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Futsal In The United States
Along with soccer, the sport of futsal in the United States is a rapidly-growing phenomenon. There is currently only the National Futsal Premier League as professional futsal league in the United States, although many regions have their own leagues. Futsal Across America has created developmental Futsal programs for schools, clubs and communities. The national team has placed runner-up in 1992 and third place in 1989 at the FIFA Futsal World Cup. See also *Major Arena Soccer League The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) is a professional indoor soccer league in North America. The MASL features teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico. The league is the highest level of arena soccer in North America. The le ... References {{World topic, Futsal in, noredlinks=yes Futsal in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States National Futsal Team
The United States national futsal team represents the United States at international futsal competitions. It is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and the U.S. Soccer, affiliated with CONCACAF. The U.S. Futsal Federation was founded in 1981 and the first international futsal match played by the U.S. National Futsal Team was in May 1984 in Nanaimo, Canada where the United States won, 6–5. The first international futsal match in the United States was held in December, 1985, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. The U.S. select team, defeated Australia, 9–5. The U.S. golden age of futsal was in the late 1980s and early 1990s when the team achieved third-place at 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship and runner-up at 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship. After that, U.S. futsal has dropped down. They have also won CONCACAF Futsal Championships twice. Competitive record FIFA Futsal World Cup CONCACAF Futsal Championship :''*Draws include matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship
The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 5 and 15 January 1989 in the Netherlands. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country. Brazil won the tournament. Participants 16 countries were invited to participate to the tournament. 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from North America, Africa and Asia respectively and 1 from Oceania. Venues Holland has many hundreds of sports halls. The KNVB's organizing committee has picked five of the largest and most attractive as the venues for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-A-Side Football. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship
The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the second FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 15 and 28 November 1992 in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. It was the first FIFA tournament held in Hong Kong. Brazil national futsal team, Brazil won the tournament for the second consecutive time. Qualifying criteria Qualified nations :1 Qualified for the tournament, but was ejected due to the Yugoslav Wars. Venues Squads Each nation submitted a squad of 12 players, including two Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeepers. Officials Draw The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams. First round Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Second round Group E ---- ---- Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes telenovelas and other drama series, sports, sitcoms, reality and variety series, news programming, and imported Spanish-language feature films. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its major studios, production facilities, and business operations based in Doral, Florida (near Miami). Univision is available on pay television providers throughout most of the United States, with local stations in over 60 markets with large Latin American communities. Most of these stations air full local newscasts and other local programming in addition to network shows; in major markets such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City, the local newscasts carried by the network's owned-and-operated st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. History The precursor to ''Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and it also shares similarities with five-a-side football and indoor soccer. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. The players mainly use their feet to propel a ball around the court with the objective of Scoring in association football, scoring goals against the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing team's Goal (sports), goal. A futsal match consists of two periods of 20 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins; an equal number of goals scored results in a Tie (draw)#Association football, draw. Futsal is played with a smaller and heavier ball than association football, and usually indoors on a hardcourt surface marked by lines. The playing surface, ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMF Futsal World Cup
The AMF Futsal World Championships (previously called the FIFUSA Futsal World Championships) is the international championships for futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFUSA (1971–2002) and AMF (2003–present). The world championship tournament was held every three years until 2003, and is now played every four years. The first event was held in 1982 in Brazil. The South American teams have won the majority of the championships, with Paraguay as the most successful team winning 4 titles. Portugal is the sole team beyond South America to have won a championship, winning the 1991 edition. Since 2008, a women's tournament is also held. As of 2017, only three tournaments have been played: the 2008 edition in Spain, the 2013 edition in Colombia and the 2017 edition held once again in Spain. Results Men's World Cup FIFUSA-AMF Women's World Cup AMF Men's World Cup New FIFUSA Women's World Cup New FIFUSA Ranking :''* = hosts'' Men's World Cup F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Futsal Team
The United States women's national futsal team represents the United States in international competitions. It is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, affiliated with CONCACAF. History The United States Soccer Federation established the first official women's national futsal team under it Extended National Teams department in March 2023. It appointed Márcia Taffarel as its first coach. She created the first pool for the team in March 2023. She held full national team training camps in 2024 and 2025. Prior to the foundation of US Soccer's team, there was a United States women's national team which took part at the AMF Futsal World Cup. Its best finish was at the 2017 edition after previously finishing in the group stage of the 2013 edition. Diego Burato was named as head coach in January 2025 replacing Taffarel in the lead up to the 2025 CONCACAF Women's Futsal Championship and the February 2025 camp in Costa Rica. The United States won 2–0 its first ever int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship
The CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship is the North American futsal club competition hosted by CONCACAF. History and format The inaugural CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship was played from August 20 to 24, 2014, at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG at Guatemala City, Guatemala. A total of six teams participated: Glucosoral (Guatemala), Habana (Cuba), U.E.S. (El Salvador), Borussia (Costa Rica), Sidekicks (Mexico), and Futsal Club Toronto (Canada). The six teams were divided into two groups of three, playing a round-robin format during the opening round of the tournament. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semifinals, followed by the third place match and the final a day later. Summaries References External linksFutsal CONCACAF.com {{CONCACAF competitions International club futsal competitions Futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF Futsal Championship
The CONCACAF Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the CONCACAF nations. It was first held in 1996, and it is held every four years. Results Overall team records In this ranking, 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored; this is the same as the competition's first three tiebreaking procedure criteria. Medals Qualification Source: Comprehensive team results by tournament ;Legend * — Champions * — Runners-up * — Third place * — Fourth place * — Quarterfinals * — Round 1 *Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Did not qualify / Withdrew * — Hosts * FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
