Soccer-Specific stadiums in the NASL: 2 (25 % of the league) Only two soccer specific stadiums, but also, only one baseball stadium. There currently is a total of three NCAA stadium across the league with two more on the way with expansion. But there is a trend when it comes to NASL team homes, and that’s NCAA stadium. San Diego NASL - Torero Stadium (temporary) - NCAA Football and Soccer stadium (grass).California United FC - Titan Stadium - NCAA Soccer stadium (grass).San Francisco Deltas - Kezar Stadium - Track & Field and Football stadium (grass).Porto Rico FC - Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium - Soccer Specific Converted Baseball Field (grass).North Carolina FC - WakeMed Soccer Park - Soccer Specific (grass).New York Cosmos - MCU Park - MiLB Baseball field (turf).Miami FC - Riccardo Silva Stadium - NCAA Football and Soccer stadium (turf).Jacksonville Armada FC - Hodges Stadium - NCAA Track & Field and Soccer stadium (grass).Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium - NCAA Track & Field and Soccer stadium (turf) FC Edmonton - Clarke Stadium - Canadian Football League/NASL 1.0 stadium (turf since 2000).Soccer Specific stadiums in MLS: 15 (68 % of the league)īaseball stadiums in MLS: 1 (4 % of the league) Soccer Specific stadiums in Western Conference: 8 (72 % of conference) Soccer-Specific stadiums in Eastern Conference: 7 (63 % of conference) The western conference has a higher total of soccer-specific stadium with eight (72 per cent of the conference), without counting the expansion LAFC, whereas the Eastern conference holds seven stadiums (68 per cent of the conference. And we all have a pretty good idea why that ballpark is there: NYC locations for a soccer-specific stadium is and will remain tough to find. With the efforts made by MLS to have more soccer-specific stadiums in the past few years, it’s not a surprise to only see one ballpark in the mix. LAFC - Banc of California Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass - expected). Minnesota United FC - TCF Bank Stadium (temporary) - NCAA Football stadium (turf).Colorado Rapids - Dick’s Sporting Good Park - Soccer Specific (grass).LA Galaxy - StubHub Center - Soccer Specific (grass).Real Salt Lake - Rio Tinto Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).San Jose Earthquakes - Avaya Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).Vancouver Whitecaps FC - BC Place - Canadian Football League stadium (turf).FC Dallas - Toyota Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).Portland Timbers - Providence Park - Soccer Specific Converted MiLB Baseball field (turf).Houston Dynamo - BBVA Compass Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).Sporting KC - Children’s Mercy Park - Soccer Specific (grass).Seattle Sounders - CenturyLink Field - NFL stadium (turf).DC United - RFK Stadium - Former NFL stadium (grass).New England Revolution - Gillette Stadium - NFL stadium (turf).Philadelphia Union - Talen Energy Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).Orlando City FC - Orlando City Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).Atlanta United FC - Bobby Dodd Stadium / Mercedes-Benz Stadium - College Football stadium / NFL stadium (grass / turf).Montreal Impact - Stade Saputo - Soccer Specific (grass).Columbus Crew SC - Mapfre Stadium - Soccer Specific (grass).New York Red Bulls - Red Bull Arena - Soccer Specific (grass).Chicago Fire - Toyota Park - Soccer Specific (grass).NYCFC - Yankee Stadium - MLB Baseball field (grass).Toronto FC - BMO Field - Soccer Specific (grass). #PRO PLAYER STADIUM PROFESSIONAL#Let’s look at the four main professional soccer leagues - MLS, the NASL, the USL and the NWSL - and see how they’re doing on that front: The seats aren’t necessarily placed in the right areas and you might be far from the pitch. Off the field, there’s also the fan appreciation that can take a hit when watching a soccer game in a stadium meant to watch the sport of baseball as opposed to the sport of soccer. Then there’s the limitation in regards to the size of the field. First off, there’s covering part of the baseball diamond with either turf of slabs of grass, which never works to perfection. We know now that playing soccer in a baseball field isn’t ideal. Courtesy NatureBoyMD - Wikimedia Commons With the news that came out Wednesday from the USL’s Nashville SC announcing that they would play their first season out of First Tennessee Park, a Baseball Stadium hosting Oakland Athletics AAA affiliate Nashville Sound, I decided to do a little bit of digging.Įxactly how many teams are currently - and are scheduled to - play soccer in a baseball field? USL expansion franchise Nashville SC announced they would play at First Tennessee Park in 2018.
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