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Saskatoon Huskie Alumni women and Yorkton United FC men won their respective Sask Cup futsal provincial championships on Sunday 2 March to qualify for Canada Soccer’s 2025 Futsal Canadian Championship. The two provincial winners will compete in the Futsal Canadian Championship from 10 to 13 April 2025 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Saskatoon Huskie Alumni won 2:1 in the women’s final to eliminate the reigning national champions Saskatoon Green & White. Erica Hindmarsh, who was named Most Valuable Player, scored the match winner in the final minute.
Yorkton United FC, who hosted the Sask Cup futsal weekend, won 3:1 in the men’s final to beat FC Regina. With about 300 fans in attendance, Yorkton got goals from Justin Adam, Noah Wyatt and a Regina own goal. Landon Bagonluri of the Saskatoon Villains was named Most Valuable Player of the weekend.
Futsal is an exciting and fast-paced sport played indoors on a small court with five players to each side. It features a sport-specific ball that does not bounce the same way as a traditional football bounces on grass or turf and the sport features its own unique Futsal Laws of the Game which differ from traditional football. Each match features two 20-minute halves with the clock stopped each time the match is interrupted as well as rolling substitutions so that players can come in and out of the match.
At the elite club level, Canada Soccer supports domestic competition through the annual Futsal Canadian Championship for men and women. Canada Soccer launched the Men’s Futsal Canadian Championship in 2015 and the Women’s Futsal Canadian Championship in 2023.
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