Ludwig Field is a multi-purpose facility located on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.HistoryKehoe Track at Ludwig Field was dedicated on September 16, 1995 and is home to the University of Maryland's track and field and soccer teams. Built at a cost of $2.5 million, the facility is named after former Maryland track head coach and Director of Athletics Jim Kehoe, and Bob and Louise Ludwig, long-time supporters of Maryland Athletics.A state-of-the-art scoreboard was added to the north end of the stadium in 2004. In 2007, a media press box was installed behind the west grandstand and an additional 1,500 seats were added to increase seating capacity from 4,500 to 6,000. In 2009, the capacity increased from 6,500 to 7,000.Maryland men's soccer has won six Atlantic Coast Conference soccer championships (1996, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013), two Big Ten Conference (B1G) championships (2014, 2016), and two NCAA national championships (2005, 2008) as tenants of Ludwig Field.Attendance and Fan SupportLudwig Field is one of the most well-attended college soccer facilities in the country. As of the 2014 season, Maryland has finished top-10 in attendance among all NCAA men's soccer programs each year since 2002. Maryland led the Big Ten Conference in attendance during its inaugural campaign, hosting three of the top-10 largest home crowds in the NCAA and finishing second in the nation in total home attendance (43,008) and fourth in the nation in average home attendance (2,688) in 2014.
