You know what I hate? Artificial turf. It’s the worst. The fact that some MLS teams are still playing on it is a travesty. It’s a detriment to the league, it plays horribly, and it’s a ticking time bomb for player injur-



…ah. Alright then. All grass is not created equal, either.



MLS teams have a checkered, lined, and altogether confusing history with their playing surfaces. But if I was to tell you five years ago that the worst place to play in MLS, in 2019, was a place with real grass, while several other teams still play on turf and at least three of those teams are still in football stadiums? Reader, you would have laughed me out of the room.



But I’m not kidding when I say there truly cannot be a worse playing experience than what’s happening in Yankee Stadium at this moment. The place already does itself no favors just by virtue of the fact that the field is miniscule. Peter Crouch could probably lie down at one end of...