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The first phase of the project includes demolishing Downing Stadium to build soccer fields and a modern track-and-field center with more than 5,000 seats.

If they are to build soccer into a pillar sport, officials in both leagues said they must convert participants into fans, that is, into regular ticket buyers and television viewers.

It includes $3 million to build soccer fields at Flushing Meadows in Queens, $3 million to renovate the fountain at Grand Army Plaza and Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park in Brooklyn and $1 million to renovate tennis courts at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, all in the coming year.

Why build soccer fields when there are so many undeniably urgent challenges facing Africa?

In 2011, Montgomery County leased farmland owned by the public school system in Potomac in order to build soccer fields to meet a critical shortfall in such fields in the Down County area.

Kyle, now 17 and a senior at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, is the Executive Director of FUNDaFIELD ("Kids Helping Kids"), a nonprofit that mobilizes money and volunteers among teenagers to build soccer fields in Africa.

It is on a campaign to build soccer-specific stadiums, which would allow the league to control revenues, foster an intimate atmosphere for the game and create a demand for tickets.

LAFC, Orlando City and Minnesota have also earmarked more than $150 million each to build soccer-specific stadiums.

Kyle Weiss, his mother, Lisa and his sister, Kira represent the innovative not-for-profit, FundaField, which builds soccer fields in developing countries.

Since then, MLS has expanded to 20 teams, owners built soccer-specific stadiums, average attendance at MLS matches exceeds that of the National Basketball Association NBAandand the National Hockey League (NHL), MLS secured national TV contracts, and the league is now profitable.

Mayor Sharpe James, community leaders and the MetroStars soccer team said today that they still hoped to build a soccer stadium in Newark, even after negotiations broke down last week to link the team and a stadium with plans for a downtown basketball and hockey arena.