Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in Falcon Heights on the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota . It is primarily used as the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers ' women's soccer team . The stadium opened in 1999 and seats 1,000.
5-658: The stadium is named after Elizabeth Lyle Robbie, who became the first female owner of a professional sports franchise in the United States after she purchased the Miami Toros team in the mid-'70s. Lyle was also the wife of Joe Robbie , former owner of the Miami Dolphins . The Robbie family was originally from South Dakota, but lived a number of years in Minneapolis. Elizabeth was the first female owner of
10-539: A professional sports franchise in the United States, as she owned the Miami Toros / Minnesota Strikers soccer team in the 1970s and 1980s. Prior to Robbie Stadium, the school played home games from 1993 to 1998 at the "St. Paul Campus Soccer Field", also located in Falcon Heights. This University of Minnesota -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
15-727: A sports venue in Minnesota is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Miami Toros The Miami Toros were a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League from 1972 to 1976. The club was founded in 1967 as the Washington Darts , and moved to Miami, where they played the 1972 season in the NASL's Southern Division as the Miami Gatos. In 1973, the club rebranded as
20-633: The Miami Toros. Their home field was at times the Miami Orange Bowl , Tamiami Field and Miami Dade College 's North Campus Stadium. After the 1976 season, the team moved to Fort Lauderdale and became known as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and later moved to Minnesota and became known as the Minnesota Strikers . Prominent players included 1973 league MVP Warren Archibald who was from Point Fortin ,
25-629: The smallest borough in Trinidad and Tobago , and 1975 league MVP Juan Carlos Moramarco who was from Rosario , Argentina. Beginning in 1975, the Toros had a rivalry with the Tampa Bay Rowdies that grew even fiercer after the Toros moved to Ft. Lauderdale and became the Strikers. Division titles League MVP League scoring champion League goal scoring champion Coach of
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