ᓅᓕᓐ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ Callies FC −ᑯᓐᓂ .
The Futsal Canadian Championships returned following a two-year absence due to Covid-19 and Team Nunavut was only too happy to get back in on the action.
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕗᑦᓵᓪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒑᑎᓅ, ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 14 –ᒥ . ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᓴᒥᒻ ᒪᓲᒻ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓅᓕᓐ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐄᐊᓐ ᒪᒃᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐋᓕᓐ ᑰᓕ, ᓵᑦ ᒍᕋᐃᔭᒻ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔨᐊᕝ ᓂᕕᐊᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ .
This year’s side was made of seven players from Rankin Inlet and five players from Iqaluit. They took on the best futsal teams in the country — six in total from Yukon, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta along with Nunavut — and weren’t able to win any of their group games or their lone playoff game.
ᕼᐊᐃᑐᕐ ᐊᓕ ᐊᖅᓴᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑉᐸᐅᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ Callies FC –ᑯᓐᓂ .
Futsal is the FIFA-endorsed version of indoor soccer and is played four-a-side with a goalkeeper, no walls and on a court as opposed to a field. The ball is smaller than a regular soccer ball and will bounce no more than four times from eye-level if it’s inflated properly.
Here’s some of the action from Gatineau.
ᔭᑰᐸ ᐊᑉᑐᓚᐃ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᖁᖓᑉᐳᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓄᖓᓐᓂ .
– text by James McCarthy