Southern field hockey clubs break gold medal game tradition at NCCs in 2025: field hockey
Bull City competed against WC Eagles in the 2025 U-19 NCCs. Photo: USA Field Hockey
The WC Eagles dominance at the National Club Championships has been well established across age divisions, but last year’s tournament also pointed to a broader geographic shift in the youth field hockey landscape.
For the first time, each club facing WC Eagles in a championship game was based south of the Mason-Dixon line. In previous years, gold-medal contenders came from the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic.
A few times NCCs saw a Midwest club, but mostly the same group continued to take part in the championship game.
IFHCK, Texas Pride, and Bull City represented Kentucky, Texas, and North Carolina, respectively, as they challenged WC Eagles in the 2025 finals.
IFHCK, the international field hockey club of Kentucky, were the closest to unseating WC Eagles in a 2-1 loss.
According to USA Field Hockey’s medal records for the National Club Championships, WC Eagles have won 39 medals, the most of any club listed.
This year’s National Club Championships are underway at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach. The U-14 division opens the event, followed by U-16 and U-19 competition.
The tournament did not take place in 2020. Here is a partial list of the top medalists.
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WC Eagles
39 medals total
U-14, won every NCC since its inception in 2012
U-16, won every NCC since 2012, won silver in 2011 (lost to Spirit of USA)
U-19, won the past seven NCCs, won silver in 2016 (Princeton, Gold), won silver in 2019 (PennLanco, Gold), and no listing for silver or bronze in 2017 (Nook Hockey, Gold)
AGH
7 medals total
U-14, silver, 2019, 2024
U-16, bronze, 2019; silver, 2021, 2022
U-19, silver, 2022, 2023
Freedom FKY
6 medals total
U-14, bronze, 2019
U-16, bronze, 2021; silver, 2023
U-19, bronze, 2021, 2022, 2023
Windy City
5 medals total
U-14, silver, 2021; bronze, 2022
U-16, bronze, 2022, 2024
U-19, bonze, 2024
X-Calibur
5 medals total
U-16, silver, 2012, 2018
U-19, bronze, 2011; silver, 2018, 2019
Central Penn
4 medals total
· U-14, silver, 2022; bronze, 2023, 2024
· U-16, silver, 2024
Texas Pride
3 medals total
U-16, silver, 2025
U-19, silver, 2024; bronze, 2025
Mayhem
3 medals total
U-14, bronze, 2021, 2025
U-16, bronze, 2023
NorthEast Elite
3 medals total
U-14, silver, 2012, 2023
U-16, silver, 2019
Spirit of USA
3 medals total
U-14, bronze, 2012
U-17, gold, 2011, 2012
Nook Hockey
2 medals total
U-19, gold, 2017; bronze, 2019
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