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North County United Soccer Club, a SoCal Athletics chartered club, recently teamed up with the City of Vista to renovate the turf at Townsite Park. This park, one of only a handful of city facilities large enough for a soccer field was closed down because of the condition of the field. This rest period is routine for the city but this year, NC United purchased all of the materials necessary to amend the soil and re-seed the field to better prepare it for the coming season. Said SoCal

Athletics President, Scott Phillips, "These fields are the primary outlets for our children to participate in sports activities and the sports clubs in our community have a responsibility to maintain and enhance them. Most of the time, the wear and tear of the fields and facilities are left up to the city and tax payers. Whether it's soccer fields for NC United or the school gyms for SoCal Volleyball Club, we borrow these very valuable assets from the city and school district on a regular basis and we should give them back when we are done better than we borrowed them. Ultimately, artificial turf on the fields makes the most sense to make them available year around." Townsite Park will re-open at the beginning of May for the annual Townsite Soccer Program. Pictured above are Rob Anderson, Recreation Supervisor, Carlos Hernandez, NC United Director of Coaches, Darin Loughery, Parks and Community Services Superintendent, Sean Leslie, Attorney at Law and NC United Director of Fields. Not pictured but managed the material acquisition is Jim Hansen, President, Carmel Solutions and Recreation Director for NC United.