Soccer players scored an easy victory over the environmentalists as a pair of city commissions gave the go-ahead to a contentious $14 million plan to add lights and synthetic turf to the sprawling Beach Chalet soccer field in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Soccer players win in fight to modernize Golden Gate Park’s Beach Chalet

Soccer players scored an easy victory over the environmentalists late Thursday night as a pair of city commissions gave the go-ahead to a contentious $14 million plan to add lights and synthetic turf to the sprawling Beach Chalet soccer field in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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