Editing FieldTurf (section)

==Uses==
{{Further|List of FieldTurf installations}}
[[File:FieldTurf promotion at Patriot Place.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.7|FieldTurf promotion at [[Patriot Place]]]]
===Gridiron football===
The first installation of FieldTurf in the United States took place at [[Dick Bivins Stadium]] in Amarillo, Texas (which was the home field for the [[Amarillo Independent School District]]'s football teams) in 1998. The first major college football installation was at University of Nebraska's [[Memorial Stadium, Lincoln|Memorial Stadium]] in 1999. The following year, it was installed at the two [[Pac-10]] stadiums: [[Martin Stadium]] in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[Husky Stadium]] in [[Seattle]]. The first installation in an NFL (and by extension, professional) stadium was in 2002, at the [[Seattle Seahawks]]' new stadium, known as [[Lumen Field]]. Originally planned to have a natural grass field, the Seahawks instead decided to install FieldTurf after they had played the two previous seasons in Husky Stadium on that surface, and to ease conversion and footing concerns for a future [[Major League Soccer]] team in the venue, which has been shared with [[Seattle Sounders FC]] since 2009 (natural grass is brought in and installed over the FieldTurf for FIFA-sanctioned events).<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.fieldturf.com/en/artificial-turf/artificial-turf-news/field-turf-to-be-installed-at-multi-purpose-stadium|title=FieldTurf: Field Turf to be Installed at Multi-Purpose Stadium|website=fieldturf.com|access-date=November 5, 2017}}{{When|date=May 2022}}</ref>

===Association football===
FieldTurf's first high-profile installation came in January 1997 as English club [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] chose FieldTurf for its new training field. Only artificial fields with FIFA-recommended 2-star status can be used in FIFA and UEFA Finals competitions. Other FIFA and UEFA competitions require at least 1-star status.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

In 2001, [[Boston University]]'s FieldTurf soccer field became FieldTurf's first to obtain FIFA 1-star status. In 2005, [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá|Saprissa Stadium]] in San José, Costa Rica became the first stadium to host a [[FIFA World Cup]] qualifying match on FieldTurf. The [[Dundalk F.C.]] Stadium, [[Oriel Park]], received FieldTurf's first FIFA 2-star rating. FieldTurf has 29 FIFA-recommended 1-Star installations and 31 FIFA Recommended 2-Star installations {{as of|2009|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA 1-Star Installation|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/pitchequipment/footballturf/star=1/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420040340/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/pitchequipment/footballturf/star%3D1/index.html|archive-date=April 20, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA 2-Star Installations|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/pitchequipment/footballturf/star=2/index.html}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2007, the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada had almost 50% of its games played on FieldTurf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erdc.co.uk/news_article.php?article=214|title=FIELDTURF DUO STARS AT THE UNDER 20'S WORLD CUP FINALS IN CANADA|website=erdc.co.uk|access-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210164556/https://www.erdc.co.uk/news_article.php?article=214 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

====Major League Soccer====
The use of FieldTurf in [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS) has received criticism, especially from the league's [[MLS International Roster Slots|international roster]] players used to playing on natural grass overseas in their home domestic leagues and FIFA competitions.

The installation of the surface at [[Lumen Field|CenturyLink Field]] in Seattle was approved as mentioned above when the state stadium authority which operates the venue agreed to bring in a natural grass surface for [[List of FIFA World Cup stadiums|FIFA-sanctioned events]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.seattlepi.com/football/40640_turf28.shtml | work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | title=Turf battle ends as stadium board approves FieldTurf | date=September 27, 2001}}</ref>

In September 2006, several top Canadian soccer players appealed to the [[Canadian Soccer Association]] to install a natural grass surface at [[BMO Field]] in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=https://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20060927.soccer-turf28%2FBNStory%2FSports%2Fhome&ord=1161707942696&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true|title=Don't use artificial grass in Toronto FC stadium: players|work=globeandmail.com|access-date=February 12, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=April 2014|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> The club removed the FieldTurf playing surface and switched to a traditional grass surface starting in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/grass-installation-underway|title=Grass Installation Underway|date=March 29, 2010|access-date=October 1, 2013|publisher=Toronto FC|archive-date=January 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102101426/http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2010/03/grass-installation-underway|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following [[David Beckham]]'s move to Major League Soccer in 2007, he voiced his opinion that the league should convert to grass for all pitches. In an apology, he stated that the surface is fine at lower levels, but that his feelings had not changed about the MLS use because of the toll the harder surface takes on the body.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=451617&&cc=5901 | title=Beckham apologizes for ripping FieldTurf | date=August 10, 2007 | access-date=November 13, 2013 | archive-date=October 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019085819/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=451617&&cc=5901 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-08-09-728654547_x.htm|title=Beckham apologizes for turf remarks|work=USA Today|access-date=October 6, 2007 | date=August 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/08/beckham_speaks.html|title=Beckham Speaks|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 6, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729110223/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/08/beckham_speaks.html|archive-date=July 29, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Thierry Henry]] opted out of road matches in Seattle when he played for the [[New York Red Bulls]] specifically because of the Sounders' use of FieldTurf in that venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/25/thierry-henry-jamison-olave-major-league-soccer-field-turf-ligaturf-portland-settle-vancouver/|title='Turf' in the Pacific Northwest: The spectrum of MLS's three Cascadia venues| author=Richard Farley|date=September 25, 2013|website=Prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/henry-stay-seattle-turf-article-1.1470246|title=Red Bulls star Henry to stay off Seattle's turf|website=nydailynews.com|date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

===Public works===
A specialized version of FieldTurf called Air FieldTurf has been installed to cover the edges of runways at several airports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fieldturf.com/airport/ |title=Air FieldTurf: Groundcover with a Difference |website=Fieldturf.com |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105002202/http://www.fieldturf.com/airport/ |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ar06-23.pdf |title=Airside Applications for Artificial Turf |year=2006 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=5 November 2017 }}</ref>