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    Season Update

    September 24, 2024

    Great play so far this season!

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    Games on this weekend!

    September 9, 2024

    Games or on this weekend!  Please remember to register on your socalfieldhockey account to be added to your team roster.  If you need a code, please ask your team manager.  Welcome to the 2024 season!

  • BAM Newsletter 1st Edition USA Field Hockey

    November 22, 2023

    Welcome to the first edition of USA Field Hockey’s BAM, a newsletter for boys’ and men’s field hockey leaders and enthusiasts. The goal of the newsletter is to communicate directly with those most interested in boys’ and men’s fiel...

  • WATERLESS HOCKEY AFTER PARIS24

    June 12, 2023

    The need to water fields that are used in top level competitions will stop after the Olympic Games Paris 2024, with the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup the first to be played on “dry” turf

  • 805 DHADWAL, BARMINSKI & SUNDEEN SHINE FOR TEAM USA

    June 11, 2023

    USMNT QUALIFY FOR FIH HOCKEY5S WORLD CUP WITH WIN OVER TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

  • FHF Loses A Dear Friend - Coralie Van Marken RIP

    April 5, 2023

    With the saddest of hearts it is confirmed that Coralie Van Marken has passed. She was an Olympian and sports lover who dedicated her life to developing kids hockey. She was a selfless champion.

  • USA Field Hockey creates new roles in preparation for LA28 Olympics

    January 14, 2023

    USA Field Hockey is mobilising on and off the field in preparation for the LA28 Olympic Games in Los Angeles as it seeks to promote the sport, and in particular the men’s side, in and around the region.

  • Registration Made Easy!

    January 8, 2023

    League registration has never been so easy!

  • Youth Rec League Signups Open

    January 3, 2023

    Hockey is the 3rd most played sport in the World, behind soccer & cricket!  Moorpark College - Harris Family Stadium is the Home of West Coast Hockey for more the 50 years. We run professionally coached youth rec leagues year round. 

  • Spring Pre-Season Starts February 5th & 6th, 2023

    January 2, 2023

    The FHF Spring Pre-Season begins Saturday February 5 & Sunday February 6, 2023.  Youth Games are played on Saturdays, and Adult Games are played on Sundays @ Harris Family Stadium @ Moorpark College.

  • Field Hockey Federation Founder

    December 24, 2022

    Tom Harris put on the 1st Cal Cup Field Hockey Tournament at Moorpark College in 1972.  6 teams played, with the furthest coming from Kiehl Germany.  In 1984, Tom & Karen Harris founded the Field Hockey Federation, Inc. a 501C3 Non...

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Field Hockey Federation, Inc

History:

The Field Hockey Federation can trace its beginnings back to 1968. In that year, the late Dr James Casey saw a snippet of the Olympics about field hockey on television. The announcer said that Americans could not play this game. He thought to himself that we are good at hitting a ball as demonstrated by our love for baseball, tennis, and golf. He decided to get a group of athletes together and go win the Olympics. It did not take long for those who were involved to realize this was to be a formidable task without an organization.

In 1972, a team from Kiel, Germany was entered in a tournament in Washington, D.C. They asked the local hockey players if we could give them a game or two. At that time there were only three men’s teams in this area. A team from Vancouver and one from Victoria Canada agreed to participate in the first California Cup. The Kiel Ravens won, followed by the two Canadian teams. In the beginning the teams were composed of native-born Americans.

In the mid-seventies, the Canadians expressed an interest in bringing a women’s team and asked if the California Cup organizers could find some competition. Contact was made with the Los Angeles Field Hockey Association, and they provided three teams. Junior field hockey really began with the efforts of the late Alex Stamatovic. He had already been instrumental in making soccer popular in Camarillo. In 1982, he worked with Tom & Karen Harris to organize and incorporate the Field Hockey Federation.  In 1984 the Field Hockey Federation got non profit status as a 501c3 Youth Sports Organization. With 150 sticks provided by Allen Woods and a lot of work, the league began with four high school and eight junior high boys’ teams. A year later, girls’ teams entered the league. As soon as these teams began playing, more divisions were included in Cal Cup to allow them to play.

In 1993, a dream was realized when the Moorpark College turf Field was installed. Thanks to a donation and a loan from the Men’s Field Hockey Foundation, the artificial surface became a reality. A key element of this project was the volunteer efforts of the many players and parents under the leadership of Walt Robbins. The pavers were Mike Newton’s project. Over the years, most of the members of the Men’s National Teams have been products of the Field Hockey Federation Programs.

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Field Hockey Federation, Inc

2060-D Avenida de Los Arboles, #D479
Thousand Oaks, California 91362

Phone: 818-808-9336
Email: [email protected]

Field Hockey Federation, Inc

2060-D Avenida de Los Arboles, #D479
Thousand Oaks, California 91362

Phone: 818-808-9336
Email: [email protected]
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