Patrick 'Pat' Glen Harris (born 13 March 1985) is an indoor and field hockey player from the United States.

Personal life Harris is a native of California. He was born in Thousand Oaks, and raised in the nearby city of Moorpark. His brother, Sean, also played field hockey for the United States at international level.

He is an alumnus of Moorpark High School and the University of Pennsylvania.

Field hockey Under–21 Harris was a member of the United States U–21 side from 1999 through to 2006.

During his time with the national junior squad, he competed at two editions of the Pan American Junior Championship. At the 2000 edition in Santiago, the team finished in fourth place. At the 2005 edition in Havana, the team finished in fourth again, with Harris named as the Player of the Tournament.

Senior national team Harris received his first call-up to the United States national squad in 2000, at just 15 years of age. He made his senior international debut later that year, earning his first senior cap during a match against Mexico at the inaugural edition of the Pan American Cup in Havana.

Throughout his career, Harris has represented the national team at a multitude of major international tournaments. During this time, he has medalled with the team on three separate occasions. In 2009 he won his first, taking home an historic silver medal at the Pan American Cup in Santiago. His other two medals were both bronze. He won his first bronze at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster and the second at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima.

As of 2025, Harris is still an active member of the senior national team. He was most recently named in the squad for the 2025 Pan American Cup in Montevideo, which will be his seventh edition of the tournament. He is the only player in Pan America to have competed at every single edition of the Pan American Cup.

Major International TournamentsThe following is a list of major international tournaments Harris has competed in throughout his career.

2000 Pan American Cup – Havana 2001 Intercontinental Cup – Edinburgh 2003 Pan American Games – Santo Domingo 2004 Pan American Cup – London 2007 Pan American Games – Rio de Janeiro 2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers – Auckland 2009 Pan American Cup – Santiago 2009 FIH World Cup Qualifiers – Quilmes 2011 FIH Champions Challenge II – Lille 2012–13 FIH World League – Chula Vista, Rio de Janeiro 2013 Pan American Cup – Brampton 2014–15 FIH World League – San Diego 2015 Pan American Games – Toronto 2016–17 FIH World League – Tacarigua 2017 Pan American Cup – Lancaster 2018–19 FIH Series – Bhubaneswar 2019 Pan American Games – Lima 2022 Pan American Cup – Santiago 2023 Pan American Games – Santiago 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup II – Muscat 2025 Pan American Cup – Montevideo

Indoor hockey In addition to field hockey, Harris also represented the United States in indoor hockey. Throughout his indoor career, he has medalled at five editions of the Indoor Pan American Cup. He won gold at the 2008 edition in San Juan, silver at the 2002, 2010 and 2021 editions, held in Rockville, Barquisimeto and Spring City, respectively, and finally bronze at the 2005 edition, held in Kitchener.

He has also represented the United States at every edition of the FIH Indoor World Cup the national team has qualified for. These include the 2003, 2011 and 2023 editions of the competition, held in Leipzig, Poznań and Pretoria, respectively.

International goals The following is a list of field hockey goals scored by Harris at international level.

GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 23 June 2000 Estadio de Hockey Antonio Maceo, Havana, Cuba 3–0 6–0 2000 Pan American Cup 2 19 July 2001 Scottish Hockey Centre of Excellence, Edinburgh, Scotland 2–4 2–4 2001 Intercontinental Cup 3 9 August 2002 Cancha de Hockey Sobre Césped Siglo XXI, Salamanca, Mexico 4–0 7–0 Test Match 4 5 May 2003 Santo Domingo Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3–2 4–3 2003 Pan American Cup Qualifiers 5 11 May 2003 12–0 16–1 6 14–1 7 16–1 8 6 August 2003 3–0 23–0 XIV Pan American Games 9 7–0 10 12–0 11 17–0 12 19–0 13 21–0 14 22–0 15 23–0 16 12 August 2003 2–1 3–2 17 12 May 2004 TD Waterhouse Stadium, London, Canada 2–0 10–1 2004 Pan American Cup 18 8–1 19 13 May 2004 10–1 11–1 20 15 May 2004 3–0 8–0 21 4–0 22 7–0 23 16 May 2004 1–6 1–6 24 18 May 2004 1–2 1–2 25 22 May 2004 1–0 11–0 26 7–0 27 19 February 2006 United States Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, United States 1–5 1–7 Test Match 28 16 July 2006 USA Regional Field Hockey Training Center, Virginia Beach, United States 3–2 3–2 29 30 May 2007 Lanzhou Olympic Center Stadium, Lanzhou, China 1–0 2–6 30 31 May 2007 1–5 1–8 31 16 July 2007 Círculo Militar Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1–0 1–2 XV Pan American Games 32 18 July 2007 2–2 2–2 33 22 July 2007 1–3 1–4 34 25 July 2007 5–0 13–0 35 7–0 36 8–0 37 9–0 38 12–0 39 16 December 2007 United States Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, United States 1–0 3–1 Test Match 40 2–0 41 17 December 2007 2–2 2–2 42 19 December 2007 1–2 4–4 43 2–3 44 4–4 45 20 December 2007 2–2 4–4 46 3–3 47 4–4 48 22 December 2007 2–1 4–4 49 3 February 2008 North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand 2–0 4–7 2008 FIH Olympic Qualifiers 50 9 February 2008 1–2 4–2 51 10 February 2008 1–1 2–3 52 15 February 2009 United States Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, United States 1–1 1–2 Test Match 53 22 February 2009 1–5 1–5 54 8 March 2009 Prince of Wales Country Club, Santiago, Chile 1–0 9–0 2009 Pan American Cup 55 2–0 56 4–0 57 5–0 58 14 March 2009 1–0 2–1 59 15 March 2009 1–0 1–2 60 15 November 2009 Estadio Nacional de Hockey, Quilmes, Argentina 1–4 1–6 2009 FIH World Cup Qualifiers 61 21 November 2009 1–1 3–3 62 22 November 2009 1–0 2–1 63 2 July 2011 Lille Métropole Hockey Club, Lille, France 2–1 2–3 2011 FIH Champions Challenge II 64 5 July 2011 1–0 1–0 65 7 July 2011 2–5 2–6 66 10 July 2011 5–2 5–2 67 17 November 2012 United States Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, United States 1–0 16–0 2012–13 FIH World League Round 1 68 4–0 69 8–0 70 9–0 71 18 November 2012 2–0 8–0 72 5–0 73 8–0 74 3 March 2013 Círculo Militar Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1–0 1–1 (3–4) 2012–13 FIH World League Round 2 75 12 August 2013 Cassie Campbell Hockey Field, Brampton, Canada 7–0 12–0 2013 Pan American Cup 76 10–0 77 11–0 78 12–0 79 14 August 2013 1–1 3–2 80 2–2 81 3–2 82 28 February 2015 United States Olympic Training Center, Chula Vista, United States 2–4 2–5 2014–15 FIH World League Round 2 83 1 March 2015 2–1 7–1 84 5–1 85 6–1 83 8 March 2015 3–1 5–3 84 4–2 85 5–3 86 25 July 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Fields, Toronto, Canada 5–2 6–2 XVII Pan American Games 87 26 March 2017 National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 7–1 2016–17 FIH World League Round 2 88 6–0 89 30 March 2017 2–2 2–2 (3–2) 90 2 April 2017 1–1 2–2 (2–1) 91 9 July 2018 Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland 3–1 3–1 Test Match 92 30 July 2019 Andrés Avelino Cáceres Sports Complex, Lima, Peru 2–0 7–1 XVIII Pan American Games 93 3 August 2019 3–1 5–1 94 5 August 2019 1–0 5–1 95 25 October 2023 Centro de Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler, Santiago, Chile 2–0 6–1 XIX Pan American Games

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