Following Argentina’s 2-0 win over Canada in the opening match of the Copa America, head coach Lionel Scaloni and several of his players criticized the playing surface at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
The 73,000-capacity NFL arena is shared between Atlanta United of MLS and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. It is an artificial turf surface that on occasion, is replaced with a grass field that is placed on top of the turf.
Atlanta United played a home game on turf on Saturday, June 15 and the pitch was laid the following day, five days before Thursday’s match. But the end result was not...