Youngest Player at Tryouts Makes US National Mens Futsal Team

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LUCAS STAUFFER, 16 MAKES US NATIONAL FUTSAL TEAM - GOES TO BRAZIL Lucas Stauffer, age 16, was recently selected to represent the United States for the Men's National Futsal team.  #25 front row, far right at the Grand Prix Tournament in Brazil , October 14-24, 2011. Luke Stauffer, originally from Owensboro and currently attending Shattuck St Mary's in Minnesota, recently attended the US Futsal Elite Player Identification Camp from September 12-15 at South Coast Soccer City in Torrance, California.  The ID camp from September 12-15 was designed to identify the top Futsal players in the country, with an eye toward strengthening the U.S. team that will attempt to qualify for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand. After four intense days of training against 55 other players, Luke was invited back to California September 24 to October 1 with the goal of being selected as part a roster that will represent the United States at the 2011 Grand Prix of Futsal, an elite annual international tournament taking place in Brazil from October 14 to 24.  At 16 years old, Luke was the youngest player at the original ID camp with most of the players over 18. There were even two players who are currently playing professionally in Japan and Italy. Luke got his start playing futsal under his father's leadership, Ty Stauffer, at SportsTutor  in Owensboro before moving to United 1996 FC, Louisville, KY.  Luke was a celebrated State and Regional ODP player and was named as part of the U14 US Soccer Federation National ID Program.  He has been a participant in various USYF event. He played in the Regional Tournament in St. Louis and the National Championship in Kansas City Lucas Stauffer #25 US Mens National Futsal Team in Brazil last month Read more about the US National Mens team and the Grand Prix International Tournament USYF, is the only national futsal organization sanctioned by US Soccer.  Launched in 2004, USYF offers amateur soccer players an opportunity to play organized futsal in local leagues.  It does so by supporting entrepreneurial-minded soccer organizers with hands on guidance in building their leagues.  USYF has league throughout the U.S. In addition to local leagues, USYF holds regional qualifying tournaments and also has the largest national youth futsal tournament in the country.  The USYF Champions Cup - National Futsal Tournament will be held in Kansas City on February 17 - 20.  For more information, go to www.usyouthfutsal.com US Soccer is the governing body of all soccer in the United States.  Its mission is to make soccer, in all its forms, a preeminent sport in the United States and to continue the development of soccer at all recreational and competitive levels Founded in 1913, US Soccer is one of the world's first organizations to be affiliated with FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, and soccer's world governing body.  US Soccer has continued to grow in the 90-plus years since, and now has the largest membership among US Olympic Committee national governing bodies.   USSSA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and expand the game of soccer in the United States.  USSSA has been an affiliate of US Soccer since 2001. USSSA registers, sanctions and provides risk management products for clubs, leagues, academies and players

 

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