On the even of the trial, a judge ruled that the case will be narrower in scope than the project's opponents had hoped.

A challenge over a proposed soccer stadium to be built in Boston's Franklin Park goes to court Tuesday. The city and Boston Unity Soccer Partners LLC, a for-profit company, hope to renovate White Stadium and make it the home for a National Women's Soccer League team and provide a state-of-the-art facility for Boston Public School students to use as their home turf.