Why USA star Tyler Adams is building ‘mini-pitches’ across the country

Growing the sport of soccer doesn’t always require growing grass fields

Growing the sport of soccer doesn’t always require growing grass fields.

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Tyler Adams of the U.S. men’s national team is helping to expand and diversify the game one field at a time by building mini-pitches across the country. The playing surfaces, however, aren’t made of green grass that can be a challenge to maintain, but of a blue hard-court.

“When you go down to a park, no matter what surface you’re on, as long as you have a ball, you’re happy,” Adams said on NBC and Telemundo’s “My New Favorite Futbolista.”