Address: 12325 W McDowell Rd, Avondale, AZ 85323
Website: Friendship Park Page
Instagram: @avondaleparksandrec
Hours Of Operation:
Park open from sunrise to 10 pm, 7 days a week (or as posted)
As our 19th market and third new region of the year, the Plei App officially expanded to the Valley of the Sun - Phoenix, AZ - in February 2024.🏜️ In early May 2024, we partnered with a local public park known as Friendship Park in order to begin hosting pickup games at the soccer fields found there. 🤝
As part of our ongoing blog series, we will be highlighting all of our partner facilities in every region where Plei has touched down. 🛬
We’re talking about Friendship Park, one of three (3) community parks that can be found in Avondale. The name is no coincidence; there’s just something about visiting this park that makes you want to leave having added some newfound relationships to your tally. 😅
Friendship Park doubles as a premier sporting complex and a family-friendly destination for a variety of other activities, namely picnicking, fishing & strolling. But don’t get it twisted; it’s soccer that takes the main stage here. ❤️🔥
The beautiful game shows up in the form of multiple large field spaces on the south end of the park. Going from left to right on this stretch: a total of six (6) full-size fields for 11v11 can be found here, with a spacious parking lot nestled in between the first two and the other six. 🅿️
Immediately east of these 11v11 pitches is another large field space, this one containing three (3) smaller lined fields of varying sizes. Head past the basketball & tennis courts and you’ll find one final soccer field, this one equally-sized to one of the fields found before the courts. 👌
In case you didn’t go ahead and do the math here, we’ll take care of it. Friendship Park offers a grand total of ten (10) soccer pitches - across nine field spaces - for virtually all game sizes. 🙌
Despite footy taking a solid amount of square feet at Friendship Park, it’s not the only sport that is played here. We already mentioned the basketball & tennis courts, which can be found near the southeast end of the park. 🏀🎾
If you head up to the north side, you’ll find three (3) baseball fields, two of them sized for Little League and one a bit larger. In between the two Little League fields and the larger field is yet another field space, this one lined and equipped for American football. 🏈
That’s all on the sports side of things, but that’s not all Friendship Park offers. We listed all other amenities below:
If you haven’t got the idea yet, Friendship Park has something for everyone. Don’t hesitate to explore the many amenities available here after your pickup game at the soccer fields. 👀
Most importantly, don’t forget to make a couple friends. 😉
For more information on sports offerings and programming at this facility, don’t hesitate to visit their website. 🔗
The Plei App first hosted a pickup game at Friendship Park on May 15, 2024, and we continue to play here today.
The Plei App offers pickup games at Friendship Park and other Phoenix fields daily, so sign up for a game now and enjoy some good ol’ footy! 🏜️⚽
