Stockton University Hosts Brazilian Soccer Team CR Flamengo Before FIFA Club World Cup

Members of the CR Flamengo soccer team from Brazil practice on the soccer field at G. Larry James Stadium on June 12. Photo by Stockton University

(GALLOWAY, NJ) — Why is one of the largest and most popular soccer teams in the world practicing for the FIFA Club World Cup at a small public university in South Jersey?

“It all starts with the field,” said Anthony Berich, Stockton University’s executive director of Athletics and Campus Recreation. “This is where it starts.”

Berich referred to the Bermuda grass soccer field of G. Larry James Stadium, installed in 2021 by Tuckahoe Turf Farms in Hammonton. It’s the same type of grass that CR Flamengo, the most followed club in Brazil with more than 50 million followers on social media, practices…