Optim Sports Medicine Field at Tormenta Stadium is a 5,300-seat soccer-specific stadium in

Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. Located in the southeastern part of the state, its population was 33,438 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city ...

. The stadium is the home field for

South Georgia Tormenta FC South Georgia Tormenta FC, or simply Tormenta FC, is an American soccer organization based in Statesboro, Georgia, United States. Founded in 2015, the club fields a professional team in USL League One, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyram ...

, a professional soccer club that plays in

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's association football, soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019 USL League One season, 2019. The United States soccer league system, Division III league is operated ...

, the third tier of soccer in the United States.

History

The stadium opened on October 2, 2022 with a 1–1 tie versus the

Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional S ...

. Tormenta's Fuad Adeniyi scored the opening goal in the 41st minute.

References

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