The stadium is named after Elizabeth Lyle Robbie, who became the first female owner of a professional sports franchise in the United States after she purchased the Miami Toros team in the mid-'70s.[2][3][4] Lyle was also the wife of Joe Robbie, former owner of the Miami Dolphins. The Robbie family was originally from South Dakota, but lived a number of years in Minneapolis.[5] Elizabeth was the first female owner of a professional sports franchise in the United States, as she owned the Miami Toros / Minnesota Strikers soccer team in the 1970s and 1980s.[1][4]
Prior to Robbie Stadium, the school played home games from 1993 to 1998 at the "St. Paul Campus Soccer Field", also located in Falcon Heights.
