Regional futsal tournaments set the stage for February's one-site US Youth and Adult Futsal national tournament at the Overland Park Convention Center

Regional champs from our Boston-area league.

What's better than another excuse to play futsal? US Youth Futsal Regionals begin soon.  The Only Regional Futsal Tournaments Sanctioned By US Soccer. 

In addition to sharpening your team's skills and gaining futsal experience, you'll be competing against teams that aspire to play at a higher level at the US Youth and Adult Futsal national tournament in Overland Park, Kan. Feb. 17-20. There are five regional sites and you'll find a link below for further information and registration for each of them:

• Southeast Regional (Naples) Second week of January 2012
• Great Lakes Regional (Cleveland) Jan. 7-8 2012
• Northeast Regional (Boston) Jan. 13-16 2012 
• Midwest Regional (St. Louis) Jan. 14-15 2012
• Atlantic Regional (Sewell, N.J.) Feb. 3-5 2012 http://www.usfutsalregionals.com/  
•   (The general contact for information about either the regional tournaments or the USYF National Tournament is John Sciore. He can reached at 314-604-4801 or j.sciore@usyouthfutsal.com)
• And here's a link to John Hassis's promotional video for this year's regional tournament:
•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQFG5VSDAaY&feature=player_embedded
  

Champions of our Naples, Fla. league.

-- David Knopf, Newsletter Editor, dknopf@kc.rr.com