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Soccer-specific stadium (SSS) is the term coined by Lamar Hunt to refer to a sports stadium whose primary (but not only) purpose is to host soccer matches. An SSS may host other events such as other sporting events (e.g., Professional Lacrosse, High-School Football) or musical concerts but the design and purpose of a SSS is to be centered around soccer.
An SSS will have amenities, dimensions and scale suitable for soccer in the United States. An SSS would typically have a scoreboard, video screen, luxury suites and possibly even a roof. The field dimensions would be within the range found optimal by FIFA. Lastly, the amount of seating should be small enough to provide an intimate setting, between 18,000 - 30,000, as opposed to the gigantic football stadiums that most Major League Soccer teams were forced to play in at the league's advent.
List of Soccer-specific stadiums
| Stadium
| Club(s)
| City
| League
| Capacity
| Year
| Former Stadium
| Capacity
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| Lockhart Stadium
| Miami Fusion F.C.
| Fort Lauderdale
| MLS
| 22,500
| 1998
| N/A
| N/A
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| Virginia Beach Sportsplex
| Virginia Beach Mariners
| Virginia Beach
| USL
| 10,000
| 1999
| ?
| ?
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| Columbus Crew Stadium
| Columbus Crew
| Columbus
| MLS
| 22,500
| 1999
| Ohio Stadium
| 85,000
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| Blackbaud Stadium
| Charleston Battery
| Charleston
| USL
| 5,113
| 1999
| ?
| ?
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| Home Depot Center
| Los Angeles Galaxy
C.D. Chivas USA
| Carson
| MLS
| 27,000
| 2003
| Rose Bowl (Galaxy only)
| 92,542
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| PAETEC Park
| Rochester Raging Rhinos
| Rochester
| USL
| 17,500
| 2004
| Frontier Field
| 12,000
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Frisco Soccer &
Entertainment Center (tbd)
| F.C. Dallas
| Frisco
| MLS
| 21,193
| 2005
| Cotton Bowl
| 68,252
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| Atlanta Silverbacks Park
| Atlanta Silverbacks
| Atlanta
| USL
| ?
| 2005
| DeKalb Memorial Stadium
| 15,000
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| Fire House (tbd)
| Chicago Fire
| Bridgeview
| MLS
| ~20,000
| 2006
| Soldier Field
| 63,000
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| Rapids Stadium (tbd)
| Colorado Rapids
| Commerce City
| MLS
| ~20,000
| 2007
| INVESCO Field
| 76,125
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Proposed
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