The Metropolitan Oval is a soccer complex located in Maspeth, Queens at the intersection of 60th street and 60th court. Taking up 4.2 acres, the complex offers generous views of the Manhattan skyline. Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens, New York. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow This article is about the New York City borough. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

History

The Metropolitan Oval was originally built in 1925 by German and Hungarian immigrants to be a European style soccer field with facilities. From 1925 onwards, the Oval served as a soccer field for men and boys of all ages and ethnicities. Many U.S. national team players from the New York region played games at the Oval while youths.

By the 1990’s, however, the Oval was in a state of disarray. Any grass the field once had was gone from overuse. It owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes and was scheduled for foreclosure by the City of New York.-1...

In response to this state of affairs, the Metropolitan Oval Foundation was formed to save this historic site. The non-profit organization led by Jim Vogt, a longtime Queens native, and Chuck Jacob and Valerie Jacob, two New York lawyers dedicated to the restoration of historic soccer fields across the city, managed to raise enough money to save the field from foreclosure. In addition, Nike and U.S. Soccer each contributed $250,000 towards the construction of a Field-Turf field and new lights for the complex. Nike, Inc. ... The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) (trademarked as U.S. Soccer Federation) is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. ...

In 1999, the Met-Oval reopened its doors to the New York City soccer community. In addition, the Brooklyn Knights soccer club was formed to be the flagship team of the field. The Brooklyn Knights are a Premier Development League club based in Brooklyn, New York. ...

Currently the Oval hosts 15-20 games a week from March to November on the field; more than any other facility in New York City. The Brooklyn Knights teams, ranging from U-10 to U-23 (their PDL franchise), and the varsity team for St. Francis College all currently call the Met Oval their home. The Brooklyn Knights are a Premier Development League club based in Brooklyn, New York. ... PDL is an initialism for: USL Premier Development League Perl Data Language Propositional Dynamic Logic Page Description Language This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Notable Visitors

In November 2001, Sepp Blatter visited the Metropolitan Oval where he made a speech calling Field-Turf the "future of football". Joseph Blatter (left), Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (right) e Ricardo Teixeira (seated) in Brasília, September 28, 2006. ...

A.C. Milan has held summer soccer training sessions for local children at the Metropolitan Oval. Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan. ...

On their U.S. soccer tour in 2004, Manchester United gave a free clinic at the Metropolitan Oval to Brooklyn Knights youth players. Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... The Brooklyn Knights are a Premier Development League club based in Brooklyn, New York. ...