WakeMed Soccer Park
| WakeMed Soccer Park | |
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| The main stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina | |
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State Capital Soccer Park (2001–2002) |
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| place | 201 Soccer Park Drive Cary , North Carolina 27511
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 47 '10.2 " N , 78 ° 45' 18.4" W |
| owner | Wake County |
| operator | City of Cary |
| start of building | 2001 |
| opening | May 2002 |
| Extensions | 2011–2012 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 14.5 million US dollars |
| architect | Envirotek, Inc. |
| capacity | 10,000 seats |
| playing area | 110 × 69 m |
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The WakeMed Soccer Park is a football -Sportpark in the American US city Cary in Raleigh in the state of North Carolina .
history
The facility was built in 2001 under the name State Capital Soccer Park . The stadium had a capacity of 7,130 spectators.
The 607,035 m 2 (250 acre ) facility consists of the main stadium, two training fields (2nd place with 1,000 places and 3rd place) with floodlights and four other soccer fields as well as six buildings with changing rooms, bedrooms and living rooms. There are also 2,500 parking spaces available. The large stadium has 10,000 seats. The main stadium and the two floodlit squares with dimensions of 110 × 69 meters and lighting comply with FIFA regulations.
The city of Cary and WakeMed Health and Hospitals signed a new naming agreement for the sports park on September 27, 2007. Since January 1st, 2008 the facility has been officially named WakeMed Soccer Park .
The stadium served from 2002 to 2003 as the home of the Carolina Courage from the women's football professional league WUSA . After a year on the Fetzer Field of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the team moved into the new facility with the sponsor name SAS Soccer Park in 2002 . Carolina Courage, for whom u. a. The former German national player Birgit Prinz also took part, but had to stop playing in 2003 after the end of the WUSA . Also in 2002 were the NCAA men's and women's college soccer teams from North Carolina State University named Wolfpack . The Cary Clarets from the USL Premier Development League (USL PDL) were also at home in the park from the start. The Clarets moved to Cary's Middle Creek Park in 2008, a year before they were dissolved .
The Carolina RailHawks (today: North Carolina FC ) of the D2 Pro League have been one of the users of the main stadium since 2007 . North Carolina FC now plays in the United Soccer League .
Between 2011 and 2012, the capacity was expanded from 7,130 seats to 10,000. In addition, a new three-story building was built on the east side with team facilities, concessions, toilets and a multi-purpose room. The project cost $ 6.5 million.
The North Carolina Courage franchise from the National Women's Soccer League has been playing its home games at WakeMed Soccer Park since 2017 . On March 31, 2017, it was announced that Sahlen's, an American meat producer , had secured the naming rights for the main stadium for a period of five years. Since then, it has been called Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park .
Events
The national team attended training camps before the world championships twice. Several international football matches were played in the main stadium. In addition, the facility is often used for college football league finals .
- 2002: Training camp for the US national soccer team for the 2002 World Cup
- 2003: WUSA All-Star Game
- 2003: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2003: ACC Soccer Championships
- 2004: ACC Soccer Championships
- 2004: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2005: ACC Soccer Championships
- 2005: NCAA Men's College Cup
- 2006: Men's international match - USA against Jamaica
- 2006: Training camp for the US national soccer team for the 2006 World Cup
- 2006: USL First Division All-Star Game against Sheffield Wednesday
- 2006: Women's international match - USA versus Canada
- 2006: ACC Women's Soccer Championships
- 2006: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2007: Men's international match - El Salvador versus Honduras
- 2007: ACC Men's Soccer Championships
- 2007: NCAA Men's College Cup
- 2008: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2009: NCAA Men's College Cup
- 2009: Men's international match - Panama versus Honduras
- 2010: ACC Women's Soccer Championships
- 2010: ACC Men's Soccer Championships
- 2010: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2011: Women's international match - USA versus Japan
- 2011: Training camp for the USA men's national soccer team
- 2013: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2014: Women's international match - USA versus Switzerland
- 2014: NCAA Men's College Cup
- 2017: Women's international match - USA versus South Korea
- 2018: Men's international match - USA versus Paraguay
- 2018: CONCACAF Women's Championship - Group A.
- 2018: NCAA Women's College Cup
- 2019: Women's International Champions Cup
- 2019: NWSL Championship
Web links
- northcarolinafc.com: stadium on the site of the North Carolina FC (English)
- freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com: Map of the site (English)
- goldstarsc.org: data on the stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ townofcary.org: New name for the SAS Soccer Park ( Memento from December 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ WakeMed Soccer Park is being expanded ( memento of the original from December 20, 2012 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.
- ^ Henry Gargan: WakeMed Soccer Park's main stadium gets a name. In: newsobserver.com. March 31, 2017, accessed March 7, 2020 .
