Bradley bashes Gillette Stadium's 'ridiculous' football lines

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley can't stand the sight of football lines on professional soccer fields.

Following TFC's 2-1 defeat to the New England Revolution, the American international ridiculed Major League Soccer for allowing the game to be played on Gillette Stadium's "terrible turf."

"It's ridiculous - the field, the (football) lines, the whole thing is a joke," Bradley said, according to the Toronto Sun's Kurt Larson. "It's the same for both teams. No excuse. It is what it is. It played no part in who wins or loses. But when you talk about trying to grow the league and make every part of it better, games on terrible turf with football lines don't do a lot to help."

Fourteen of MLS' 22 teams currently have soccer-specific stadiums, with three more on the way. It's a far cry from the league's early days, when teams played the majority of their games on converted football fields.

But thick NFL lines are still commonplace on game days at Gillette Stadium. The Revs have shared the venue with the New England Patriots since it opened in 2002.

The Kraft family, which owns the MLS side, vowed in April to find a site for a soccer-specific stadium. No timetable was given.