Mickey Cochrane Stadium

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Cochrane Stadium
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View of the stadium pitch in 2019
Mickey Cochrane Stadium
Interactive map of Cochrane Stadium
Full nameMickey Cochrane Stadium
Address Bowling Green, Ohio
United States
Coordinates 41°22′44″N83°37′34″W / 41.378813°N 83.625981°W / 41.378813; -83.625981
Owner Bowling Green State University
Operator Bowling Green Athletics
Type Stadium
Capacity1,500 [1]
Current use Soccer
Construction
OpenedSeptember 10, 1995;30 years ago (September 10, 1995) [1]
Tenants
Website
bgsufalcons.com/cochrane-stadium

Mickey Cochrane Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located in Bowling Green, Ohio. [1]

The stadium is home to the Bowling Green Falcons men's and women's varsity soccer teams. The field was named after Mickey Cochrane in 1980. [2] The field was enclosed in 1993, and a scoreboard added in 1994, turning the field into a stadium. [1]

Cochrane was a professional baseball player, manager and coach. [3] He is considered one of the best catchers in baseball history and became member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. [4] [5] [6] In his first season as manager, he led the Tigers to 101 wins, which was the most for a rookie manager for 27 years (since Cochrane, six other managers have won 100 games as a rookie). [7]

The stadium was venue to the Mid-American Conference women's soccer tournament finals in 2005 [8] , and 2018–2021. Bowling Green won all the finals played at Cochrane Stadium. [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stadium info". bgsufalcons.com. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. "Monitor Newsletter January 14, 1980". Monitor. January 14, 1980. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  3. "Mickey Cochrane at Baseball Reference". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  4. Bevis, Charlie. "The Baseball Biography Project: Mickey Cochrane". Society for American Baseball Research . Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  5. "Mickey Cochrane Obituary at Baseball Almanac". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  6. "Mickey Cochrane at The Baseball Hall of Fame". Baseballhall.org. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  7. "Twins make history as 4th 100-win team, beat Royals 6-2". September 28, 2019.
  8. Second-Half Goals Lift Falcons to Win, 2-0, over Kent State at bgsifalcons.com
  9. Bowling Green Wins 2018 MAC Women's Soccer Championship at getsomemaction.com. 4 Nov 2018
  10. BGSU Women’s Soccer wins second straight MAC championship at bgsu.edu. Nov 2019
  11. FOUR-PEAT! Bowling Green Claims MAC Women's Soccer Title 7 Nov 2021 at getsomemaction.com