PHILADELPHIA - FIFA has reiterated that the Womens World Cup will be played on artificial grass in Canada but acknowledges that some surfaces may need to be replaced. Tom Brady Jersey .Tatjana Haenni, FIFAs head of womens competitions, told a FIFA Live Your Goals Tour news conference Friday that the artificial turf is being tested to make sure it meets standards.We know that Vancouver is an issue, Haenni said of B.C. Place Stadium, which will host the World Cup final among other games. We had some players commenting on that, also from the German national team who have played an international friendly there recently who made some comments.So obviously all those fields will be looked at and theres a potential that some of those fields will have to be changed.There is no plan to go to grass, however, she repeated.The 24-country tournament runs June 6 to July 5 in Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver.A group of elite womens players has launched a complaint in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, alleging that forcing women to play on an artificial surface while the men play their showcase tournament on grass is discriminatory.That complaint, launched against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association, is currently before the tribunal.FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke met with players before the recent Ballon DOr presentation in Zurich.The topic should be over by now, said Haenni, noting FIFAs repeated statements that the tournament will go ahead as planned on artificial turf.I also think by now, and I think some players said it as well, at one points theres a time where you need to focus on football and on the event, she added. All those teams and players and coaches want to win that Womens World Cup ... Theres a certain time where you need to focus and you need to accept certain environmental or infrastructural conditions, whatever it is.The World Cup, she stressed, can lead to improved funding, sponsorship and exposure to the womens game.i really hope at one point we can go to those positive messages and forget the turf discussion.Haenni said she is confident that the Canada in 2015 will follow the past trend of each World Cup improving over the last.The players just get better. Theres no way to stop that so the games will be better. Im also convinced because the media coverage, the requests we have had so far have really been tremendous. Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter Drew Bledsoe Jersey . Yup, he definitely needed this one. Craig homered twice and had three RBIs Wednesday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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Liverpools focus is Champions League qualification, and a 4-0 derby demolition of Everton -- with Daniel Sturridge scoring twice -- took them three points ahead of Tottenham in fourth place. United is staying in touch with the top four, but remains six points adrift despite Van Persie taking just six minutes to score after almost two months out in a 2-0 victory over bottom-place Cardiff. Jonjo Shelvey and Chico Flores scored as Swansea beat Fulham 2-0 for its first win in nine league games, while Jason Puncheon eased Crystal Palaces relegation fears by clinching a 1-0 victory over Hull. The only game without goals on Tuesday was at Carrow Road, but the drama was provided by the 80th-minute scuffle that led to Norwich midfielder Bradley Johnson and Newcastle striker Loic Remy being sent off. On the south coast, Arsenal experienced an unusually dismal first half in a bright season for Arsene Wengers sidee. Irving Fryar Patriots Jersey. 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Sturridge missed out on a hat trick when he sent a penalty kick over the crossbar after Raheem Sterling was brought down by goalkeeper Tim Howard. "Its a massive victory over rivals close to us," Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said. "If you look at Everton theyve only conceded 11 goals away from home before tonight and for us to get four and to maybe have had a few more is very pleasing." At Old Trafford, it was the perfect debut for record signing Juan Mata, and the perfect return for Van Persie. "We have missed his goals," United manager David Moyes said. After seven weeks out with a thigh injury, Van Persie headed United in front after six minutes, and Ashley Young struck the second after the break. ' ' '