OK, so I didn't realize the Wilton soccer ball was not proportioned to make a perfect sphere and attempted to make a "ball" 3 times! The last ball still looked squished around the middle, but I had to go with it, lol. Lesson's learned and all that...The field is a 2 layer half sheet cake, which was another problem all together. I had a horrible time leveling and stacking the cakes, so they were very uneven. Luckily, the grass covered all of the many flaws. After all was said and done I ended up making a whole $10 on this cake after all of the ingredients alone. I never seem to estimate the costs right, but I'll know better next time.