Featherstone Field, previously known as Murdock Stadium is a

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on the campus of

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. Built in 1958 the stadium seats around 12,127 on wood-backed bleacher seats. It was home to the

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for two years (1975–1976), the American Soccer League's Southern California Lazers for a single season in 1978, as well as several

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qualification matches. Today, it hosts El Camino College's

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team. The stadium was originally named after the founding president of the college, Forrest G. Murdock. The stadium was also used as the main stadium in the

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remake of the 1974 film, '' The Longest Yard''. The 2005 film starred

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and

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, who actually played the lead role in the original film. The original stadium was demolished and a new state of the art stadium was opened in September 2016. In 2019, El Camino College announced that they would rename the field inside Murdock Stadium after longtime football coach John Featherstone, a former coach at El Camino. The stadium is also the annual host site of

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(CIF) Los Angeles City Section high school football championship games.

International games

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