Matson, 24, who stepped away from the national team last year to concentrate on her coaching duties at North Carolina, returned in hopes of getting a shot to compete in Paris.
“Why is US Field Hockey denying the greatest American player in history,” a UNC official said of Erin Matson, “a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team?” Field hockey star Erin Matson said Thursday that the sport’s governing body in the United States denied her an opportunity to try out for this year’s Olympic team.
Matson said she made her request for a tryout in February, but USA Field Hockey “chose not to grant me that opportunity.” She added that she “met all selection criteria” as laid out in the national organization’s bylaws.“My request wasn’t to be an Olympian. My request was to allow me to try out,” wrote Matson, who until last year had been a member of the U.S. national team since 2017. “Although it leaves my heart heavy, I have moved forward.
A spokeswoman for USA Field Hockey did not immediately respond Thursday evening to a request for comment on Matson’s statement.that it reviewed Matson’s request but determined that she did not meet its criteria for Olympic team consideration. USA Field Hockey did not specify how Matson came up short, per the Inquirer, but said she was “encouraged to return to field hockey as an athlete and make herself eligible for the next cycle.
in NCAA Division I history — Matson returned to play last month for Team USA at the 2024 Indoor Pan American Cups in Calgary. She scored two goals as the United States finished first, and her tally in a post-overtime shootout clinched the gold medal.the Inquirer that part of her motivation in competing at that event was to give USA Field Hockey “an opportunity to see me play again.”. “She came back to me and asked what I thought. I said, ‘You’re only 23, 24 once.
“I felt it unfair to take time and attention away from a group in Charlotte that would be training and focusing on 2024,” Matson said. “There is plenty of time after the Paris games to talk about my involvement in 2026 and 2028, and I look forward to having that discussion.
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