More games on the same field
Soccer programs usually want more playing hours, and turf delivers them. San Francisco Recreation and Park reports that each grass-to-turf conversion adds about 800 playable hours a year, roughly a 50% increase. A turf field also needs no rest days after rain.
Speed Zone uses a 2-inch pile of slit-film and monofilament polyethylene at 42 oz per square yard, built for traction, infill retention and balanced shock absorption.
Size the field to your level
NCAA fields run 115–120 yards by 70–75 yards, with 4–5 inch lines. Under IFAB Laws, international matches use 110–120 by 70–80 yards, and lines may be no wider than 5 inches. Youth programs often split a full field into small-sided games. US Youth Soccer recommends 70–80 by 45–55 yards for 12U, 55–65 by 35–45 for 10U and 25–35 by 15–25 for 6U–8U.
We inlay the main pitch and can add youth fields in a second color. Plan every layout before manufacturing, because inlaid lines are permanent.
Certification and play
NFHS and NCAA allow synthetic surfaces. Matches under IFAB Laws on artificial turf require FIFA Quality Programme certification, and IFAB requires artificial surfaces to be green. If certification is part of your bid, tell us at the start so the system is specified for it.
Built for heavy recreational use
Recreation and club fields see the most hours. FIFA’s Quality Programme describes its FIFA Quality level, the one for recreational, training and grassroots fields, as built for 40–60 hours of play a week. For a busy youth program, the decisions that matter are how many small-sided layouts to inlay, where portable goals will sit, and a grooming schedule that keeps infill even in the highest-traffic areas.
Drainage and grade
Speed Zone is perforated for permeability above 30 inches per hour. NCAA guidance prefers a synthetic soccer field slope under 0.75% from the center toward the touchlines, much flatter than the 1.5% used on native soil fields, because water drains down through the turf instead of across it.
Testing and summer heat
Fields are tested for impact attenuation (Gmax). ASTM F1936 caps any test point at 200, and the Synthetic Turf Council recommends keeping the field below 165. Synthetic surfaces get hotter than grass in direct sun, so plan hydration breaks for summer sessions.
