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How Grass Technology Gave USA a Pitch-Perfect Assist In Its Big World Cup Win

LOS ANGELES STADIUM — From the concourse level, the lush green carpet of grass beneath looked immaculate. On whatever screen you watched these first few days of matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the fields appeared equally pristine. Looks can deceive, obviously. The truth would be revealed either way shortly after the tournament co-host U.S. national team kicked off Group D by beating Paraguay on Friday, when I pulled veteran USA defender Antonee "Jedi" Robinson aside, asked him how the surface had played, and waited for his verdict. "We were just talking about this [in the locker room]," Je...