Kickin’ It Indoors South Boston Soccer League’s Futsal Program Offers Winter Fun

By Ginger DeShaney

Gabe Hinson rated the Winter Futsal League 100 out of 10.

“My favorite part is watching how we can use teamwork to win,” he said.

Khang Nguyen, who was playing goalie, said the league feels good. “It’s really fun.”

South Boston Soccer League’s futsal program takes place at the Edgerley Family South Boston Boys & Girls Club gym on Sundays through Feb. 13. There are 120 participants, ages 3-15, said Caitlyn Murphy, one of the founders of the upstart South Boston Soccer League.

“We are pleasantly surprised,” Caitlyn said about the futsal league sign-ups. “This league was almost too big … that would have been a happy problem.”

Caitlyn is thrilled with the interest in futsal, especially since something like this hasn’t really been offered before. Like the South Boston

Soccer League, the futsal program is low-cost, no-cost for participants.

“It’s nice for the little ones to get out and run around,” she said.

“If you’re an athlete and don’t play basketball, there’s not a ton to do.”

The older kids play early in the day so they have time to get to the CYO basketball league.

In 2022, Caitlyn, along with fellow former South Boston Youth Soccer players and coaches Samantha Mackie, Michaela Colvin, and Katelyn

Evans, revived the soccer league after learning that president Billy Baker was stepping down after the COVID19 hiatus. Baker gave his blessing to the league but didn’t feel comfortable transferring the name, so the women came up with the new moniker.

Last fall, 160 kids registered for the first official South Boston Soccer League season. Registration for the 2023 soccer season will start in March or April.

In the meantime, the league is holding a St. Patrick’s Day Penalty Kick Tournament on March 9 at Saunders Stadium from 5-7 p.m. The league fundraiser is open to adults and kids.

Youths can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLSdE4TTARTZR9 FFR_1Y43JKsZLhdbTM7h6S 08ioG3hoHhkPc8A/viewform

Adults can register here: https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEFd9U-