The 2006 Massachusetts Futsal State Cup Championship games are
scheduled to take place at the Dana Barros Sports Complex in
ansfield, Massachusetts on January 14 & 15, 2006. This is a United
States Futsal Federation (USFF)sanctioned championship tournament
and the top two teams in each age bracket and player category
qualify for the USFF Regional Championships being held in
Maryland during February. Teams that are successful at the Regional
Championships shall qualify as eligible to play at the USFF National
Championships held during July, 2006 in Anaheim, CA. This year's
State Cup Event will be co-hosted and sponsored by Essex County
Futsal and Norfolk County Futsal leagues.

In order to participate in the annual Massachusetts Futsal State Cup
Championships you must first be a team affiliated with a
Massachusetts based USFF sanctioned futsal league. Affiliated teams
can register online at www.massfutsal.com. Once your registration is
received our registrar shall contact you with more details.

More and more coaches hear and see the benefits first hand that
playing Futsal has on their young soccer players. This is evident
in the United States, at large, and in Massachusetts, in particular,
by the growing number of leagues, teams and players who are
subscribing to the training and competitions offered by the numerous
USFF sanctioned futsal leagues.

In July of 2005 the Massachusetts Futsal Association was represented
by 14 teams that qualified for the United States Futsal Federation
20th Annual NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS and came away with some very
impressive results.

Five Massachusetts futsal teams came away from the national
championships held in Anaheim, California as medalists, placing
among the top three teams in the country in their respective age
division and two teams were crowned national champions.

The success our state enjoys at the national level speaks for
itself. We are very proud of the commitment these teams have made
to ascend to the top of the national standings within the United
States Futsal Federation. The establishment of a substantial and
legitimate leagues such as the Catholic Youth Futsal League, Essex
County Futsal, Fall River Futsal, Norfolk County Futsal and the
recently established Boston Futsal League, serving the greater
Boston metropolitan area, serve to demonstrate the desire that a
growing number of players have to play the sport of Futsal and also
solidifies the acknowledgment of more and more coaches and club
owners who are coming to understand the fantastic skills that
players are developing while playing futsal.

The Massachusetts Futsal Association is the local representative of
the United States Futsal Federation (USFF), which under the banner
of United States Soccer, is the national governing body for Futsal
in the United States.

Futsal is the only international form of indoor soccer approved by
the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).