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Madison Under-14 boys team wins U.S. Youth Futsal regional title

01/20/2016, 6:45pm CST
By ERIC ANDERSON
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The Madison Futsal League's Forge team cruised to the Under-14 boys title at the U.S. Youth Futsal Midwest Regional over the weekend in St. Louis, while the league's Under-16 girls side advanced to the final in the Under-16/17 division.

The Forge Under-14 boys team dominated its division, averaging 9.6 goals per game and winning all five of its matches by at least five goals. Coach Enzo Fuschino's side routed Missouri's Chesterfield United 12-1 in Sunday's semifinals and thumped Missouri's Ankle Breakers 9-1 in Monday's final.

By winning the regional championship, the team earned a berth in the U.S. Youth Futsal National Championships, which are Feb. 12 to 15 in New Century, Kan. The team hasn't yet decided if it will participate in that event, Madison Futsal League founder and director Ilir Lushaj wrote in an email Wednesday.

On the girls side, the Forge Under-16 team went 1-1-1 in round-robin play and earned a spot in the championship game on a tiebreaker. Lushaj coached the team, which lost to Kentucky's SportsTutor 11-0 in Monday's final. SportsTutor outscored opponents 61-3 in its four matches at the three-day event; the Madison side scored two of those three goals.

Four other Forge teams played in the regional. The Under-12 boys went 2-1-0 in group play and missed out on a semifinal berth due to a tiebreaker, while the Under-13 boys lost both of their pool matches and the Under-16 boys were 1-2-0. The Forge Under-15 girls team also dropped both of its games in group play.

The only other state team at the tournament was the Wisconsin Sports Group Futsal Academy Under-12 boys side. The Milwaukee-area team, coached by former U.S. Futsal national team player David Moxom, won all three of its group matches before falling to Missouri's Jimmy John's 7-6 in semifinal play Sunday.

Any team that participated in regionals but didn't win its age group can apply for an at-large berth at nationals.

MADISON FUTSAL LEAGUE FORGE UNDER-14 BOYS


Roster: Collin Bjerke, Daniel Grady, Samuel Lynch, Sidney Marquardt, Elliot Popkewitz, Collin Satchie, Simon Sisk, Jordan Stump, Collin Alba, Erich Legut. Coaches: Enzo Fuschino and Ilir Lushaj.

MADISON FUTSAL LEAGUE FORGE UNDER-16 GIRLS


Roster: Emma Krause, Erin Riggs, Anna Benitez, Nyah Banik, Camille Samuelson, Gillian Anunson, Brynn Hansen, Jordy Rothwell, Makyla Severson. Coach: Ilir Lushaj.

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