Futsal in the DMV
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Anonymous
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My son played in his first futsal game this weekend, and of course, I watched my first futsal game this weekend. It seems like a winter sport for him -- it's basically the soccer version of basketball. With so many touches, and being forced to maneuver in tight spaces, I can see why it can help improve soccer skills during the offseason.
I know that Alexandria has a futsal team (or teams). My son is playing for St. James. I saw they played McLean this weekend - so obviously, McLean has futsal too. I'm curious how many other clubs in the area field futsal teams? It would seem to be a no-brainer (at least, during the regular, non-COVID times) for every soccer club to offer this sport in the winter, but it doesn't seem to have caught on yet. McLean Alexandria St. James ... What other DMV soccer clubs are fielding futsal teams this year? |
Anonymous
Almost all clubs participate in Futsal during the winter. Many decided not to participate in the indoor leagues this winter due to covid. |
Anonymous
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When you say this area, do you mean NOVA, or the metro DC area?
PWSI fields futsal teams. Futsal America FTP Puma Elite/FCV DC Hyper NPC I believe my son played a PPA team once that was decent, but from what I understand, that depends on whether you get a grouping of decent kids together to from your own team. I could be wrong on that - it is second hand from a casual acquaintance. |
Anonymous
Well, I meant the DC Metro area -- the same general area that we talk about when we talk about DMV soccer. We are in NoVa but we always play a few Maryland teams during the soccer season. I guess this is just an odd year for futsal, and it happens to be the first year I'm paying attention to it, so I'm just trying to understand how it all fits together as compared to the different soccer leagues we have in the area. Nice to know that most of the DMV soccer clubs also have futsal, in normal years. |
Anonymous
They do, but the style of play is often somewhat different than places that are only focused on futsal. It just depends what you want (something to supplement outdoor soccer or futsal for fustal alone). |
Anonymous
| If you play at the st James, check out the schedule on sportsengine. You can see all the teams/clubs in all age groups. |
Anonymous
Link? |
Anonymous
| Bethesda |
Anonymous
I heard that the St. James is charging parents $5 a person to watch the games. Is that true? Thanks |
Anonymous
That's what I heard from our team manager. I find that frustrating. They should definitely limit it to one parent per kid to follow COVID rules, but the $5 is super tacky. |
Anonymous
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Most clubs in the DC area participate in futsal, perhaps not all their teams, but certainly their top teams.
Some clubs have forgone it this year due to indoors etc. etc. while others have switched it to an outdoor league. |
Anonymous
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To say most clubs participate in futsal is a bit of a stretch. In the area you can count on one hand the "clubs' that train, play and compete in futsal. Everyone else is just having some indoor soccer fun/training to stay active. The coaches dont have any futsal training but they use their outdoor knowledge to train indoors. Calling it futsal is a stretch, a long stretch.
Again, just because a club says do futsal in a local gym with us over the off season hardly qualifies as saying they participate. Might as well call it indoor soccer. |
Anonymous
Someone said pretty much the same thing in a less aggressive and hostile manner further up in this thread. Not sure what you are hoping to add, other than coming off as arrogant about futsal. |
Anonymous
| Snowflake, PP is demonstrating frustration at parents who just follow the crowd like sheep. Futsal is a serious sport and PP is only stating that must clubs don't have a serious futsal development program but only use the name to grab your dollars. |