Actually it tends to be the other way around, because the sun spends a great deal of time rising, arcing and setting well South of directly East West. Having the length of the field run North/South allows more field to catch some sun even in the fall/winter/spring. The sun is only direct East/West in the summer. With GIA on the East end and stands/pressbox on the South side we have some sun challenges down on the field.
I just built a home and set it on the lot where I would get sunlight into the house from the Southeast (winter time), but not get sun into the house from directly West (summer time).