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| Keith Tozer (white shirt) leads a U.S. National Futsal Team training session. Photo courtesy of Soorena Farboodmanesh. |
It's been a big year for United States Youth Futsal ... the addition of new leagues, including Keith Tozer's in Wisconsin; a record number of teams at the national tournament; the first in a series of Tozer-led ID camps for promising youth futsal players; the first formal Summit for USYF league owners, including an opportunity to watch U.S. National Futsal Team training sessions; a USYF player (Lucas Stauffer) not only playing for the U.S. National Futsal Team, but scoring two goals in the championship game of the Four Nations Tournament in England; and having Stauffer's coaches with the national team (USYF league owners Keith Tozer and Vava Marques) leading the team to the title.
What do they say on those late-night infomercials ... but wait, there's more. And there is for USYF.
- The first US Youth Futsal camp will be held July 19-22 in Gardner, Kan. in association with the Sporting Kansas City affiliate club Sporting Blue Valley. Among others, the camp for boys and girls U10 to U16 will feature a coaching staff that includes Peter Vermes (head coach, Sporting KC; member of 1989 U.S. National Futsal World Cup team), Jon Parry (director of coaching, Sporting KC academy, member of 1996 U.S. National Futsal World Cup team), Keith Tozer (current U.S. National Futsal Coach and coach of the Milwaukee Wave) and Ty Stauffer, founder of the SportsTutor Futsal Academy in Owensboro, Ky. and father/coach of Lucas Stauffer. The camp will offer technical and tactical futsal instruction, as well as futsal games. The camp will be held at New Century Fieldhouse, site of the USYF National Tournament. Information is available by emailing ryan.maxfield@usfutsal.com or at www.usyouthfutsal.com under the Events tab.
- As youth futsal evolves in the U.S., organizers such as Jason Miller (Massachusetts Futsal Association) look for ways to provide appropriate competition to test higher-level teams. With that in mind, Miller recently
announced the collaboration of MFA with Futsal New Hampshire (Futsal NH) to provide "the highest level of competitive youth futsal league play in the Northeast.
Jason Miller Along with our colleagues at Futsal NH, we (the MFA) have launched Eastern Premier Futsal (www.easternpremierfutsal.com), which will be the first-ever regional premier league in the Northeast and perhaps the country,” Miller said. “It is designed for elite level futsal and soccer clubs that must meet qualifying criteria to participate. At present top clubs from three states are already committed to participating.”
Starting in December 2013, EPF will offer divisions in U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16 age groups for boys and girls whose teams meet the criteria for premier level futsal.
Teams ages U10 to U16 that meet one of the following criteria will be eligible:- Futsal teams that reached the semifinals of the previous year's US Youth Futsal Northeast Regional Championships
- Soccer teams currently in the New England Premiership (NEP) 1st or 2nd division
- Soccer teams currently in the Massachusetts Premier League (MAPLE) 1st or 2nd division (or equivalent)
- Soccer teams currently in the Super Y, Region 1 or Sub-Region 1
- Soccer teams that were (in previous year) State Cup finalists in NH or semifinals in MA
Teams that do not meet a criterion listed above may apply to the EPL Competition Committee to be considered. The EPL Technical Director and Competition Committee will make all decisions regarding admittance of special applicants.Teams will play a schedule of 10 games on Sundays, including two doubleheaders. Miller said the league will begin no earlier than Dec. 1 and will end no later than Feb. 23, 2014.For information: Email: info@easternpremierfutsal.com
Phone: 603.657.5649
Twitter: #epfutsal
Web: www.easternpremierfutsal.com- David Knopf, Futsal World editor, davidknopf48@gmail.com
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