Hard Rock Stadium Is Getting Ripped To Pieces Over Video Of World Cup Pitch Being Installed… But Why?

The Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida, home of the Miami Dolphins and Hurricanes, has installed the pitch for its upcoming World Cup matches. Hard Rock Stadium will host seven matches across the Group Stage and the Bronze Medal fixture, but soccer fans are already skeptical of how things will go.

This comes after the Hard Rock Stadium released a video showing the pitch being installed ahead of the upcoming matches. Footage of the grass being rolled out with the first match, Group H’s Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, coming up on June 15th, has fans worried about a potential injury. But why? Let’s take a look.

Soccer Fans Concerned About Grass At Hard Rock Stadium

After the Hard Rock Stadium shared the clip on X (formerly Twitter) of the grass being rolled out on the pitch, soccer fans, many based in England, flooded the replies. Here is the video which seems fairly unremarkable to most of us familiar with the Hard Rock Stadium and its conditions but you can watch and judge for yourself. Then I’ve included a slew of replies below:

Preparing the pitch for the biggest stage in fútbol.

A behind-the-scenes look at the sod installation process for the @FIFAWorldCup. pic.twitter.com/kxRfTSJav1

— Hard Rock Stadium (@HardRockStadium) May 27, 2026

The Hard Rock Stadium is no stranger to hosting major soccer events. It hosted 8 matches during 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, multiple matches during the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa América, El Clásico Miami in 2017 which I was at and saw both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi score when they were still with Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, and the stadium has hosted plenty of international friendly matches as well.

For those wondering, yes, real grass was used at Hard Rock Stadium for the FIFA Club World Cup so it is not as if this is the first time the stadium is using real grass in lieu of turf, a condition set forth by FIFA when the United States submitted a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as many/most NFL stadiums use artificial turf.

All of that is to say, this is not the Hard Rock Stadium’s first rodeo. Nevertheless, their replies were flooded by soccer fans abroad who somehow think this is going to be a disaster and are acting like the stadium hasn’t done this before, including last year for the Club World Cup. Here’s what they are saying:

Again, the Hard Rock Stadium has already hosted the FIFA Club World Cup. There have been no major injuries at this stadium caused by the turf.

Most of these whiny fans are British and in the Premier League they primarily use a hybrid of artificial turf fibers mixed into real grass so it looks extra green on TV. The people shouting the loudest about real grass are the ones most accustomed to an artificial hybrid. What gives?