1v1 Futbol Dreams, Pioneers FC win 2025 Manitoba provincial futsal titles

Winnipeg 1v1 Futbol Dreams women and Winnipeg Pioneers FC men won their respective Manitoba Cup futsal provincial championships on Saturday 25 January 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.

In the women’s final, Winnipeg 1v1 Futbol Dreams won 4:3 over Pioneers with goals scored by Isabella Johnston, Ella Santarsieri and Jessica Tsai (along with a Pioneers own goal). Sabrina Nascimento was MVP honours as 1v1 Futbol Dreams qualified for the Futsal Canadian Championship for the first time.

In the men’s final, Winnipeg Pioneers FC won 7:0 over Bonivital Flames with goals scored by Matheus Aquino, Yahia Chihab, Zack Greenfeld, Anderson Pires Pereira, Diego Reveco (two), and Dylan Sacramento. Reveco earned MVP honours as Pioneers FC qualified for the national competition for the fifth time in a row (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024). Pioneers FC were national bronze medal winners in 2024.

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.