{"id":156274,"date":"2026-04-03T11:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:51:26","slug":"two-new-soccer-fields-to-offer-local-fans-their-own-place-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156274\/","title":{"rendered":"two new soccer fields to offer local fans their own place to play"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches, Philly is prepping for its part in the summer\u2019s soccer festivities, the six games at the Linc<\/a> and the free 39-day fan festival at Lemon Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll also be plenty of new short and long term places to play \u201cthe beautiful game\u201d coming to the city as well.<\/p>\n

On Friday morning, a new mini soccer pitch \u2014 that\u2019s field in soccer speak \u2014 is set to be unveiled in Dilworth Park, sponsored by Center City District and Vivint and NRG.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pitch will offer soccer fans a space to gather, and play from April till October on a 7,000 square-foot artificial pitch that will cover the Albert M. Greenfield Lawn next to City Hall and steps away from the clock counting down<\/a> the tournament\u2019s June 11 start date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vivint and NRG will also use the space for giveaways and promotions and to host community partners while the field is in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a more permanent basis, a new soccer park will be built at Tip Top Playground along the Northern Liberties-Fishtown border, provided by VISA, Bank of America and non-profit organization Street Soccer USA<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The park will be revamped with two professional-grade fields with lights. It\u2019s part of the \u201cVISA Street Soccer Parks<\/a>\u201d program, which aims to put a street soccer park in each of the 11 World Cup host cities in the U.S. before the tournament kicks off. The first one was opened in San Francisco last year.<\/p>\n

\"\"Scenes from the June 2036 ribbon cutting at the VISA Street Soccer Park in San Francisco. (Courtesy of Maven Agency)<\/p>\n

Along with the fields, the park will have dedicated learning centers offering after-school programming, job training programs and community events through local organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not about short-term excitement\u2014it\u2019s about building something that lasts,\u201d said Lawrence Cann, co-founder and president of Street Soccer USA. \u201cThese parks are designed to create consistency and access, but more importantly, they belong to the communities that activate them every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Love Philly? So do we. Let\u2019s be friends.\u00a0Sign up for the Billy Penn newsletter today. As the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15202,227,2013,17693,482,69,71,70,70869,11868,726,70870,2236,2237],"class_list":{"0":"post-156274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-dilworth-park","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-fifa-world-cup","11":"tag-fishtown","12":"tag-northern-liberties","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","15":"tag-philadelphia-news","16":"tag-recreation-park","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-culture","20":"tag-world-cup","21":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}