Boxer Stadium (also known as Matthew J. Boxer Stadium) is a 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.
Boxer Stadium is the primary home of the century-old San Francisco Soccer Football League.
History Boxer Stadium opened September 27, 1953 as the Balboa Park Soccer Stadium at a cost of $150,000. The concrete bleachers were added later after the November 1953 Proposition G bond passage. 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. The venue also hosted the California Rugby League Championship Game in 2021. East Palo Alto Razborbacks won the championship.
Tenants The stadium is home to the San Francisco Soccer Football League, the Golden Gate Women's Soccer League, and the San Francisco Unified School District CIF high school and middle school soccer.
For the 2013 season the San Francisco Stompers of the National Premier Soccer League played their home games at Boxer Stadium.
The San Francisco Glens of USL League Two played at Boxer for their first two seasons in the league (2018–19).
High school Lacrosse teams from SHC also use Boxer Stadium.
Rugby and Gaelic Athletic Association teams had used Boxer Stadium until the opening of Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island in 2005. 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.
Rugby events
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. The results are as follows:
Date Opponents Score Competition Att. Ref. 11 May 1996 19–12Pacific Rim Championship3,500 29 June 1996 42–23Pacific Rim Championship2,200 6 July 1996 74–5Pacific Rim Championship2,500 7 June 1997 51–29Pacific Rim Championship1,800 14 June 1997 17–14Pacific Rim Championship n/a 28 June 1997 11–22 Pacific Rim Championship 1,800 12 July 1997 23–28Wales tour of North America4,425 13 June 1998 21–25 Pacific Rim Championship 1,800 20 June 1998 17–27 Pacific Rim Championship 1,300 14 May 1999 30–10Pacific Rim Championship 4,600 22 May 1999 25–14 Pacific Rim Championship 3,950 15 July 2000 12–19 Pacific Rim Championship n/a 16 June 2001 19–48England tour of North America5,150 22 June 2002 23–65Scotland tour of North America2,400 15 August 2002 28–242003 World Cup qualifying1,230 17 May 2003 69–27Super Powers Cup1,852
USA Record at the Boxer Stadium Competition Played Won Drawn Lost % Won Pacific Rim Rugby Championship 11 7 0 4 % Rugby World Cup qualification 1 1 0 0 % Super Powers Cup 1 1 0 0 % Test Match 3 0 0 3 % Total 16 9 0 7 % Updated 30 April 2021
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