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03/06/2008:  Championship and 1st Runner up Teams for 2008 are listed as:

  2008 League Champions 1st Runner Up
U6 Notre Dame St. Michael
U8 St. Michael St. Stanislaus White
U10 Holy Trinity St. Michael Blue
U12 Holy Trinity Green Holy Trinity Gold
U14 Holy Trinity Holy Name

01/28/2008:  The 2008 CYFL Playoff schedule. It is now posted online.  Please take the opportunity to review it and advise your coaches to do the same. The format information is available online at this link:
http://www.newenglandfutsal.com/cyfutsal_playoffs_2008.htm

It is also available via a link on the (NON-ZORTAL) CYFL home page and is posted as news on the EZLeagues schedule site

09/23/2007:  Title teams in each respective age group of the Catholic Youth Futsal League will receive an automatic invitation to the 1st Annual New England Futsal Cup Championship Invitational to be held at the Mansfield Sportsplex in April, 2008!

09/19/2007:  Catholic Youth Futsal League will have a pre-season outing to the New England Revolution vs. the Colorado Rapids on Sept 29th at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA in which a Futsal - Goalie challenge will take place at mid-field during half time.  High School players from our area will have a Futsal Goalie Shootout on the field!  For ticket information and details please call Coach Bill Sampaio at 401-624-1521, 774-526-3209 or John Larue at 508-678-8246 or 401-774-6901

09/18/2007:   Father Dave Andrade, Pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, will conduct a 10-15 minute presentation on catholic values re: sportsmanship and gamesmanship at the beginning of 2 or 3 mandatory coach orientations for this upcoming season.

09/16/2007:  Team registration deadline for the 2007-08 futsal season is 10/13/2007.

09/14/2007: Catholic Youth Futsal is celebrating its 5th year of operations and we expect this to, once again, be our biggest year yet, in terms of number of teams and players participating in futsal training, scrimmages and competitions.

All inquiries regarding coaching, team, player & referee registrations are being handle by school coordinators as follows:

Holy Name: Shawn & Lisa Murphy
Holy Trinity: Dean & Melissa Carlson
Notre Dame: Paul & Carol Oliveira
Ss Peter & Paul: Anthony Riccitelli, Tom & Kristen Roussel
St. Michael: Lisa Ouellette & Jeff Silva
St. Stanislaus: John Larue

League games are slated to begin on Saturday November 10, 2007 and run through to the finals on March 3, 2008

09/10/12007:  School coordinators are setting schedules and registrations for the upcoming 2007-2008 futsal season.  New USFF player, coach database yet to be activated.

11/01/2006: Starting with the 2006-2007 season, league game and tournament scheduling is coordinated by EZ League software.  This web based software system will give our players, coaches and parents the ability to view upcoming tournaments, game schedules, standings and statistics in real-time. Provide up-to-the-minute facility information, news, updates, closing times, special deals and more. 

09/06/2006:  Msgr. Prevost Knights of Columbus #12380 to sponsor Youth Soccer Challenge Competition.  All boys & girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2006 Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge. The local competition will be held September 23rd at 10:00AM, to 2:00PM at the Silvia School on Meridian St.   The Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge is sponsored annually, with winners progressing through local, district, and state competitions. International champions are announced by the K of C international headquarters based in New Haven, CT. on scores from the state-level competition.

All boys & girls 10 to 14-years-old are eligible to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the event. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. For entry forms or additional information contact:

Pride FC GU14 Team Manager Joe Pereira 508 679 9275

The Knight of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with 1.7 million members in over 13, 500 local councils. Last year, Knights donated 60 million volunteer hours and $130 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their Church, communities, councils, families and youth.New England Futsal at Gillette Stadium

08/26/2006:  Catholic Youth Futsal League will have a pre-season outing to the New England Revolution vs. the Kansas City Wizards game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA in which a Futsal - Goalie challenge will take place at mid-field during half time.  High School players from our area will have a Futsal Goalie Shootout on the field!  For ticket information and details please call Coach Bill Sampaio at 401-624-1521 or John Larue at 508-678-8246 or 401-774-6901

08/25/2006:  Calling All Volunteers!  We'll be meeting shortly to set up volunteer assignments for the 2006-2007 season that is set to begin in November.  Click here to sign up now to help us with the 2006-2007 Catholic Youth Futsal League - Thank You!

08/24/2006:  New for the 2006-2007 season, CYFL introduces training & scrimmages for "Academy Players".  This is geared toward the younger players, with an emphasis on proper training and skills development, done in a fun and exciting format with supervised scrimmages.  This is a  fantastic primer, and a MUST, for our enthusiastic younger Futsal players!  All Academy Players will participate in our annual Olympic-Style Playoffs!

08/23/2006:   Again for the 2nd year, ALL CYFL players shall be eligible to tryout for the 2007 CYFL All-Star Teams.  CYFL Players will be able to tryout for the All-Star Teams and/ or shall be considered based upon the recommendation of their coaches.  These league All-Star players will be eligible to play at the Massachusetts Futsal Championships scheduled to take place in January

09/01/2005: ALL CYFL players shall be eligible to tryout for the 2006 CYFL All-Star Teams.  Players will be able to tryout for the All-Star Teams and/ or shall be considered based upon the recommendation of their coaches. 

The CYFL All-Star Teams shall participate in competitions at the 2006 USFF Massachusetts State Cup Championship Games scheduled for January 14-15, 2006.  Success at the State Cup will enable All-Star teams to participate in the 2006 USFF Regionals in February 2006.  If they continue to be successful they will then be eligible to compete at the USFF National Championships in Anaheim, CA next July.

In July of 2005, a total of 14 teams from Massachusetts participated in the USFF National Finals in Anaheim, CA. Some of the CYFL players were rostered on these teams.  Five of those teams came back with medals and two were named National Champions, The New Bedford Pitbulls Girls U12 team and the Shooting Stars Girls U16 were the reigning National Champions!

CYFL has been leading the charge for this great sport in our area.  The time has now come for our players to step up and challenge themselves as representatives of the Catholic Youth Futsal League from the Diocese of Fall River!

08/01/2005: In August of 2004 Pope John Paul II declared an initiative embracing the important role sports plays in today's world.  "The Holy Father has always been interested in sports,  as a means of evangelization and a great way to form youth,'' said the Rev. Kevin Lixey, an American priest involved in establishing a sports department in the Pontifical Council for Lay People.  "There is a need to "let people know that there are sportsmen who are also virtuous,'' Lixey went on to add.

CYFL is leading the way .... and you are part of that!