The United States Futsal Federation (USFF) is one of the

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leagues in the United States. It is a body sanctioned by

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in the United States, and is a member of the

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. The USFF was formed in 1981. It was founded to promote the sport of

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in the United States and to ensure that sport standards were followed. According to the USFS's website, there are 110,000 members of the federation. In 1986, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America adopted futsal, under USFF government, as an "Olympic Focus Sport", and began introducing it to the various clubs throughout the country. In that same, year, the

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became an associate member of the federation. The USFF also works to introduce the sport to various

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chapters, the National High School Association of America, the

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and the National Junior College Association. The federation sponsors sports clinics, national championships, and American teams in international competitions. The federation is made up of individual state associations, which are responsible for promoting futsal at the local level. The current coach of the United States national futsal team is Serbian

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United States National Futsal Championship

The first National Futsal Championship was held in

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in the mid-1980s. Since that time, several different levels of competition have been organized to hold annual championships. Championships are held in the Men's, Women, Under-19 Boys and Girls, the Under-16 Boys and Girls, and the Under-12 Boys and Girls Divisions. Originally, 8 teams per division were allowed to compete in each championship, but since 2004, 16 teams have participated in each competition. Currently, there is still no National Futsal Championship in the United States and it is unknown when there will be one. There was supposed to be one in 2018 with the creation of the

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(PFL), but the league never began play.

References

External links

U.S. Futsal official website

List of US National Champions, from 1986 to present
{{Sport-stub Futsal organizations Futsal in the United States

Sports organizations established in 1981 1981 establishments in the United States