Spartan Stadium, located in San Jose, California, is the football stadium of the San José State University Spartans. It is currently the home of the Spartan football and soccer teams. Spartan Stadium was the home of the San Jose Earthquakes (originally San José Clash) of Major League Soccer from the league's inception in 1996 through the 2005 season. Past tenants have included the old San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League from 1974 to 1984, and the San Jose CyberRays of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003. ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ... WAC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Wide Awake Club - a British childrens television series from the 1980s Western Athletic Conference - an American college sports league Womens Army Corps Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland, USA Writing Across the Curriculum - a movement in higher... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Earthquakes, Quakes, The Boys in Blue, Los Terremotos de San José Stadium Spartan Stadium Coach - Owner Earthquakes Soccer, LLC First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Los... Nasl, or El Nasl, is one of the names given to the star Gamma-2 Sagittarii in the constellation Sagittarius NASL is a common abbreviation for the North American Soccer League, a defunct professional soccer league that operated between 1968 and 1984. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Earthquakes, Quakes, The Boys in Blue, Los Terremotos de San José Stadium Spartan Stadium Coach - Owner Earthquakes Soccer, LLC First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Los... Soccer is currently the #1 youth sport in the USA, and Major League Soccer (MLS) is the nations premier professional league. ... The San Jose CyberRays was a professional soccer team that played in the Womens United Soccer Association. ... WUSA has several meanings: Womens United Soccer Association. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Earthquakes, Quakes, The Boys in Blue, Los Terremotos de San José Stadium Spartan Stadium Coach - Owner Earthquakes Soccer, LLC First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Los... Soccer is currently the #1 youth sport in the USA, and Major League Soccer (MLS) is the nations premier professional league. ... North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. ... The San Jose CyberRays was a professional soccer team that played in the Womens United Soccer Association. ... WUSA logo The Womens United Soccer Association formed in 2001 as a soccer league for women in the United States. ...

On January 12, 2007, it was announced that Oakland Athletics owner Lewis Wolff had a tentative proposal that would build a new 30,000 seat football/soccer facility just east of Spartan Stadium, which would serve as a replacement to Spartan Stadium as well and housing an expansion MLS club. The Stadium is tentatively scheduled to open in 2009, and calls for the current stadium to be replaced by a parking garage. [1] Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43 Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Ballpark McAfee Coliseum (1968–present) a. ... Soccer is currently the #1 youth sport in the USA, and Major League Soccer (MLS) is the nations premier professional league. ...

Stadium history

Originally built in 1933 as a 4,000-seat facility, it has been renovated and expanded over the years to its present 31,000 seat capacity, with private boxes and upper seating areas for additional fans. The most recent additions came in the late 1980s with the capacity of the stadium increased from 18,000 to its present capacity of 30,578. For MLS games however capacity is limited to 26,525.

Around 2004 the stadium had come under criticism from the Earthquakes management. The field is narrow by soccer standards (70 yards wide), since it was designed for NCAA football. In addition the stadium's eastern bleachers are still made partly of wood and the stadium has no jumbotron style video boards. The team had expressed interest in a new soccer-specific stadium in San José or elsewhere. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Columbus Crew Stadium opened in 1999 as the first of a growing number of American stadiums built for soccer Soccer-specific stadium (SSS) is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ...

Spartan Stadium has played host to numerous FIFA events. Most notably the stadium was used as one of the venues for the 1999 Women's World Cup. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football (soccer). ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 1999 was held in the United States and won by the host team. ...

The stadium also hosts the commencement ceremonies of San José State University every spring. In addition several concerts have been played in the stadium over the years. Spartan Stadium is only 1 block from San Jose Municipal Stadium, home of the San Jose Giants, the High A minor league baseball affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Municipal Stadium is also home to the San Jose State University Spartans college baseball team for some regular season games (other regular season games and practice are played across Alma Avenue at Blethen Field). The San Jose Municipal Stadium, or Muni Stadium in common usage, is the home of the minor league baseball San Jose Giants, the Advanced A league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants located in San Jose, California. ... League California League Division North Year founded 1988 Home ballpark San Jose Municipal Stadium Previous home ballparks None City San Jose, California Current uniform colors Black and White home. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3,4,11,24,27,30,36,44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885-1957) New York Gothams (1883-1885) Troy Union Cities / Trojans (1879-1882) Ballpark AT&T Park (2000... The San Jose Municipal Stadium, or Muni Stadium in common usage, is the home of the minor league baseball San Jose Giants, the Advanced A league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants located in San Jose, California. ... San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...

The defunct NCAA football Silicon Valley Football Classic was held there from 2000 to 2004. The Silicon Valley Football Classic, sometimes referred to simply as the Silicon Valley Bowl or Silicon Valley Classic, was an NCAA-certified Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that was played at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San José State University in San Jose, California...