Olympic Club and Lone Star FHC Crowned 2026 USFHL Adult National Club Champions
ST LOUIS, Mo. – After three days of top adult club competition in St Louis, Mo., Olympic Club and Lone Star FHC were crowned the 2026 Women’s and Men’s United States Field Hockey League (USFHL) National Club Champions!! Women’s Division: Olympic Club Wins Their 4th National Title History was made in the women’s division with Olympic Club being the first adult club to claim 4 national titles since the event was sanctioned in 2019! They won this year’s edition with a dominant 5-win performance through closely contested matches: winning their pool in a shootout tiebreaker, beating the reigning champions and #1 ranked Atlanta FHC in the semi-final, and clinching the final with a late 4th quarter goal against Washington FHA to come out on top 1-0. Three clubs have dominated the past five years of competition with Olympic Club, Washington FHA, or Atlanta FHC playing in every final and accounting for every gold and silver medal since 2022, representing post-collegiate talent across the country. This year was no exception as two of these teams competed in the final, and they all finished 1-2-3: Olympic Club (Gold), Washington FHA (Silver), and Atlanta FHC (Bronze). While these clubs continue to finish on top, the competition between the elite women’s teams gets closer every year. Philly Premier held Olympic Club and Washington FHA to one-goal margins in pool play and Charlotte Ambush fell to both Washington FHA in the semi-final and Atlanta FHC in the bronze medal match in tight shootout victories. We look forward to seeing these clubs and new clubs continue to elevate the competition each year and challenge the current perennial powerhouses! Olympic Club’s Agustina Singh was selected by her opponents and umpires as MVP of the Tournament for her performance throughout the weekend. Agustina is an Argentinian native and played Division 1 at UC Davis, where she started 69 games, was a team captain, and received multiple recognitions during her career including America East All-Conference First Team. She is now a Senior Operations Manager at RSF Social Finance in San Francisco, CA. Women’s Division Final Standings: You can see the women’s game results here and women’s game replays here for all Saturday & Sunday games, including the medal games. Men’s Division: Lone Star FHC Crowned Undefeated Champions The men’s division was decided through a six-team pool play competition with Lone Star FHC winning all five of their games to finish 5-0-0 and clinch their first ever National Championship! Lone Star has been a championship contender and medalist every year since their first NCC in 2021, finishing second or third in the nation for each of the past five years and entering this past weekend ranked #3 in the US. Lone Star finally unseated the reigning champions and #1 ranked dcDragons on the first day of competition with a reverse chip game-winning goal to pull ahead 2-1 in Q4. The game ended up being the de-facto championship match as both teams went undefeated through the rest of the weekend. dcDragons finished second and also picked up their sixth medal in six years while Atlanta FHC picked up their first ever men’s medal at NCC, finishing in third place with narrow one-goal margin losses to the top two teams and a decisive 2-0 final victory on Sunday over fourth-placed SoCal Strikers. The men’s division was a great spread of veteran and rising clubs with the three recent champions (Lone Star 2026, dcDragons 2025, and Greenwich 2024) competing against three clubs that only have a handful of NCC appearances between them. The men’s competition gets more fierce each year, and we are excited to see the rising level of club talent for Men’s field hockey in the United States! Lone Star’s Ronan Taggart was selected by his opponents and umpires as MVP of the Tournament on the men’s side. Ronan is from Great Britain and competed on the Wales Men’s National Team in multiple European Hockey League (EHL) & EuroHockey events. He has over a decade of elite coaching experience in England and is now an Elite Performance Hockey Coach & Academy Director at Leap Hockey in Dallas, TX. Men’s Division Final Standings: You can see the men’s game results here and men’s game replays here for all Saturday & Sunday games. Women’s USFHL NCC All-Star Team Atlanta FHC | Elizabeth Hitti Olympic Club | Agustina Singh (MVP) Atlanta FHC | Zoe Shephard Olympic Club | Emma Christus Klein Charlotte Ambush | Anna Miller Olympic Club | Mollie D’Arcy Rice Charlotte Ambush | Michelle Kasold Philly Premier | Amanda Dinunzio dcDragons | Hannah McKeon Rocky Mountain | Alyssa Bashford Delaware FHA | Linnea Gonzales Washington FHA | Georgie McTear Miami Surf | Melissa Katz Washington FHA | Emma Gladstein Men’s USFHL NCC All-Star Team Atlanta FHC | Khotsofalo (Keezy) Pheko Lone Star FHC | Ronan Taggart (MVP) Atlanta FHC | Tinashe Dzemwa Lone Star FHC | Amrinderpal (Gary) Singh dcDragons | Danny Hooper PTFH Greensboro | Edward Unkles dcDragons | Tyler Kim SoCal Strikers | Oliver Bikhazi-Green Greenwich FHC | Ivan Krasowski Bissio For more information about the USFHL, visit their website or Instagram.
2026 NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN ST. LOUIS
January 21, 2026 The USFHL Board is pleased to announce that the 2026 USFHL National Club Championship (NCC) will be held in St. Louis, MO on the Water-Based AstroTurf fields at Saint Louis University & SportPort International from July 10–12, 2026. We recognize that this plan represents a change from the location and weekend of previous NCCs, and we wanted to share with you the process & reasons behind this decision. First, the University of Delaware (host to the past four NCCs) will be replacing its turf, which means the facility will be unavailable throughout the summer. We would like to publicly thank the University of Delaware for their continued support and partnership, and we know we speak for the entire community when we say how much we have enjoyed calling their facility home and that we look forward to returning in the near future. Second, the 2026 Masters Hockey World Cup is scheduled to start on July 22, 2026, which is in close proximity to NCC’s previously held weekend, which would have ended on July 19th and would have had a significant impact on player availability. As a result, the decision was made to move the tournament forward by one weekend to July 10-12, 2026. Lastly, when selecting a new host location, several factors influenced — and, candidly, limited — the available options. The goal was to find two available fields in close proximity to each other with the same astroturf playing surface in an accessible location. The key considerations included, in no particular order: After connecting with facility administrators from the few suitable options around the country, it was determined that St. Louis, MO provided the best overall setup to deliver another successful and enjoyable USFHL National Club Championship. We look forward to welcoming the top club teams in the United States back to crown another champion! Thank you for being a valued part of the USFHL community and for your continued support. Kind regards, Lance Wood President, USFHL Board of Directors
USFHL 2025 Annual General Meeting
In USFHL’s 2025 Annual General Meeting, the Executive Board covered a myriad of topics related to competition and future plans for the league. Watch the full AGM on the USFHL Youtube Channel.