Already Bursting at the Seams, USYF's Kansas City League Adds New Facility

Having well over 300 teams already registered, Kansas City's flagship USYF league had a decision to make. Interest in being part of the winter 2012-13 league was still high, so coordinator Wes Crape went to work.

The Fieldhouse of Kansas City offers a wooden surface and a bright, modern facility.

With the maximum number of teams already signed up and registration closed, the league negotiated for additional court time with The Fieldhouse of Kansas City, located in Overland Park. The facility, previously used largely for basketball, was in position to provide slots for teams that hoped to play this winter.

Futsal KC and the facility reached an agreement.

As a result, USYF Kansas City league reopened registration and is well on its way to approaching, even surpassing, 400 teams for a single session. No USYF league or futsal league of any kind has posted those kind of numbers.

The league now uses four facilities -- Mid-America West Complex, Roeland Park Sports Dome, The Fieldhouse and the New Century Fieldhouse, which the league added last year. New Century Fieldhouse in Gardner, Kan., will be the site of this winter's Youth Futsal National Championships and offers seven courts at one site.

-- David Knopf, Futsal World Editor