If you look back at the last time the San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire played each other, the last thing you’d likely remember is the score. As 18,000 eager fans piled into the brand new, state of the art Avaya Stadium for it’s first match, the sentiment wasn’t lost. Finally we have a home to call our own.
After bouncing around from San Jose State University’s Spartan Stadium to Santa Clara University’s Buck Shaw Stadium for years, the community came together to celebrate a myriad of firsts: the first cloud-enabled professional sports venue, the largest outdoor bar in North America and, most importantly, the Bay Area's first-ever soccer-specific stadium.