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Fort Worth United Proper Facilities
Fort Worth United proper has permanent practice facilities conveniently located at
the Resource Connection Campus in Southern Fort Worth. Featuring two
full-size fields (lighted in the winter), a third
lighted practice area, full size sand pit for
speed/strength/agility training, a cross-country training
trail, and hard surface areas for futsal training, the
Resource Practice facility provides all the amenities needed to
develop a superior soccer player. In addition, FWU
Board Room facilities, 300 person auditorium, indoor gym
facility, and ample paved parking and more are also located on
the Resource Connection Campus. The facilities, available exclusively to
Fort Worth United Soccer Club members, are easily
accessible from I-20 providing convenient access to members from Fort Worth,
Arlington, and surrounding areas. Normal configuration of the fields
provides 9-11 practice areas with ample room surrounding the fields to
accommodate additional teams.

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The Fort Worth United practice fields, designed and
developed by Scott Peck, designer/developer of the new FC Dallas fields (Pizza Hut Park) in Frisco, are recognized as one of the highest quality practice
facilities in Tarrant County. FWU practice facility fields construction
was based on the
same field construction methodology and specs used in the FC Dallas fields construction - the end result being
state of the art practice fields for your elite soccer player. To put it bluntly, our practice fields are of a better quality
than the league fields we play our regular season games on.
The Resource Connection soccer fields offer ample
paved parking areas, covered seating areas with tables next to each field,
and bleacher seating. In addition, there are adjacent
recreational activities located on the RC campus such as a bicycle racing course, walking trails,
wilderness area, and lighted baseball fields, to keep parents and siblings
occupied while the teams practice. And of course, since the Resource
Connection Campus provides primarily youth, sports related facilities, it is
also patrolled and monitored by campus security 24 hours a day.
How the Fields were Built
The Resource Connection soccer fields were constructed in
2003. The first phase of the construction project consisted of two,
professionally designed, regulation soccer fields. Phase II consisted of
refining and honing of the playing surface of Field 1. Mortar grade sand
was brought in and the fields "floated" and "laser graded"
to produce a playing surface as smooth as glass. The fields were then
plugged with Bermuda Tiff 419, the same type of grass used on professional soccer fields
and golf course fairways. Permanent lights and additional fields are to be built in
phase III. The practice fields were expressly designed and constructed as
regulation soccer fields and are professionally seeded, maintained, and
irrigated by Fort Worth United supplied contractors.
Future Construction
Phase III will start during the Fall 2008
season or earlier. Field 2 will be refined and an additional field (Field
3) will be constructed following the same design
specs as the existing fields. Temporary lighting has been installed for
night practices and design and planning for permanent standards will soon
follow.
Additional Facilities and Branch
Facilities
In addition to Fort Worth United's
permanent practice facilities, FWU operates out of several
branch facilities too.
Benbrook facilities and
North Crowley facilities are used as overflow facilities
and for our West Branch teams. Keller Central High
School's immaculate
Central High soccer facilities, considered one of the
top training facilities in our area, are used for our North
Branch teams.
Harold Patterson facilities, located in southern
Arlington, are occasionally used for our East Branch teams.
Facility Rules
FWU Club members are enjoying FWU's new practice facility and are looking forward to
putting field 3 online next year. With that in mind, we wanted to remind
everyone that the practice field, which we have contracted, exclusive use of, is
a partnership with Resource Connection and as such, we need to make sure we
take good care of it and adhere to the campus rules that Resource Connection has
put forward.
- Do not allow any objects other than soccer balls
and players on the field surfaces. Especially be leery of bringing wire
flags, bags, and other such items onto the surface. The mowers used to
maintain these fields are specialized and items such as these can damage the
reel mower blades.
- Please make sure all trash is picked up after
each practice. This should be the last thing your team does when their
practice concludes - pick up all trash (even if it's not your trash). There
is a trash receptacle next to the bridge and there are additional trash
receptacles next to each of the covered pavilions.
- Don't use the trash receptacles near the loading
docs at the nearby school. These are for bagged trash only, and while
Resource Connection sincerely appreciates our efforts at trash control, we
need to use the trash receptacles located by our field.
- Before 6:00 PM, we are not allowed to use the
building's picnic tables by the softball field. These are FWISD buildings
and they have tutoring sessions running until 6:00 - the noise on the patio
disrupts their sessions.
- Do not allow any kids on the "bunkers" located
between Field 1 and the Softball Field.
- Park only on the paved parking areas - do not
park or drive on any of the grass surfaces.
- When setting the timer on the softball field
lights, use a minimum setting. Otherwise, the lights can/will remain on all
night.
- Do not use the bathrooms in the pool room.
Tarrant County is liable for accidents in that building and use of that
facility requires specific agreements be put into place first.
- Do not allow children to roam the campus
unattended. The campus is patrolled 24x7 and officers pay particular
attention to our children. They cannot keep an eye on kids that wander away
from our practice areas.
- If furniture is moved around (particularly the
furniture on the softball field porch), please put it back neatly when you
are done. This furniture does not belong to FWU and we will only be allowed
to use it if we ensure we put it back in its proper place.
- Respect team field reservations.
- Keep children off of the electrical/transformer
boxes
- Obey the speed limit in the Resource Connection
campus. The campus is regularly patrolled and monitored and tickets will be
issued. Along those same lines, please treat the officers with courtesy and
respect.
Thanks for helping us keep the Fort Worth United
practice facilities in excellent condition!
Facility Reservations/Schedules
Coaches/Managers, you can
view the field reservation schedules here. For questions about field
scheduling, please
contact Mike King.
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