What is Futsal

In my last post I mentioned Futsal...
Our readers who are soccer fanatics probably know already, but, for some of us, Futsal is a new concept, so.....

Futsal is actually a compact form of soccer that is played with amazing speed and breathtaking footwork.
It is a sport that is a derivative of soccer and played with five-man teams on a basketball style court, with no walls and a smaller (size 3) low-bouncing ball, unlike the traditional sport of U.S. indoor soccer played with six-man squads and walls on an ice hockey rink.
The term Futsal is the international term used for the game. It is derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "soccer", FUTbol or FUTebol, and the French or Spanish word for "indoor", SALon or SALa.
While it is mostly played indoors, any basketball court or rectangular area could be used to play the game.
Want to know more? Check out the site where I found the above definition:
From: http://ussoccerplayers.com/resource_center/questions_answers/397119.html

In some countries it is popular because it can be played indoors when the weather is not cooperating outdoors. In our case, it's attractive because less space is necessary. In Port-au-Prince, a city of about 2 1/2 to 3 million people, with mountains surrounding it, it's hard to find land for a regulation sized soccer field. Secondly, there's the economic issue of doing anything in Haiti. It will be much more practical for Haitian teams to develop a futsal court.