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Dynamo Kev
09 Jun 2007, 12:55 PM
I'm sure these questions have been answered 100 times, but please indulge me..

Is the Linc field big enough to actually hold FIFA sanctioned matches? I've heard both yes and no..

What happened to all the friendlies we were getting 3-4 years ago?.. I realize the company who organized the ManUtd, Celtic, etc. friendlies has gone belly-up, but the Linc isn't being used from Feb-August..
Z010 Union
09 Jun 2007, 02:05 PM
Thanks to Jeff Lurie from what we understand. You know how those heavy, overweight soccer players ruin grass.
Sundevil9
09 Jun 2007, 03:07 PM
but the Linc isn't being used from Feb-August..

January can be pretty event free, too. :rolleyes:
JamesTaylor
10 Jun 2007, 04:37 PM
Too bad...

Sir Alex 'whiskey nose' Ferguson said the Linc was one of the finest pitches he's ever seen.
DaMunk
10 Jun 2007, 06:26 PM
Too bad...

Sir Alex 'whiskey nose' Ferguson said the Linc was one of the finest pitches he's ever seen.

It was an amazing pitch before the first pointyball game. I wanted to run out there and roll around naked it looked so good.

Guessing from the pointyball markings, a 110yd pitch cannot be more than 60-65 yds wide. The corners, and more importantly, the skirt around the pitch, pinches in around the end zones limiting width. OTOH, a 100 yd pitch might be 70yds wide.
N-I-C-H-O
10 Jun 2007, 08:24 PM
I was at the Dallas game last season (incredible by the way) and the pitch looked like total shit. The need to do some hardcore work on that turf.
Kaiser
10 Jun 2007, 08:33 PM
The correct assumption is that it is way too narrow in the corners. How to tell, when you're at a match look to see where the 10 yd. hash is from the corner and how close to the edge of the penalty box it is. the penalty box is 44 yds. wide so if the hash is close to that then your pitch is 65 to 66 yards wide, no matter how match promoters exaggerate that.
JamesTaylor
10 Jun 2007, 10:21 PM
The correct assumption is that it is way too narrow in the corners. How to tell, when you're at a match look to see where the 10 yd. hash is from the corner and how close to the edge of the penalty box it is. the penalty box is 44 yds. wide so if the hash is close to that then your pitch is 65 to 66 yards wide, no matter how match promoters exaggerate that.

The USMNT v China match was a great example of a tiny pitch.
SoccerPrime
11 Jun 2007, 08:07 AM
I'm sure these questions have been answered 100 times, but please indulge me..

Is the Linc field big enough to actually hold FIFA sanctioned matches? I've heard both yes and no..

What happened to all the friendlies we were getting 3-4 years ago?.. I realize the company who organized the ManUtd, Celtic, etc. friendlies has gone belly-up, but the Linc isn't being used from Feb-August..

According to the FIFA Laws of the Game (http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/lotg2006_e_1581.pdf), the Linc is actually too small for official international matches but is appropriate for domestic (MLS) or unofficial events (promo or friendlies).

And why have the friendlies stopped? No idea, except Lurries/Eagles/Linc have made it clear that they don't think much of soccer.

Does that answer your question Dynamo Kev?
Dynamo Kev
17 Jun 2007, 12:33 PM
yes and thank you.
pasoccerdave
19 Jun 2007, 10:44 PM
According to the FIFA Laws of the Game (http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/lotg2006_e_1581.pdf), the Linc is actually too small for official international matches but is appropriate for domestic (MLS) or unofficial events (promo or friendlies).


2 Women's World Cup doubleheaders in 2003 don't count, then?
Z010 Union
20 Jun 2007, 08:43 AM
2 Women's World Cup doubleheaders in 2003 don't count, then?

Did you deduce a reason yet?
SoccerPrime
20 Jun 2007, 09:05 AM
2 Women's World Cup doubleheaders in 2003 don't count, then?

If you check out the FIFA rulebook link I provided, you will indeed find out that according to their own rules, the WWC should NOT have been played there.

So that must tell you something about either FIFA's opinion of the WWC or of their own rules.
Sundevil9
20 Jun 2007, 02:41 PM
If you check out the FIFA rulebook link I provided, you will indeed find out that according to their own rules, the WWC should NOT have been played there.

So that must tell you something about either FIFA's opinion of the WWC or of their own rules.

I don't see how that situation conflicts with FIFA's 'Ław$ of the Gam€'