Please note:  Donations made on Change.org do not reach our campaign.

Please sign this petition to take a common-sense approach toward bringing women’s professional soccer to Boston (and all New England). Rather than build a separate stadium in historic Franklin Park, we call for BOS Nation (women’s soccer) to join forces with the New England Revolution (men’s soccer) in the development of Everett Stadium, which has already advanced with state support.

On every level, sharing the soccer stadium, as happens with all but one other professional soccer team in this country, is a great opportunity for Boston; not doing so is an assault to our pocketbooks, quality of life and, most importantly, our children.

The current proposal by Mayor Wu and Boston Unity Soccer Partners (BUSP) to rebuild Franklin Park's White Stadium into a private, profit-driven enterprise deeply alarms me. I have been a lifelong user of Franklin Park and I witness how this potential change would negatively impact access for the Boston Public Schoolchildren (football would not be allowed except in November), but also our surrounding environmental justice communities (restricting community events every Saturday from April - October).  Their access to Boston’s historically significant Franklin Park would become limited, and community resources strained as the proposal calls for up to $90 million in taxpayers funds to help build the larger than needed stadium for the BUSP, including VIP boxes, merch stores, and beer gardens.  

I implore the City of Boston to rethink their decision to partner with the BUSP and instead rebuild White Stadium for the sole use of the schoolchildren and the surrounding communities who cherish Franklin Park. A unified approach in developing the proposed soccer stadium in Everett would be a more suitable way to cater to the growing soccer popularity in Boston without compromising the community's access to their public resources. An income share approach should be negotiated, allowing both parties to use the stadium equitably.

Our city’s elected officials have the responsibility and the power to mediate this issue. We urge you to intervene and ensure that we do not need more than one stadium to accommodate the needs of our two cherished soccer teams.

The Solution

Ensure that equity, fairness, and community engagement are not sidelined in the face of profit.  Urge city leaders to work with Revolution management to reach an equitable plan for BOS Nation to play at the new Everett stadium. Demand that the City of Boston use already-identified funds to renovate and maintain White Stadium as a state-of-the-art, high school stadium for Boston student athletes and the community only–our children deserve nothing less! 

The proposed Everett soccer stadium (above) is larger and better suited to support BOTH the men's and women's teams as soccer popularity grows.