Anteater Stadium is a 2,500-seat
multi-purpose stadium
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with a
bermuda grass
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field
on the campus of
University of California, Irvine
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in
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, California, United States. It is used by the
UC Irvine Anteaters
The UC Irvine Anteaters (referred to Anteaters) are the athletic teams fielded by the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). Its athletics programs participate in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mount ...
men's & women's soccer and track and field teams.
History
The stadium hosted the women's division of the
1973 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The
USC Trojans football
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team used the stadium for practices around 2000.
In 2000, renovations added lights to Anteater Stadium.
Anteater Stadium hosted the 2008
Big West Conference
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men's soccer tournament. The tournament final was the most-attended event at the stadium, with 1,832 people present.
The stadium was the home stadium for
United Soccer League
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minor-league professional soccer team
Orange County Blues
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The team plays its home games ...
(now Orange County SC) from 2013 to 2016.
See also
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Crawford Hall
*
List of soccer stadiums in the United States
The following is a partial list of soccer stadiums in the United States. It includes all stadiums in the top three levels of American soccer and some lower league and collegiate stadiums in the United States. The minimum capacity is 1,000.
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References
External links
Anteater Stadium
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College soccer venues in California
UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer
UC Irvine Anteaters women's soccer
UC Irvine Anteaters track and field
Sports venues in Irvine, California
Soccer venues in California
Athletics (track and field) venues in California
University of California, Irvine main campus buildings and structures
Sports venues completed in 2000