Researchers spent years developing pitches for World Cup stadiums across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The fields are mostly natural grass reinforced with artificial blades.

DALLAS - NFL players see the proverbial green carpet being rolled out for soccer players at their own stadiums, and are wondering why they aren't receiving the same quality of playing surfaces. Seven ...

NFL stadiums across the country are quite literally rolling out the red carpet (or in this case, natural green grass) to FIFA ...

LawnStarter reports U.S. stadiums are prepping natural grass for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with careful cultivation and ...

What goes behind the growing the perfect grass pitch for the FIFA World Cup? NPR's Scott Simon speaks to John Sorochan of the University of Tennessee, the man in charge of delivering these fields.

For the World Cup, FIFA requires a particular kind of pitch: a hybrid of natural and artificial grass. We hear about what it takes to make it.

And  when some of the planet's best soccer players take the field for games in Philadelphia, they’ll be playing on Garden State sod grown specifically for the event at Tuckahoe Turf Farms, a sprawling ...

The NFL’s use of turf fields is under renewed scrutiny as North America prepares for the World Cup. Last week, MetLife Stadium — home of the Giants and Jets — kicked off a two-day process to install ...

In 1969, then-NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle guessed that artificial turf would cover every NFL field within five years, 10 at the longest. He was off by 45 years … and counting. Today, it’s actually ...