I must have gotten my history wrong. "No one knew what Futsal was in
1987 or 2000 for that matter." From the USFF website: "The origin of
Futsal can be traced back to Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1930 when Juan
Carlos Ceriani devised a five-a-side version of soccer for youth
competition in YMCAs."

--- In futsalonline_newsgroup@yahoogroups.com, Eric Wilds
<wildseric@...> wrote:
>
> Yes US Soccer has the money to back anything they want. They also
have the political backing. As federal documents will show US Futsal
officially trademark the Futsal name in 1987. No one knew what Futsal
was in 1987 or 2000 for that matter. It is only recently that people
see the value in Futsal.. Not just with youth skill development but
with money. Obviously US Soccer sees lots of $$$$ in there eyes now
that FIFA wants a Futsal World Championship in the US. I did a little
research in this matter over the past few months. Did you know that
FIFA did not change the name to FUTSAL until 1996? That's ten years
after US Futsal incorporated the name. Regardless it's still about
the kids. Now that the sport is growing the more US Soccer wants it.
They want it for the $$$$$. Nothing more nothing less. For years US
Soccer did not care about US Futsal. It's obvious since they never
promoted the game until the past year or so. They certainly never
> gave US Futsal any $$ to help develop the game. As a matter of
fact almost all of the dues went to US Soccer.
>
> I remember how US Soccer was 25 years ago. It was not much. They
had no money. Decent leadership but no real cooperate backing. And a
large volunteer core. Kind of like US Futsal is now.
>
> Please remember that the AMF is not affiliated with FIFA. They seem
to be doing OK. Perhaps US Futsal will join forces with the AMF.
Sounds good to me. Did you know that the first US National Futsal
Team match took place in 2002 in Washington and Baltimore? WOW! US
Soccer did nothing financially to help that event except provide a
team to play that was completely made up of MISL players. I'm sure US
Futsal could have come up with a better quality team. A team made up
of Futsal players.
>
> You are correct about the MISL. They should take a good long look
at the indoor game. If they see the benefits of Futsal, more action,
more scoring, more fan excitement than any MISL indoor soccer game,
then maybe they will see the light as we all have. They need to
reevaluate their business plan.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Phillips <david0@...>
> To: futsalonline_newsgroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 5, 2007 11:21:24 PM
> Subject: [futsalonline_newsgroup] Re: US Futsal
>
> I see futsal in the hands of US Soccer as both a blessing and a
curse.. The good part is that
> they have the resources and the money to actually promote the game
and take it past the
> grassroots level. The downside is that the national team will
continue to be made up of
> mostly MISL players, probably none of whom play futsal outside of
national team preparation
> (and don't think for a minute that the MISL will lift a finger to
have a futsal tourney or
> anything to help get them ready). The only hope I see for a pro
futsal league in this country
> would be to have Nike or somebody have some sort of pro tour (like
the old roller hockey
> league that played at Disney), and pay ESPN or Versus to show it in
between "Extreme Butt
> Scratching," and "World Series of Finding Pi" (hey, they show the
national spelling bee and
> drum corps, so why not?).
>
>
>
>
>
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