Women's World Cup

Moncton's stadium normally has real grass but they brought in turf for it anyway. The "Touchdown Atlantic" games were the only CFL games played on real grass since Edmonton gave up on it two or three years ago.

 

The reason why may have been addressed earlier on this thread and if so sorry I missed it but I am amazed there are no games in Toronto. There has to be a venue there that would have worked.

 

I guess I can understand why the stadiums have turf instead of grass, but I cannot imagine playing soccer on that stuff. You slide a lot less in football than in soccer, and I have played flag football on that turf. That shit rips you to shreds if you slide on it.

 

FIFA Advises Female Players Unhappy With Turf To Spend More Time In Midair - The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

Toronto has the Pan Am games starting soon so their focus has been on that, apparently was not interested in hosting any games.

 

Toronto also had the Honda Indy this past weekend at Exhibition Place where the only suitable stadium for the World Cup, BMO Field, is located.

As for the Pan Am Games I don't know anybody, aside from some who are volunteering at it, who give a shit. I know people are very worried about the traffic headaches - in a city already full of them, I don't know anyone who has bought a ticket to any of the events, many of which are scattered all over areas outside the city.

 

Man, I'm old. I remember when the Pan Am games were at least a little deal in the US. Until your post, Huggy, I had not heard word one about them.

 

When I was a kid, I remember the Pan Am Games in which Bobby Knight punched a Puerto Rican policeman and verbally berated a high-school kid on his team named Isiah Thomas.

 

And look at the players after they slide on it. They're covered in those little rubber bits they put in the turf. It looks miserable.

 

Yep, those little rubber bits get everywhere. It's nice to run on, but anything else? No thanks. I still have scars from sliding to try to catch passes on it.

 

@Huggy
I remember the Pan Am games in Wpg back in the 90s had a little bit of a big time feel to them but not surprised that TO is indifferent to them now.

That being said it was cool to see some world class athletes, went to weightlifting, boxing, basketball and volleyball.

Honestly the only reason I remembered they were coming up was the opening of the new train line from downtown to the airport.

 

Yes, but it's way better than old astroturf. Giants Stadium used to feel like a thin mat on top of asphalt.