Buck Shaw Stadium
| Buck Shaw Stadium | |
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| Buck Shaw | |
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| Buck Shaw Stadium, field view | |
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| place |
 Santa Clara , California
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 21 '2 " N , 121 ° 56' 11.5" W |
| owner | Santa Clara University |
| start of building | 1961 |
| opening | September 22, 1962 |
| First game | September 22, 1962 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 5 million US dollars |
| capacity | 10,300 seats |
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The Buck Shaw Stadium is a football stadium in Santa Clara , California . It's on the Santa Clara University campus . The stadium is home to the Santa Clara Broncos soccer teams and was previously used for the university's football and baseball teams. The football team was disbanded in 2005 and the baseball team now plays at Stephen Schott Stadium, which is also on campus.
history
On September 22, 1962, the Buck Shaw Stadium was opened. That day, the American football team from the University of California, Davis met that of the Santa Clara University. The stadium was named after Lawrence T. "Buck" Shaw, a former American football coach for the university team.
During the soccer World Cup in 1994 , the stadium was used as a training location for the Brazilian national soccer team .
From 2008 to 2014, the San José Earthquakes played their home games in Major League Soccer (MLS) at Buck Shaw. From 2015 the Earthquakes will compete in the newly built Earthquakes Stadium with 18,000 seats.
panorama
Web links
- santaclarabroncos.com: Stadium at the official site of the Santa Clara Broncos (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b San Jose Earthquakes: Schedule: 2008 Season ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ sjearthquakes.com: New Stadium ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
