United States national netball team

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United States
Nickname(s)The Flying Eagles
AssociationUSANA
ConfederationAFNA (Americas)
Head coachRobert Whyte
ManagerBeverley Morris-Gill
World ranking37 Decrease
Uniform colors
Uniform colors
Netball World Cup
Appearances3 (Debuted in 1995)
Best result9th (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[edit]

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
Players Coaching staff
  • Christine Hayward (Canada)
  • Dailan McArthur (Jamaica)
  • Georgina Hibbert-Campbell (Jamaica)
  • Janay Whittaker (United States)
  • Jessica Strout (Australia)
  • Laura Woodroof (England)
  • Lisa Brady (Republic of Ireland)
  • Melinda Mitchell (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Natalie Cousins (Jamaica)
  • Nikeisha Jack (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Petra Williams
  • Roniesh Davis (Jamaica)
  • Sandra Williams (Jamaica)
  • Tasha Yanique Brown (Jamaica)
  • Tyiesha Bennett (Jamaica)
Head coach:
  • Jamaica Robert Whyte


Team manager:
  • Barbados Beverley Morris-Gill

Competitive record[edit]

Netball World Cup[3]
Year Championship Location Placing
1995 9th World Championships Birmingham, England 14th
1999 10th World Championships Christchurch, New Zealand 15th
2003 11th World Championships Kingston, Jamaica 9th
2007 12th World Championships Auckland, New Zealand DNQ
2011 13th World Championships Singapore DNQ
2015 14th World Cup Sydney, Australia DNQ

References[edit]

  1. ^ International Netball Federation. "Current World Rankings". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Last updated 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ USANA. "The USA Senior Netball Squad". Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  3. ^ USANA. "History of USA Netball Association". Retrieved July 28, 2011.

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