How Big Is a Soccer Field? Complete Dimensions Guide

July 01 2026, by Adam Zawati, 8 min reading time

A regulation soccer field runs 100–130 yards long and 50–100 yards wide, while professional and World Cup pitches standardize around 115 x 74 yards (105 x 68 meters). Here's every field size that matters — pro, high school, youth, and indoor — in both yards and meters.

Short answer: A regulation soccer field is between 100–130 yards long and 50–100 yards wide. For professional and international matches, the field is standardized to a tighter range: 110–120 yards long by 70–80 yards wide, with FIFA recommending exactly 115 x 74 yards (105 x 68 meters). So while "a soccer field" doesn't have one single size, the pitch you see at a World Cup or professional match is almost always right around that recommended figure.

That flexibility surprises people. Unlike a basketball court or a tennis court, soccer never locked its field into one exact size. The Laws of the Game give a legal range, and the specific dimensions shift depending on the level of play, the age of the players, and even the stadium. This guide breaks down every size that matters — professional, international, high school, youth, and indoor — in both yards and meters, and explains why the field is built the way it is.

The quick reference table

Level	Length	Width
FIFA recommended (international)	115 yd (105 m)	74 yd (68 m)
Professional / international range	110–120 yd	70–80 yd
General regulation range (Laws of the Game)	100–130 yd	50–100 yd
High school (US)	100–120 yd	55–80 yd
Youth (U11–U12)	70–80 yd	45–55 yd
Youth (U9–U10)	55–65 yd	35–45 yd
Indoor / futsal	42–44 yd	22–24 yd

How big is a professional soccer field?

A professional soccer field measures about 110 to 120 yards long and 70 to 80 yards wide. When people ask how big the fields at the World Cup or in top leagues are, this is the range they're picturing — and most top-flight pitches sit near the upper end of it.

FIFA's own recommendation for international matches is a pitch of 105 by 68 meters, which converts to roughly 115 by 74 yards. That specific size has become the unofficial global standard: it's the dimension most new stadiums are built around, and it's what you'll see cited as the "standard" soccer field size. It works out to about 7,140 square meters, or a little over 1.7 acres of playing surface.

Why isn't there one exact size?

Soccer's rulebook — the Laws of the Game, maintained by the IFAB — deliberately allows a range rather than a fixed dimension. The legal minimum and maximum for a standard field are 100–130 yards in length and 50–100 yards in width. For international matches those ranges tighten to 110–120 by 70–80 yards.

The reason is historical and practical. Soccer grew up on whatever open ground was available, long before standardized stadiums existed, and the sport never saw a reason to force every pitch into an identical mold. That heritage survives today: a Premier League ground and a small-town stadium can both be fully regulation while measuring several yards apart. It's one of the quirks that makes soccer different from most major sports, where the field of play is fixed to the inch.

How big are World Cup soccer fields?

World Cup fields follow FIFA's recommended standard: 105 by 68 meters (115 by 74 yards). This became a hot question during the 2026 World Cup, particularly in the United States, because several matches are being played in NFL stadiums that were originally built for American football.

American football fields are narrower than a regulation soccer pitch, so a number of those venues had to be widened — sometimes by removing seating rows or reconfiguring the field surface — to fit a full-size FIFA pitch. That's why "why are World Cup fields so wide?" trended: to many US viewers used to the tighter footprint of a gridiron, a proper 68-meter-wide soccer pitch simply looks enormous. It isn't oversized — it's just the international standard, which is wider than the football field it's replacing.

Soccer field size in meters vs. yards

Because soccer is a global sport, its dimensions get quoted in both meters and yards, which is a frequent source of confusion. Here's the clean conversion for the sizes that matter most:

FIFA recommended: 105 x 68 meters = 114.8 x 74.4 yards (rounded to 115 x 74)
Regulation length range: 90–120 meters = 100–130 yards
Regulation width range: 45–90 meters = 50–100 yards

The Laws of the Game are written primarily in meters for international play, then converted to yards for regions that use imperial measurements. When you see a field described as "105 by 68," that's meters; "115 by 74" is the same pitch in yards.

How big is a high school soccer field?

A US high school soccer field is typically 100 to 120 yards long and 55 to 80 yards wide, following the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) guidelines. In practice, most high school fields land around 110 by 65 yards — slightly narrower than a full professional pitch, often because they share space with a football field or a running track.

Youth soccer field dimensions by age

Youth soccer scales the field down to match the number of players and their age, so younger kids play on smaller pitches with correspondingly smaller goals. US Youth Soccer's small-sided standards look roughly like this:

U6 (4v4): 20–30 yards long x 15–25 yards wide
U8 (4v4 or 5v5): 25–35 x 20–30 yards
U9–U10 (7v7): 55–65 x 35–45 yards
U11–U12 (9v9): 70–80 x 45–55 yards
U13 and up (11v11): transitions to the full 100–130 x 50–100 yard field

Matching the field — and the goal — to the age group is one of the most important things a club or academy can get right. A U9 playing on a full-size pitch with a full-size goal is a recipe for lopsided, discouraging games.

How big is an indoor soccer field?

Indoor soccer and futsal are played on much smaller surfaces. A regulation futsal court is about 38–42 meters long by 20–25 meters wide (roughly 42–44 by 22–24 yards) — closer to the size of a basketball court than an outdoor pitch. Indoor arena soccer varies more, since it's often played on converted hockey rinks or purpose-built courts, but it's always a fraction of the outdoor field size, which is what makes the indoor game so much faster.

What is a soccer field called?

A soccer field is also called a pitch — the standard term throughout most of the world outside North America. "Field" is common in the United States; "pitch" is universal in British and international usage. Both refer to the same thing: the rectangular playing surface, marked with its touchlines, goal lines, center circle, and penalty areas.

Field size and goal size go together

Here's the part that matters if you're actually setting up a field, running a club, or building a backyard setup: the goal has to match the field. A regulation 11v11 pitch uses a full-size 24 x 8 ft goal, while smaller-sided youth fields use proportionally smaller goals — a 12 x 6 ft goal for many youth and small-sided formats, and even smaller frames for the youngest age groups.

Getting this pairing right is what makes a field feel correct to play on. A full-size goal on a youth field overwhelms young keepers; an undersized goal on a regulation pitch makes scoring too hard and throws off the run of play. If you're outfitting a field, start from the format you're playing — then choose the field dimensions and the goal size together.

Setting up a regulation adult or older-youth field? See our full-size 24x8 soccer goals and the 12x6 vs. 24x8 buying guide.
Running an academy or club across multiple age groups? Our academy soccer goals cover the standard sizes.
Building a backyard setup? Here's how to pick the best soccer goals for a backyard.

Frequently asked questions

How big is a soccer field in acres? A FIFA-recommended pitch (105 x 68 m) is about 1.76 acres of playing surface. Including the run-off space and surrounding area, a stadium field footprint is larger.

Is a soccer field bigger than a football field? Yes. A regulation soccer pitch is both longer and significantly wider than an American football field (which is 120 yards including end zones, by 53.3 yards wide). The width difference is the big one — it's why NFL stadiums have to be modified to host full-size soccer.

What is the standard soccer field size? The most widely used standard is FIFA's recommended 105 by 68 meters (115 by 74 yards) for professional and international play.

How many yards wide is a soccer field? Between 50 and 100 yards under the general rules, and 70 to 80 yards for professional and international matches, with 74 yards (68 meters) as the recommended width.

Vallerta builds regulation and youth-size soccer goals to match every field size above — from full 24x8 frames to youth and backyard setups. Explore the full range of soccer goals.