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Yamal and Messi aren’t the only stars of The World Cup finals.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been watching any World Cup games, you’ve probably stared directly at a huge, unsung hero: the .<\/p>\n

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Turf grass science is a real thing, and it’s John Sorochan’s area of expertise. He’s a scientist at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, and he’s spent the last eight years preparing for the grass pitch the players are scoring on.<\/p>\n

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John had the daunting task of figuring out how to create consistency and uniformity across the World Cup stadiums. That meant dozens of team base camps and 16 different stadiums where turf had to weather all kinds of conditions \u2013 from Mexico City’s high altitude, to Miami’s sweltering heat. Today on we dive into the science behind it all.<\/p>\n

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Yamal and Messi aren\u2019t the only stars of the World Cup finals. If you\u2019ve been watching any of the games, you\u2019ve probably stared directly at a huge, unsung hero: the turf. Turf grass science is a real thing, and it\u2019s John Sorochan<\/a>\u2019s area of expertise. He\u2019s a scientist at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and he\u2019s spent the last eight years preparing for the grass pitch the players are scoring on. John had the daunting task of figuring out how to create consistency and uniformity across all the World Cup stadiums. That meant dozens of team base camps and 16 different stadiums where turf had to weather all kinds of conditions \u2013 from Mexico City\u2019s high altitude, to Miami\u2019s sweltering heat. Today on Short Wave<\/em>, we dive into the science behind it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Interested in more science behind your favorite sports? Email us your question at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. It includes perks like bonus episodes, early access, archive access, curated playlists and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <\/em>plus.npr.org<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy did designing the World Cup pitches take eight years? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=5763\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why did designing the World Cup pitches take eight years? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yamal and Messi aren\u2019t the only stars of the World Cup finals. 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