{"id":916504,"date":"2026-10-01T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916504\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:14:11","slug":"georgia-family-surprised-with-20000-backyard-soccer-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916504\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia family surprised with $20,000 backyard soccer pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aiden and Quinn are avid soccer players who often show off their moves in their front yard. They also attended nearly every FIFA watch party at Decatur Square.<\/p>\n<p>What they did not know was that an hour away in Canton, another family was preparing to surprise them with a soccer pitch of their own.<\/p>\n<p>It started with a contest offering a $20,000 backyard turf soccer field.<\/p>\n<p>Beth and Darryl Dulong own Great American Green, a family-owned landscaping and turf company in Canton that is celebrating 50 years in business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t have a driver&#8217;s license when I got started in &#8217;76. That&#8217;s a long time ago,&#8221; Darryl Dulong said. &#8220;I finally ended up in the turf business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-01-at-6-53-35-am.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-10-01-at-6-53-35-am.png \" height=\"374\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Atlanta<\/p>\n<p>Dulong said working alongside his family has been both challenging and rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always been a family-operated business,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t be happier than to have my kids by my side. I mean, it&#8217;s very emotional. It makes the bond very strong with your family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That connection inspired the contest. The Dulongs saw soccer bringing families together and wanted to surprise a soccer-loving family with a place to play and spend more time together.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 73% of adults who are active today played sports when they were younger, often alongside family members. Officials say prioritizing active family time can provide a multigenerational blueprint for a healthy, structured lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Atlanta was there when the winner was selected and the call was made to April Biagioni.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My friends and husband tease me for answering spam calls,&#8221; Biagioni said. &#8220;But I always say that it could be important or I might win something. Well, today we won something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her husband, Mark Biagioni, said the new field will give the couple and their three sons another way to spend time together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This means that we get to spend more quality time together, which is fleeting as they get older,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The company has started measuring the Biagionis&#8217; property to begin work on their new backyard soccer pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aiden and Quinn are avid soccer players who often show off their moves in their front yard. They&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,56044,561,82],"class_list":["post-916504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-decatur","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}