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Tale Of The Turf
posted (May 27, 2015)

Football in Belize is played exclusively on natural fields – and only when our national team travel abroad do they encounter this thing called "turf." IT's a synthetic material common on US soccer and American football fields – and while it has its advantages, for the unaccustomed Belizean players, it has an un-natural feel and unpredictable play.

But, one sports entrepreneur hopes to make turf more common in Belize. Ian Casteneda has designed a seven-aside synthetic turf field in Independence Village and he came by out studios today to tell us what he wants to prove with it:…

The opening is set for this Saturday, May 30th at 5pm in Independence.

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