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...Breakers will play their home games at Boston University's Nickerson Field, just a few miles down the river from Ohiri Field. Nickerson's AstroTurf surface has been replaced by a more soccer-friendly FieldTurf surface...
...Boston Breakers will be playing their home games on a newly-installed, soccer-friendly FieldTurf surface at Boston University's Nickerson Field. The team's home opener is slated...
...technology may have a solution. An upstart company called FieldTurf, in alliance with sports monolith Nike, has developed a surface that more closely resembles the texture and response of grass. It is made of synthetic blades and is held up by an artificial dirt composed of silica and rubber that can be made of recycled running shoes. The University of Nebraska recently installed the surface after a year in which 40 football players sustained injuries on AstroTurf. "It is the closest thing to natural grass I've seen," says John Ingram, the Cornhuskers' director of athletic facilities. "This year...