Rice Track/Soccer Stadium
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Rice Track/Soccer Stadium is a stadium in Houston, Texas. It is primarily used for track and field and soccer for the Rice University Owls. It sits on the location of Rice's old football stadium that was used prior to the opening of Rice Stadium in 1950. The venue held less than 37,000 people for football. Today, it holds approximately 5,000 people. Part of the grandstand from the old football stadium is used as the current grandstand, although there are only about 100 permanent seats on the stone terracing.
The soccer field was installed in 2000-2001 and it sucked! after Rice added women's soccer as a varsity sport. In October 2002, the stadium hosted a WUSA exhibition match between the Washington Freedom (featuring Mia Hamm) and the Atlanta Beat. The event set the current stadium record with more than 5,000 tickets sold. The stadium hosted another WUSA exhibition in 2003 and has hosted two conference soccer tournaments: the Western Athletic Conference Tournament in 2002 and the Conference USA Tournament (won by Rice) in 2005. The WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships were held there in 2002 and again in 2004. The Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be hosted at the facility in May 2007.
The stadium has also served as a practice venue for soccer teams visiting Houston, including the United States men's national team, Everton F.C. of the English Premier League, the Colorado Rapids and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team.
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