In part one of my "what is wrong with American soccer?" article I talked about the terrible and uncreative commentary that all too often accompanies an American Soccer Game whether it's MLS or US National team. Another thing that just pushes my buttons is the number off American soccer fields that now use Synthetic turf for a playing surface.
I know from personal experience that playing soccer on a synthetic turf field is much different from playing on a field with real grass. Turf can have huge negative effects on a game especially from a technical aspect. The ball tends to bounce twice as much on a synthetic turf field, and sometimes the ball will even change directions due to the small pieces of rubber in the turf. The ball can roll farther, and in general turf makes a player have to make huge adjustments to his touch. David Beckham as well as other European players who were used to playing on nice grass fields all found the adjustment to turf a hard adjustment to make.
But perhaps the biggest problem that i have with turf fields is that they just look tacky. The only thing that i hate more than a Synthetic soccer field is a Synthetic soccer field with faded (American) football markings every ten yards. I understand the economic advantage off having synthetic fields, but if there are any other people like me out there that hate to see the beautiful game being played on synthetic turf than maybe the MLS should consider buying real grass to earn some more viewers.
If you share my feelings on this matter, or you have any for part three of the series than please send me an email
Thanks,
Alex.garner@yahoo.com
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