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Interregional Soccer League A-League
Milwaukee Rampage (1994-2002) and the
long-time practice facility for the Major Arena
Soccer League Milwaukee Wave (1984-).
Beginning in 2016, the park will home games
for the National Premier Soccer League
Milwaukee Torrent (2015-).
With indoor and outdoor play capability, the
park is a bustling year-round facility that
serves youth and adult soccer leagues. The
park is also host to practices, games
and tournaments for lacrosse, field
hockey, ultimate frisbee and indoor
football. With a full-time grounds
crew, transforming fields is
not an issue. What is an
increasingly common issue is
trying to fulfill requests and
not turn anyone away who wants to rent space
or partner with the park to host their events.
To meet that growing demand, the park
initiated a growth development plan that
includes expanding the current footprint
from 69 acres to 86 acres and, possibly, the
addition of more land adjacent to the park.
As conceived, the additional property would
provide court sports, like basketball, volleyball
and futsal.
"Without question, the motivation for the
current expansion and prospecting for adjacent
land is based on supply and demand," said
Alvaro Garcia-Velez, Executive Director of the
Milwaukee Kickers. "We continually receive
requests to host more tournaments and
increased interest from our MKSC teams,
as well as local clubs, leagues and collegiate
Abby Wambach
at Uihlein Soccer Park
