DeclinetoState
10-01-2006, 11:54 PM
Turf war?
Several of Canada's top soccer players hope to persuade the builders of Toronto's new soccer stadium to go on a nature kick.
The Canadian Soccer Association has insisted on an artificial FieldTurf playing surface at the 20,000-seat, $64-million BMO Field, which is nearing completion at Exhibition Place. But several national team players are pleading for a natural grass surface.
“It [FieldTurf] kills the culture of the game,” said Julian de Guzman of Toronto, a midfielder with Canada's World Cup team and Spanish First Division club Deportivo La Coruna. “This stadium is supposed to be our new icon for soccer in the country, and the approach seems to be very cheap. It is a step backward in my eyes.”
De Guzman's Canadian teammate, Tottenham Hotspur defender Paul Stalteri of Brampton, Ont., also gives the surface bad reviews.
More at Globe and Mail.com (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060927.soccer-turf28/BNStory/Sports/home)
They have to put in artificial grass so our old friend Yukon's girlfriends won't eat it!
:D
Several of Canada's top soccer players hope to persuade the builders of Toronto's new soccer stadium to go on a nature kick.
The Canadian Soccer Association has insisted on an artificial FieldTurf playing surface at the 20,000-seat, $64-million BMO Field, which is nearing completion at Exhibition Place. But several national team players are pleading for a natural grass surface.
“It [FieldTurf] kills the culture of the game,” said Julian de Guzman of Toronto, a midfielder with Canada's World Cup team and Spanish First Division club Deportivo La Coruna. “This stadium is supposed to be our new icon for soccer in the country, and the approach seems to be very cheap. It is a step backward in my eyes.”
De Guzman's Canadian teammate, Tottenham Hotspur defender Paul Stalteri of Brampton, Ont., also gives the surface bad reviews.
More at Globe and Mail.com (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060927.soccer-turf28/BNStory/Sports/home)
They have to put in artificial grass so our old friend Yukon's girlfriends won't eat it!
:D