Canadian Futsal History by Carlos Mateus


foto by Carlos Mateus


Back Row left: GLEN JOHNSON, LES MALBON, DANNY HENRY, JIM DEGOUDE, DALAS MOEN & IKE MACKAY,  front row: ROB WALLACE, ROB WIILIAM, GARY SMITH DOUG MUIRHEAD, TIM ACHEZTNER &  BUTCH FOSTER

 In 1984, Osvaldo Garcia contacted me in Nanaimo, In order to promote  futsal in Canada and USA, we decided to have the First North America Cup in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.  However; in the event were two teams from Canada and two from USA.
The two Canadian teams were from the Nanaimo League, were futsal officially started in Canada. The First North America Cup was a two day event, the USA team coached by Osvaldo Garcia, was supposed to be the USA National Futsal Team, and the Canadian Team coached by Ike Mackay. The other USA team was a pick up team from Oregon State, coached by a Brazilian fellow, and the second team from Canada, was a native team coached by Chief Jerry Brown of Nanaimo Indian Band.
On Saturday, the USA National Futsal Selected, played the Nanaimo Native Sons and won by 6 to 5, and the Canadian team beat The USA Oregon by 6 to 2. The cup was decided on Sunday. The Canadian team beat the USA National Futsal Team by 9 to 3, claiming the first Futsal North America  championship, as well as Canadian futsal history, goes down as   have won their first and  second international futsal games.
The event was televised by BCTV.  The Argentinean - Alex Para was the referee, and done everything possible to change the score in favour of the USA.
Like most of the people involved in futsal, Alex Para did not know the rules of the game, as he was an outdoor referee of a beer league in Berkeley, Ca. Osvaldo knew the Game , and was surprised with the Canadian team. The final game was watched by 300 people at the Nanaimo Civic Arena. Also, we had youth futsal games betweem teams from the Canadian grassroots program-
The Canadian National Futsal Team led by Ike MacKay, was formed by players from the two time Canadian Amateur Soccer Champion Victoria West. The Canadian team players were all born in Canada.  The USA team was formed with players from Brazil (2), Argentina, Mexico, and an Italian American goalkeeper. In the same year we were invited to attend the firstPan American Cup in Brazil. The same team led by Ike, had the best game against Argentina leading the score in the first half by 3 to 2, before loosing by 4 to 3, we played Bolivia and Paraguay, loosing 3 to 1 and 11 to 4. The USA team drew Brazil and lost by 31 to nil, and the USA goalkeeper smashed his face on the goal post, and was take to the hospital for a face reconstruction.
The North America Cup in Nanaimo, and the participation of Canada and USA futsal at the 1984 Pan American Cup, held in Brazil, was the spring board to have futsal inThe Pan American Games.  That was some of my share to develop futsal in Canada and in the world . "Now I'm back home, living by the sea side, recovering  from the cold, wondering why I left Brazil , such a lovelly tropical paradise,

Carlos Mateus, Canadian Futsal Founder, 1980 - 2006

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