The backers of Torrance's planned state of the art Futsal facility in a former warehouse on Maple Avenue have signed a lease for the 73,000-square-foot building and are projecting a December opening.

Dubbed South Coast Soccer City, the refurbished building will accommodate five Futsal fields with modular flooring and two artificial turf fields, a 4,000-square-foot training center, four party rooms, a homework room, cafe/lounge and store selling Futsal equipment.

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Depois de os Sub/17 terem vencido o seu grupo de qualificação para o Torneio de Elite da UEFA, têm lugar esta semana mais um significativo conjunto de actividades:
FUTSAL
Jogos de Preparação
27.10.09 - Pavilhão de Tondela - 20.30 h - PORTUGAL/BRASIL
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On this week's main report we take a look at the world football governing body FIFA.

Main Report 11 Transcript

'It is an institution that ... has taken on a social, cultural, political and sporting dimension in the struggle to educate children and defeat poverty. At the same time it has also become a powerful economic phenomenon.

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Depois de ter visto esta notícia do maisfutebol sobre o guarda-redes do IFK Gotemburgo, veio-me à memória um episódio caricato acontecido num jogo de qualificação de futsal. Faltavam poucos segundos para terminar o jogo Portugal/Itália, que se disputou em Paços Ferreira, quando o guarda-redes da selecção nacional, desviou a baliza, fazendo-a entrar alguns centímetros dentro do terreno de jogo e dificultando por isso o ângulo e a trajectória da bola vinda de uma falta desse lado. Click to continue reading...

O sorteio da fase final do Campeonato da Europa de Futsal colocou a anfitriã Hungria frente à República Checa e ao Azerbaijão, enquanto a campeã Espanha terá pela frente Portugal e a Bielorrússia.

Espanha defende o título
Na cerimónia conduzida por Giorgio Marchetti, director de competições da UEFA, e que teve lugar no Centro de Convenções Kölcsey, em Debrecen, a nação da casa ficou a conhecer os seus rivais do Grupo A, enquanto a Espanha, que procura conquistar o terceiro título consecutivo, ficou colocada no Grupo D.

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A selecção nacional de futsal disputou esta semana, na Guarda, dois jogos particulares com a Tailândia, inseridos na preparação para o Campeonato da Europa. De forma natural, Portugal venceu as duas partidas, por 1-0 e 5-2. Mas o que motiva mesmo a escrita deste post foi a postura de João Benedito antes da partida. Click to continue reading...

Quando se fala de Selecção Nacional associam-se imediatamente essas palavras aquela que é a imagem mais forte, a Selecção Nacional "AA". No entanto existe um conjunto de outras selecções com actividades menos divulgadas:
Futsal Selecção Nacional "AA"

Orlando Duarte - Seleccionador Nacional Futsal

Em preparação para a Fase Final do Europeu que se disputará na Hungria, Portugal defronta a Tailândia, hoje, pelas 20. Click to continue reading...

Faria hoje 63 anos o Dr. Alberto Silveira, antigo dirigente do SL Benfica, e da FPF, na qual ocupou o cargo de Vice-Presidente Desportivo. Faleceu há cerca de oito anos. Estivemos conjuntamente em diversos projectos, nomeadamente o site oficial da FPF, o Clube de Fãs, a Direcção Técnica Nacional, e em vários projectos de desenvolvimento para o Futebol Feminino, Futsal e Futebol Junior. Click to continue reading...

How many full-time staff does your junior club have?
Struggling for volunteers? Does the model for your club work? Is it going to be sustainable in the future?
Ever noticed how the Canberra football communiy, all 20,000 players, has no place in our community.
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Golfe e rugby podem ser modalidades olímpicas em 2016
O golfe e o rugby, na modalidade de sevens, foram escolhidas esta tarde pelo Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) para irem a votação em Outubro para decidir se são promovidas ou não a modalidades olímpicas em 2016.
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Canberra Youth Football: A chink of light remains;
Anyone who has followed this blog will know that I'm not impressed with the lack of high level football for boys/men in this town.
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My first Freestyle Friday entry comes courtesy of Concrete2Green. I had the pleasure of visiting their futsal center in Eastland Mall and playing quite a few pickup games. Great courts. Talented players. Fabulous multi-level viewing. Check them out when you are in the area! Click to continue reading...

The trophy is named after the GOH - A/P Ho Peng Kee, the Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and Law, who is also one of the two advisers of the FAS.
A total of 106 teams took part in the futsal competition of the "H-Two-O Ultimate Challenge" held at the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) campus at Ang Mo Kio. Click to continue reading...

The goal is scored by Falcao for Brazil against Romania in the 2009 Grand Prix de Futsal.Romania lost 12-0 in their last match and this has to be one of the best goals ever scored in this version of the game.Brazil won the 16 nation tournament eventually and Falcao was named the player of the tournament.

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In an effort to raise funds and the profile of orphans and children from disadvantaged families in Singapore, YEO'S will be holding its inaugural H-TWO-O Ultimate Challenge event on 18 July 2009 at Nanyang Polytechnic. This event will feature 2 exciting challenges - 5v5 Futsal and Biathlon.
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If approved, financed and built it will be called South Coast Soccer City.

I'm told it will look very similar to the picture that accompanies the story.

The usual crew of anonymous bigots has hijacked the comment section at the bottom of the story, so allow me to clarify one thing: no taxpayer money is involved.

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You may have seen this futsal goal from Brazil's Falcão on a couple of other blogs recently. I caught it on both The Spoiler and Pies and enjoyed it both times. If that whetted your appetite, there's plenty more Falcão fantasy football after the jump: A very similar goal to the one above: Falcão highlight reel: And more highlights: Robinho [. Click to continue reading...

Here is another example of Football (Soccer) acts that transcendfrontiers & slogans to convert them into Universal.Brazilian Indoor International Falcao scores this spectacular goalin the Indoor Tournament (Grand Prix de Futsal) where Brazil won12-0 Romania. Best Goal ever in Indoor Football History? Click to continue reading...

The 2009 Grand Prix de Futsal is currently taking place at the moment in Brazil.
If you haven't heard of it. This is basically an opportunity for the home nation to hold a tournament and invite a bunch of countries down to South America and show people how good they are at this type of football. Click to continue reading...

Nationally we cover the Jets, Van Egmond, Branko's appointment and start our A-League Season 5 review.
Gold Coast insider Bernie Lustica, Russ Gibbs and myself take a look at Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury.
National Download
Locally Russ and Peter Funnell cover all the local news and Peter Funnell's "Fireside with Funnell" this week is Eddie Senatore. Click to continue reading...

FFA: Justify your changes to SSG's to our vast majority, our children.
How do your changes benefit our Aussie kids, apart from the 1% of telented players.
So when I played football, my first real game was when I was ten. Until then I played 1 v 1, 2 v 2, 3,v 3 and 8 v 8 whenever we could with whoever we could get. Click to continue reading...

Before posting footage from the LA Galaxy alumni game, here is yet another teaser with ex-national team and LA Galaxy player, Paul Caligiuri. He was kind enough to talk to me about his nice shot in the alumni game (keep in mind, he was man of the match) and the development of players. His belief is the next step is Futsal for 10 year olds and younger to get the foot skill before heading to 11 v 11. Click to continue reading...

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Meet Boomerang FC.
And well done Eddie Senatore and Kristian Collins for doing something that no-one else in Canberra football have been able to do.
Futsal teams under new club Boomerang FC from 12 boys and girls to Premiers will play in NSW Premier Futsal league. The implications for Canberra are awesome if you understand the size of the game in Asia and Worldwide, for now read on. Click to continue reading...

The St. Paul Blackhawks Soccer Club announced today through an e-mail to its members that Ted Kroeten is no longer the Director of Player Development for the club as of May 1, 2009. The announcement seems to be a surprise particularly with the timing of the letter, just before the start of league play for most teams.

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The St. Paul Blackhawks Soccer Club announced today through an e-mail to its members that Ted Kroeten is no longer the Director of Player Development for the club as of May 1, 2009. The announcement seems to be a surprise particularly with the timing of the letter, just before the start of league play for most teams.

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AFC Futsal Champs will be held in Iran this year.
NSW Thunder will represent Australia this year having defeated Canberra in the final.
Given the strength of ACT Futsal it wouldn't be hard to see Canberra in the AFC Final...and this tournament held in Canberra.
With the TV viewing figures for Futsal across Asia this is a tournament that could make money. Click to continue reading...

For the fourth time in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, Brazil conquered the gold medal on home turf Sunday morning. It was a match which all pundits anticipated to be a clash of the titans, with reigning World & European champions Spain providing a very worthy opponent for the Auriverde. It the end, only a [. Click to continue reading...

For the fourth time in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, Brazil conquered the gold medal on home turf Sunday morning. It was a match which all pundits anticipated to be a clash of the titans, with reigning World & European champions Spain providing a very worthy opponent for the Auriverde. It the end, only a [. Click to continue reading...

After their disappointing and controversial loss in the semi-finals, Italy grabbed the bronze medal in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Third Place final against Russia Saturday. It was hard-fought match full of spectacular plays, in which the Azzurri obtained their 2-1 win thanks to a last-minute goal by Saad Assis. Click to continue reading...

As far as Spain vs. Italy goes, sure isn't a good year for Italian fans. First, there was the UEFA Futsal Euro 2007 final (lost 3-1)... then this Summer's Euro 2008 quarter-finals story we all know. Now, for the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 Semi-Finals and for the third time in less than a year, [...] Click to continue reading...

It may surprise those who've come to the world of Argentine football only in the last couple of years, but Racing Club do actually have a proud tradition within in the country's footballing history. Known as La Academia, or 'The Academy', the Avellaneda club has a reputation for producing good young players, and on Thursday a deal [. Click to continue reading...

Futsal, FIFA's officially sanctioned version of Five-a-side football, may not be as widespread (or receive as much TV coverage) as the 11 vs. 11 "real thing", but its popularity is very much on the rise. A popularity which can only grow further, with the 6th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup kicking off last [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a busy year for international football. Following Euro 2008, the FIFA Beach World Cup and the Beijing Olympic football tournament, we now have the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Today was the opening day of the five-per-team soccer tournament featuring 20 nations. Spain is looking to win its third straight title and has combined with [. Click to continue reading...