Soccerplexe Catalogna
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The Soccerplexe Catalogna is a sports complex
for soccer situated in the city of Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. It was the first sports centre in Greater Montreal equipped with both an indoor and an outdoor soccer pitch with synthetic turf. The latter can also be divided into 3 smaller courts to pit 7 against 7 (instead of 11 against 11). Additionally, the Soccerplexe was the first in Quebec to upgrade to FieldTurf
. The Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
is the only other location in the area with this type of floor covering.
The Lac Saint-Louis Regional Soccer Association’s offices are at the Soccerplexe, and they hold a winter camp there for players at the intermediate and elite levels. Quebec’s teams also use it to host their evaluation camps and exhibition matches. The Soccerplexe is also recognized as a national centre of high performance for athletes identified by Soccer Canada. Soccer matches, and various regional, provincial, and national tournaments are held there as well. The Soccerplexe is also available to football
and soccer teams playing at various levels for evaluation or training camps. It is the permanent training site for the Montreal Impact
and occasionally for the Montreal Alouettes
.
The Soccerplexe is also a true multidisciplinary sports centre. It contains a gym and can accommodate soccer, football, volleyball, rugby and ultimate Frisbee. The centre is staffed with elite athletes and highly qualified coaches. Several other services are also available to athletes such as a sports therapy clinic, physiotherapy, sports camps for youngsters, a recreational senior soccer league in the summertime.
The center was built by Catalogna Group.
Sports complex
A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are stadiums for athletic and football, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, gymnasiums. This area is a sports complex....
for soccer situated in the city of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
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. It was the first sports centre in Greater Montreal equipped with both an indoor and an outdoor soccer pitch with synthetic turf. The latter can also be divided into 3 smaller courts to pit 7 against 7 (instead of 11 against 11). Additionally, the Soccerplexe was the first in Quebec to upgrade to FieldTurf
FieldTurf
FieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the FieldTurf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass...
. The Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
The Centre sportif Bois-de-Boulogne is a soccer center situated in the city of Laval, a suburb of Montreal, in the province of Quebec in Canada.-Outdoor soccer fields:...
is the only other location in the area with this type of floor covering.
The Lac Saint-Louis Regional Soccer Association’s offices are at the Soccerplexe, and they hold a winter camp there for players at the intermediate and elite levels. Quebec’s teams also use it to host their evaluation camps and exhibition matches. The Soccerplexe is also recognized as a national centre of high performance for athletes identified by Soccer Canada. Soccer matches, and various regional, provincial, and national tournaments are held there as well. The Soccerplexe is also available to football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
and soccer teams playing at various levels for evaluation or training camps. It is the permanent training site for the Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
and occasionally for the Montreal Alouettes
Montreal Alouettes
The Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
.
The Soccerplexe is also a true multidisciplinary sports centre. It contains a gym and can accommodate soccer, football, volleyball, rugby and ultimate Frisbee. The centre is staffed with elite athletes and highly qualified coaches. Several other services are also available to athletes such as a sports therapy clinic, physiotherapy, sports camps for youngsters, a recreational senior soccer league in the summertime.
The center was built by Catalogna Group.
See also
- Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis - Elite soccer club in ARS Lac St. Louis