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.
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 (2018-19).
High school Lacrosse teams from SHC also use Boxer Stadium.
Rugby football and Gaelic Athletic Association teams had used Boxer Stadium until the opening of Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island in 2005.
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:
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| 11 May 1996 | | 19 – 12 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 3,500 |
| 29 June 1996 | | 42 – 23 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 2,200 |
| 6 July 1996 | | 74 – 5 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 2,500 |
| 7 June 1997 | | 51 – 29 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 1,800 |
| 14 June 1997 | | 17 – 14 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | |
| 28 June 1997 | | 11 – 22 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 1,800 |
| 12 July 1997 | | 23 – 28 | 1997 Wales rugby union tour of North America | 4,425 |
| 13 June 1998 | | 21 – 25 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 1,800 |
| 20 June 1998 | | 17 – 27 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 1,300 |
| 14 May 1999 | | 30 – 10 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 4,600 |
| 22 May 1999 | | 25 – 14 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | 3,950 |
| 15 July 2000 | | 12 – 19 | Pacific Rim Rugby Championship | |
| 16 June 2001 | | 19 – 48 | 2001 England rugby union tour of North America | 5,150 |
| 22 June 2002 | | 23 – 65 | 2002 Scotland rugby union tour of North America | 2,400 |
| 15 August 2002 | | 28 – 24 | 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifying | 1,230 |
| 17 May 2003 | | 69 – 27 | Super Powers Cup | 1,852 |
Updated 30 April 2021
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