Waking the Red · Jul 3, 2018
Talking Turf with BMO Field Head Groundskeeper Rob Heggie
Back in May, on the heels of another loss at Gillette Stadium, I dedicated a 6ix on a Wave to the subject of turf in MLS. I had some questions. I threw out some merciless hot-takes. I wondered, as we all do from time to time, if synthetic turf should be outright banned for professional soccer in North America.
Off the back of this, I was invited to have a chat with Robert Heggie, Head Groundskeeper at BMO Field and passionate member of the Sports Turf Managers Association, to set the record straight and discuss some of those knee-jerk reactions in detail. The timing was nearly perfect, as BMO itself was scheduled to get a facelift only a few weeks later in early-June.