PAHOA – The mission statement for Big Island Futsal is to the point: develop into an elite player.
Keone Au has a more descriptive way of endorsing the sport.
“This is the place where badass soccer players start,” Au said Sunday after his Kona-based Culture FC team was crowned champion of the Austronesian Futsal Cup at Pahoa Community Recreation Center Gymnasium.
The victory, of course, was nice, but Au isn’t merely in this to win it. Rather, he and Big Island Futsal president Rico Ferrari want keiki to dig it, which in turn will spawn skill development.