FCS Board of Review

The officials who decide

Three referees sit the Board of Review for the Futsal Champions Series. Between them: a former FIFA international, the first Puerto Rican FIFA futsal referee, and a championship referee who has already called an FCS final. They review written challenges. Their decision is final.

48 hours

A written challenge is due within 48 hours. Championship weekend filings may be the same night or the next morning.

72 hours

A written decision is issued within 72 hours, or before the next fixture if that fixture is affected.

Final

Decisions are final inside FCS.

The board

Three officials

Former FIFA · Montréal

Chris Grabas

International referee, assessor, mentor

Chris Grabas is a former FIFA international futsal referee from Montréal. He has almost 30 years on the whistle at the professional, national, and international levels, and he has spent that time as an assessor, a mentor, and a sports administrator as well as a referee. On this board he is the long standard: what the law requires, and what a competition can stand behind.

FIFA 2025 · Puerto Rico

Hector Santos

FIFA futsal referee

Hector Santos is the first Puerto Rican referee to earn a FIFA futsal badge, awarded in 2025. He has worked the CONCACAF Women’s Futsal Championship and the 2025 Dominican professional league final, and he was named to the FIFA pre-list for the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. He brings a current international badge to every file this board opens.

Since 2015 · Québec

Jonathan Rapsomanikis

Championship and FCS final referee

Jonathan Rapsomanikis is a Québec referee who started in 2015. He has worked two Canadian Futsal Championships, including national finals, three US Youth Futsal Nationals, a professional match in Costa Rica, the U-17 ISF World School Championship final, and the 2025 FCS Final. He has already stood on this league’s championship court.

What they review

Any competition or operations decision a league officer, a team, or a coach challenges in writing.
Fines from the club, the league desk, or match control — whether the fine stands, is reduced, or is vacated.
Post-game issues: cards and misconduct referred up from the match, bench or spectator incidents, a protest of a result only where the rules allow a protest, and any other match-night dispute the league desk sends over.

How they work

Once a month the board publishes a teaching moment for the competition.
Challenges and questions go through the official portal only.

2026–27

Zero Tolerance

This policy sits on top of the FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game and applies to every FCS competition. The Board of Review is the sole authority on officiating and on in-game player and coach conduct. Every match can be reviewed on video. A violation on the footage counts even if the referee missed it, and the points are still assigned. A team with 25 points or more cannot host a playoff game.

Swearing or profanity directed at an opponent, coach, referee, or fan
1–3 · Yellow card. Severe or repeated, red card.
Post-play altercation, verbal
2–4 · Yellow or red, by severity.
Post-play altercation, physical — fight, shove, or strike
5 · Immediate red card.
Bench player enters the court, fewer than 3 steps, not a substitution
2 · Immediate yellow card.
Bench player enters the court, more than 3 steps
5 · Immediate red card.
Coach enters the court more than 3 steps
5 · Immediate red card, leaves the technical area, suspended for the next FCS fixture.
Refuses to leave after a red card
10 · Suspended for the rest of the season.
Unregistered person in the technical area or on the bench
5 · That person is suspended for the next game. The team takes 5 points.