Boxer Stadium


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. 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.
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, 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 FC 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.
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.

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:
DateOpponentsFinal scoreCompetitionAttendance
11 May 199619 – 12Rugby Championship">Rugby football">Rugby Championship3,500
29 June 199642 – 23Pacific Rim Rugby Championship2,200
6 July 199674 – 5Pacific Rim Rugby Championship2,500
7 June 199751 – 29Pacific Rim Rugby Championship1,800
14 June 199717 – 14Pacific Rim Rugby Championship
28 June 199711 – 22Pacific Rim Rugby Championship1,800
12 July 199723 – 281997 [Wales rugby union tour of North America]4,425
13 June 199821 – 25Pacific Rim Rugby Championship1,800
20 June 199817 – 27Pacific Rim Rugby Championship1,300
14 May 199930 – 10Pacific Rim Rugby Championship4,600
22 May 199925 – 14Pacific Rim Rugby Championship3,950
15 July 200012 – 19Pacific Rim Rugby Championship
16 June 200119 – 482001 England [rugby union tour of North America]5,150
22 June 200223 – 652002 Scotland rugby union tour of North America2,400
15 August 200228 – 242003 [Rugby World Cup qualifying]1,230
17 May 200369 – 27Super Powers Cup1,852

''Updated 30 April 2021''