 Schanafelt (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY),
 Rinku Bhamber (Simi Valley, Calif.), Andrew
 Duncan (Edmonton, Alberta) 

Subs: Jang Badhesha (Santa Clara, Calif.), Pat
 Cota (Camarillo, Calif.), Gus Reed (Colorado
 Springs, Colo), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY), John
 Voegtli (gk, Simi Valley, Calif.)

Mexico Starters
Gabriel Martinez (gk), Pablo Morales, Carlos
 Morales, Oscar Hernandez, Juan Huerta, Jaime
 Chavez, Hugo Aguilera, Antonio Molina, Mario
 Rosalez, Marcos Marquez, Enrique Castro

WINNIPEG Jorge Lomba scored two goals
 to lead Argentina to a 4-1 victory over the United
 States in men’s Pan American Games field hockey. 

“We had a game plan and the boys stuck to that
 plan, I’ll give them credit for that,” said U.S.
 coach Shiv Jagday. “On the other hand, we didn’t
 believe in ourselves that we could win this game.
 When the opportunities presented themselves, we
 didn’t cash in on them. That’s my biggest
 disappointment – that we didn’t play with courage
 and the confidence that we could make it happen.”

With the loss, the U.S. drops to 0-2-2 in the
 tournament while Argentina remained undefeated at
 3-0-1. The U.S. can still earn a spot in the
 bronze medal game with victories over Mexico and
 Cuba combined with a Cuba loss to Canada.

Rodrigo Vila put Argentina up early in the game
 when he launched a shot from just inside the
 circle past U.S. goalkeeper Andrew Duncan. Duncan
 collected four saves on the day.

The U.S. was once again victimized by penalty
 corner goals at the end of each half.  Lombi
 scored the first of his two goals with :30
 remaining in the first half when he lofted a scoop
 into the top of the net. The corner curse
 continued to haunt the Americans in the 69:00
 minute when Fernando Moresi scored off a corner
 with a minute left in the game. The  U.S. has
 allowed four goals of penalty corners in the
 final seconds of either the half or the game.

Lombi added his second goal of the game at the
 60:00 minute mark off another penalty corner shot,
 before Scott Williams put the U.S. on the board
 three minutes later with his second penalty stroke
 goal of the tournament.

The U.S. returns to action on Sunday when they
 face Mexico in a game the team must win to keep
 alive hopes for a bronze medal.

Argentina 4, United States 1
USA		0	1	=1
ARG		2	2	=4

ARG  Rodrigo Vila (fg, 6:00)
ARG  Jorge Lombi (pc, 35:00)

Cards: USA Steve Jennings (G, 20), Andrew Duncan
 (G, 28), Shawn Hindy (G, 24; Y 69); ARG M.
 Pellegrino (G, 69), Jorge Lombi (G, 28)

Coaches: USA Shiv Jagday, ARG  Marcelo Gaffaro
Umpires: Roberto Lopez (CUB), Chris Wilson (CAN)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.),
 Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan
 Langford (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Williams
 (Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda, Md.)
 Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif.), Jang
 Badhesha (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mike Schanafelt
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura (Camarillo
, Calif.), Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY), Andrew Duncan
 (Edmonton, Alberta) 
Subs: Pat Cota (Camarillo, Calif.), Rinku Bhamber
 (Simi Valley, Calif.), Gus Reed (Colorado Springs,
 Colo), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY)

Argentina Starters
Maximo Pellegrino, Gabriel Garreta, Ezequiel
 Paulon, Fernando Moresi, Carlos Retegui, Jorge
 Lombi, Diego Chiodo, Mariano Chao (gk), Andres
 Castelli, Rodrigo Vila, Tomas MacCormik
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Canada Outlasts Stubborn US Men

WINNIPEG - Canada overcame a stubborn United
 States team to earn an emotional 2-0 men's field
 hockey victory in round-robin play at the Pan
 American Games.

"We had a very good game today," said U.S. coach
 Shiv Jagday. "The boys played with courage and
 confidence, and that’s all we can ask. If we
 continue to play like this, the results will
 come."

With the victory, Canada remained undefeated in
 the tournament at 3-0 while the U.S. suffered its
 first defeat after tying its first two matches.
 Canada entered the Games as one of the tournament
 favorites.


Canada scored the game's first goal late in the
 first half when Peter Wetltlaufer netted a field
 goal in the 33rd minute to give Canada a 1-0
 halftime lead. The single goal was enough to
 stand through the entire second half until Peter
 Milkovich converted on a penalty corner as time
 expire to give Canada its final margin of victory.


The physical game between the long-time rivals
 featured four yellow cards and three green card
 warnings before 1,500 flag-waving fans.
 

"This game is a rivalry that neither team wants to
 lose," said Canada coach Shiaz Virjee. "Both
 teams played very hard."


The game also represented a friendly family feud
 for Jagday and his son, Ronnie, a member of the
 Canadian team

"I've definitely been excited and looking forward
 to playing my dad," said Ronnie. "And as soon as
 the game was over, I went over to him, hugged him
 and gave him a kiss."

As for which side Ronnie's mom and Shiv's wife,
 Harjit Jagday, was cheering for, Shiv was quick
 to give the answer you'd expect from a hockey-mom.

"She's definitely cheering for Ronnie and Canada,"
 said Shiv.

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Canada, United States
USA		0	0	=0
CAN		1	1	=2

CAN: Peter Wettlaufer (fg, 33:00)
CAN: Peter Milkovich (pc, 70:00)

Cards: USA – Pat Cota (G, 7:00) Steve Jennings 
(Y, 29:00) Jeremy Cook (Y, 41:00); CAN – Andrew
 Griffiths (Y, 27; Y, 50), Ken Pereira (G, 19),
 Peter Wettlaufer (G, 17:00)

Coaches: USA Shiv Jagday, CAN Shiaz Virjee
Umpires: Xavier Adell (ESP), Roger St. Rose (TRI)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.),
 Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan
 Langford (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Williams
 (Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda,
 Md.), Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif.), Pat
 Cota (Camarillo, Calif.), Mike Schanafelt
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura (Camarillo,
 Calif.), Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY), Andrew Duncan
 (Edmonton, Alberta) 
Subs: Jang Badhesha (Santa Clara, Calif.), Rinku
 Bhamber (Simi Valley, Calif.), Gus Reed (Colorado
 Springs, Colo), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY)


Canada Starters
Hari Kant (gk), Robert Bird, Alan Brahmst, Robin
 D'Abreo, A. Griffiths, Ken Pereira, Peter
 Milkovich, B. Kullar, Robert Short, Richard
 Roberts, P. Wettlaufer
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WINNIPEG (7/26/99) – The U.S. men's field hockey
 team held on for its second draw of the Pan
 American Games tournament with a 1-1 tie with
 Trinidad & Tobago.

The draw leaves the U.S. team in need of a win
 against host Canada on Tuesday to keep alive its
 hopes for a gold medal and the automatic berth in
 the 2000 Olympic Games.


"It's disappointing," said U.S. captain Ryan
 Langford on the team's second draw. "But we'll
 keep our heads up. Although things aren't going
 our way right now, we still have our two points
 and there’s nothing that says we’re out of it at
 all. As long as we play our game we’ll get the
 results we want."

During an inspired first half, Scott Williams put
 the USA on the board in the first half with a
 penalty shot awarded following a U.S. corner
 attempt. Gus Reed's shot off the rebound was
 stopped at the goal line by the body of a
 Trinidad defender to set up William’s penalty
 shot.


Trinidad & Tobago scored the equalizer early in
 the second half when Brian Garcia netted a field
 goal at the 44-minute mark.


"We played good hockey, but not great hockey in
 the first half," said U.S. coach Shiv Jagday. "In
 the second half we had planned to play great,
 great hockey, but we played poor hockey instead.
 We were very lucky to come away with a tie
 because we didn’t play very well."


The U.S. team could get the boost it needs from
 its next highly regarded opponent.


"The next game against Canada is where our focus
 is now," said Langford. "They’re basically our 
big rivals so we always get pumped up for these
 games."


"Canada is a good team," said Jagday. "But we have
 to pick up our game up to get a good, respectable
 result."


United States 1, Trinidad & Tobago 1
USA		1	0	=1
TRI		0	1	=1

USA: Scott Williams (ps, 19:00)
TRI: Brian Garcia (fg, 44:00)
Cards: USA – Shawn Hindy (G, 9:00); TRI – Aldon Jasper 
(G, 18), 
Anthony Marcano (Y, 37:00), Albert Marcano (Y, 60)

Umpires: Chris Wilson (CAN), Xavier Adell (ESP)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.),
 Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan
 Langford (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Williams
 (Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda,
 Md.), Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif.),
 Jang Badhesha (Santa Clar, Calif.), Mike
 Schanafelt (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY),
 Andrew Duncan (Edmonton, Alberta)
 
Subs: Rinku Bhamber (Simi Valley, Calif.), Gus
 Reed (Colorad Springs, Colo), Pat Cota
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY)


Trinidad & Tobago starters
Brian Lee Chow (gk), Aldon Jasper, Peter Edwards,
 Brian Garcia, Kurt Noreiga, Dean Nieves, K.
 Brown, Roger Daniel, Dwain Quan Chan, Anthony
 Marcano, David Francis
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US Men, Chile Settle For Draw in Men’s Pan Am Opener

WINNIPEG (7/24/99) – Steve Jenning scored off a
penalty corner in the 49th minute to give the U.S.
 men’s field hockey team a 1-1 draw with Chile in
 the opening game of the men’s Pan American Games
 tournament.


‘I thought in the first half our team played
 extremely well,” said U.S. coach Shiv Jagday,
 who watched his U.S. squad dominate the first 35
 minutes of play, only to be held scoreless by the
 Chilean defense. “ We could have easily converted
 some of the short corners and some of the chances
 that came our way."


Chile got on the scoreboard first when Jorge
 O’Ryan flicked a shot into the net past U.S.
 keeper Andrew Duncan at the 41-minute mark.


“When they scored, we lost our poise for a while,
 but we were able to score and make a comeback,”
 said Jagday. “If we continue to play with the
 poise and calmness that we did in the first half,
 we should continue to do well.”


The U.S. comeback was delayed until eight minutes
 later when Jennings blasted in a shot off a
 penalty corner to tie the game at 1-1.


The U.S. men return to action on Monday, June 25,
 against Trinidad & Tobago. Trinidad lost to 
Canada, 7-0, in its opening game.


United States 1, Chile 1
CHI: Jorge O’Ryan (fg, 41’)
USA: Steve Jennings (pc, 49’)
Cards: USA: Brian Schlehorn (G, 11’),
Sean Nakamura (G, 54’)
Randy Christie (Y, 65’)
CHI: Sven Schonborn (G, 3), 
G. Thierman (G, 19’), Raul Mafrei (Y, 65’)

USA Starters: Steve Danielson (San Diego, Calif.),
Brian Schledorn (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Ryan
 Langford (Camarillo, Calif.), Scott Williams
 (Gunnison, Colo.), Steve Jennings (Bethesda, Md.)
 Shawn Hindy (Westlake Village, Calif.), Jang Badhesha 
(Santa Clar, Calif.), Mike Schanafelt
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Sean Nakamura (Camarillo,
 Calif.), Jeremy Cook (Ithaca, NY), Andrew Duncan
 (Edmonton, Alberta)
Subs: Rinku Bhamber (Simi Valley, Calif.),
Gus Reed (Colorad Springs, Colo), Pat Cota
 (Camarillo, Calif.), Randy Christie (Bronx, NY)

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