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Please stay up to date on all league information by emailing sfrpd.futsal@sfgov.org and ask to join our mailing list.
Si necesitas ayuda en español comunícate con Luis Azucena at sfrpd.futsal@sfgov.org por favor!
2026 Season Info: Beginning Sunday, January 11, 2026, at SFRPD recreation centers across the city, boys, girls, and co-ed teams, from 5U–16U, in Recreational, Intermediate, and Advanced divisions, competed in our 27th season of 5-on-5 SFRPD Jose Coronado Futsal! Futsal a fast-paced, exciting game and the league serves as a great opportunity to develop each child/team’s fundamental skills leading up to the spring outdoor soccer season and, hopefully, a lifelong love of futsal and soccer.
Team Registration opened on October 7th, 2025 and is now FULL. You can still register as a Free Agent in case any teams are in need of additional players. To find more information, please click on this link, which contains all the information you’ll need to participate. There are separate sheets for Registration Instructions, Approved Coaches, Key Dates/Schedule, and Preliminary Divisions.
2026 SFRPD Jose Coronado Futsal League – Key Info Spreadsheets
History of the League: In the 1970s and -80s, no one meant more to youth soccer in the Mission than Jose Coronado. For nearly 20 years, he helped the kids he coached on the Guadalajara Chivas club team at Folsom Park learn how to play soccer with passion, become better students, and develop into upstanding members of a community that still thrives today. As an assistant coach for McAteer High School, his teams won city championships in 1984, 1985, and 1986. A native of Guatemala and San Francisco State graduate, he tragically passed away from pneumonia in 1989 at just 44 years old. His friends and family petitioned the city to rename Folsom Park as Jose Coronado Playground. In 1999, seeing a need for a winter soccer program, Jose Guzman, Oscar Jimenez, Frank Cassinelli, and Luiz Azucena, in conjunction with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, started the Jose Coronado SFRPD Indoor Soccer League. We would like to thank his friends and family for keeping his spirit alive in the city, neighborhood, and game he loved.
On behalf of the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, thank you to all of the players, coaches, parents, referees, and staff for all your support over the years! If you have any questions, please be sure to let us know!
Luis Azucena, League Director
Nate Birnbaum, League Director
Email: sfrpd.futsal@sfgov.org
Office: 415-806-5656
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- Registration Instructions & League Info Spreadsheets
- League Rules
- What is Futsal?
- Coaches' Corner
- Referees' Corner
WHAT IS FUTSAL?
Futsal "5-a-side" is a small-sided soccer game that is played by thousands of adults and children across the world. It is usually played on a basketball court with a smaller, low bounce ball.
While it is considered a sport in its own right, Futsal does not compete with outdoor soccer but serves to support it by developing skills that will make children better players, both on the soccer field and the Futsal court.
ENJOYMENT
Futsal’s fun and excitement can serve as strong motivators for long-term commitment to soccer.
SKILL FOCUS
The smaller scale of Futsal magnifies both success and areas for improvement, which is beneficial for player development.
SKILL ENHANCEMENT
Futsal enhances technical skills such as dribbling, passing, ball control, and shooting. The tight court demands precision, which in turn aids performance in outdoor soccer.
SPEED OF PLAY
Futsal cultivates quick thinking and decision-making, which are valuable skills under pressure and transferable to outdoor soccer.
CREATIVITY
Futsal encourages creative problem-solving, thereby enhancing adaptability when playing outdoors.
FITNESS
Futsal is physically demanding and enhances fitness in addition to improving ball skills.
Click HERE for a short video on some key rules for the Jose Coronado Futsal League.
Click HERE for a short video on how to control the ball in futsal.
GOAL CLEARANCE - For 12 and Under divisions (6th grade) and below and when the ball completely crosses the end line, the goalkeeper, standing within his/her own penalty area, shall only throw it back into play and it must touch any player or the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line of the pitch. During dynamic play (live ball) the goalie must also throw it back into play within 4 seconds and it must touch a player or the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line of the pitch. In this case the goalie may also place and kick or roll and kick the ball past the half way line. No punt or drop-kick is allowed unless it first touches the goalkeeper’s own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line.
For 13 and Under divisions and above (7th grade), and from a goal clearance or dynamic play, the ball may pass the halfway line of the pitch without first having touched the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch or an opponent. In addition, during dynamic play, the goalkeeper is allowed to place and kick, roll and kick, drop and kick and punt the ball past the halfway line.
GOAL CLEARANCE - For 12 and Under divisions (6th grade) and below and when the ball completely crosses the end line, the goalkeeper, standing within his/her own penalty area, shall only throw it back into play and it must touch any player or the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line of the pitch. During dynamic play (live ball) the goalie must also throw it back into play within 4 seconds and it must touch a player or the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line of the pitch. In this case the goalie may also place and kick or roll and kick the ball past the half way line. No punt or drop-kick is allowed unless it first touches the goalkeeper’s own half of the pitch before it crosses the halfway line.
For 13 and Under divisions and above (7th grade), and from a goal clearance or dynamic play, the ball may pass the halfway line of the pitch without first having touched the goalkeeper's own half of the pitch or an opponent. In addition, during dynamic play, the goalkeeper is allowed to place and kick, roll and kick, drop and kick and punt the ball past the halfway line.