FieldTurf Earns FIFA Recommended Status at Six Mor
DALTON, GA., June 27--FieldTurf announced that six more of its fields have received recommended status from FIFA, the world governing body of soccer. That brings FieldTurf's total of FIFA Recommended fields to fifteen. The latest additions include Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ; Glasgow Rangers FC in Millingavie, Scotland; Futebol Clube Marinhas in Esposende, Portugal; City of Outremont in Montreal, Canada; and two pitches at the Centre de Formation de TFC in Toulousse, France.
FieldTurf's existing FIFA Recommended fields include Seahawks Stadium in Seattle, WA, USA; Luzhniki Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia; The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan; Issa Town Stadium in Bahrain; Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa, Canada; Weingart Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, USA; Belson Stadium at St. John's University in New York, NY, USA; Fanny Blankers Field in Almere, Holland and Nickerson Field at Boston University in Boston, MA, USA. Nickerson Field was the first FIFA Recommended field in the world and is the current home of WUSA's Boston Breakers.
"We're excited each and every time one of our fields is awarded the FIFA Recommended status," said FieldTurf CEO John Gilman. "From being the first in the heat of Bahrain, to being the first in the snows of Russia, we are the choice of facility managers worldwide who look for quality fields that look like grass, feel like grass and play like grass, yet require none of the expensive maintenance of grass."
With the recent FIFA recommendation of six more FieldTurf fields, FieldTurf continues its role as the leading global supplier of artificial football fields. Its patented processes create a surface that is not only far safer, but one that also improves athletic performance by closely emulating natural grass.
"Football in every corner of the world is now experiencing the many benefits of FieldTurf," said Hank Steinbrecher, a leading voice in world soccer and a strong proponent of the FieldTurf system. "FieldTurf's patented system, like grass, has a 'restitution of energy' ideal for footballers who run literally miles and miles during a typical match. It allows players to perform at their peak without undue leg fatigue."
FieldTurf was the originator of this newest generation of artificial surface systems which replicate the playing characteristics of natural grass, provide increased player comfort and safety, and offer stadia management lower maintenance costs and extended usage opportunities.
"We're proud of all of our 650 fields around the world," said Gilman. "And we're proud of the contribution our engineers and technicians have made in enabling first class pitches to be installed in places where a few years ago, such things were just dreams of the rich and famous."
