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Women's World Cup: Turf war lingers as tournament begins

The controversy over games being played on artificial surfaces will remain a key story line at this month's World Cup in Canada.

It has been two years since Sydney Leroux offered up the most graphic argument she could muster against playing soccer on artificial turf, posting a photo of her shredded legs following a game on fake grass.

The United States forward and her peers figure to have enough pictures like this to overwhelm an Instagram account by the time the Women's World Cup final is played July 5. All 52 matches of the tournament, to be played at six stadiums across Canada, will be contested on artificial turf.