The Professional Futsal League is a planned professional

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league in the

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. The league was founded in 2016 and it was intended to begin play in 2018.

History

In February 2016,

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purchased a principal ownership stake in the PFL. In an attempt to build support for the league, the PFL announced an

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to be played on August 4, 2016 in

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. On August 17, 2019, the PFL International Challenge was held at Allen Event Center in

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, featuring the FC Barcelona Futsal under-23 team, Dallas Sidekicks, Team USA and Team

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