The new turf installation at CenturyLink Field earned mostly positive reviews from the Sounders on Monday, eyebrows creeping upward with the realization that hey, that ball actually travelled in a straight line.
“Night and day,” Seattle captain Brad Evans said after the media-day practice. “ … I haven’t heard any complaints. It’s definitely softer. The joints are already feeling better, even after two days on it.”
There was but a single grumble: In some perverse way, the field that had gradually flattened to a moldy carpet over the past four years was a built-in edge for the team forced to play 17-plus home games on it a season.