Field Hockey is the world's third most popular sport. Women and men play field hockey all over the world. Men started this sport and women went along and followed them. In the U.S. field hockey is considered a female sport. There are no high schools or colleges that offer field hockey for men. Our country thinks of field hockey as a sport where you wear a skirt. However, for adult men there are leagues you can participate in during the summer. I know this because I played against a male team before. Our country does have a U.S. National Men's Field Hockey team, but that is it. Furthermore, why don't we offer it to boys and men when they younger? To me, this doesn't make sense. Our country should have a mens field hockey team at the college level. In every other country but ours it is normal for men to play field hockey.
I AGREE 100%. I'm from the USA but living in Fiji now and love playing Men's Field Hockey. The USA Field Hockey really needs to start pushing high schools, colleges and local community clubs to create men's teams. It's only going to benefit the national team in the future. I think if more guys in the USA had a chance to try field hockey they would LOVE it.
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