Wednesday, June 20, 2012

HOT LINKS ... FROM THE FUTSAL GRIDDLE

Serving up a sample of what people are saying about futsal. Just click on the links and go for it -- The editor.


Claudio Reyna has urged U.S. youth to play more futsal and pickup games to improve their play in tight spaces.
Soccer America is the granddaddy of soccer publications in the U.S. I'd know ... wrote for them in the 1980s, covering the Tulsa Roughnecks (North American Soccer League), as well as youth and college soccer. When Claudio Reyna took over as director of development for U.S. Soccer, Mike Woitalla of SA wrote an article titled "Playing in 'small spaces' and speaking of Barcelona." Read it here:


When the U.S. National Futsal Team came back from the 2011 Grand Prix of Futsal in Brasil without a win, head coach Keith Tozer identified the things his team would need to improve in Guatemala later this month in CONCACAF qualifying for the Futsal World Cup. Keith was interviewed by U.S. Soccer. You'll find what he had to say here:


Guatemala has a professional futsal league and has emerged as a national team to be reckoned with in  CONCACAF circles. But a couple of recent friendlies against Brazil might've put its pedigree in perspective. Read about it:


And here's a clip of Brazil playing Guatemala in the 2011 Gran Prix of Futsal ... nine minutes of highlights on Brazilian TV!


And finally, these courtesy of Tim Sheldon of www.futsalonline.com with a tip by U.S. Youth Futsal videographer John Hassis. Appears things are stirring for an intercontinental league that could involve the United States.


And a Brazilian club hosts three international heavyweights from Spain, Italy and Argentina later this month at the Intercontinental Cup.

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