 The stadium hosted its first non-baseball event when Venezuela and Nigeria national teams played a match on November 14, 2012.The field was configured for soccer by covering the infield dirt, placing one goal near the Marlins' dugout on the third-base side and the other in front of the visitors' bullpen in right field.In January 2013, Marlins Park began hosting the Miami Soccer Challenge as part of a 3-year partnership with Global Football Challenge.