Featherstone Field

Featherstone Field, previously known as Murdock Stadium^[1][2] is a stadium on the campus of El Camino College in Torrance, California.

Featherstone Field

Location	16007 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, California 90506
Coordinates	33°53′4″N 118°19′56″W
Owner	El Camino College
Capacity	12,127
Construction
Opened	1958
Renovated	2016
Tenants
El Camino College (1958-present) Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL) (1975–1976)

Built in 1958 the stadium seats around 12,127 on wood-backed bleacher seats. It was home to the North American Soccer League's Los Angeles Aztecs for two years (1975–1976), the American Soccer League's Southern California Lazers for a single season in 1978, as well as several United States men's national soccer team FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Today, it hosts El Camino College's American football team. The stadium was originally named after the founding president of the college, Forrest G. Murdock.

The stadium was also used as the main stadium in the 2005 remake of the 1974 film, The Longest Yard. The 2005 film starred Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, James Cromwell and Burt Reynolds, who actually played the lead role in the original film.

The original stadium was demolished and a new state of the art stadium was opened in September 2016.^[3] In 2019, El Camino College announced that they would rename the field inside Murdock Stadium after longtime football coach John Featherstone,^[4] a former coach at El Camino. The stadium is also the annual host site of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Los Angeles City Section high school football championship games.

International games

Date	Competition	Team	Res	Team
19 May 1985	1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification	United States	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago
31 May 1985	1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification	United States	0–1	Costa Rica
13 May 1989	1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification	United States	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
16 March 1991	1991 North American Nations Cup	United States	2–0	Canada

References

1. "Featherstone". www.elcamino.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
2. "El Camino College Celebrates Grand Opening of Murdock Stadium" (PDF). El Camino College. September 8, 2016.
3. Ramos, Eric (September 3, 2016). "El Camino College celebrated the grand opening of the new Athletic Complex and Murdock Stadium".
4. "El Camino College Murdock Stadium Field to be Named "Featherstone Field"". El Camino College. August 1, 2019. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2021.

External links

• LA Sports - Murdock Stadium Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine