So says the sport’s global parent, FIFA. But instead of playing on grass Saturday night, San Diego FC will be skipping passes across synthetic turf in Charlotte, N.C. The match on fake grass will be a ...

"Some grass can be thicker, and turf isn't thick at all, so the ball can move faster,” Brennan Pinkerton, 11, said, explaining how the synthetic fields ... to all the soccer players who play ...