"VAN" (Sports Desk - 09.07.2021) :: USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce that Bessant Field in Charlotte, N.C. will be the new temporary training site for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Located on the campus of Queens University of Charlotte and part of the Queens Sports Complex, Bessant Field will serve as the centralized home to the USWNT.
Bessant Field is home to the Queens field hockey team and is Charlotte’s only water-based turf facility. Queens Sports Complex is one of the largest athletic venues in the region and has one of the world’s largest standing lion sculptures, Rex, on the premises. It offers a world class multi-sport champion field, cross country course, grass practice field, tennis center with six courts, water-based turf field and a 14,000 square foot conference center. Centrally located just south of Uptown Charlotte, Queens Sports Complex is less than 10 miles from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The USWNT will relocate and return to organized training at the beginning of August. They will dive into preparation for the 2022 Pan American Cup, an FIH Hockey World Cup qualifier, set for January 20 through 30 in Santiago, Chile. The USWNT will also be partaking in the third season of the FIH Hockey Pro League, which begins October 6, but USA will have their first contest on February 16, 2022.
In September, an event will take place to officially welcome the USWNT to Charlotte and Bessant Field.
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