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Free education and scholarships driving field hockey in US

It’s not everyday that one hears an American athlete complain about the lack of a professional set-up back home but that’s the reality for the US hockey players who are driven to take up the sport primarily for free college education. Unlike India where crores our showered on the players for major achievements at the international level, besides the presence of a robust league and good infrastructure, hockey is not even a professional sport in the US.