17 – USA v Iran (Vilnius Arena Vilnius, Lithuania) 14 – USA v Argentina (Vilnius Arena Vilnius, Lithuania) The Futsal NT was drawn into Group F of the 24-team World Cup field and will face Argentina, Iran and Serbia. Florida Tropics)Īssistant Coaches: Pablo Da Silva, Otto Orf Safira Futsal), 13-Zach Reget (Kenosha, Wisc. NY Ecuador FC), 7-Everson Maciel (Milford, Conn. PIVOS (3): 2-Raphael Araujo (Bound Brook, N.J. Unattached), 5-Julian Escobar (Hicksville, NY Harrisburg Heat), 15-Guilherme Veiga (Milwaukee, Wisc. Safira Futsal)įIXOS (3): 4-Eduardo Buenfil (San Jose, Calif. Louis Ambush), 16-Alencar Ventura-Junior (Tewksbury, Mass. Milwaukee Wave), 9-David Ortiz (Dallas, Texas Dallas Sidekicks), 10-Tomas Pondeca (Dallas, Texas Paris Acasa/FRA), 14-Diego Bobadilla-Mireles (Holland, Mich. Lansing City FC), 6-Luciano Gonzalez (Mendoza, Argentina Citta di Massa C5/ITA), 8-Daniel Mattos (Chicago, Ill. Michigan Futsal Factory), 12-Estevan Vazquez (Fort Worth, Texas Mesquite Outlaws)ĪLAS (7): 3-Jeremy Klepal (Lansing, Mich. GOALKEEPERS (3): 1-Diego Moretti (Ancona, Italy Unattached), 11-Robert Damron (Northville, Mich. FUTAL MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION (HOMETOWN CLUB) The Futsal NT finished runner-up to Costa Rica at the qualifying tournament. Twelve players on the roster helped the USA qualify for its first Futsal World Cup since 2008- including all eight goal-scorers- by defeating the Dominican Republic 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship. Gonzalez led the USA with five combined goals and assists at May’s Concacaf Futsal Championship in Guatemala, while the 19-year-old Pondeca, who leads the team with six goals this cycle, was named Young Player of the Tournament. Luciano Gonzalez (Italy) and Tomas Pondeca (France) also play futsal in Europe. The roster is led by captain and veteran goalkeeper Diego Moretti, who has played futsal professionally in Italy for the last 17 years.
1-8 in Bratislava, Slovakia before traveling to Vilnius, Lithuania- site of the USA’s first two World Cup matches. The team will hold a pre-tournament training camp from Sept. Futsal National Team head coach Dusan Jakica has selected 16 players to represent the United States at the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania.