Patrick Cota

Midfielder - #10

College: UCLA
Hometown: Camarillo, CA

International Caps: 87

Height: 5-10
Date of Birth: 1979-06-14         Birthplace: Camarillo, CA
High School: Camarillo High School ('97)
Occupation: Account Executive/Owner AttachPoint, Agora Hills, Calif.

International Career: 1996 - U.S. Under-18 Team...1997- U.S. Under-21/Under-18 Teams...Junior 4 Nations Tournament (3rd/Moorpark)...1998 - U.S. Under-21 Team...U21 Barbados Tour...World Cities Hockey Indoor Championship, Glasgow, Scotland...1999 - U.S. National Team/US Under-20 Team...European Tour...U.S. Pan American Games team (5th)...2000- U.S. National Team...Placed 9th with the U21 Team at the Field Hockey Canada National Championships...2001 - U.S. National Team...World Cup Qualifying Tournament team (14th)...2002 - U.S. National Team...Pan American Indoor Cup (2nd/ Rockville, Md.)...Mexico 4 Nation Tournament (2nd/Salamanca)... 2003 - U.S. National Team...1st Indoor World Cup (11th/Leipzig, GER)...Pan American Cup Qualifying Tournament (2nd/Santo Domingo)...USA Eagles California Cup champions...Pan American Games (5th/Santo Domingo)...2004 - U.S. national Squad...Pan American Cup Team... 2005 - U.S. National Squad...2006 - U.S. National Squad...Canada Test Series (Chula Vista, Calif.)...USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago Test Series (Virginia Beach, Va.)...2007 -USA vs. Mexico Pan American Games Qualifying Series (USA wins series 2-0-1)...USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago tour (Port of Spain, TRI; USA wins series 4-0)...China 4 Nation Tournament Team (4th, CHN, JPN, EGY, USA - Lanzhou City, CHN)...XV Pan American Games Team (Rio de Janeiro, 7th)...2008 - Captain, Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team (Auckland, NZL, 6th)

National Career:2006 - Won USA Field Hockey Men's National Championship with Moorpark High Performance Center...2007 - Won USA Field Men's National Championship with Moorpark High Performance Center... Club: Camarillo Cougars; Rot-Weiss Köln, Germany (2002-03); Univ. of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia (2001)

Early Career: Began playing field hockey at age 13 after viewing a local demonstration at the junior high school. Soccer coach Chuck Valencia was his first hockey coach.

Personal: Career High: Playing in the indoor World Cup (but the best is yet to come) Career Low: Losing to Chile in the semifinals of the 2000 Junior Pan Ams Sport Ambition: To win Pan American gold and compete in the Olympic Games Ambition after field hockey: Graduate and coach hockey The most influential people in sporting career: My parents. They support me in everything I do. Favorite place to play: Australia. One of the best leagues in the world (NHL) and some of the best beaches to surf. Other than U.S. Athletes, which international players would you want to have as your teammates: Stephan Veen (NED) and Michael Green (GER) I can't live without: Junk food Other than field hockey, my favorite Olympic sport is: wrestling and volleyball The field hockey rule I hate the most: Being 5 meters on reception of overheads Favorites: Food: Mexican; Movie: The Graduate; TV show: Seinfeld; Pro Team: Lakers, Real Madrid; Musical Group: U2, Dave Matthews Band; Athlete: Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan Hobbies: Surfing, mountain biking

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