Editing FieldTurf (section)

====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>