The waterfront activation, Sport Chek Harbourfront FC, will feature\u00a0Canada’s first floating futsal pitch \u2014 a nearly 130-foot field installed directly on the water.<\/p>\n
The floating soccer field comes as excitement continues to build across Toronto ahead of June’s\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, with fan interest\u00a0fueling more community-focused experiences around the city.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy Fareen Karim.<\/p>\n According to Sport Chek president Scott Dowding,\u00a0the goal of the floating field is to create a space that brings soccer fans together while offering a more interactive way to engage with the sport.<\/p>\n But it’s not just for die-hard soccer fans.<\/p>\n Organizers say Sport Chek Harbourfront FC is designed for everyone, from dedicated supporters to visitors simply looking to take up a new activity along the waterfront.<\/p>\n The floating field\u00a0is just one of many attractions expected to draw fans while they’re in town for the tournament.\u00a0The highly anticipated\u00a0FIFA Fan Festival<\/a>\u00a0will also take place while Toronto hosts six FIFA World Cup matches between June 12 and July 2.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy Fareen Karim.<\/p>\n Besides the floating field, the waterfront\u00a0will also feature retail activations and other interactive fan experiences designed to bring people closer to the sport, beyond simply watching all the matches.<\/p>\n The floating soccer field opens on June 11 \u2014 one day before Toronto’s first FIFA World Cup match<\/a> \u2014 and runs until July 19 when the tournament concludes.\u00a0Admission is free, and\u00a060-minute sessions can be booked online<\/a>\u00a0and on a first-come, first-served\u00a0basis.<\/p>\n The Sport Chek Harbourfront FC will be located at\u00a0235 Queens Quay W.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup fever is officially taking over Toronto with a huge new floating soccer field along the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4221,26934,205,48],"class_list":["post-62859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-field","tag-floating","tag-soccer","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779824382-20260526-FloatingSoccerField-9.jpg\")
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