DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The president of the Dominican Football Federation (Fedofutbol), Rubén García and Arturo Heinsen, secretary-general of the Dominican Football League (LDF) say that the growth of soccer in the Dominican Republic is a reality. The efforts to build the sport are evident. The Dominican under 20 team, ranked 23rd of 41 countries, last week won the recent U20 championship and slots to compete in the 2023 Santiago de Chile Pan American Games and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

García and Heinsen, in an interview with El Caribe, highlighted several of the key points in the local development of the sport in the last few years. They say soccer in the Dominican Republic is living its best moment with the two historic qualifiers, first to the U20 World Cup and then to the Paris Olympic Games, confirming the sport has reached unexpected levels.

The Dominican Football League...