Unlike the U.S men’s national team or any other of the 48 squads participating in the 2026 World Cup, the newly installed pitch at MetLife Stadium will not get any tune-up matches before the start of one of the globe’s biggest sporting events.  FIFA officials were on hand Thursday to show off the new grass being laid down in the Meadowlands for the summer tournament, a process that began on Wednesday and was expected to go late into Thursday night. But senior pitch manager David Graham said the first time that someone steps on the field will be “the first match of New York New Jersey.”  Sprinklers water the newly-installed pitch made of real grass at MetLife Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S., May 7, 2026.…