List of American soccer stadia by capacity

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The following is a partial list of American soccer stadiums by capacity.

The list includes all stadiums in the top three levels of American soccer and some lower league stadiums.

[edit] Current Stadiums

Overall
Rank
Stadium Capacity Club 2006 Division Rank in
Division
Notes
1 Giants Stadium 80,242 Red Bull New York MLS 1 Built for American Football. Red Bull will leave for Red Bull Park in 2008.
2 Arrowhead Stadium 79,451 Kansas City Wizards MLS 2 Built for American Football. KC will leave for a new stadium soon.
3 New Mile High 76,125 Colorado Rapids MLS 3 Built for American Football. The Rapids will leave for Rapids Stadium in 2007.
4 Gillette Stadium 68,756 New England Revolution MLS 4
5 Qwest Field 67,000 Seattle Sounders USL-1 1 Built for American Football. Largest outside of MLS.
6 RFK Stadium 55,672 DC United MLS 5 Shared with a baseball team. DCU will leave for Poplar Point Stadium in 2008.
7 Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,017 Real Salt Lake MLS 6 2002 Olympic Stadium. RSL will leave for Sandy Stadium in 2008.
8 Robertson Stadium 32,000 Houston Dynamo MLS 7 Built for American Football.
9 Stagg Stadium 28,000 Pacific Tigers Big West --
10 Home Depot Center 27,000 Los Angeles Galaxy &
C.D. Chivas USA
MLS 8
11 Crew Stadium 22,555 Columbus Crew MLS 9
12 U. of Richmond Stadium 22,000 Richmond Kickers USL-2 1 Built for American Football.
13 Toyota Park 21,210 Chicago Fire MLS 10
14 Pizza Hut Park 21,193 FC Dallas MLS 11
15 Stambaugh Stadium 20,630 Youngstown St. Penguins Horizon --
16 Mike A. Myers Stadium 20,000 Texas Longhorns Big 12 -- Running track.
17 PGE Park 19,566 Portland Timbers USL-1 2 Shared with a baseball team.
18 PAETEC Park 13,768 Rochester Rhinos USL-1 3
19 J. Birney Crum Stadium 15,000 Lehigh Valley Jazz NPSL --
20 Pennington Field 12,000 DFW Tornados PDL --
21 Virginia Beach Sportsplex 10,780 Virginia Beach Mariners USL-1 4
22 National Sports Center 10,000 NSC United NPSL -- Running track.
22 Citrus Stadium 10,000 Los Angeles Storm PDL -- Running track.
22 Titan Stadium 10,000 CSUF Titans Big West --
22 Jesse Owens Stadium 10,000 Ohio State Buckeyes Big Ten -- Running track.
22 SAS Soccer Park 10,000 Raleigh Elite
Carolina RailHawks FC
PDL
USL-1
--
26 Kezar Stadium 9,044 California Victory USL-1 5 Running track.
27 Moretz Stadium 8,500 Lenoir-Rhyne Bears SAC --
27 Student Activity Center 8,500 Laredo Heat PDL --
29 Pierce Memorial Field 8,000 Rhode Island Stingrays PDL --
30 Mitchel Athletic Complex 7,500 Long Island Rough Riders USL-2 2 Running track.
31 Klöckner Stadium 7,100 Virginia Cavaliers ACC --
33 Torero Stadium 7,035 San Diego Gauchos PDL --
34 Koskinen Stadium 7,000 Duke Blue Devils ACC --
34 Tropical Park Stadium 7,000 Miami FC USL-1 7 Running track.
34 Hurley Field 7,000 Detroit Arsenal NPSL -- Running track.
34 Breese Stevens Field 7,000 Princeton 56ers NPSL --
34 Uihlein Soccer Park 7,000 Milwaukee Kickers -- --
39 Kuntz Stadium 6,800 FC Indiana WPSL --
40 Hefner Stadium 6,500 Fort Wayne Fever PDL --
40 Riggs Field 6,500 Clemson Tigers ACC --
42 Waukee Stadium 6,200 Des Moines Menace PDL -- Running track.
43 Hermann Stadium 6,050 St. Louis Billikens A-10 --
44 Morrison Stadium 6,000 Creighton Bluejays MVC --
44 Waddell Stadium 6,000 Charlotte Eagles &
Charlotte Lady Eagles
USL-2
W-League
3
--
Running track. Will leave for a new stadium soon.
46 Stone Stadium 5,700 S. Carolina Gamecocks C-USA --
47 Legion Stadium 5,300 Wilmington Hammerheads USL-2 4
48 Blackbaud Stadium 5,113 Charleston Battery USL-1 8
49 Fetzer Field 5,025 UNC Tar Heels ACC -- Running track.
50 Falconi Field 5,000 Pittsburgh Riverhounds USL-2 5 Shared with a baseball team.
50 PAL Stadium 5,000 San Jose Frogs NPSL --
50 Meares Stadium 5,000 Mars Hill Lions SAC --
50 Ram Stadium 5,000 Shepherd Rams WVIAC --
54 Invaders Soccer Complex 4,985 Indiana Invaders PDL --
55 Waipio Stadium 4,500 Hawaiʻi Rainbow Wahine WAC --
55 Shuford Stadium 4,500 Catawba College Indians SAC -- Running track.
57 Skyline Sports Complex 4,000 Harrisburg City Islanders USL-2 6
57 Transamerica Field 4,000 UNC Charlotte 49ers A-10 -- Running track.
57 USF Soccer Stadium 4,000 USF Bulls Big East --
57 Setzler Stadium 4,000 Newberry Indians SAC --
57 University Soccer Stadium 4,000 Chico Rooks
CSU Chico Wildcats
NPSL
CCAA
--
57 Ludwig Field 4,000 University of Maryland ACC --
62 Kraze and Krush Stadium 3,666 Central Florida Kraze,
Central Florida Krush &
Central Florida Strikers
PDL
W-League
WPSL
--
--
--
63 Cocoa Expo Sports Center 3,500 Cocoa Expos PDL --
64 Sports Backers Stadium 3,250 Richmond Kickers Future PDL --
65 Silverbacks Park 3,100 Atlanta Silverbacks USL-1 9 Planned expansion to 15,000.
66 Lusitano Stadium 3,000 Western Mass Pioneers USL-2 7
66 Macpherson Stadium 3,000 Carolina Dynamo PDL --
66 Spry Stadium 3,000 WF Demon Deacons ACC --
66 Patriot Stadium 3,000 El Paso Patriots PDL --
66 John Elway Stadium 3,000 San Fernando Valley Quakes PDL --
66 McEaneany Field 3,000 Sioux Falls Spitfire PDL --
66 Ralph Korte Stadium 3,000 SIUE Cougars GLVC --
73 Starfire Sports Complex 2,500 Seattle Sounders,
FK Pacific &
Hibernian & Caledonian
USL-1
PCSL
--
73 McCulloch Stadium 2,500 Cascade Surge PDL --
73 Mike Rose Stadium 2,500 Memphis Tigers C-USA --
76 Albert-Daly Field 2,271 Williamsburg Legacy &
William & Mary Tribe
PDL &
CAA
--
77 Riverfront Stadium 2,000 Kalamazoo Kingdom PDL --
77 Schoenbaum Stadium 2,000 West Virginia Chaos PDL --
79 Corcoran Field 1,600 Xavier Musketeers &
Cincinnati Kings
A-10 &
USL-2
--
8
80 City Park Stadium 1,000 Westchester Flames PDL --
80 Air Force Soccer Stadium 1,000 Air Force Falcons MPSF
MWC
--
82 Interbay 900 Seattle Pacific Falcons GNAC --
83 Whitten Complex 500+ Belmont Bruins A-Sun --

[edit] Future Stadiums

Overall
Rank
Stadium Capacity Club Division Rank in
Division
Notes
1 Red Bull Park ~25,000 Red Bull New York MLS -- Planned opening in 2008. Harrison, New Jersey.
2 Sandy Stadium ~20,000 Real Salt Lake MLS -- Planned opening in 2008. Sandy, Utah. Name subject to change.
3 Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,500 Colorado Rapids MLS -- Planned opening in 2007. Commerce City, Colorado.
4 Liberty Bank Stadium 17,000 Des Moines Menace PDL -- Planned opening in 2009. Des Moines, Iowa.

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