{"id":154873,"date":"2021-03-15T06:02:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=154873"},"modified":"2021-03-15T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:31:58","slug":"dr-football-to-compete-in-olympic-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/15\/dr-football-to-compete-in-olympic-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"DR football to compete in Olympic qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"570\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Concacaf-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Concacaf-logo.png 570w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Concacaf-logo-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican football team will compete to qualify for a slot in the Japan Olympic Games during the 15th edition of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican team roster is:<br>Goalkeepers: Johan Snick Guzman de los Santos and Alessandro Baroni, Daniel Campana<br>Defenders: Joao Urbaez, Jose de la Cruz, Brian Lopez, Alejandro Jimenez, Edarlyn Reyes, Lean Torres, Sebastian Ma\u00f1\u00f3n<br>Midfielders: Fabian Messina, Gerard Lavergne, Edison Azcona, Kelvin Martinez<br>Forwards: Erick Paniagua, Nowend Lorenzo, Dorney Romero, Juan Pineda and Rafael Mata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matches will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico from 18 to 30 March. The group stage play will take place at the Jalisco and Akron Stadiums, between 18-25 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After round-robin play, the first and second place finishers in each group will advance to the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both semifinal matches will be played on 28 March, at the Jalisco Stadium. The semifinal winners will qualify for the final of this competition and also earn a spot to represent their country at the Men\u2019s Olympic Football Tournament at the Tokyo Summer Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 March at the Akron Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico that hosted the 2011 Pan American Games football tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule for the group stage is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 18 March \u2013 Jalisco Stadium<br>17:30\/15:30 USA vs Costa Rica<br>20:00\/18:00 Mexico vs Dominican Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, 19 March  \u2013 Jalisco Stadium<br>15:30\/13:30 Honduras vs Haiti<br>18:00\/16:00 Canada vs El Salvador<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, 21 March \u2013 Akron Stadium<br>19:00\/17:00 Dominican Republic vs USA<br>21:30\/19:30 Costa Rica vs Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, 22 March \u2013 Akron Stadium<br>18:00\/16:00 Haiti vs Canada<br>20:30\/18:30 El Salvador vs Honduras<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, 24 March \u2013 Jalisco Stadium<br>19:00\/17:00 Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic<br>21:30\/19:30 Mexico vs USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 25 March \u2013 Jalisco Stadium<br>19:00\/17:00 El Salvador vs Haiti<br>21:30\/19:30 Honduras vs Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semifinals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, 28 March \u2013 Jalisco Stadium<br>18:00\/16:00 1B vs 2A<br>21:00\/19:00 1A vs 2B<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, 30 March \u2013 Akron Stadium<br>21:00\/19:00 Winner Semifinal 1 vs Winner Semifinal 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concacaf.com\/olympics-qualifying-men\/article\/2020-concacaf-men-s-olympic-qualifying-final-rosters-confirmed\">Concacaf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/14\/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-qualifying-rounds-to-be-played-in-the-dr\/\">DR1 News &#8211; FIFA World Cup Qatar qualifiers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2021\/03\/14\/club-football-to-continue-with-tournaments-in-dr-and-curacao\/\">DR1 News &#8211; Caribbean Club Football <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15 March 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican football team will compete to qualify for a slot in the Japan Olympic Games during the 15th edition of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf). The Dominican team roster is:Goalkeepers: Johan Snick Guzman de los Santos and Alessandro Baroni, Daniel CampanaDefenders: Joao Urbaez, Jose de la Cruz, Brian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/03\/15\/dr-football-to-compete-in-olympic-qualifier\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154873"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154986,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154873\/revisions\/154986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}