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Montreal vs Toronto delayed due to pitch markings blunder

Related Topics: Penalty area

People have worried about the weather. People have worried about the turf. No one was worried about this.

Somehow, the Montreal Impact ground staff managed to delay the scheduled kick-off of their Eastern Conference final first leg against Toronto FC by incorrectly measuring the dimensions of the penalty area on the Olympic Stadium pitch.

The officials subsequently ordered that the lines be repainted, which revealed that they didn’t even just get it slightly wrong - they were way off.

Note how far hash is from box. Penalty area looks to be three yards shy of regulation.