Ohio high school soccer state finals moving to home of Columbus Crew

The high school boys and girls soccer state finals are returning to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field for the first time since 2022, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Oct. 5. The games had been held at Historic Crew Stadium each of the past three years but are moving downtown to the current

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The high school boys and girls soccer state finals are returning to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field for the first time since 2022, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Oct. 5.

The games had been held at Historic Crew Stadium each of the past three years but are moving downtown to the current home of the Crew because of turf maintenance.

The 10 state finals – five girls games and five boys – are scheduled for Nov. 13-16.

Aug 21, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Lower.com Field is the home of the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer. Construction began in October 2019 and was completed in July 2021. The stadium has about 20,000 seats. It is on the North West side of downtown Columbus, Ohio. A mixed-use building and parking garage (lower right side) are part of the Astor Park development.

“[The move is] to ensure the quality player and fan experience and pitch conditions desired for the competition in 2026,” the OHSAA said in a news release.

ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, then known as Lower.com Field, hosted the finals in 2021 and 2022, the first two years it was open, before the games returned to Historic Crew

Stadium in 2023. That facility had hosted the finals every year since opening in 1999, and the games went back because of potential schedule conflicts between the high school finals and playoff games for the Crew.

The Dublin Jerome Celtics celebrate following their shootout win over Cleveland St. Ignatius in the OHSAA boys soccer Division I state final at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus on Nov. 10, 2025.