03/06/2006: Mansfield, MA - The Norfolk County Futsal League announces that is has officially registered it's 140th team for league play in this the 2005-2006 futsal season,  making it the largest such futsal league in all of  New England. 

 

Norfolk County Futsal League (NCFL) is run under the direction of Bill Sampiao, who is also the National Director of Coaching for the United States Futsal Federation.

 

NCFL is the flagship futsal league  of New England Futsal and operates as a United States Futsal Federation (USFF) sanctioned league. The United States Futsal Federation is the only officially recognized national governing authority that oversees all Futsal league development, policies and competitions throughout the United States under the auspices of the United States Youth Soccer Association and FIFA. 

Last year, in our inaugural year, the NCFL registered 74 teams throughout the entire winter season.   "We are, once again, ecstatic with the response and interest players and coaches have shown and we are humbled by the confidence they continue to place in our growing futsal program here at Norfolk County", says Bill Sampaio. "This is, yet another major milestone for our program.", adds Sampaio. 

Not only are we experiencing such positive growth,  but we are attracting interest from the state's top teams in all age brackets who want to compete at Norfolk.  Now we are able to provide the very top level of play that premier futsal competitions can offer in this region of New England along with our existing divisions of development teams.

Geographically, the majority of teams are from the immediate area, but a growing number of teams travel quite some distance to compete at our central Massachusetts location.  The communities of Chelsea, Framingham, Sandwich,  New Bedford and Norwell are just a few of the outlying areas represented by futsal teams that are competing at Norfolk County Futsal. 

In 2005, the Norfolk County Futsal League  was proud to have placed teams as Massachusetts State Champions or as 1st Runner-ups in all divisions of play, ranging from U10 to Men's Open at the annual United States Futsal Federation sanctioned Massachusetts State Cup Championships that took place last January '05. Additionally, NCFL coordinated sending 13 of it's league's  futsal teams to compete at the United States Futsal Federation's Region 1 Championships held in Monroeville, PA in February.  Twelve of those teams  advanced into the semi-final match round play and 3 teams, including the Pride FC BU10 of Fall River, New England Futsal Mens team of Framingham & the GU16 Shooting Stars of Natick made it to final round match play.  At the USFF National Championship games held in Anaheim, CA last July, five teams  from Massachusetts place as medalists.  Four of those teams were Norfolk County Futsal League teams, including the    Shooting Stars GU16, the New Bedford Pitbulls GU12, the Pride FC BU10, and the New England Futsal Academy Men.

In January 2006, the Norfolk County Futsal League was once again well represented in the annual Massachusetts Futsal Association's State Cup Championships.  Out of the 7 age categories comprising the event, 5 of the categories were championed by Norfolk County Futsal League  teams and in 4 of those categories Norfolk County Futsal League affiliate teams placed as 1st runner up.   Norfolk County Futsal continues to lead the state in the level of youth futsal played in Massachusetts, as is evidenced by these results.

We recognize the fun and excitement that Futsal offers our  players and fans alike, but we know too that things will stagnate if there isn't proper training made available to these teams who have made a commitment to playing and studying futsal.  As a result,  and in addition to the New England Futsal Academy training conducted in Mansfield and Fall River, New  England Futsal  just recently announced a new training and camp partnership with the world renown Tetrabrazil Soccer Academy.  New England Futsal affiliate leagues, clubs, teams and players will be able to take advantage of professional level soccer and futsal training regiments designed specifically for our youth programs at discounted pricing.  In addition to the four summer camp programs, New England Futsal affiliate teams that are currently training for the 2006 USFF National Futsal Championships being held in Anaheim, California in July shall benefit from a professional, comprehensive, high quality soccer & futsal training with FIFA recognized “A” Licensed Brazilian Soccer Coaches here at home

Norfolk County Futsal League's regular season games are played on four brand new adjoining futsal courts each weekend at the state of the art Dana Barros Sports Complex in Mansfield, Massachusetts.  In addition to competitions, the NCFL sponsored New England Futsal Academy led by Coach Sampaio offers personalized skills and technical training to futsal players from age 6 through 18. Training sessions are held on weeknights a the Dana Barros Sports Complex in Norfolk, Massachusetts. 

For more details visit:

http://www.newenglandfutsal.com