Thanks to improvements made by Maret School with DC Department of Parks and Recreation, our teams now have a beautifully lit, all-weather field on which to practice and play. Eat your heart out, Peyton Manning!

posted 10/22/10 by MCL

Once so dusty that painted touch lines soon blew away, Francis Field, one of Ward 2’s only large playing spaces, is getting a total makeover. Dept. of Parks and Recreation plans call for a 58 x 100 yard athletic field, softball field and space for play area or dog park.

Fields--of sufficient quantity and quality--have long topped club members’ wish list.

DC Stoddert Soccer hears ya... and we’ve worked hard to improve access.

Two years ago, our young players had no all-weather pitches. This fall, one third of the 21 fields that hosted U9-high school recreational games were artificial turf.

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The Boys of Autumn. U9s kicked off this season on a new all-weather field behind Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights.

Thanks to Gallaudet, swamped fields didn’t cut the season short for high-school rec teams and both U16 boys’ travel teams. Wins by the Blue Lightning and Spartans Nov. 14 meant possible promotion to NCSL Division 1.