BMO Field's grass whisperer silences skeptics

The Star | November 26, 2016

Home of Grey Cup and Toronto FC faces huge test with big games three days apart.

Redblacks fullback Brendan Gillanders adds a little top dressing to the ball at Saturday's final walk-through for Sunday's Grey Cup game at BMO Field, which will undergo a quick makeover for Wednesday's MLS Eastern final contest.

When Toronto FC kicked off its season back in March, there was as much talk about BMO Field’s grass as there was about the team that would play on it.

With the Toronto Argonauts moving in from the Rogers Centre — a move heavily criticized by Reds fans — all eyes were on head groundskeeper Robert Heggie, who vowed the new football tenants wouldn’t muck up the field for soccer.