Futsal

A WINNER-TAKES-ALL jackpot of $5,000 is on offer on August 28 as the Soccer Saturdays seven-series tournament continues with another Futsal Edition, scheduled for the Maloney Indoor Sporting Arena, Maloney.

TEN THOUSAND dollars in cash awaits the winner of the first Annual Futsal Invitational tournament scheduled to kick off on November 21 at the UWI-SPEC Grounds, St Augustine at 9 am.

Plans are being put in place to form a Futsal Association in T&T. To get the association up and running, a meeting will be held on Sunday at the CEPEP Administrative Office (next to Central Regional Sports Complex) in Saith Park, Chaguanas, from 10 am. Registration starts at 9 am.

CLAYTON MORRIS, the coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national futsal team, is pushing for the establishment of a National Futsal Football League as a means of lifting the level of the sport in the country. Morris was speaking following his team’s participation last week at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where Caribbean champions T&T failed to grab one of the three qualifying places for the World Futsal Championship.

The SW Touring Team is inviting all sporting clubs, organisations, enthusiasts and fete match teams to compete in their ’Fete Match Saturdays’ tournament, which kicks off on February 27.

Cuba defeated Trinidad & Tobago by a score of 9:2 in a Group A encounter at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. In the other encounter, Guatemala came back from a three goal deficit to earn a 3:3 tie against Mexico.

The biggest futsal fiesta for 2009 kicks off 9am on Saturday at the UWI- SPEC grounds, St Augustine with 24 teams battling for the $10,000 first prize and SW Futsal Invitational Challenge Trophy.

Guatemala topped Trinidad & Tobago by a score of 5:0 in a Group A encounter at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City on Tuesday evening.