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Boxer is a Northern California soccer official who held various positions on the San Francisco soccer scene. Boxer served as president of the San Francisco Football Association and Junior Soccer Commissioner for the USSFA. He managed the visits to California for a number of touring European teams and played a large role in gaining government support for the building of soccer facilities.
One of those facilities is Boxer Stadium, which opened on September 27, 1953 as the Balboa Park Soccer Stadium at a cost of $150,000. The concrete bleachers were added later after the November 1953 Proposition G bond passage. The stadium was renamed in honor of the late SFSFL President, Matthew J. Boxer in the 1990's.
Boxer Stadium is a soccer stadium in San Francisco, California. Located in Balboa Park, the stadium has a capacity of 3,500. It is owned and operated by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department and is the only public soccer-specific stadium in San Francisco. Boxer Stadium is the primary home of the century-old San Francisco Soccer Football League.
Boxer was inducted in the US Soccer Hall of Fame in 1961.
