American Sport 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]
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 .
Boxer Stadium 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 ,
[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]
Updated 30 April 2021
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