Steve Harris (Tokyo)

The Women's F.League plays all 4 matches of round 2 this weekend in Hakodate, a city on the southern tip of the northern island of Hokkado. Jun. 30 Uniao vs. RKU Arco-Iris vs, Saicolo Jul. 1 Fuchu vs. Ruck Hokkaido vs. Urayasu https://twitter.com/yacci1120/status/1012670756164026375 …pic.twitter.com/pVHdE1DwQ2

Extremely well deserved 3-1 victory by Sendai @voscuoresendai over Sumida @fuga_sumida (at Sumida Arena) tonight. 1st game of round 3 of the F.League - and Sendai's 1st win of the season. Sumida and Sendai now both have 3 points after 3 rounds of play. https://www.facebook.com/voscuore/posts/1754473811302596 …pic.twitter.com/H37B9RVp5y

Last season, Japan international Chikage Kichibayashi @chiiiikage transferred to Jimbee Roldan in the 1st division of the top women's league in Spain. Jimbee Roldan won the league, while Chikage tore her ACL. But she's now on her way back... https://twitter.com/chiiiikage/status/1012692262097022976 …pic.twitter.com/1T3fI0YufA

Australia's Vic Vipers acquires Malaysian international Yazid Kamaruzuan for the AFC Club Championship. Vic is in the same group as Chonburi (Thailand), Osh EREM (Kyrgyzstan) and Al-Sailiya (Qatar). The tourney runs Aug. 1-12 at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. https://www.facebook.com/VicVipersFC/photos/a.298220276859946.93727.178574222157886/2216383525043602/?type=3 …pic.twitter.com/1Lm6Fi1HpV

I knew that Proneo Sports @ProneoSports had been interested in Kazuya Shimizu, but I guess that now it's official. That's a strong connection to have. https://www.facebook.com/sergi.cruzuroz/posts/10215985153652165 …pic.twitter.com/WyDeHd6iM6

Remember: Japan has a division 2 this year! This is the team poster for Boaluz Nagano, who will be playing at the White Ring, a venue that is a legacy of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics games. First game is against Hiroshima F-Do on Jul. 1 at 1:00. https://twitter.com/futsalfact/status/1012318210945835008 …pic.twitter.com/lDNBhuR06q

Youth Olympic Centre in Buenos Aires in its final construction stage. Only 100 days away, 12 of the 32 YO sports will be held at the Centre. Maybe futsal? The Japan women's team has won a berth but is still waiting for official confirmation from the JOC. https://twitter.com/BuenosAires2018/status/1012065355014070273 …pic.twitter.com/QPMfS21Uvk

Players in the women's futsal league of Indonesia tend to be students and teachers, but national team goalkeeper Citra Adisti is in futsal full-time. If her Instagram account is any indication of her popularity, she's quite popular: 124,000 followers! https://www.instagram.com/citraadisti/?hl=en …pic.twitter.com/0hWRjA5ukR

13 of the 23 Indonesia players at the AFF Women's FOOTBALL Championship will be FUTSAL players! Among them, Maulina Novriliani, Rani Mulyasari and Jesella Arifya Sari all played in the recent AFC Futsal Championship as well. https://bolalob.com/read/89960/13-pemain-women-pro-futsal-league-perkuat-timnas-putri-indonesia …pic.twitter.com/CXvr0i1a9M

French club ACCES Futsal @AccesFC is making some interesting acquisitions!pic.twitter.com/ifam3CBeYV

After a preseason cup and 2 rounds of the league, the the F.League Big 3 seem to be Nagoya, Machida & Osaka. Only 3 teams in the playoffs this season, so contenders such as Fugador Sumida need to work hard. The Tokyo team has a win and a loss and hosts Sendai at home tomorrow.pic.twitter.com/ZvZVZTR4QL

No surprise that Port's Kanison made goalkeeper of the week in the Thai League after a stellar performance. Bangkok BTS sits on top of the league with Chonburi following closely 3 points out (and a game in hand). The 2 teams go head to head on Saturday. https://www.facebook.com/FutsalThaiOfficial/photos/a.1780316448918811.1073741828.1780302858920170/2174870336130085/?type=3 …pic.twitter.com/jGZFBQwjcg

League insider says that the 6 players who left Vamos Mataram had been given an ultimatum by the team: "either sign on for one more season or you will not play in the AFC Club Championship." The 6 seem to have preferred the latter option.pic.twitter.com/pElBLLYiKm

Shori Nakajima @sh10_kirin renewed her contract with @FSFMostoles , but compatriot Hinako Funatsuki is back at Fuchu Primeira from UCAM Murcia. Also in Spain's top flight is Chikage Kichibabayshi, who places for champion JImbee Roldan @RoldanFSF http://www.fuchu-athletic.com/archives/24750 pic.twitter.com/h8t2AH01mI

Japanese international Shiori Nakajima @sh10_kirin gets her contract renewed by @FSFMostoles at long last. This last season Mostoles finished in 11th place in the 16-team Femenino Primera Division in Spain. https://twitter.com/FSFMostoles/status/1011604285669376002 …pic.twitter.com/W4DQW4Iktb

Bruno Garcia lists 19 players for the Japan nat. team Jul. 2-4 camp GKs: Shinoda, Sekiguchi, Yazawa DFs: Takita, Minamoto, Hoshi, Ando, Uchimura Alas: Yoshikawa, Murota, Morimura, Kato, Hashimoto, Uchida Pivots: Morioka, Hoshi, Shibano, Shimizu, Kokado http://www.jfa.jp/attachment/5b31eabf-c53c-4b5c-9795-749bd3093d95/20180626_futsal_member.pdf …pic.twitter.com/KXl3iBmTJw

Promotional video? Motivational video? Fugador Sumida @fuga_sumida is arguably the F.League's most energetic and spirited team - and the video gives a good idea of what their style is all about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa0MOGwUKps …pic.twitter.com/Qrjxly88i7

According to a report by http://fut5al.ir , Mes Sungun's head coach has submitted to the AFC the team's list of players for the upcoming Club Championship. He says that the list now includes both Tayebbi and Hassanzadeh. http://goo.gl/DuzXz1 pic.twitter.com/6WA2z1jhua

AbemaTV continues to aggressively promote their webcasts of F.League matches. They appear to be following Machida this season. In round 3 on Sunday, Machida will play Shonan at Machida's home arena.pic.twitter.com/5l4povti4K

I'm loving these shots of Alberto Riquer at work. Here he's observing Urayasu's B team. Urayasu refers to their top team as Primero (first), B team as Segundo (second) and the women's team as Las Bonitas (the pretty ones). The top team has 1 win and 1 loss. @bardral_urayasupic.twitter.com/hCmB1gLiCu