Received the info from Mario Salinas yesterday, and
it's posted, thanks.

--- robert_magellan <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> U.S. Futsal Champion to represent Concacaf region in
> 1st FIFA
> sanctioned world club championship tournament.
>
>
>
> San Francisco, Calif. – February 4, 2004 – World
> United F.C.
> www.worldunitedfc.com has accepted an invitation to
> participate in
> futsal's first Intercontinental Cup which will take
> place Feb. 18-22
> in Barcelona, Spain. World United F.C., U.S. men's
> futsal national
> champion five of the past seven years, will now
> compete in top level
> international competition.
>
>
>
> The tournament will be organized by the Real
> Federacion Española de
> Futbol www.rfef.es – Spain's Soccer Federation – and
> the Liga
> Nacional de Futbol Sala www.lnfs.es – Spain's
> Professional Futsal
> League – and is endorsed by FIFA www.fifa.com.
>
>
>
> The Intercontinental Cup will take place in
> conjunction with the
> Planet Futbol www.firadelfutbol.com trade fair and
> games will be
> televised to 64 countries via Television Española
> Internacional (TVE
> Internacional).
>
>
>
> Six teams will participate at the I Intercontinental
> Futsal Cup:
> Playas del Castellon/Spain (UEFA Cup 2003 Champion),
> Action 21
> Charleroi/Belgium (UEFA Cup 2003 Runner-Up), ACBF
> Carlos
> Barbosa/Brazil (South American Champion 2003), World
> United F.C.
> (U.S. National Champion 2003), PSTC Londrina/Japan
> (Asia) and Ajax de
> Tanger/Morocco (Africa).
>
>
>
> "It has been our desire to take our club to test
> international waters
> for some time now," said Mario Salinas, World United
> president, "and
> when the invitation came through to go to Spain for
> the
> Intercontinental Cup, we saw this as the perfect
> opportunity."
>
>
>
> "I am familiar with ACBF Carlos Barbosa from the
> U.S. Select Team's
> Russia Tour in 2001, the National Team played
> against Action 21
> Charleroi at the Genk FIFA tournament in Belgium in
> 2002 and
> satellite technology allows us to watch the Spanish
> League games
> where Playas del Castellon games are televised,"
> said Vava Marques,
> World United head coach and U.S. Futsal National
> Team assistant
> coach. "This will certainly help in our preparation
> for the
> tournament".
>
>
>
> "I am very pleased to have our national club
> champion participate in
> such a distinguished event", said Alex Para,
> President & CEO of the
> United States Futsal Federation. "U.S. Futsal is
> also happy that our
> national team assistant coach will be using this
> tournament as
> valuable training and preparation with a view
> towards the upcoming
> World Cup 2004 qualifiers".
>
>
>
> World United F.C. is currently seeking funding and
> sponsorship to
> take its delegation to compete in Barcelona next
> month. Sponsors
> interested in supporting the team and traveling to
> Barcelona as part
> of the delegation should contact Mario Salinas.
>
>
>
> Contact:
>
> Mario Salinas
>
> World United F.C.
>
> 415.819.7423
>
> Mario@...
>
>
>
> About World United F.C.
>
> World United F.C. is a sports club committed to the
> development of
> futsal at the men's level where it has won five of
> the last seven
> U.S. Futsal National titles. Club owners Decio
> Luczynski, Vava
> Marques and Mario Salinas have won a combined 35
> national titles as
> players while competing in international competition
> in Spain,
> Russia, Mexico, Brazil and Australia. Their efforts
> are now focused
> on managing the club and its quality players while
> preserving its
> tradition of futsal excellence in United States.
> World United's U16
> Girls team participates in the Calif. North State
> Cup and National
> Championship.
>
>
>
> Club Titles
>
> U.S. National Championship San Francisco
> City League
>
> 1997 Champion 1999
> Champion
>
> 1998 Champion 2000
> Champion
>
> 1999 Champion 2002
> Champion
>
> 2000 Champion 2003
> Champion
>
> 2001 2nd Place
>
> 2002 3rd Place
>
> 2003 Champion
>
>
>
> California North State Cup Copa Ciudad
> de Mexico
>
> 1999 2nd Place 1993
> Champion
>
> 2001 Champion
>
> 2002 Champion
>
> 2003 2nd Place
>
>
>
> About Futsal
>
> While futsal was once South America's best-kept
> secret, it is now a
> full-blown international sport with some 120
> countries playing it
> worldwide. The sport has already had four FIFA
> sponsored World
> Championships. Futsal is expected to become part of
> the Olympic
> family during the 2008 games.
>
>
>
> Futsal is 5-a-side soccer (4v4 plus a goalkeeper, no
> walls) played
> indoors on a basketball court or larger dimensions.
> Because the
> sport is a great skill-developer, demanding quick
> reflexes,
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