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Learn more about Lucas

Tim Sheldon, editor of www.futsalonline.com and a former Soccer America editor, posted the most in-depth look yet at Lucas Stauffer, the 18-year-old U.S. Futsal National Team

member. Stauffer, who scored twice in the team’s 4-2 win over Poland in the Four Nations Tournament championship game, has options for his future, including spending the next year training at the Sporting Kansas City Academy.

http://www.futsalonline.com/lucasstauffer061513.html

World’s oldest club playing FIFA’s fastest-growing game

Sheffield United FC, which bills itself as the oldest soccer club in the world, traveled to France June 15-16 for the seventh Mondial Futsal Tournament, which features 24 men’s and 16 women’s teams from Europe and Africa. 

 

See how Sheffield fared at http://www.mondialfutsal.net/index.php?lang=en\

 

A "futsal component” in the proposed training center?

This is the first mention of futsal we’ve come across from Robb Heineman, one of the visionary owners of Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. Heineman mentions

Robb Heienman

“the futsal component,” noting its long-term benefits for the development of American players, in reference to a proposed National Training and Coaching Development Center in Kansas City, Kan.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/51103/kansas-city-proposed-site-of-new-national-training.html

Preaching to the choir? We don’t mind

It never hurts to hear what established outdoor stars say about the role futsal played in their development. Here’s what three players told UEFA.com on the eve of the futsal finals.

http://www.uefa.com/futsalcup/news/newsid=1941910.html

Futsal has arrived, in print and in national scheme

Having Soccer America interested in futsal being incorporated into U.S. Soccer’s development plans for its academy system is encouraging. This is a link to a recent story on the U13/14 futsal tournament at the Home Depot Center in the Los Angeles area.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/51400/pateadores-stomp-galaxy-in-boys-final.html