{"id":430596,"date":"2026-05-07T20:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/430596\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:28:12","slug":"passmore-determines-womens-2026-fih-hockey-nations-cup-auckland-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/430596\/","title":{"rendered":"Passmore Determines Women\u2019s 2026 FIH Hockey Nations Cup Auckland Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The selected traveling roster will be led by co-captains Emma DeBerdine and Meredith Sholder. They are paired with other experienced athletes in Leah Crouse, Ashley Hoffman, Ashley Sessa, Abby Tamer, Beth Yeager, and Maddie Zimmer, but also welcome some younger talent in Reese D\u2019Ariano, Ryleigh Heck, and Mia Schoenbeck.<\/p>\n<p>The selected goalkeepers selected are Kelsey Bing and Jenny Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p>The squad, along with reserves Bethany Dykema, Dani Mendez, Makenna Webster, and Jillian Wolgemuth, will depart on May 25 for Perth, Australia where they will be playing four unofficial games against No. 8 Australia in preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Passmore will be assisted by Maddie Hinch and Bert Remmerswaal, with Nazia Rashid as team manager, Alan Good as the video analyst and Hannah Jaussen as the athletic trainer.<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 USA sits in Pool A with No. 9 India, No. 15 Japan, and No. 17 Uruguay. Pool B consists of No. 10 New Zealand, No. 11 Chile, No. 16 France, and No. 18 Korea. <\/p>\n<p>The Eagles start competition on Sunday, June 14 against No. 9 India at 6:45 p.m. ET. On Monday, June 15 they face No. 17 Uruguay at 6:45 p.m. ET and finish pool play on Wednesday, June 17 against No. 15 Japan at 9:00 p.m. ET. Crossovers and semifinals will take place on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, with the finals on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21 (because of the time zone difference).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>      2026 USWNT Nations Cup Schedule\u00a0<a href=\"#_2026_USWNT_Nations_Cup_Schedule\" aria-label=\"Permalink to the '2026 USWNT Nations Cup Schedule' heading\" class=\"heading-block-deeplink\" data-tooltip=\"Permalink to the '2026 USWNT Nations Cup Schedule' heading\"><\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date<\/p>\n<p>Time ET<\/p>\n<p>Teams<\/p>\n<p>Sun., June 14<\/p>\n<p>6:45 PM<\/p>\n<p>India vs. USA<\/p>\n<p>Mon., June 15<\/p>\n<p>6:45 PM<\/p>\n<p>USA vs. Uruguay<\/p>\n<p>Wed., June 17<\/p>\n<p>9:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>USA vs. Japan<\/p>\n<p>Fri., June 19\/Sat., June 20<\/p>\n<p>Crossovers + Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>Sat., June 20\/Sun., June 21<\/p>\n<p>Placement + Final<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe four friendlies we have against Australia will provide ideal preparation before we head onto Auckland and are also key and those traveling to Australia will have the opportunity to remain in contention for World Cup selection,\u201d added Passmore.<\/p>\n<p>This event will be streamed pay-per-view on <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.hockey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch.Hockey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the 2026 FIH Hockey Nations Cup Auckland, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usafieldhockey.com\/events\/2026\/june\/15\/nations-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The selected traveling roster will be led by co-captains Emma DeBerdine and Meredith Sholder. They are paired with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-430596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}