The soccer complex has become a trend in the region.
'Throughout the Inland Empire, more and more cities areconstructing these complexes with multiple fields,' said Mark Chase,Ontario parks and maintenance director.
'Soccer is a very popular sport, and it can be played all yearround, because of our climate,' he said.
The Rancho Cucamonga AYSO region is one of the largest in thenation, and city officials are looking at two or three properties fora future 4-field soccer complex.
One option is land on the southeast of Napa Avenue, but KevinMcArdle, city community services director, said there arerestrictions because the speedway uses it.
'The majority of the city's lighted fields are on the west sidebecause it developed first,' McArdle said. 'Most future efforts aregoing to be in the east side. It just depends on land availabilityand funding.'
Chino's future soccer stars will be kicking around Ayala Park whentheir new complex comes.
And Pomona just broke ground on its four-field soccer complex inJuly - a facility with a price tag of $6 million.
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