ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 7月12日 22時19分

On the biggest soccer weekends, the players come from New Jersey, Canada and beyond, marvel at the sea of fields and the even larger panorama beyond: acres of lush, green, pristine grass. This place — in Hammonton, New Jersey — is far from the glamour of the #WorldCup. Here, the soccer dreams of young players, under the watchful eyes of soccer moms and dads, and dozens of college scouts, are contained only by the sidelines. Almost none of them know the back story of why they are here, of the economic crisis that led the property’s owner, Tuckahoe Turf Farms, to welcome youth soccer onto a fraction of the 800 acres of sandy loam soil it owns in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. When the economy soured a few years ago, the turf farm put its product to use — and helped keep itself afloat — by hosting soccer tournaments. Now it’s become a regular thing. The farm hosts about 7 tournaments a year. “We rented the facility to try to stay alive,” said Allen Carter, a farm employee who was drafted into a public-relations position. “They did one tournament and kept coming back to do more.” The grass they play on eventually will be rolled up and installed in college and professional stadiums. @rickloomis took this photo of rolled up sod at Visit the link in our profile to read more. #⚽

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