A lawsuit filed by the Franklin Park Defenders challenges the city’s plan to convert White Stadium in Franklin Park into a home for a professional women’s soccer team, claiming that the project would limit public access to the stadium and transfer control of a public asset to a private entity. Despite the city’s assurances of expanded access, residents and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy argue that the stadium’s primary role should remain serving as a recreational space for Boston Public Schools students and the community at large.