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SoFi testing 'hybrid' pitch ahead of '26 World Cup

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Los Angeles World Cup 2026 will be a test run for new artificial turf field technology at SoFi Stadium .

Stadium staff began installing the "hybrid carpet" made of artificial turf and natural grass in February .

It consists of multiple layers -- a grass-growing system called "the permavoid," a thin piece of permeable cloth, sand and hybrid grass.

The new hybrid field will be torn out following the USWNT 's match against Brazil on April 5 .

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