Oakland, California: Coach Bill Sampaio was recently elected to the
position of National Director of Coaching for the United States
Futsal Federation, (USFF). The United States Futsal Federation is
the national governing authority that oversees all Futsal league
development, policies and competitions in the United States and they
do so under the auspices of the United States Youth Soccer
Association. Futsal is the FIFA recognized sport commonly referred
to as "Five-a-Side" or "No-Walls" indoor soccer. The skills
developed in this game are visible in the world-famous style the
Brazilians display outdoors on the full-sized soccer field. Players
like Ronalda, Pele, Zico, Socrates, Bebeto and other Brazilian
superstars all attribute their high level of success as
professionals directly as a result of the foot skills they developed
while playing Futsal.

This new position for Coach Bill comes as a result of a unanimous
vote of the USFF's board of directors at a meeting held this past
August in Oakland, California. This position is very prestigious
and clearly speaks volumes as to the high quality person and coach
that Coach Bill Sampaio is!

The United States Futsal Federation is extremely fortunate to have
someone as talented and enthusiastic about the proper training and
development of our young soccer and futsal players and the leagues
they participate in leading the way!