“St. Louis used to be the hub, it used to be the main place that people would come for tournaments, and the reason they came here was the quality of competition,” said Roger Uphoff, president of the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association. “The quality of the fields wasn’t as big of an issue because nobody had quality fields at the time.” That was before turf became king, before Overland Park, Kan., built a $36-million complex of 12 synthetic fields.
Read the rest here"St. Louis used to be the hub, it used to be the main place that people would come for tournaments, and the reason they came here was the quality of competition," said Roger Uphoff, president of the St. Louis Youth Soccer Association. "The quality of the fields wasn't as big of an issue because nobody had quality fields at the time." That was before turf became king, before Overland Park, KS built a $36-million complex of 12 synthetic fields.