The city of Vancouver launched a professional soccer team in 1986, named the Vancouver 86ers (now known as the Whitecaps). The Canadian Soccer League (CSL) club began playing in 1987 and made Swangard Stadium their home pitch. The stadium served its last season as the Whitecaps' home in 2010, as the club joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2011. As Swangard does not meet MLS standards for capacity, the City of Burnaby initially proposed to keep the team in Burnaby by renovating the stadium and expanding its capacity to 20,000 seats. This plan, however, fell through, and the Whitecaps eventually decided they wanted to move to a new, larger soccer-specific home at the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium. Currently the Whitecaps are playing at BC Place Stadium and president of the organization, Bob Lenarduzzi has stated the club intends to stay at BC Place for the time being and plans for a new stadium are all on hold.
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The stadium's capacity was temporarily increased to 10,000 for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the past, it has hosted home games for the Canadian men's and women's soccer teams in Olympic and World Cup qualifying. In some cases, crowds in excess of 10,000 have witnessed games, with many of the fans standing. Swangard has also been the host stadium of the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.
In June 2014, Simon Fraser Clan announced that Swangard Stadium would be their football team's home field for the 2014 season.[7] The Clan returned to their campus again starting with the 2016 season.[8]
It is also used very frequently for track and field meets in the Lower Mainland.
In March 2015, the first Quidditch Canada National Championship took place at the stadium.[9]
The TSS FC Rovers played their home soccer games there starting in the 2017 season when they played in the USL League Two Northwest Division.[1] The TSS FC Rovers Women's team of the Women's Premier Soccer League also use the stadium as their home. They started play in the 2018 season. Starting in the 2022 season, both men's and women's teams will play in the new League1 British Columbia (L1BC) soccer league.
^"Swangard Stadium". Vancouver Yellow Pages. May 15, 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
^"Clan football returning to Swangard Stadium this fall". Retrieved April 12, 2017.
^"Clan football set to return to SFU campus, new stadium project could be complete by 2017". April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
^"Quidditch Canada National Championship at Swangard Stadium this weekend". March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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City of Burnaby's information on the stadium
February 16, 2024
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Swangard Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Central Park in Burnaby British Columbia Primarily used for soccer rugby football and athletics the stadium also used to be home to the Simon Fraser Clan football team and the Vancouver Whitecaps while they were in the Canadian Soccer League CSL and various US based Division 2 leagues It opened on April 26 1969 2 and has a capacity of 5 288 2 Swangard StadiumLocation6100 Boundary Road Burnaby British Columbia Canada V5S 3R2Coordinates49 13 51 N 123 01 17 W 49 23083 N 123 02139 W 49 23083 123 02139Public transitPattersonOwnerCity of BurnabyCapacity5 288 2 Field size115x75 yds soccer 150x65 yds Canadian football SurfaceNatural grassOpened1969TenantsVancouver 86ers and Whitecaps various leagues 1987 2010Simon Fraser University Clan GNAC 1969 2007 2014 2015Vancouver Riptide AUDL 2013 2017TSS FC Rovers USL2 2017 2020 1 L1BC 2022 presentTSS FC Rovers Women WPSL 2018 2020 L1BC 2022 presentWhitecaps FC 2 MLS Next Pro 2022 present Contents 1 History 1 1 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 2 International events 1 3 Other events 2 References 3 External linksHistory editIn 1969 Vancouver Sun sports journalist Erwin Swangard raised nearly 1 million for the construction of an athletic stadium in Central Park in Burnaby British Columbia 3 4 British Columbia Premier W A C Bennett officially named the stadium after Swangard at its opening on April 26 1969 5 Swangard was not present on the day of the opening having been sent to start a newspaper in Nigeria 6 Vancouver Whitecaps edit The city of Vancouver launched a professional soccer team in 1986 named the Vancouver 86ers now known as the Whitecaps The Canadian Soccer League CSL club began playing in 1987 and made Swangard Stadium their home pitch The stadium served its last season as the Whitecaps home in 2010 as the club joined Major League Soccer MLS in 2011 As Swangard does not meet MLS standards for capacity the City of Burnaby initially proposed to keep the team in Burnaby by renovating the stadium and expanding its capacity to 20 000 seats This plan however fell through and the Whitecaps eventually decided they wanted to move to a new larger soccer specific home at the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium Currently the Whitecaps are playing at BC Place Stadium and president of the organization Bob Lenarduzzi has stated the club intends to stay at BC Place for the time being and plans for a new stadium are all on hold International events edit The stadium s capacity was temporarily increased to 10 000 for the 2007 FIFA U 20 World Cup In the past it has hosted home games for the Canadian men s and women s soccer teams in Olympic and World Cup qualifying In some cases crowds in excess of 10 000 have witnessed games with many of the fans standing Swangard has also been the host stadium of the 2002 FIFA U 19 Women s World Championship Other events edit In 2013 the Vancouver Riptide a professional ultimate team competing in the American Ultimate Disc League became a tenant of Swangard Stadium but they ended play at end of 2017 season and are being moved to Portland Oregon for the 2020 season In June 2014 Simon Fraser Clan announced that Swangard Stadium would be their football team s home field for the 2014 season 7 The Clan returned to their campus again starting with the 2016 season 8 It is also used very frequently for track and field meets in the Lower Mainland In March 2015 the first Quidditch Canada National Championship took place at the stadium 9 The TSS FC Rovers played their home soccer games there starting in the 2017 season when they played in the USL League Two Northwest Division 1 The TSS FC Rovers Women s team of the Women s Premier Soccer League also use the stadium as their home They started play in the 2018 season Starting in the 2022 season both men s and women s teams will play in the new League1 British Columbia L1BC soccer league The Whitecaps FC 2 of the MLS Next Pro the reserve team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer will play all their home games at the stadium starting in March 2022 References edit a b Staff PDL January 10 2017 TSS FC Rovers Acquire PDL Franchise Retrieved April 12 2017 a b c Swangard Stadium Home of your Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps FC Archived from the original on April 11 2009 Retrieved October 16 2009 The History of Metropolitan Vancouver 1969 Chronology Retrieved October 16 2009 O B C Biography Erwin Michael Swangard Government of British Columbia Archived from the original on June 3 2009 Retrieved October 16 2009 Official Report of Debates of the Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Retrieved October 16 2009 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Yellow Pages May 15 2009 Retrieved October 16 2009 Clan football returning to Swangard Stadium this fall Retrieved April 12 2017 Clan football set to return to SFU campus new stadium project could be complete by 2017 April 17 2016 Retrieved April 12 2017 Quidditch Canada National Championship at Swangard Stadium this weekend March 23 2015 Retrieved April 12 2017 External links editCity of Burnaby s information on the stadium Information from Vancouver Whitecaps Official Site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swangard Stadium amp oldid 1194233897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
