fieldturf Stories - Sounder At Heart
Thoughts on Eric Hansen’s Interview with Jack Swarbrick
On Thursday of last week Eric Hansen from the South Bend Tribune published an interview with Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick, so head on over there in order to read the full interview. There were a lot of topics that were brought up in the interview, so here are my thoughts on the juicy...
Saturday May Be Last Irish Game with Natural Grass at Notre Dame Stadium
One of the most controversial topics is back! There is a small possibility that this Saturday’s game against Utah could be the last game played inside Notre Dame Stadium with natural grass underneath the player’s cleats. This topic was brought up last week at a press conference when head coach...
Jets Flight Connections 120909
Rich Cimini wants QB Mark Sanchez to sit out on Sunday. He also turns an innocent compliment by FB Tony Richardson on the running game into a negative assessment of WR Braylon Edwards. Peter King is impressed with the Jets rushing offense, and especially with OL Coach Bill Callahan. RB Thomas...
MLS Cup Final on Field Turf
Yes, MLS fans, despite all that is right with this league you still get your opportunity to bitch and moan. Qwest Field will be Field Turf for the Cup Final, as the temporary sod would have been unsafe for players. - MLS worked very closely with the Qwest Field and Sounders FC staff to analyze all...
What is a Soccer Specific Stadium?
One of the constant criticisms of Seattle Sounders is that they do not play in a Soccer Specific Stadium. Which begs the question, what is a SSS? For me, it is simply a stadium designed with soccer in mind (hosting about 50% of all sporting events as soccer), with a low crown, with a full size...
Qwest Field's Turf - Fact or Fiction
There are so many statements about the XBox 360 Pitch at Qwest Field around the net that are blatantly untrue I figured it is time to start compiling them. Statement: All artificial surfaces in MLS are the same. Verdict: True All current non-grass surfaces in MLS currently use some generation of...
New turf...two years overdue?
When I started reading this John Sahly article, I was in a pretty good mood. I'm excited for our field to finally have new FieldTurf. It only cost a cool $500K from the NIU Board of Trustees. But then I read on and some things started to bother me. The previous turf was installed in 2001 to...
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