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| Augustine Anello |
Augustine Anello, a member of the U10 Eagles Futsal Academy team in Naples, Fla., has been invited to train with the Barcelona club in Spain. The opportunity came after Augustine caught the eyes of scouts at a Barcelona camp in Miami last spring.
Augustine went to Miami with his parents, where he started
playing in his age group and was promoted to play with U12 players.
“At the end of the camp, Barcelona coaches approached the parents to inform them that
they were interested in Augustine integrating
training of their lower-division
club (and) for that
he would have to move to
Barcelona,” said Luis Fernando Orellana, owner of the USYF-affiliated Naples Futsal league. “After
the summer, the family will be
traveling to Barcelona for a year to test whether Augustine Anello is eligible to join
the club as a resident. Dan his father saw the excellent opportunity
for the future of his child and is supporting him because he knows we have a future star of Argentina blood in the
future Barca.”
Agustin played two seasons with
Naples Futsal, Orellana said, one with his dad’s team and later with
the Eagles.
“I saw how futsal is helping a
lot of kids improve the level of play because of playing futsal in the league
and also practicing futsal and pickup futsal games,” the owner said. “His dad
Dan is crazy about his improvement and all the time is looking for something to
do so Agustine can play a better level.”
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| Luis Fernando Orellana |
Orellana, a native of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has a strong
background in the game himself, and has injected a
passionate South American flavor into his league and attracted the attention of local Hispanic
television stations. They have featured Naples Futsal at least three times
with programs consisting of interviews, highlights and music.
Orellana began playing futsal at 9 at the school Rio Nuevo and progressed to the Soccer Association Cruceña ACFS
when he was 16. He formed his own
club, Club Cristo Viene, in 1996, starting
with juniors down to the sub-14 for younger players.
After 10 years of playing futsal himself at various levels through the
first division, Orellana emigrated to the U.S. in 2003 with the idea of forming a school for soccer
or futsal. Two years later, he
began coaching with the Doral Soccer
Academy in Miami, then moved to Naples in hopes of starting his own academy and a futsal league in an area still
unfamiliar with the sport.
In 2007, Orellana founded
Eagle Soccer Club
Academy in the Golden
Gate Community park, following that in
October 2009 with Naples Futsal, which he founded with
the support of County Parks and
Recreation and Vicky Collier.
Naples Futsal was featured on Telemundo
Fort Myers and, more recently, on Azteca America's Dimenzion Sport . You
can watch the highlights and interviews at http://youtu.be/wcw2Om9ZGE0 http://youtu.be/wcw2Om9ZGE0
You can learn more about Naples Futsal
on its Web site, http://naplesfutsal.com/Click on “Gallery” and then “Video” to watch the many films Orellana has
posted. His leagues have been very successful at the adult level, as well as
with youth, with teams having the distinct flavor of the South American
countries they represent.
-- David Knopf
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