FIELD HOCKEY TOURNEY HEADED FOR MOORPARK.Byline: Lauren Gustus Staff Writer Moorpark, long a hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which of field hockey field hockey: see hockey, field. field hockey or hockey Game played with curve-ended sticks between two teams of 11 players. It is played on a field 100 yd (91.4 m) by 60 yd (55 m) in size. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , will have its annual chance to show off this weekend. The California Cup, the sport's premier tournament in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , will feature more than 300 games over four days beginning Friday at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . The tournament, which regularly draws teams from as far as Egypt, Taiwan and England, has taken place at Moorpark College for more than 30 years. The community college has seven fields with artificial turf, all of which are tailored to field hockey specifications. The U.S. National Team will test its skill in the Super Division, playing Canada West at 2 p.m. Saturday and Mexico at 2 p.m. Monday. Many of the American players will be familiar to those who have followed the sport: 80-90 percent are from Southern California, said Ralf Heuser, a member of the California Cup organizing committee, primarily because Moorpark is used as a training facility for the U.S. field hockey program. Among national-team members: Shawn Nakamura of Camarillo, 2001 U.S. Field Hockey Athlete of the Year Athlete of the Year
Last year, the U.S. national team finished fifth in the Cup. The USA Under 19 team will play Mexico at 4 p.m. Saturday, and the USA Under 16 team will play Taiwan at 11 a.m. Sunday. Field hockey, similar to soccer except players use a stick to move a small ball downfield down·field adv. & adj. Sports To, into, or in the defensive team's end of the field. Adj. 1. downfield - toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field; "he threw to a downfield receiver" , is a niche sport in this country. As a result, the United States has not developed players equal to those of Asia and Europe. The game is played primarily on the East Coast, the point of origin for the sport in the United States, and in California. ``Before the home run, before the layup, before the slap shot, there was a ball and a stick,'' Heuser said. Organized field hockey has existed in the U.S. for more than 100 years and is second worldwide in participation to soccer, according to the United States Field Hockey Association. CALIFORNIA CUP What: Field hockey tournament Where: Moorpark College When: Today through Monday CAPTION(S): box Box: CALIFORNIA CUP (see text) |
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