Mazzella Field is a 2,400 seat
soccer-specific stadium
Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi- ...
on the campus of
Iona College in
New Rochelle, New York. It is home to the
Iona College Gaels soccer,
rugby, and
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...
teams, as well as the Women's
New York Magic
New York Magic is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1997. The team was an original member of United Women's Soccer from 2016-2017. They played in the USL W-League from 1997 until the league folded after the 2015 season.
The team pla ...
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 ...
.
First opened in 1989, it was originally used as a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
that also hosted the school's football team until the program was disbanded in 2008.
The field was the site of the 2008
Empire State Games men's lacrosse championships.
In June 2017, Mazzella Field received a new
FieldTurf surface striped for soccer and lacrosse.
Rugby
References
External links
Directions to Mazzella FieldICGaels.com
Hynes Athletics CenterICGaels.com
Iona Gaels football
Iona Gaels men's soccer
Iona Gaels women's soccer
College football venues
College lacrosse venues in the United States
College soccer venues in the United States
Defunct college football venues
American football venues in New York (state)
Lacrosse venues in New York (state)
Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States
Rugby union stadiums in New York (state)
Soccer venues in the New York metropolitan area
Sports in New Rochelle, New York
Sports venues in Westchester County, New York
Sports venues completed in 1989
1989 establishments in New York (state)
Rugby New York stadiums
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