Mayor Wu's plan to remake White Stadium through a partnership with a pro women's soccer team could play a pivotal role in the mayoral race.

Demolition of the facility began last week as the renovation project moves forward. The trial over the lawsuit aiming to stop the plans is set to start in one month.

A group of the Franklin Park Defenders, along with new mayoral candidate Josh Kraft, rallied in the freezing weather outside White Stadium as it was being demolished Wednesday — calling once again for a halt to the mayor’s plan for a new pro women’s soccer facility.