Powerade and Daly Seven Hotels Fields OPEN

New Turf Fields are OPEN!

After a summer of construction and anticipation, the new turf fields - PowerAde Field (#1) and Daly Seven Hotels Field (#2) are open for business. Back in August, we had a Ribbon Cutting ceremony to celebrate the progress of the field upgrades at WRAL Soccer Park. Raleigh Mayor, Nancy McFarlane, City Councilmember John Odom, and our very own Charlie Slagle were among the speakers at the ceremony. They all spoke about the joint venture of these multi-purpose, million dollar field upgrades and how the fields will also benefit our community at the economic level by making WRAL Soccer Park a destination for sporting events (e.g., lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, etc.). 

These fields bring CASL's total synthetic field number to five. These fields can handle the wear and tear of high use sports traffic and can withstand the elements of rain. Therefore, the grass fields will continue to be improved and receive needed attention and rest after weekends of game use. Since the field signs were originally torn down for construction, we are working on putting up a temporary solution while new field signs are being designed. In the mean time, please review the field map. 

PowerAde and Daly Seven Hotels Fields

This weekend, the fields saw their first game action on Friday night (pictured) and for an ECNL event that was held on the fields over the weekend. When your team is playing on these fields, take a minute to think about the investment, care, and quality that the City of Raleigh and CASL put into this project. CASL is continuously finding ways to improve the experience at WRAL Soccer Park - these field upgrades are just one example. 

CASL Park Rangers

One other way CASL is planning to improve your experience at WRAL Soccer Park is through our newly appointed CASL Park Rangers. The primary focus of these staff members are the safety and cleanliness of the park. We'll introduce you to this team in another post, but for now, know that there are people out there who care deeply about the presentation of the park and you and your children's safety. If you see someone in a green CASL shirt, this is a Park Ranger. If you ever see anything that deserves the Park Rangers' attention, please feel free to stop them at the park or email them at parkrangers@caslnc.com. You are additional eyes and ears at the park, and you can help us improve our services to all those who come through WRAL Soccer Park by informing our Park Rangers. WRAL Soccer Park is CASL's home, and we want to treat it that way. We all should take pride in our home facility, as we are one of very few youth soccer clubs that has a facility to call home.