US pitches conditions.

Anyone been tracking it so far? I barely have, but tracking more how the conditions and pitches are holding up. There are a lot of complaints so far from the players in how the pitches are fairing, Bellingham is one who has said the pitches so far are just so cut up, slow and not up to standard for the world cup next year. Dunno how many NFL fans there are in here, but it's been a joke the past few seasons for ligament tears and injuries for players getting caught in the turf.

Also, the heat looks insane too at the minute. Chelsea training in the north east (Philly) yesterday and it was 40 degrees. Some of the matches are going to be stupidly hot next summer. They are going to have to massively alter the way they make pitches to make the WC as good as it can be. Two or three are covered arenas, so you might be able to help with fans/AC but the rest will be crazy heat.

 

Carolina, another NFL pitch. A lot don't have proper grass, its more fake turf kinda blend stuff and the balls are just crap for it. They need some serious rethinks over the pitches (and money spent) to get them up to snuff.

 

Thats the problem i think. It's all well and good replacing the NFL fake turf with real grass for football, but these stadiums don't have inbuild watering systems, drainage etc. The ground staff have to water it all by hand and maintain it like a back garden. Cant be easy in some of the heat they are facing either, the inconsistent field is going to be daft to watch.