The World’s Best Futsal Player Joins Team PFL
The SuperCopa will take place at 5 p.m. August 8 in Orlando at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort.
The man twice crowned by FIFA as the World’s Best Futsal Player, Falcão is a famous Brazilian known for his magic with the ball and passion. Falcão will join the top players from the PFL Player Combine to form Team PFL against Australia’s Fremantle Muita Calma Futsal Club.
“I am very excited for the SuperCopa this August in Orlando and helping with the growth of futsal in the USA,” Falcão said. “It’s a market that I strongly believe is going to do well.”
Known as Falcão to his fans but born as Alessandro Rosa Vieira, this 38 year old powerhouse will show off his phenomenal style in the SuperCopa on August 8th in Orlando, Florida at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort.
The PFL SuperCopa marks the second exhibition for the new league supported by investors Donnie Nelson and Brian Dick.
Futsal supporters need only purchase a ticket to enter the ESPN Wide World of Sports at the Walt Disney World Resort ($17 adult, $12 child) for FREE general admission into the SuperCopa. Disney Season Pass holders and World Futsal Challenge participants receive FREE admission.
Keith Tozer, FPL Commissioner and U.S. Futsal Men’s National Team head coach since 1998 said, “What Falcão can do with the ball is simply magical. Falcão scores a lot of goals and it will be great to have him on our team. It is like Pele coming to the Cosmos.”
Tozer will be selecting ten players from the PFL Player Combine to play with Falcão. “I really look forward to coaching Falcão and it will be an honor for our players to be on the field with him,” said Tozer. “I have known him for years – it will be like coaching NBA’s LeBron James – just give him the ball and tell him to go play.”
“I couldn’t be more appreciate to have Falcão play on Team PFL and lend his expertise. It is amazing that a league that has yet to play a game is able to get the best Futsal player in the world to come and join our SuperCopa.”
The revised PFL Super Copa format shifted was necessary due to recently announced league scheduling conflicts for the Brazilian clubs São Paulo Futebol Clube and Futsal Brasil Kirin.
Patrick Dicks, the Manager of Sports Development-Disney Sports, said that he is pleased to have the SuperCopa join the Disney World Resort’ based on the successful experience of hosting the World Futsal Championships.
“Our staff looks forward to joining our park visitors from South America as well as futsal fans from around the world in watching Brazilian star Falcão compete as part of the PFL SuperCopa this August,” Dicks said.
The PFL will announce details later this week about a special VIP experience where supporters can interact with Falcão.
Did you know? Fun facts you might like to know:
Coach Tozer’s outstanding record includes guiding our country to its first-ever Gold Medal in the CONCACAF Regional Championships, a Bronze Medal at the CONCACAF Championships in Costa Rica, a second Gold Medal at the CONCACAF Championship, plus earning the team a spot at the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championships in Chinese Taipei where the U.S. finished seventh in the world. Tozer again led team to FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2008 after at third-place finish at the CONCACAF Championships. Tozer, a nine time winner of the MISL “Coach of the Year”, has compiled more victories than any other coach in North American professional indoor soccer history and recently surpassed his 700th career victory.
Lead by Commissioner Keith Tozer and president Michael Hitchcock, the PFL launched seven months ago, in January 2015, by investors Donnie Nelson, the Dallas Mavericks general manager and Brian Dick, the president, CEO and founder of Quest Resource Holding Corporation. The action starts in November 2016 with teams from all across America.
USA Futsal was founded by Rob Andrews in 2010 in order to bring the highest level of global futsal opportunities to players, coaches and fans in the United States. USA Futsal currently operates the World Futsal Cup and Women’s Futsal Cup in Spain each year.
