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FUTSAL ACADEMY

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Agenda

State of Futsal in the USA

Futsal Academy

Tournaments

Final Details

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Futsal in the USA

STATE OF FUTSAL IN THE USA

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State of Futsal in the USA

Youth futsal

Each year additional tournaments and leagues are being created to meet the growing demand

Like soccer, there are competing organizations within youth Futsal. US Futsal Federation and US Youth Futsal each sanction local leagues, along with regional and national tournament competitions.

Youth national teams are entering their 3rd year of existence for both boys and girls

Professional Futsal

Semi-professional league (Major League Futsal) is entering their 2nd year with dozens of teams in USA, Mexico, and Canada

Professional Futsal League (PFL) is receiving massive financial backing with major European and South American clubs, NBA owners, and additional Asian investors launching franchises

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Futsal Academy

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Academy Structure

Prime futsal season for most clubs is November through February

A number of academies such as FutsalRVA (VA), City Futsal (TX), DCFA (MD) and Carolina Futsal (NC) offer year round programs

Smaller programs such as Sporting Maryland (MD) and South Jersey Elite Futsal (NJ) only focus on the prime futsal season

The proposed 44 session, mid-August to late February approach is feasible and blends the benefits of ongoing technical training with a defined tournament season to wrap up the season

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Player Selection

Tryouts are necessary and must be run well in advance of the start of the season. For FCV players that are required/encouraged to participate this is less critical.

People may or may not want to sign up based on whether their kid makes the A, B team. For the competitive component of the program it makes sense to field only a single team per gender/age group combination.

Price point is very important! People are already paying thousands of dollars for outdoor and you will struggle to create broad appeal if the program is in excess of $1,000 (excluding any additional fees for competitive teams like tournaments)

Additionally, the Northern Virginia market is immature in terms of futsal programs so parents may balk at a high cost of entry.

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Academy Structure

Expanded program

40 to 44 training sessions. One hour and fifteen minutes for ages U-9-12 and 1.5 hours for age U-13-

18) once a week during the “off” season and twice a week during tournament season.

Two defined tournaments (VA State Cup and USFF Northeast Regional)

USFF or USYF player registration costs

Coaching fees

Equipment

Court rentals

$150 coupon to players who accept NPL position

Coupon appears on acceptance page after accepting NPL offer

FCV players can go straight to Futsal registration or use later

Put line in registration to show limited numbers

What’s not included Uniforms – Generally two jerseys, shorts, socks = $55 per player Additional tournaments

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Academy Structure,

Training Fees

Fee: $850 per player

FCV Players $150 coupon applied towards NPL acceptance fee Plus 6 payments of $100 FCV Players don’t have to register for tryouts but have to participate it

tryouts to determine placement on team

Non FCV Players:

Players go to website to register for tryouts Players attend tryouts and Gus will determine where they play. We send offers

and then place players on teams. All outside players have to pay $150 registration fee and then $100 in 6

payments

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Academy Try-out

Schedule

Try-out Dates

Location: Dulles Sportsplex, Saturday and Sunday

June10, 8am to 9am in two courts, ages U-9/10, boys and girls

June10, 10am to 11am in two courts, ages U-11/12, boys and girls

June10, 11am to 12noon in two courts, ages U-13, boys and girls

June11, 8am to 9am in two courts, ages U-14, boys and girls

June11, 10am to 11am in two courts, ages U-15, boys and girls

June11, 11am to 12noon in two courts, ages U-16/18, boys and girls

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Academy Structure

Additional tournaments

There are numerous additional tournaments that some teams may want to

play in (Maryland State Cup, USYF Atlantic Regionals, etc.)

Teams would select additional tournaments in advance of the tournament

season and a per player fee would be charged to cover the complete costs of

the tournaments (as a package). Each team may have a different number of

events (or different mix of events) which does introduce some modest level of

additional overhead bookkeeping and organization.

Payment would be managed through FCV’s online payment website

For most teams the additional tournament fees would be $100 to $250 dollars

per player

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Tournament schedule

Recommended tournaments

World Futsal Championship – August 1-4 in Orlando

US Futsal Cup – mid-December in MD

Maryland State Cup – first two weeks of January in MD

VA State Cup – TBD

USYF Atlantic Regionals – mid-January in Philadelphia

USFF Northeast Regionals – mid-February in Wildwood, NJ

Tournaments to be avoided

USYF Mid-Atlantic Regional – early January in Richmond

Jefferson Open – December in Richmond

Refs for these tournaments are extremely poor with a limited understanding of futsal rules

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Leagues

League schedule Local leagues are organized around two sessions ( Richie Eaton will run league)

Session 1 generally runs from late November through mid-January. Session 1 is

usually eight weeks long with teams playing one game per weekend

Session 2 goes from late January to early/mid March. Session 2 may run 6 to 8

weeks

Why to avoid league play In general, but especially in Northern VA, the quality of the teams in local leagues

varies widely. Many games are blow outs and because there are games every week

schedules become difficult for older teams (U13 and up) given that outdoor play often

continues into December and January

Many teams are increasing focusing on attending additional tournaments as an

alternative to league play

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Final Details

Financial analysis of the academy (separate document) details the economics of the proposed venture

A number of important decisions and assumptions underlie the model and are presented over the next few slides

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Academy Details

Assuming 12 teams with each team averaging 9 players. That assumes that about 2/3 of age groups won’t have enough players to form a team

Two largest costs are court space and coaching time. Court space must be committed to months in advance so going with an assumption of 12 teams versus a full 18 hedges risk. It is possible to get small allotments of space here and there in the event that you are able to form more than 12 teams.

Each team will have different needs and level of commitment. Some teams will want to do numerous tournaments and others may only do state cup. Consequently the academy package focuses on training only. League and tournament costs will be handled on a team by team basis.

Puma Futsal kit (light and dark training jerseys, shorts, socks) is a separate cost (approximately $55-$60).

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