THE A-League's newest stadium has set the early pace in the race for the competition's best surface with AAMI Park voted the clear winner in the first round of PFA pitch-rating voting.
Marked after three rounds, AAMI Stadium is comfortably rating as the A-League's best pitch receiving an overall mark of 4.7, the PFA's official website has revealed.
AAMI Stadium is also rating the highest in the other three categories receiving a hardness mark of 4.3, a pace mark of 4.7 and a smoothness mark of 4.7.
The system provides constant input from the players themselves on whether the playing surfaces are up to the standard expected for top-tier professional football.
At the conclusion of each A-League match, the visiting captain rates the pitch by assigning a mark out of 5 on 4 criteria: (1) overall; (2) hardness; (3) pace; and (4) smoothness.
The higher the mark, the better the rating.
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