United Sports

United Sports
Former names United Sports Training Center (1999–2009)
Address 1426 Marshallton-Thorndale Road, Downingtown, PA 19335
Location West Bradford Township, PA
Owner Ted van Beuren
Operator Eastern Sports Management[1]
Capacity 1,200 (Outdoor)
150 (Indoor)
Construction
Opened 1999
Renovated 2008
Construction cost $15 million
Tenants
Continental FC (USYSA) (1999–present)[2]
Philadelphia Pirates (WPSL) (2005)
Philadelphia Barrage (MLL) (2007)
Philadelphia Wings (NLL) (2005–08)1
Philadelphia Independence (WPS) (2009–11)1
(1: Training/exhibition home only)

United Sports (formerly known as United Sports Training Center[3]) is a multiple-use sports complex located in West Bradford Township, Pennsylvania. The indoor venue consists of one boarded court, two boarded turf fields, and a large field house. In addition, the outdoor venue consists of four turf fields and seven grass fields.[4] The main turf stadium seats 1,200. United Sports' outdoor facility currently plays host to youth soccer club Continental FC (a merger of FC Delco and Spirit United). FC Delco produced players such as Ben Olsen, Jeff Parke, and Jeff Larentowicz, among others. United Sports previously hosted the practices and training camps of the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer, and was formerly home to the Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse and the Philadelphia Pirates of the Women's Premier Soccer League.

References

  1. ESM Proposal - Virginia Beach
  2. Continental FC Delco history
  3. 20/10 Solutions - US Sports
  4. "Outdoor Turf Fields". Matt Callen. Retrieved August 21, 2013.

Coordinates: 39°58′52″N 75°44′16″W / 39.9811°N 75.7379°W / 39.9811; -75.7379

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