Jordan Field (formerly called Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium) is a

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

on the campus of

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in the Allston neighborhood of

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. (Although the core of the Harvard campus is in

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, the athletic complex lies within Boston). The stadium is the current home venue for the

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Harvard Crimson men's soccer and women's

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and men's and women's

lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

teams. It is named after Gerald Jordan '61, a former

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player.Soldiers Field Renamed Jordan Field
by on ''The Harvard Crimson''. 14 Sep 2015

History

It first opened in September 2010 and replaced Ohiri Field as the primary home of the Harvard Crimson men's and women's teams, as part of becoming the home venue for the Harvard men's and lacrosse teams. It hosted a 2010 playoff match for the

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional women's soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defu ...

of the

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 ...

league due to conflicts with the team's former primary home, Harvard Stadium. In June 2013, the

New England Revolution The New England Revolution are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the Greater Boston area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. It is on ...

played host to the New York Red Bulls in a US Open Cup Round-of-16 game, marking the first time in Revolution history the team played a game within the Boston city limits. Renovations were completed in early 2015, and it was the official home stadium and training venue of the

from 2015 to 2017.

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* Lacrosse venues in Massachusetts Soccer venues in Massachusetts Harvard Crimson sports venues Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States Sports venues completed in 2010 Former National Women's Soccer League stadiums Sports venues in Boston Boston Breakers 2010 establishments in Massachusetts College lacrosse venues in the United States College soccer venues in the United States {{Massachusetts-sports-venue-stub