United States national netball team explained

Country:United States
Nickname:The Flying Eagles
Association:USANA
Confederation:AFNA (Americas)
Coach:Robert Whyte
Manager:Beverley Morris-Gill
Rank:37
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Wnc Apps:3
Wnc Debut:1995
Wnc Best:9th (2003)

The United States national netball team represents the United States in international netball competition at the quadrennial World Netball Championships for the INF Netball World Cup. The US national team comprises mostly expatriate players from Commonwealth countries where netball is popular, including Jamaica. The team competed at the 2003 World Netball Championships in Jamaica, finishing 9th. Prior to 2008, the final placings of the World Netball Championships were used to determine INF World Rankings, and from 2003–07 United States was ranked 9th. It did not compete at the 2007 World Netball Championships in New Zealand. As of December 2, 2019, United States is ranked in the world at 37th.[1]

Roster

A 15-player squad was selected to compete at the AFNA World Championships qualifiers, held from July 22–28, 2010 in Saint Lucia.[2] The United States did not advance from the qualifiers, narrowly missing out on goal average having the same number of points as Barbados, with Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados joining Jamaica in representing the Americas at the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore.

United States national netball squad
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  • Christine Hayward ()
  • Dailan McArthur ()
  • Georgina Hibbert-Campbell ()
  • Janay Whittaker ()
  • Jessica Strout ()
  • Laura Woodroof
  • Lisa Brady
  • Melinda Mitchell
  • Natalie Cousins ()
  • Nikeisha Jack
  • Petra Williams
  • Roniesh Davis ()
  • Sandra Williams ()
  • Tasha Yanique Brown ()
  • Tyiesha Bennett ()
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Head coach:

  • Robert Whyte


Team manager:

  • Beverley Morris-Gill

Competitive record

Netball World Cup[3]
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1995 Birmingham, England 14th
1999 Christchurch, New Zealand 15th
2003 Kingston, Jamaica 9th
2007 Auckland, New Zealand DNQ
2011 DNQ
2015 Sydney, Australia DNQ

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Netball Federation . Current World Rankings . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519025332/http://www.netball.org/IFNA.aspx?id=94 . May 19, 2011 . Last updated 20 December 2019.
  2. Web site: . The USA Senior Netball Squad . July 28, 2011.
  3. Web site: . History of USA Netball Association . July 28, 2011.