At a quick glance, one might be fooled into thinking the Seattle Sounders finally convinced First & Goal to install grass at CenturyLink Field. The lush, green surface looked absolutely spectacular on Monday.
Upon closer inspection, it was of course just the new FieldTurf product. But it was soft to the touch, stood up nicely and the consensus seemed to be that it played as true as it ever had.
"It's great," Sounders captain Brad Evans said on Monday. "It plays really, really nice. With the turf before it was so matted down.