Matt Mathai

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Posted Tuesday May 20, 2008, About: Toronto FC coach rips Columbus
The turf at BMO is excellent - for artificial turf. I have walked on it and it feels like a soft surface laid over concrete. It's not bristly like the old Astroturf was; it's much softer and you kick up that black rubber dust with every step. The ball doesn't bounce the way you'd expect it to on a real field, and flatter passes skip in unexpected ways. Ball control is difficult, both for dribbling and passing. Overall, it leads to a poorer quality of soccer, since it's makes it safer to play the ball in the air.

There's also some suspicion that it 'grabs' feet, leading to turned ankles, and twisted knees etc. but I don't know if that's true.

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