{"id":181592,"date":"2022-07-04T05:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T09:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=181592"},"modified":"2022-07-04T06:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T10:46:35","slug":"what-a-wonderful-week-for-dominican-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/07\/04\/what-a-wonderful-week-for-dominican-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"What a wonderful week for Dominican soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A movie script could be made of the events in Honduras this past week. A young and generally inexperienced team of Dominican soccer players, members of the U-20 national team, were vying for a spot in the FIFA World U-20 Championship. To punch that ticket they needed to defeat Jamaica in San Pedro Sula, Honduras where the Concacaf U-20 Championships was held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the quarter-finals, the Dominican team defeated Jamaica, 1-0, and so the team got the ticket to the FIFA World U-20 Championship. This is the first world event ever for a Dominican football team. It culminates over 55 years of frustration and is the result of a concerted effort to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Mexican commentator said a few years ago, when the Cibao F.C. played Guadalajara, that the DR would become an emerging worldclass player. That day has come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After winning the game against Jamaica, the Dominican side faced Guatemala in the semi-finals, with a ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics in play. They won that game 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie at the end of the golden score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dominican Republic then matched the United States in the finals. The US would win the 2022 Concacaf Men\u2019s Under-20 Championship for a third straight time, defeating the Dominican Republic 6-0 in the CMU20 Final on Sunday night, 3 July 2022, at the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 July 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A movie script could be made of the events in Honduras this past week. A young and generally inexperienced team of Dominican soccer players, members of the U-20 national team, were vying for a spot in the FIFA World U-20 Championship. To punch that ticket they needed to defeat Jamaica in San Pedro Sula, Honduras … <\/p>\n

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