JumboBuc
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Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium
Alumni Stadium couldn't fit a pitch wide enough to meet FIFA (and MLS) standards.
All FIFA-approved fields must be 70-80 yards wide. Most MLS pitches (including Gillette) are 75 yards wide, a few are 73-74, and the narrowest (Yankee Stadium) comes in at 70 yards exactly. By my measure Alumni Stadium is only about 73 yards wide wall-to-wall. This isn't nearly enough space to fit the pitch plus the requisite room along both touchlines.
Most older football stadiums (including Alumni Stadium) were built before soccer became a thing in this country, so they were only designed to accommodate 53 1/3 yard wide American Football playing surfaces. It wasn't until the 1990s/2000s that large football stadiums were built specifically to fit FIFA-approved football pitches.
Out of left field here but what about playing at alumni stadium at BC until they have their own? The neighborhood would have a collective heart attack but at least it's on some transit.
Alumni Stadium couldn't fit a pitch wide enough to meet FIFA (and MLS) standards.
All FIFA-approved fields must be 70-80 yards wide. Most MLS pitches (including Gillette) are 75 yards wide, a few are 73-74, and the narrowest (Yankee Stadium) comes in at 70 yards exactly. By my measure Alumni Stadium is only about 73 yards wide wall-to-wall. This isn't nearly enough space to fit the pitch plus the requisite room along both touchlines.
Most older football stadiums (including Alumni Stadium) were built before soccer became a thing in this country, so they were only designed to accommodate 53 1/3 yard wide American Football playing surfaces. It wasn't until the 1990s/2000s that large football stadiums were built specifically to fit FIFA-approved football pitches.