Dominican football enters important week

[Dolores]

Two teams form the Dominican Football League will vie for very important spots in the Caribbean Cup championship series this week.

Moca FC, will face off against Real Hope FA, from Ouanaminthe, Haiti, in two matches that will determine the third place in the championship standings.

The first match will be played in the Cibao FC Stadium on the campus of the Pontifical Catholic University Mater et Magistra in Santiago. The second match will be played in Moca, at the local Moca85 Stadium.

In Jamaica, the number one team, Cibao FC, will face Cavalier FC at the National Stadium in Kingston on Tuesday, and then receive the Jamaican team in their stadium on the PUCMM campus on 3 December.

The winner of these matches will be crowned the Best Team in the Caribbean and go directly to the quarterfinals of the 2025 Champions Cup.

The second and third place teams will...

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[Gadfly]

Is soccer called football here ?

 

[Chismoso]

It's called football in every country in the world bar one, who's name I can't remember .............

 

[Big]

it's a consolation sport for those that are not physically equipped to excel in real football, baseball and basketball.

 

[JLSawmam]

I would challenge any baseball player to run as much as soccer players (excluding the goalkeepers). 90 feet from base to base, and rarely do they need to go all out for an "inside the park" home run, Different sports, different skill sets

 

[Big]

I would challenge any baseball player to run as much as soccer players (excluding the goalkeepers). 90 feet from base to base, and rarely do they need to go all out for an "inside the park" home run, Different sports, different skill sets

Soccer requires zero hand eye coordination. Zero. My home country, Soccer was king. However I would rather watch paint dry.

 

[Gadfly]

It's called football in every country in the world bar one, who's name I can't remember .............

Surely you can’t be serious

 

[Gadfly]

Map shows which countries call it 'football' and which call it 'soccer'

What people all over the world call the beautiful game.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[slowmo]

Maybe I missed it but they mentioned who, what, where and why, but the when seems to be hard to find.

 

[bob saunders]

Soccer requires zero hand eye coordination. Zero. My home country, Soccer was king. However I would rather watch paint dry.

Requires eye foot coordination, and absolute control of your body. Both my sons and stepson played soccer, hockey, basketball, and took Taekwondo. They all said playing soccer improved their hockey abilities. None of them were good enough for the pros but they did play rep soccer and hockey. My nephews are playing Lacrosse, and they are both really good at it. They also played soccer when younger. Good sport for learning teamwork.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Surely you can’t be serious

Be careful. He gets upset when you call him Shirley.

 

[NALs]

Is soccer called football here ?

Yeah, like in all countries except the USA (maybe Canada too.)

The DR football stafiums are wuite pathetic (I’m aware the LDF is on the new side.) The Yale Bowl* in New Haven, which is outdated but was the biggest in the world for American football when it was inaugurated, is heads over heels ahead of them.

* Yes, a stadium dedicated to American football, but I think not much is required to make it into a football (soccer) stadium. LDF stadiums would advanced quite a lot by copying that wherever there is a football team in the DR. Just saying…

 

[M4kintosh]

The DR football stafiums are wuite pathetic (I’m aware the LDF is on the new side.)

Let me update you on the memo of the recent improvements. FIFA approved stadiums in DR:

Cibao FC

Olímpico Félix Sánchez (OyM, Pantoja)

Moca 85 (Moca FC)

 

[NALs]

That’s what I’m referring to. The Dominican football stadiums to be desired. Compare them to the LIDOM baseball stadium.

Also, Dominican football stadiums tended to be built many years ago for non-football things. Take the second one as an example. That’s the Olimpic Stadium in Centro Olímpico. That was built by Balaguer in the 1970’s I think for the Panamerican Games not as a football stadium.

Compare with an outdated one…

Spoiler

 

[M4kintosh]

That’s what I’m referring to. The Dominican football stadiums to be desired. Compare them to the LIDOM baseball stadium.

Also, Dominican football stadiums tended to be built many years ago for non-football things. Take the second one as an example. That’s the Olimpic Stadium in Centro Olímpico. That was built by Balaguer in the 1970’s I think for the Panamerican Games not as a football stadium.

Compare with an outdated one…

Spoiler

The LIDOM stadiums are having a bad time lately because of bad maintenance and loads of problems with drainage, except the Micheli at La Romana.

Juego de Toros y Gigantes pospuesto por lluvia

El encuentra pertenecía al partido número 16 de los Gigantes en su casa, es el tercero que se suspende esta ciudad y el cuarto en la temporada.

lidom.com

Primer Águilas-Licey suspendido por lluvias en cinco años

La decisión el árbitro principal Eduard Pinales fue tomada luego de esperar el tiempo reglamentario para que las condiciones del tiempo mejoraran sobre la capital dominicana.

lidom.com

Las fuertes lluvias provocan que LIDOM suspenda jornada de partidos

SANTO DOMINGO.- La Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana (LIDOM) informo sobre la suspensión de los partidos programados

ntelemicro.com

The all 3 soccer/football stadiums were renovated and by the World Cup that was held last month (U17). I was at 3 games and I'm surprised by the change and no delays on rain (and renovated drainage) on both Cibao and Olimpico.

And now with heavy investment from renowed businesspeople, DR football is having a boom that will surpass baseball in a couple of years.

 

[NALs]

The LIDOM stadiums are having a bad time lately because of bad maintenance and loads of problems with drainage, except the Micheli at La Romana.

Juego de Toros y Gigantes pospuesto por lluvia

El encuentra pertenecía al partido número 16 de los Gigantes en su casa, es el tercero que se suspende esta ciudad y el cuarto en la temporada.

lidom.com

Primer Águilas-Licey suspendido por lluvias en cinco años

La decisión el árbitro principal Eduard Pinales fue tomada luego de esperar el tiempo reglamentario para que las condiciones del tiempo mejoraran sobre la capital dominicana.

lidom.com

Las fuertes lluvias provocan que LIDOM suspenda jornada de partidos

SANTO DOMINGO.- La Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana (LIDOM) informo sobre la suspensión de los partidos programados

ntelemicro.com

The all 3 soccer/football stadiums were renovated and by the World Cup that was held last month (U17). I was at 3 games and I'm surprised by the change and no delays on rain (and renovated drainage) on both Cibao and Olimpico.

And now with heavy investment from renowed businesspeople, DR football is having a boom that will surpass baseball in a couple of years.

That’s the point. Go into a LIDOM stadium and they are more impressive than those of LDF (except the one in Centro Olímpico but that wasn’t originally built for football). Most LIDOM stadiums are old, they were built in Trujillo’s time. Now the Yale Bowl I mentioned before is older than all the LIDOM baseball stadiums, let alone those of LDF. Going there, despite it’s outdated, is a much more impressive experience than going to the LDF stadiums (minus the one in Centro Olímpico). Old and outdated and still more impressive. The LIDOM stadiums for the most part are very old and have problems, yet continue to impress more than LDF’s.

Then comes comparing LDF football stadiums with professional football stadiums such as Mexico or Colombia’s among other countries.