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Turning soccer inside out

Local players are using futsal to improve skills

By Christopher L. Gasper
Globe Staff / December 12, 2004

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MIDDLETON -- It seems peculiar, the sprawling game of soccer condensed to the confines of a basketball court, its players reduced to bumpers in a giant pinball machine. The game's odd appearance is matched only by its unusual name, which evokes thoughts of a healing salve: futsal. (Full article: 1038 words)

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