The 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup is just some weeks away, and yesterday, the USA girls’s head coach introduced who could be taking part in in it.
“Having competed within the Rohrmax Cup just some weeks in the past, it was an important alternative for us to guage all athletes to be thought of for the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup,” U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Indoor Staff Head Coach Jun Kentwell stated in an announcement. “Greater than half our roster has indoor world cup expertise and I hope we are able to deliver our familiarity and continued scoring drive to the world stage.”
The Rohrmax Cup was held in Austria initially of January. The United Eagles received gold on the worldwide match. The seventh Indoor World Cup can be held Feb. 3 to 9 at Žatika Sport Centre in Pore, Croatia.
The 2025 squad options loads of younger, returning expertise. Sarah Johnson can be collaborating in her third World Cup, whereas Abby Burnett, Reese D’Ariano, Sierra Espeland, Annika Herbine, Sydney McGroarty, Opal Sparling, and Liz Tamburro all making their second look. D’Ariano, a sharpshooter on the ground, was named in 2023 the ladies’s younger participant of the match at age 15.
The No. 9 United Eagles are in Pool A with No. 2 Czechia, No. 8 Belgium and No. 26 Croatia. They open pool play on Monday, Feb. 3 at 3:40 p.m. ET in opposition to No. 2 Czechia. Then on Tuesday, Feb. 4 they face hosts No. 26 Croatia at 1:40 p.m. ET. Pool play concludes on Wednesday, Feb. 5 in opposition to No. 8 Belgium at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Pool B options No. 3 Austria, No. 7 South Africa No. 10 Poland and No. 18 Thailand. Pool C consists of No. 5 Australia, No. 6 Germany, No. 12 Namibia and No. 15 New Zealand.
The next athletes have been chosen to the official roster:
Charly Bruder, Malvern, Pa.
Abby Burnett, Zionsville, Pa.
Reese D’Ariano, West Chester, Pa.
Sierra Espeland, Midlothian, Va.
Sofia Ferri, Phoenixville, Pa.
Annika Herbine, Macungie, Pa.
Sarah Johnson, Lincoln College, Pa.
Sydney Mandato, Telford, Pa.
Erin Matson, Chadds Ford, Pa.
Sabrina McGroarty, Mickleton, N.J.
Opal Sparling, Chester Springs, Pa.
Liz Tamburro, Phoenixville, Pa.
*Non-traveling reserve: Abigail Gerdeman, Chester Springs, Pa.
The teaching workers contains Kentwell, assistant Allyson Fuller, crew supervisor Richard Kentwell, physiotherapist Roxanne Smith, and videographer Joep van de Coelen.
Picture: Reese D’Ariano on the 2025 RohrMax Indoor Cup, USA Discipline Hockey
