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Marshall soccer field gets prestigious certification

Parthenon file photo  Hoops Family Field is revealed during the inaugural game at the Veteran’s Memorial Soccer Complex Aug. 23, 2013.
Parthenon file photo
Hoops Family Field is revealed during the inaugural game at the Veteran’s Memorial Soccer Complex Aug. 23, 2013.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Less than one year since hosting its first match, Hoop’s Family Field has earned a major recognition from soccer’s governing body. FIFA announced Monday Marshall University’s home field, located at the Veteran’s Memorial Soccer Complex, has earned the distinction of being a FIFA Recommended field.

“The turf plays beautiful,” Thundering Herd men’s head coach Bob Gray, said in a release. “Without a doubt, it is the nicest turf I have been ever on.”

The distinction makes Hoop’s Family Field one of only 25 FIFA-certified pitches in the United States. Marshall also becomes one of only two Division-I programs to play its home matches in a soccer-specific stadium with a FIFA Recommended pitch…

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