
The New York Red Bulls came out with a 2–1 win over Real Salt Lake on Sunday in Major League Soccer action, but their head coach, Sandro Schwarz, wasn’t pleased for other reasons.
For years, Sports Illustrated Stadium in New Jersey has been the pinnacle of MLS playing surfaces. Since opening in 2010 as Red Bull Arena, it operated as one of the premier MLS soccer-specific stadiums and had a luscious grass pitch at a time when many teams played on artificial surfaces.