Current FIH Indoor World Ranking: 12

Indoor World Cup history: 2018 – 10th.

A tenth-place finish at Berlin 2018 was a very respectable Indoor World Cup debut for USA, who will feel that they can achieve even bigger things this time around. They are the reigning Pan American champions, winning a second successive title with a 3-0 triumph over Canada at the 2021 competition on home soil in Spring City, Pennsylvania. The team is captained by Anarose McDonough, who also featured in the Berlin 2018 competition. Goalkeeper Sam Carlino is the only player from the Pan American title winning squad to be selected for this event. The team is coached by Jun Kentwell, who represented China as a player before becoming one of the world’s best umpires, officiating at the 2002 FIH Women’s World Cup in Perth, Australia. Fascinatingly, Jun’s husband Richard – who umpired at the Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 Olympic Games competitions – is the team manager, while their sons, JaJa and Stuart, are both in Pretoria representing the USA men’s team.