Boxer Stadium

Boxer Stadium (also known as Matthew J. Boxer Stadium) is a soccer stadium in San Francisco, California. Located in Balboa Park, the stadium has a capacity of 3,500. It is owned and operated by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department and is the only public soccer-specific stadium in San Francisco.[2] Boxer Stadium is the primary home of the century-old San Francisco Soccer Football League.[3]

Boxer Stadium
Full nameMatthew J. Boxer Stadium
Former namesBalboa Park Soccer Stadium (1953–1990s)
LocationSan Francisco, California
Coordinates37.725788°N 122.444593°W / 37.725788; -122.444593
OwnerCity and County of San Francisco
OperatorSan Francisco Recreation & Parks Department
Capacity3,500[1]
Field size100 x 65 m
Surfacenatural grass
Opened1953
Tenants
El Farolito SC (NPSL) (2018–)
San Francisco Dogfish (MLU) (2014)
San Francisco Rush (PRO Rugby) (2016)
USA Eagles (1996–2000)

History

Boxer Stadium opened September 27, 1953 as the Balboa Park Soccer Stadium at a cost of $150,000.[4] The concrete bleachers were added later after the November 1953 Proposition G bond passage.[5] The stadium was renamed in honor of the late SFSFL President, Matthew J. Boxer in the 1990s.

Boxer Stadium served as the main venue of the 1982 Gay Games.

Tenants

The stadium is home to the San Francisco Soccer Football League,[6] the Golden Gate Women's Soccer League,[7] and the San Francisco Unified School District CIF high school and middle school soccer.[8][9]

For the 2013 season the San Francisco Stompers FC of the National Premier Soccer League played their home games at Boxer Stadium.[10]

High school Lacrosse teams from SHC also use Boxer Stadium.[11][12]

Rugby and Gaelic Athletic Association teams had used Boxer Stadium until the opening of Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island in 2005.[13][14] In 2016, Boxer Stadium was the home pitch for the San Francisco Rush professional rugby team in the new PRO Rugby competition in the United States, however, the team was folded by the league after one season citing an unsuitable venue.[15]

USA Internationals

Boxer Stadium has hosted 16 USA Eagles international rugby union matches. It was the unofficial home of the Eagles from 1996 to 2000, hosting 12 of their 17 test matches.[16] The results are as follows:

Date Opponents Final score Competition Attendance
11 May 1996  Canada 19 – 12 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 3,500[17]
29 June 1996  Hong Kong 42 – 23 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 2,200[18]
6 July 1996  Japan 74 – 5 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 2,500[19]
7 June 1997  Japan 51 – 29 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 1,800[20]
14 June 1997  Hong Kong 17 – 14 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship [21]
28 June 1997  Canada 11 – 22 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 1,800[22]
12 July 1997  Wales 23 – 28 1997 Wales rugby union tour of North America 4,425[23]
13 June 1998  Japan 21 – 25 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 1,800[24]
20 June 1998  Hong Kong 17 – 27 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 1,300[25]
14 May 1999  Tonga 30 – 10 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 4,600[26]
22 May 1999  Fiji 25 – 14 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 3,950[27]
15 July 2000  Samoa 12 – 19 Pacific Rim Rugby Championship [28]
16 June 2001  England 19 – 48 2001 England rugby union tour of North America 5,150[29][30]
22 June 2002  Scotland 23 – 65 2002 Scotland rugby union tour of North America 2,400[31]
15 August 2002  Uruguay 28 – 24 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying 1,230[32]
17 May 2003  Japan 69 – 27 Super Powers Cup 1,852[33]
USA Record at the Boxer Stadium
Competition Played Won Drawn Lost  % Won
Pacific Rim Rugby Championship1170463.64%
Rugby World Cup qualification1100100%
Super Powers Cup1100100%
Test Match30030%
Total1690756.25%

Updated 30 April 2021

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