Name: Christian DeAngelis
Position: Striker
Caps: 46
Sport: Field Hockey
DOB: 2/13/1999
Hometown: Doylestown, Pa.
High School: Central Bucks High School West
College: Old Dominion University
Team/Club: WC Eagles/East Coast High Performance (ECHP)
World Championship Experience
  • Gold - 2018 Hockey Series Open (Salamanca, Mexico)
  • Silver - 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup (Spring City, Pa. )
  • Silver - 2019 3 Nations Invitational (Benalmadena, Spain)
  • Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
  • Bronze - 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru)
  • Bronze - 2018 Junior Nations Invitational Tournament (New Haven, Conn.)
  • 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
  • 4th - 2019 Hockey Series Final (Bhubaneswar, India)
  • 4th - 2016 Junior Pan American Championship (Toronto, Canada)
  • 5th - 2018 5 Nations Tournament (Malaga, Spain), Recorded first cap on January 31 against Spain
  • 6th - 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup (Johor Bahru, Malaysia)
  • Canceled - 2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Reserve (Liège, Belgium)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2023: Named to the U.S. Men's National Indoor Team, Big Apple International Indoor Championship
  • 2022: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
  • 2022: 4-Nations Tournament (Glasgow, Scotland)
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. Men's National Indoor Team, FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Selection Camp
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September), Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Indoor Team
  • 2020: Series against South Africa (Durban, South Africa), Series against Argentina (U-21 USMNT) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • 2019: Named to U.S. Men's National Indoor Team
  • 2019: Series against Korea (Seoul, South Korea)
  • 2018: Named to the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team, Junior Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile), Europe Tour (France, Spain, Scotland, Ireland)
  • 2017: Named to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team, Junior Tour in Belgium and The Netherlands, Junior Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.)
  • 2016: Named to the U.S. U-21 Men's National Team, Junior Tour to The Netherlands, Junior Series against Canada (Chula Vista, Calif.)
  • 2015: Named to the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team
  • 2014: Named to the U.S. U-18 Men's National Team
  • 2013: Named to the U.S. U-17 Men's National Team
Personal: Son of David and Christa DeAngelis...Has two sisters, Brianna and Anya Maria...Joined the USMNT in 2018...Joined the Junior USMNT in 2013...Began playing field hockey in 2012, when he was 13 years old...Game Day Mantra: "Never get outworked!"...Favorite Sports Quote: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali...Best Words of Advice: "Work hard and continue to improve."
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Like many before him, DeAngelis started playing field hockey because of a sibling. When he was 13 years old, his entire family traveled to West Palm Beach, Fla. in November 2012 for the National Hockey Festival, where his older sister Brianna was competing. One can imagine how exciting it was for a young boy to travel to Florida for field hockey matches throughout the Thanksgiving weekend. To his surprise, there was a segment during Festival called "Grow the Game", where boys were proactively encouraged to grab a stick and come out onto the field for an introduction of the sport. During that moment, he thought, "finally I have something to do here and it really was fun."