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Alex S.
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Luiz Felipe Marques De Sousa signs with the Sidekicks 
for the 2019-2020 season

(ALLEN, TEXAS: August 6th, 2019) The Dallas Sidekicks have signed forwardLuiz Felipe Marques De Sousa for the 2019-2020 MASL season. This will be De Sousa’s rookie season with the Sidekicks. Per team and league policies, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

De Sousa’s grew up in Tampa, Florida, but he was born in Espirito Santo Vilha Velha, Brazil. He grew up playing soccer wherever he could in Brazil and then moved to the United States when he was a teenager. He played soccer in college, at Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of Tampa, along with playing on select clubs in Texas and Florida.

This past offseason he played outdoor for Dallas City FC of the NPSL. De Sousa started practicing with the Sidekicks in the 2014-2015 season and has progressively been invited back for more practices with him attending the majority of all practices in the 2018-2019 season. His hard work has culminated into a professional contract and he couldn’t be happier about it.

“I love the staff, I like the people around it, the players, I know a lot of them too. It was a lot of fun, it’s been so easy for me to come here and just play and not worry about anything.”

He has spent the majority of his career playing outdoor or the ever-popular futsal, but he has been practicing with the Sidekicks since 2014-2015 and he understands the nuances of the game.

“They [Sidekicks] made this so much easier to go from a big field to indoor. They made my job so much easier. I just fell in love with it, it’s soccer either way it doesn’t matter if it’s a big field or a small field, it’s just having a ball with me. It’s always fun, especially when people make your job easy.”

ABOUT THE DALLAS SIDEKICKS
The Dallas Sidekicks is an American professional indoor soccer team of the Major Arena Soccer League. The organization was established in 1984, is headquartered in Allen, Texas, and plays all home games at the Allen Event Center. Follow the Sidekicks at www.dallassidekicks.com and on their social media.
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ABOUT THE MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE
The Major Arena Soccer League represents the highest level of professional arena soccer in the world. The MASL features teams across North America, with teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The MASL is currently incorporated as a 501(c)6 not for profit corporation formed to promote the business and sport of arena soccer.