• Constance Applebee presents a hockey exhibition at Harvard
• First hockey club formed in Poughkeepsie, NY
• American Field Hockey Association founded, Constance Applebee elected President

1902   
First interclass contest

1907   
Philadelphia hockey league formed

1908   
Men’s field hockey first played at the London Olympic Games (U.S. does not compete)

1920   
The first U.S. Women’s Touring Team competes internationally in England

1922   
USFHA officially formed and the constitution unanimously accepted

1923   
Constance Applebee opens Tegawitha Hockey Camp in Mt. Pocono, PA, the first field hockey camp in the U.S.

1924   
USFHA Umpiring Committee begins rating officials

1927   

• International Federation of Women’s Field Hockey established
• First recorded game of U.S. men’s field hockey  (Germantown Cricket Club vs. Westchester Biltmore)
• Field Hockey Association of America founded

1930   
FHAA joins the Federation International de Hockey (FIH)

1932   
U.S. Men compete in their first Olympic Games in Los Angeles

1967   
First Pan Am Games to include men's field hockey-U.S. Team wins bronze medal

1974   
First Women’s World Cup

1980   
Women’s Field Hockey added to the Olympic Games, U.S. Teams boycott the Moscow Olympics and do not compete.

1981   
University of Connecticut hosts the first NCAA Field Hockey Championship

1984   
U.S. Women take bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

1993
FHAA and USFHA merge and are recognized as one national governing body for the sport of field hockey.