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…
