FIFA mission visits to inspect advances for U-17 FIFA World Cup

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A visiting mission for the International Football Association (FIFA) confirmed that Santo Domingo and Santiago will be the two venues for the celebration in the Dominican Republic of a FIFA World Cup. The U-17 will take place from 16 October to 3 November 2024 at the Estadio Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo and the Cibao Universitario in Santiago.

Soccer fields in La Vega, Moca, Panamericano in San Cristobal, Parque del Este in Santo Domingo East, Alterna Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo, Baranquita in Santiago and the Parque Central in Santiago will be used for team warmups.

The visiting FIFA officials were Jaime Yarza, director general of FIFA tournaments, Marina San Miguel, director of Junior FIFA tournaments, and Rodolfo Villalobos, representative of UNCAF before the FIFA Executive Board. Also participating in the meetings were for the...

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The fact that FIFA recognized and approved the DR as a host for this awesome event just shows how the country is advancing in so many areas. This creates great opportunities for young ladies, in particular, our young ladies here in the DR. Anyone who watched the last Women's World Cup would have witnessed some amazing football and the English women's team (The Lionesses) were so much better than the mens team when they were competing in the World Cup! It wasn't that long ago that the majority of people you saw kicking a ball around in the DR were the Haitians as they are huge football fans but over let's say the last 10 years so many Dominican kids have taken to the sport and there are now some great clubs all over the country. My daughter played at one of the local clubs in Sosua and she had so much fun, especially when playing away games. Football will never be as popular as baseball here, but around the country you see more and more football pitches and it is good to see kids of all ages, both boys and girls, getting out there and enjoying other sports.