Renovations began in 1988 when the playing field was redone and several additions were made, which included two new ticket booths, new bleachers and a concession stand.

At the time 24-year-old Anson Dorrance was named head coach of both the men's and women's soccer teams.

[3] Men's and women's lacrosse, both national champions in the past, also play on Fetzer Field on spring days.

The Tar Heels women's team won the NCAA Championship both in 2013, in a triple-overtime win over the multiple-championship program from the University of Maryland, and in 2016.

In December 2011 six former Tar Heels – Tobin Heath, Heather O'Reilly, Yael Averbuch, Ashlyn Harris, Megan Klingenberg – were called up to play at the National Team camp.

In its 32 years of existence the women's soccer team has won 21 of the national championships in the sport; the most recent was in 2012.

Mia Hamm, who Bleacher Report says is the greatest women’s soccer player of all time,[7] played on Fetzer field for four years.

The record crowd for Fetzer Field was 7,212 people in 1995, who watched the women's soccer team lose to Notre Dame in the semifinals.

In the 2011 NCAA elite eight men's soccer game against St. Mary's College Fetzer Field officially sold out.

Athletic director Dick Baddour agreed that the soccer hut was out of date and needed to be updated.