New England Futsal is gearing up for 2008 National Championships
Saturday, March 12, 2008 5:30 PM

Futsal is growing nationwide and our good friends at Maryland Futsal, the host of this year's US Futsal National Championships, are encouraging select teams from all regions to participate at the National Championships being held at the Baltimore Convention Center July 10-13, 2008.  

As futsal continues to grow as a sport in our region, as the level of play continues to advance, and with the US Futsal National Championships being held so close to home this year, collectively this poses a tremendous opportunity for the futsal teams & players from our area who want to make a sincere attempt at bringing home a National Championship Title. 

With that goal in mind, New England Futsal is arranging to assist in developing select teams in each of the competing age groups and provide professional futsal training & coaching to our local teams beginning at the end of April and running consistently through to the National Championships in July.   Each of these teams will have the opportunity to train directly under a world class professional Brazilian futsal coach who will be on hand from May through to July to specifically train each of our teams headed to this year's national championships.

If your team is already committed to competing at the National Championships please contact us ASAP to arrange to take advantage of the professional training that will be made available this late spring and early summer. 

If your team wants to participate in the National Championships and wants the endorsement of the Massachusetts Futsal Association, we want to hear from you!

If you're a player who feels you can contribute by being included on a roster of select futsal players from Massachusetts or nearby Rhode Island, then make yourself available for the National Team tryouts on April 8, 2008 at the Mansfield Sportsplex, 31 Oxford Rd, Mansfield, MA or on April 14, 2008 at Bishop Connolly High School, 373 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA.

Initial Tryout times are posted for April, 8, 2008 at the Mansfield Sportsplex,
31 Oxford Rd., Mansfield, MA (pre-registration required... Register here)

From 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM for age groups U10, U11 & U12
From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM for age groups U13 & U14
From 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM fro age groups U16 & U19

Second round of tryouts will take place on April 14, 2008 at Bishop Connolly High School, 373 Elsbree St., Fall River, MA (pre-registration required... register here)

From 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM for age groups U10, U11 & U12
From 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM for age groups U13 & U14
From 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM fro age groups U16 & U19

The outline for the National Futsal Championship training commitment for National Teams will be as follows:

This is a great opportunity for our local area futsal enthusiasts.  The US Futsal Northeast / Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships hosted in Massachusetts this past February was, by all measures, a resounding success.  Massachusetts came away from the regional competitions with more gold medals than any other state in our region.  This will be the Federation's initial attempt at having the National Championships on the east coast.  Combined with the Federation's willingness to expand upon the opportunities for teams to compete at the National level this will serve to benefit all of the teams wishing to be involved from our area.  Don't let this opportunity pass you by. (pre-register today... Register here)

If you have any questions / concerns, whatsoever, please feel free to call Bill Sampaio, US Futsal National Director of Coaching at 774-526-3209 (Cell) or at 401-624-1521