Stade Sylvio Cator
{{Short description|Multi-purpose stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti}}
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| image = US Navy 100117-N-4275C-190 Haitian citizens seek refuge at the Stade Sylvio Cator, the national soccer stadium, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.jpg
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| former_names = Parc Leconte,
Stade Paul-Magloire[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/54q-det.html World Cup 1954 - Qualifying]
| location = Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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| opened = 1953
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| owner = Fédération Haïtienne de Football
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| surface = Edel Grass (Artificial Turf)
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| capacity = 10,500 (international matches), 20,000 (domestic matches)
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| tenants = Haiti national football team
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The Stade Sylvio Cator is a multi-purpose stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is currently used mostly for association football matches, and is turfed with artificial turf.{{Cite magazine |first=Amy |last=Wilentz |title=A Visit to Soccer City: Living in Postquake Haiti |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1956970,00.html?xid=rss-topstories |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604071132/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1956970,00.html?xid=rss-topstories |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |magazine=Time |date=27 January 2010 |access-date=27 January 2010}}
History
The stadium bears the name of Haitian Olympic medalist and footballer Sylvio Cator. It was named after him in 1952. Before then the stadium was called the Parc Leconte.{{cite web|url=http://tchh.org/documents/The%20Impact%20of%20Association%20Football%20on%20Haitian%20Identity.pdf |title=This Week In Canadian Soccer History |editor=Reid, Greg Dr. |page=8 |date=11 April 2007 |publisher=McGill University |access-date=1 February 2016}} and then the Stade Paul-Magloire. It is where the Haiti national football team play its home games. It has hosted the 1973 CONCACAF Championship, where the home team were crowned as champions[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca73.html VI. CONCACAF Nations Cup 1973] and the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship where the final match between the U.S. and Canada reached overcapacity of 30,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers |title=CWC Final: All-Time Results & Scorers |editor=Press |date=26 October 2014 |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=1 February 2016}}[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cam-women91.html CONCACAF's Women's Championship 1991]
The stadium was partly destroyed by the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, and a tent-city sprouted within its confines.
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Category:Football venues in Haiti
Category:Athletics (track and field) venues in Haiti
Category:Buildings and structures in Port-au-Prince
Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in the Caribbean
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