WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Eli Mbawuike, 9, has played soccer since the age of four, but what’s taking him international is futsal.
“I wake up in the morning at like 5:45 a.m., go to school, get back, and I do a little bit of soccer inside before I go back outside,” Eli said. “Sometimes I do wall passes … I’m trying to work on that.”
Futsal is a variant of traditional soccer, and while both share many similarities, there are notable differences as well. Futsal is played between two teams of five; the matches are usually played on a hard court surface, and there are no offside calls…