Shawnee Mission District Stadium is a multi-purpose sport stadium located in

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. The facility is primarily used by

Shawnee Mission North High School Shawnee Mission North High School is a Public high school, public secondary school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, for grades Ninth grade, 9–Twelfth grade, 12. It is one of five high schools operated by Shawnee Mission USD 512 school ...

Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Shawnee Mission Northwest High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Shawnee, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. It is one of five high schools operated by Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district. The ...

and

Shawnee Mission East High School Shawnee Mission East High School is a public high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, United States, for grades 9 through 12. It is one of five high schools operated by the Shawnee Mission USD 512 school district. Shawnee Mission East High Sc ...

. In the 2013 season of the

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, the stadium served as the home field for

FC Kansas City FC Kansas City was an American professional women's soccer club based in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was one of the eight founding clubs of the National Women's Soccer League in 2012, and began play in 2013. They were two-time NWSL champion ...

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, then called the Kansas City Wizards, played at the stadium in a match against the

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during the 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The stadium is one of two in the Shawnee Mission School District. The other is at

Shawnee Mission South High School Shawnee Mission South High School is a high school located in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is one of several public high schools located within Shawnee Mission and operated by Shawnee Mission ...

Stadium

After demolition of the stadium originally built in the 1950s, the current stadium was built in 2005. The turf was refinished in 2006. The stadium features a 6,150

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, multi-use artificial surface with a track around it, and seating on each sideline. In February 2013, team president, Bud Budzinski, announced that the stadium would be the home field for the

for the inaugural season of the

, a new professional women's soccer league in the United States. It is the third largest stadium in the

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after

Jeld-Wen Field Providence Park (formerly Jeld-Wen Field; PGE Park; Civic Stadium; originally Multnomah Stadium; and from 1893 until the stadium was built, Multnomah Field) is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. ...

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, home of the

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and Sahlen's Stadium in

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, home of the

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. The field was known as Verizon Wireless Field for FC Kansas City games in 2013 due to a partnership with

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