I was watching this clip of Messi and couldn’t believe how bad the field was, so I decided to look into it… Turns out, it’s worse than I ever could have imagined. This could be the most dangerous field in professional soccer. 🤕🏟️
Why? Because technically it’s not even a football pitch. For the last decade, MLS side NYCFC has shared a stadium with the New York Yankees—a less than ideal arrangement for several reasons:
A. It’s too small. 70×100 yards is exact minimum size requirement to play in the MLS.
B. The sod. In order to cover the infield, the club has to lay out strips of sod before almost every match. While this looks the part—it really isn’t effective, mainly because it’s not rooted to the ground, making for terrible pitch conditions whenever it’s too wet/dry.
Pretty shocking this sort of thing is allowed in professional footy, but ig space is a pretty big commodity in NYC. What do you guys think? #football #messi #soccer #sports #futbol #fail #shorts #footballshorts
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messi’s finally gonna experience how high school seniors feel when the schools upgrade the gym the year after you leave
They’re kicking a ball around. Just play. Stop complaining
I WAS AT THAT GAME IT WAS 1-1 JAMES SCORED A HEADER IN ADDED TIME
THEY BUILDING BLUE LOCK?!?!
They should ban astroturf it causes injuries and skint teams get them because their paid too!
You didnt saw turkish football fields yet
there is no way to lose money faster than spending 760 million on a soccer stadium. Especially when that city has three NHL teams
they are making messi even messyer!
Now I know why Messi left luck is expensive than the right tf mine is in good condition and it’s 0$
First of all its Football not soccer 😂
Man City couldn't have afforded a few extra charges to pay for a stadium?
Nah u not yet see football game play at the cow pen or swamp..
I wish this game would say football instead of soccer
They used american measurements 😂
Love every minute of it on match days. #NewYorkisBlue
Mls is ridicolous
Cry harder. The Raiders played in oakland in a baseball field with dirt still on it and were fine. Maybe yall need to man up
This is exactly why the raider nation insisted that they play on real grass and not turf even if it was inside a stadium. The rollout technology is amazing.😊
Football idoiots you take a name of game and use it!!!! It is a football!!!!
Messi have complained about not having proper field that can cause injury in his first season. They still didn't do it yet?
That's why camel league is better than cheese burger league 😂
The fact I saw TFC player get nutmeg I'd crazy
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Football right 😅
He chose this, he’s smart and he knew they didn’t invest much in football stadiums in the US and he still wanted to go. Messi has already won everything that matters at club and international level. He’s just passing time in the USA.
even albania have a better field than that
And the world cups gonna be played there 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Embarrassing
A league whitout football stadiums should be one of the worse
I DONT CARE
football
Bro is using messi for getting views
Stop lying. You live in the NE of the US, you know full well that NYCFC plays at Yankee Stadium
That’s football
É o soccer rapaziada
And ofcourse through this video I learned that you are an American and hence the "L CONSPIRATORY TAKES".Grow Up!
mickey mouse level football
Football not soccer
I'll pick an all star team of under 20 boys from Europe who would crush this league to the ground with laughter on their faces. imagine we send Guler, Hendrick, Yamal, N. Williams, Mainoo, Palmer, Mateta, Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund , Cubarsi, etc with any gk and defenders to add to thus squad . They'll bury Messi and Suarez and busquet lol😂
Whose funding that $780m ?? Taxpayers, either directly or via massive tax breaks, or is it purely commercial funding?
Aaaawww he's going to cry because his pessi doesn't play well and now they use the field as an excuse😢😢😢
It’s Football ya know?
Messi has a chance to claim that 700 million left foot insurance
IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL
What was that touch by the way? Even though it was wack, it completely favored him as a controlled touch 😂
Yeah thas a huge problem even for the WC cause US doesn't have many stadiumms that are reglamentary most football stadiuns are to narrow missing at least 2 meters.
Footy stadium in Queens would be fire