Women In 2012, the club established a women's team, who currently compete in the National Futsal Series Tier one. The program is currently headed by manager Leanne Skarratt, with assistance from Chris Bevorretts. In the 2018-2019 season the team made history by winning both the National FA Futsal league and FA Futsal Cup, the first women's team in English futsal history to do so. Manchester Futsal Club Player Pathway The club runs a development programme with the specific longer-term aim of giving younger players an opportunity to compete, play and experience games in a level of competition in order to ready them for the first team. The squads are primarily made up of players that have risen through its youth structure, alongside those in higher education based in the area and the objective is aimed at both male and female players. Academy Development The club created an Academy Development Squad specifically to develop and ready its U19 players. It continues to train and recruit players, preparing them for the transition into the adult squad's and help adapt those that have been brought up within a primarily football-specific environment. It has a direct relationship with both the senior team and academy team, supporting the underlining values of a player's pathway and development that is core to the club's values. U19s players regularly compete in the Manchester Futsal 5's League and other arranged fixtures and is currently led by Samuel Richardson. MFC Youth Academy Head of youth Ilya Ovechkin develops the club's youth academy program to specifically produce futsal players for the club's academy alongside a team of experienced coaches. Through the use of development centres and the production of teams ranging from u8's through to u16's, with a clear and defined opportunity pathway for players to compete right through to the highest levels of the adult game. Youth Team Trips Fundamental to the youth development programme is the provision of opportunities for the club to go abroad and visit various cities and countries of the world, to heighten and increase the experience for players, coaches and the management team as a whole, particularly in regions of the world where the sport is more firmly established. Most notably, the youth teams have visited Murcia in Spain, for the last few years, playing games in the region and linking up with LNFS team ElPozo Murcia FS and CD Murcia FS. Manchester International Futsal