Lusitano Stadium, located in
Ludlow, Massachusetts
Ludlow is a New England town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 21,002 as of the 2020 2020 United States Census, census, and it is considered part of the Springfield Springfield me ...
, is a 3,000-seat stadium built in 1918 currently used for
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
. Currently its tenants are the
Western Mass Pioneers
Western Mass Pioneers is an American soccer team based in Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The team plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium, ...
of the
USL League Two
USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...
, the
New England Mutiny
New England Mutiny is an American women's soccer club, which competes at the pro-am level of women's soccer in the US, in the United Women's Soccer league.
The club plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium.
Team history
Established in 1999 as S ...
of
United Women's Soccer
United Women's Soccer (UWS, also commonly abbreviated UWS) is a second-division pro-am women's soccer league in the United States. The league was founded in 2015 as a response to the dual problems of disorganization in the WPSL and of the fold ...
and the Western United Pioneers premier youth club
Between 2003 and 2005,
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...
played three games on the stadium.
Previous tenants
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Ludlow Lusitano
Gremio Lusitano is an amateur soccer team from Ludlow, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1922 in a garage on Franklin Street, the team had competed for several seasons during the 1930s in the New England Division of the American Soccer League, but for m ...
(
ASL
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) (1955–1958)
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Western Mass Lady Pioneers
Western Mass Lady Pioneers were an American women's soccer team, founded in 2004. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Northeast Div ...
(
W-League) (2004–2009)
External links
Lusitano Stadium Home
References
{{Premier Development League stadiums
Soccer venues in Massachusetts
Western Mass Pioneers
Sports venues in Hampden County, Massachusetts
Ludlow, Massachusetts
1918 establishments in Massachusetts
Sports venues completed in 1918