CHULA VISTA, CA – The USA Field Hockey Women’s National Team welcomes two of the top field hockey nations in the world to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, from January 24 to February 4, 2010. The Netherlands and China, winners of the gold and silver medals respectively at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, will visit for a nine-game three nation series.

The series will feature six games with the USA Women’s National Team, as well as three contests between China and the Netherlands, a rematch of the 2008 Olympic Games gold medal final.

USA Field Hockey encourages all fans to attend the test series. All matches for this series are open to the public and attendance is free. An autograph session with the USA Women’s National Team will follow the Sunday, January 31 contest.

Competition Schedule

Sunday, January 24…………….. Netherlands vs USA
Tuesday, January 26……………. Netherlands vs USA
Wednesday, January 27…………Netherlands vs China
Friday, January 29………………. China vs USA
Saturday, January 30…………… Netherlands vs China
Sunday, January 31……………… Netherlands vs USA
Tuesday, February 2 ……………. Netherlands vs China
Wednesday, February 3………… China vs USA
Friday, February 5……………….. China vs USA

All game times are 1:00pm Pacific.

The Women’s National Team is in preparation for the AtaHolding 2010 Women’s World Cup Qualifier, scheduled from March 26 to April 3, 2010, also to be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.

The USA Field Hockey Women’s National Team will welcome traditional Pan American rivals Canada and Mexico, as well as Belgium, France and Korea. The qualifier champion will head to the BDO FIH 2010 Women’s World Cup Rosario, Argentina in September 2010.