Hot Links from the Futsal Griddle: Here, There, Everywhere

USYF Leagues

A Cape Cod Futsal girls' team.

Cape Cod Futsal, a USYF affiliate, is the subject of a feature story in The Barnstable Patriot, a local newspaper.

http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31686&Itemid=68

Our friend Luis Orellana, president of USYF Naples Futsal and the new USYF Bonita Futsal in Bonita Springs, both in Florida, has it right. Futsal's where you find it ... even a pickup game on a tennis court will work.

http://naplesfutsal.com/component/k2/item/125-a-group-of-guys-turned-a-tennis-court-into-a-futsal-court-in-ave-maria.html

Futsal taking hold in Wales

Announcement of a new nine-team futsal league in Newport, Wales. The league follows an established eight-team league in Wrexham, also in Wales. Both leagues are endorsed by the Wales Futsal Trust, which appointed a futsal development officer. Wales in part of the United Kingdom and is located on the west coast of the same land mass that includes England and Scotland. Ireland and Northern Ireland occupy a separate island west of Wales.

http://news.welshfootballtrust.co.uk/news/?p=1412

 

Futsal Wales is keeping an eye on United States Youth Futsal, too. Good decision, lads. And good luck to you. Check the repost of our comparison of futsal and walled hockey rink soccer.

http://www.usyouthfutsal.com/AbouttheGame/futsalvsindoorsoccer/index_E.html

More on the English/U.S. relationship

The reality – and possible danger – of American footie culture thinking everything English is better than American when it comes to the international game is examined in this Match Fit USA post. It ties into our theme this month that, when it comes to futsal, the US and England are pretty much in the same boat developmentally.

http://www.matchfitusa.com/2010/03/cultural-shadow-over-american-soccer.html

This was written in 2010 (before the (outdoor) FIFA World Cup), when ESPN announced its hiring of Englishman Ian Darke to call some of the games. Brian Phillips’ “Run of Play” blog post analyzes the love-hate relationship between England and the USA when it comes to influences on the world’s game.

http://www.runofplay.com/2010/10/13/darkeness-before-dawn/

Peter Strugess, England's National Futsal Team coach

Here’s an interview with Peter Sturgess, head of England’s National Futsal Team and program for developing youth players.

http://currentworldmedia.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/current-world-sports-interview-with-england-futsal-manager-peter-sturgess/

Pretty serious about futsal, UEFA is

How serious is UEFA about futsal? Serious enough to produce a video on the roles of futsal officials.

http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/extratime/futsal/video/videoid=1743859.html?autoplay=true