Moncton no longer has a grass pitch. This is a terrible day for the sport.
The shortsighted and shameful move will cost about $1-million.
The stadium, which was built as a world class track and field facility, can no longer host international track and field meets either because of the insistence of going against world standards by playing on plastic.
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When he spoke to CBC, Soccer New Brunswick director Marc Leger had a different take on the impact of local soccer.
“I would say in the past, the soccer community has not had access to the stadium,” he said. “With ongoing communications with the city and Soccer Canada there's high hopes for the soccer community locally and provincially that we can have access to this for special events."