Dina Rizzo

Born: 24 March 1980

Position: Forward

Height/Weight: 5-5, 125

International Caps: 104

International Goals: 6

Years on National Team:
1997 USA Under-18
1998 USA Under-19
1999 USA Under-20
2000 USA Under-21
2001 USA Under-21
2002 USA Under-23
2002 USA National Squad
2003 USA National Squad
2004 USA National Squad
2005 USA National Squad
2006-07 USA National Squad
2007-08 USA National Squad

Birthplace: Boston, Mass.

Hometown: Walpole, Mass.

Residence: -

High School: Walpole (Mass.) High School '98

Employer: Home Depot

College:

• University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
• Communication '02

Playing Career:

• Early Career
  Began playing field hockey at age 13...Participated in US Field Hockey's Futures Program...NFHCA High School All-America first team (1996, 1997)...Boston Herald Player of the Year as a senior
  
• Collegiate Career
  1998 - Scored 6 goals and added 1 assist...1999 -NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region second team...NCAA National Champion with Univ. of Maryland...Scored 5 goals...2000 - NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region...Scored 11 goals...2001 - NFHCA All-America first team...NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region...NCAA National Runner-Up...NCAA All-Tournament Team
  
• International Career
  1997 - U.S. Under 19 Team...1998 - U.S. Under 19 Team...U19 California Cup champions...U19 Montreal Cup runners-up...U.S. Field Hockey Team of the Year U19 Team...1999 - U.S. Under 20 Team...U20 Argentina Tour...U20 Canada Tour...USA Jr 4 Nation Tournament (Union, N.J.)...2000 - U.S. Under-21 Team...Silver medalist at Junior Pan American Championships...2001 - U.S. Under-21...FIH Junior World Cup (Buenos Aires, ARG)...2002 - Under-23 Team/U.S. National Team...Named to U.S. National Team during Open Trials, August, 2002...U23 South Africa Tour...2003 - U.S. National Team...U.S. Japan Tour...U.S. Spain Tour...Earned first career cap vs Spain (4/30/03)...Champions Challenge (Catania, Italy)...Earned silver medal at the XIV Pan American Games...Scored Pan American Games goal in 5-0 win over Uruguay...International Atlantic Cup Team (Virginia Beach, 4th)...2004 - U.S. National Team...USA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team...USA Pan American Cup Team...2005 - U.S. National Team...New Zealand Tour...Australia series (Virginia Beach)...Rabobank Champions Challenge (Virginia Beach, 5th)...Canada Series (Virginia Beach)...Celebrated 50th international cap vs Canada (8/29/2005)....Argentina 3 Nation Tournament (2nd)...2006 - USA National Squad...Argentina Four Nation Tournament (4th, Rosario, ARG)...World Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...AstroTurf March on Madrid, Virginia Beach (1. NED, 2 ARG, 3. AUS, 4. USA)...World Cup team (Madrid, 6th place)...2007 - Netherlands Tour team...Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...Selected to AtaHoldings Champions Challenge Team (Baku, AZE, 4th)...Originally named to U.S. Pan American Games team but was unable to compete following an injury...USA/Japan Series (College Park, Md., 1-3-1)...2008 - Argentina 4 Nation Tournament (Mendoza, ARG. 1. ARG, 2. GER, 3. USA, 4. RSA).
  

Personal:

• Nickname: "Riz"
• Favorite places to play: USA (you have your home crowd behind you!)
• Sport Ambition: Medal at the Olympic Games
• Most influential person in your sporting career: (Univ. of Maryland head coach) Missy Meharg - always pushed me and supported me.
• I can't live without: Music
• Other than field hockey, my favorite Olympic Sport is: Soccer
• Most people don't know that I: can sing
• Favorites: Food- steak Movie - Christmas Vacation, Pro Team: Red Sox

Major International Competitions: