West Campus Field was a soccer-specific stadium located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that served as the home field for both the UAB Blazers men's and women's college soccer teams. The 1,500-seat stadium, with an overall capacity of 2,500, was built in 1993.[1]
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 View of the field in 2017 | |
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| Location | 11th Street South Birmingham, AL |
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| Coordinates | 33°29′50″N 86°48′44″W / 33.497197°N 86.812119°W |
| Owner | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Operator | Univ. of Alabama Athletics |
| Type | Soccer-specific stadium |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1993 |
| Expanded | 1999 |
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The largest men's soccer regular season crowd to ever see a game at the facility was 3,141 on August 27, 2011, to see the Blazers defeat the Clemson Tigers in their 2011 home opener.[2]
The facility hosted the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament in 1999 and 2007.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2011 UAB Blazers Men's Soccer Media Guide. Birmingham, Alabama: UAB Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ Paul Kennedy (August 29, 2011). "More men's crowd records fall". SoccerAmerica.com. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ 2011 C-USA Men's Record Book (PDF). Conference USA. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
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