Next round of the Caribbean Cup

There were many surprises in the past rounds of the Caribbean Cup, due to the good performance of teams like Saint Kits and Antigua and Barbuda which each defeated what were seen as a stronger teams like the Dominican Republic which was placed 5th at the last Caribbean Cup. The Caribbean Cup this time around  will provide the 5th place team a chance to battle the 5th place team from the Central American Cup, for a chance to go to the Concacaf Gold Cup, and a chance to go to the World Cup 2018. 

A More Experienced Dominican Team

Almost three years ago at Cuscatlan Stadium the Salvadoran Football team defeated in a contested game a less experienced Dominican team with a score of 3 to 2 and erased all Dominican  hopes of advancing to the next stages for the  first time ever. On Saturday the 30th of August these two teams will face each other in a game that Dominican fans consider a chance to get even. Since the last two games were very contested the match on Saturday may prove to be a very evenly matched one since the Salvadoran team will be a very different one from that of 3 years ago with many young local players. On the other hand the Dominican team is the same one albeit with more experience.

Dominican Republic VS El Salvador

On the 30th of  August the Dominican  Republic and El Salvador will play a friendly match in El Salvadors Cuscatlan stadium, which will help them prepare for their respective upcoming competitions in September. In 2011 El Salvador defeated the Dominican squad twice with 3-2 and 2-1, which diminished the Dominican dreams of going to the world cup. This friendly match will serve as a way to measure both squads growth in these past three years after their last encounter.

Barcelona FC VS Atletico Madrid

The two Spanish titans stand with a 1-1  score at minute 52. Barsa has had many chances at goal with Atletico also in the fight. Atletico lost 2 players at the beginning of the game due to injuries.

Dominican Republic & Indonesia tie 1-1 in friendly match .

The Dominican Republic ties 1-1 in their friendly match against Indonesia. The Dominican squad played mostly an aerial game with long passes. The Dominican squad dominated the game ¾ of the time, and by the end of the math, the Indonesian team made many dangerous shots at the Dominican arch, until Kervin Rodrigues committed a penalty against an Indonesian player. Wellington Agramonte the Dominican goal keeper was beaten at the penalty shot by Tuasalamony at the 85th, which enabled Indonesia to tie the game.

DR Players: Agramonte; Ledesma. Danco, Martìnez, Acevedo; Heinz, Marcel, Samuel, Faña, Kerbi y Peralta. En la segunda mitad, actuaron tambièn Flores, Nùñez, Ozuna y Roni.


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Racism in Football

Much has changed since the old days, when football fans would touch Pele’s skin and smell it to verify if he was indeed of African descent, and not an impostor. Last week when an expectator at a stadium threw a banana at Brazilian Barcelona Football player Dany Alves, we were reminded that much must be done to eradicate racism that is still alive in the so called first world countries. The person that threw the banana at Alves was banned from VillaReal’s stadium for life which is a step in the right direction, and at least in Spain, fans will think twice before committing racist acts at sport venues.

Dominican Republic VS Indonesia

The Dominican Republic will face Indonesia at the Manahan stadium in Surakarta In Central Java on the 15^th of this month of May, in what may be the only friendly game before the Dominican Republic faces other nations at  the Caribbean Cup next September. It is rumored that the Indonesian team will be made up of mostly U23 Football players from this densely populated Asian nation,  that ranks 152nd according to the FIFA world ranking. The Dominican Republic currently is ranked  126^th, in part due to a lack of official games since the last friendly game against Costa Rica in 2013 was not taken into consideration due to mistakes on the part of the Dominican Football Federation’s lack of preparation, such as wrong lettering on uniforms worn by the Dominican players among other mistakes.