Balboa Stadium

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Built in 1914, Balboa Stadium is located behind San Diego High School and was the San Diego Chargers' home from 1961-66. A high school field with concrete slab seats, Balboa Stadium witnessed the Chargers' glory years, which featured such players as John Hadl, Lance Alworth and Ernie Ladd, and hosted the 1961, 1963, and 1965 American Football League championship games, as well as the 1961, 1962, and 1963 AFL All-Star games. In their six seasons here, head coach Sid Gillman's club finished with a combined record of 28-12-2, winning four Western Division titles and one league crown. In 1967, the team left Balboa for new San Diego Stadium in Mission Valley, where the club's glory slowed and the titles stopped (although they did win several American Football Conference Western Division titles) until they won the AFC championship after the 1994 season. The stadium also hosted local amateur and professional baseball contests in the period prior to the establishment of the Pacific Coast League Padres in 1936.

The NCAA football Harbor Bowl was held there from 1947 to 1949.

Today the stadium, with a much smaller seating capacity than at the time it housed the Chargers, is used for local high school sporting and other events.

Preceded by Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 1960

Home of the San Diego Chargers 1961–1966

Succeeded by San Diego Stadium 1967–present

Current Stadiums in the NPSL Western Division

Northern: University Soccer Stadium (Chico Rooks) | Woodside High School (Redwood City Ruckus) | PAL Stadium (San Jose Frogs) | Cosumnes River College (Sacramento Knights) | Salinas High School (Salinas Valley Samba) | Ernie Nevers Field (Sonoma County Sol) Southern: Lovelace Soccer Complex (Albuquerque Asylum) | Denver Kickers Sports Club (Denver Kickers) | Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex (Las Vegas Strikers) | Willow Canyon High School (Phoenix Banat Storm ) | Balboa Stadium (San Diego Pumitas) | ? (San Diego Fusion)