Gillette Stadium is back to turf after being converted to natural grass for the FIFA World Cup.

The New England Revolution played their first eight home games (7-1-0) on a combination of 85 percent Kentucky Bluegrass and 15 percent Perennial Ryegrass.

The surface was replaced by state-of-the-art turf soon after France defeated Morocco 2-0 on July 9, 2026, in the quarterfinals.

The swap doesn't affect the Revs' approach.

"I don’t want that to be an excuse for us," head coach Marko Mitrovic said on Thursday. "We’re going to try to be who we are every time. Obviously, the surfaces demand different things on the field. The turf and grass have a different impact. But, I don’t want this to become any excuse for anything. We still have to go [to Gillette Stadium] and perform well in our games."

The Revs tested the new surface on Monday, conducting practice inside the stadium. On Wednesday, the club will resume league play when they host Toronto FC.

Mitrovic, who tends to be positive and solution-oriented, is focusing on what he can control.

"Who we are and what we want to do on the field, it doesn't change," Mitrovic said on Monday. "I know that we had a very good record at home in the first eight games, but that's behind us. We have different circumstances. We just have to adapt and play our best game after game at home without thinking of what kind of surface we have ahead of us."