Trinidad and Tobago's TT$6M artificial turf

CONCACAF giants Mexico are expected to be among the first teams to play at the new TT$6 M two-star artificial turf facility at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macoya, Tunapuna,

The Mexicans will be one team in the four-nation tournament, at the newly opened FIFA facility.

This was announced at the formal opening of the facility on Friday, as the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) proudly launched their FIFA Goal Project 2 following months of planning and construction.

CONCACAF president Jack Austin Warner announced that Mexico is among the teams carded for the tournament which will involve hosts Trinidad and Tobago and two other nations, at a date to be announced, in May.

FIFA director of development Mary Harvey came to Trinidad from the CFU congress in Curacao on Thursday night, specially to open the facility which is the first of its kind in the Western hemisphere.

Also at the opening were TTFF president Oliver Camps and executive members of the TTFF, FIFA development officer (Caribbean) Harold Taylor and other football officials and guests.

Harvey praised the “Champions League” standard facility similar to those in Holland, Norway and England.

“Today we inaugurate a project that will result in lasting change in the region. Today we open the first ever FIFA 2-star artificial turf right here at the Marvin Lee Stadium,” Harvey said.

She thanked Warner for his vision and commitment as well as Taylor and his deputy Daryll Warner and specially Domo, manufacturers of the state-of-the-art pitch, FIFA consultant and artificial turf specialist Dr Eric Harrison, local-based company Terra Forma, the TTFF and all site workers for making the new surface a reality.

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