Editing Los Angeles Pierce College (section)

== John Shepard Stadium ==
[[Image:View from Pierce College.JPG|thumb|center|750px|View from the Pierce College Performing Arts Building up in the [[Chalk Hills]],<br />northeast across [[San Fernando Valley]] to the [[San Gabriel Mountains]].]]

{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=Student Life (Fall 2022): Los Angeles Pierce College|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/los-angeles-pierce-college-CC04814|publisher=[[USNEWS]] |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|49|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|28|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}} 
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Two or more races{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Gender Distribution
|-
| [[Male]]
|align=right| {{bartable|41|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
| [[Female]]
|align=right| {{bartable|59|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |Age Distribution
|-
|Under 18
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|18–24
|align=right| {{bartable|57|%|2||background:creme}}
|-
|25–64
|align=right| {{bartable|33|%|2||background:black}}
|-
|Over 65
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:magenta}}
|}

Besides hosting the Brahmas' football and women's soccer teams, John Shepard Stadium (current capacity 5,500)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasports.org/lafacilities/display.php?s=Stadium&id=53|title=Los Angeles Sports Council - L.A. Facilities|website=lasports.org}}</ref> also has hosted many outdoor professional sporting events in San Fernando Valley history.

From 1976 to 1979, the San Fernando Valley's first professional sports team, the [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]], played their home games at the Pierce College stadium.

The [[Los Angeles Express (USFL)|Los Angeles Express]] of the [[United States Football League|USFL]] played their last home game here on June 15, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/YESTERDAY+IN+L.A.+:+HERE+COMES+KAREEM;+THERE+GOES+O.J-a083616133|title="YESTERDAY IN L.A. : HERE COMES KAREEM; THERE GOES O.J." By: - Tom Hoffarth June 14, 1999 Daily News |website=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref> The stadium was expanded to 16,000-person capacity for the game.

Shepard Stadium hosts Nuts for Mutts, an annual dog show and pet fair that raises funds for the New Leash on Life Animal Rescue.

The stadium is also the former home stadium of the [[San Fernando Valley Quakes]] men's soccer team, which competed in the [[USL Premier Development League]].