Saturday, December 26
Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to enrich the lives and to advance the interests of the Latino Community of Santa Clara County.
Schedules & Standings click on the link below:
www.allprosoftware.net/macsafutsal2010winter
Handout:
Winter Futsal League Packet 2010
MACSA Leagues
Wednesday, March 25
Winter Futsal League
Men's Champion -- Guerreros
Women's Champion -- Whatever
U12 Girls Champion -- Whatever
U11 Girls Champion -- Mt H. Cobras
U14 Boys Champion -- PAC Tigres
H.S. Boys Champion -- Lobitos
U10 Boys Gold Champion -- Guerreros
U10 Girls Champion -- Sporting 98
U12 Boys Champion -- Guerreros
U9 Boys Champion -- Santa Cruz
U8 Boys Champion -- America USA
U9 Girls Champion -- SC Sporting Green
U10 Boys Silver Champion -- Bunch of Clowns
Great Job!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 23
MacsaFutsal Article in 90:00 minute Soccer Magazine
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MACSA has spent the last ten years building a futsal dynasty. Unquestionably the dominant force in youth club futsal at the national level, MACSA is not only laying the foundation for the future of futsal in America, but is also building a better life for its players.
Decade of DOMINANCE
words: David Shin
When futsal players hear MACSA (Mexican American Community Services Agency), they think about an elite club that has enjoyed unparalleled success at the national level. In 2006, they won a staggering six National titles, and continued their domination in 2007 by reaching seven finals and winning four. More than 119 players have won a National title with MACSA in a decade of their program; but their success as a club is only an exterior people see. People don’t know the real reason they are the club that exists today. MACSA’s heartbeat is in the east side Mayfair district of San Jose, where 70 percent of its residents struggle below the poverty line. As a nonprofit, they serve everyone from at-risk kids to senior citizens, through various services and programs. The athletic program is one of these. When Mario Gonzalez became Sports Director at MACSA in 1996, he didn’t know he would be building a nationally renowned program. His goal was to get kids involved in sports and away from the gangs and vices that plague their community. And he found out quickly that soccer was the sport that ran through their blood. “Our gymnasium has 6 basketball courts,” said Gonzalez. “But every time we brought a basketball out, the kids wanted to kick it. We tried volleyball, and they wanted to kick that ball too. We tried indoor football, and they didn’t want to play.” So soccer would be translated to the gym, and futsal would be the way. MACSA futsal began with one league of 6 teams of neighborhood kids. Soccer coaches would bring their teams in to improve their skills, and little by little, the sport that nobody knew about started growing. Word of mouth spread, as one league turned into multiple leagues and competition expanded to include girls and boys of all ages. With passion consuming imaginations and numbers growing, coaches and players started asking what the next step was to push this evolving effort to the next level. So they established select teams, comprised of players from their leagues, who would come together for tournaments at the state, regional, and national levels. And they quickly became the elite. As MACSA dominated at the regional level, players from other communities took notice and started coming in from the top soccer clubs in the Bay Area. Families from all racial and economic backgrounds came to MACSA, and they became what Gonzalez refers to as the MACSA futsal family. Kids from the suburbs have invited their MACSA teammates from Mayfair to join their soccer clubs, as they were invited to play futsal at MACSA. Those who couldn’t afford to play club soccer have joined their futsal teammates’ clubs like De Anza Force and Santa Clara Sporting, where teams sponsor these players, and families take them to and from practice each day. MACSA has held this futsal program together through endless volunteer work, fund-raising, and donations. Gonzalez is thankful for the help they’ve received, and kids who were raised through MACSA are now becoming adults who are giving back. “Through our futsal program, we have created community leaders,” said Gonzalez proudly. “We have hired somewhere in the neighborhood of 16-20 staff members through our futsal program, and these former players are now running after school programs.” One of these former players is Enrique Tovar, who helped Gonzalez coach five teams at Nationals. Tovar also plays for the California Cougars in MISL, and is a member of the U.S. National Futsal Team. “What I like seeing is for our kids to go through our program,” said Gonzalez. “Let them be free, let them go express themselves, and let them experience as many things as they can. And the ultimate for me, is for somebody like Enrique to come back and show our 8, 9, and 10 year-olds what he has learned, and help develop these kids not only as soccer players—but as young men and young ladies.” MACSA continues to enrich lives through futsal, and they’ve caught the attention of those around them through their integration of cultures and communities on and off the courts. Their strength as a club has come from these bonds, and they have become the standard by which other clubs judge themselves.
"90 Minutes Soccer Magazine"
Tuesday, October 23
MACSAFutsal Nationals 2007
MACSA Futsal Has Strong Showing at 2007 U.S. Futsal National Championships
A number of teams from MACSA Futsal of San Jose, California participated in the XXII 2007 U.S. Futsal National Championships in Anaheim, California. MACSA Futsal is part of the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) which cultivates health, education and culture in the San Jose, California area. MACSA Futsal was defending champion in a number of age groups, so each game was a battle to the end. One player from another team was quoted as saying that the most memorable games of the tournament were against MACSA. Mario Gonzalez, Director of Futsal for MACSA and coach said that he was impressed by how well organized this years tournament was and at the quality of the competition and encourages other leagues and teams to get more involved with Futsal. The skills, strategy and tactics of some of the teams were impressive and a credit to how popular Futsal is becoming in the U.S.A., Mario said after the end of the tournament.
Four MACSA Futsal teams were crowned 2007 U.S. Futsal National Champions and three teams were U.S. National Finalists. The MACSA 2007 U.S. Futsal National Champions and U.S. National Finalist are as follows:
U10 Boys National Finalist
U10 Girls National Finalist
U12 Boys National Champions
U12 Girls National Champions
U16 Boys National Finalists
U16 Girls National Champions
U 19 Men National Champions
For the MACSA Futsal family it was an especially satisfying tournament for all the families involved supporting the MACSA Futsal teams. Seen throughout the tournament play were MACSA families in their trademark yellow t-shirts with the MACSA logo imprinted. Another highlight was having MACSA Futsal alumni, Enrique Tovar volunteer as coach for the U19 Boys, U19 Girls, and U10 Girls teams. Enrique is also a member of the U.S. National Futsal Team as well as member of the MISL California Cougars. It’s great to see alumni helping a program after they have gone on to higher levels of futsal and soccer, said Mario Gonzalez of MACSA. Assisting Coach Tovar with the U19 Girls and U10 Girls and also assisting Coach Gonzalez with the U15 Boys was another MACSA Futsal alumni and current MACSA Youth Sports Center staff member Noe Guzman. Coach Noe was also a member of the U19 Men’s MACSA 2007 U.S. National Championship team. For Edwin Luna, volunteer coach for the 2007 U12 Boys and U16 Girls U.S. National Championship teams the U12 Boy’s championship game was an especially rewarding experience since most of the U12 Boys team members were new to the team because a number of the boy’s that were on last year’s championship team could not participate in the tournament due to other family and personal commitments. Coach Luna said that many in the community didn’t give the U12 Boys team a chance of winning the championship. However, he knew what the boy’s were capable of as a team and they stuck with the basic game plan along with the determination of the team, the U12 Boy’s were able to defend and kick their way into the championship and ended the tournament with an impressive four shut-outs and 18 goals for and two goals against. However, by the end of the tournament, Coach Luna could barely talk because his voice was hoarse from all the cheering and coaching on the sidelines.
CIF High School Player Eligibility Rule Soccer vs. Futsal
Handout:
CIF High School Eligibility For Soccer vs Futsal
OTHER ACTIVITIES OFFERED at MACSA
MACSA offers a wide variety of programs to our clients. We have a recreational room with; one foozball tables, ...
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