{"id":236359,"date":"2025-05-26T06:19:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=236359"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:11:06","slug":"cibao-fc-claims-football-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/05\/26\/cibao-fc-claims-football-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cibao FC claims Football Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cibao-FC-campeon-El-Nacional-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236426\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cibao-FC-campeon-El-Nacional-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cibao-FC-campeon-El-Nacional-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cibao-FC-campeon-El-Nacional-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cibao-FC-campeon-El-Nacional.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cibao FC has been crowned once more the champion of the Dominican Football League (LDF) Cup Tournament, following a narrow 1-0 victory over Delfines del Este in the return leg final held at the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) university stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only goal of the match came from forward Carlos Ventura, who capitalized on a precise cross from right-back Edwarlyn Reyes in the 90th minute to secure the win for Cibao FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reporterd, the game was intense and evenly matched throughout, with the decisive moment coming in the dying seconds of the encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the awards ceremony, the match officials \u2014Randy Encarnaci\u00f3n, Raymundo Feliz, Jos\u00e9 Bare, and Jos\u00e9 Corpor\u00e1n\u2014 were recognized for their outstanding performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Atl\u00e1ntico FC from Puerto Plata received the Fair Play Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the individual awards, Delfines del Este goalkeeper Pedro Espinal, who conceded just six goals in fifteen matches, was highlighted. Cibao FC&#8217;s Colombian striker Rivaldo Correa was named top scorer with nine goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Ventura, the match-winner, was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delfines del Este finished as runners-up, notable for their strong defensive display throughout the competition, conceding only six goals in the entire tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this victory, Cibao FC has secured a spot in the 2026 Caribbean Cup organized by CONCACAF, as champions of the 2025 LDF Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next LDF season is scheduled to start in early August of this year and will run until May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/cibao-fc-es-el-club-mas-exitoso-de-rd\/\">El Nacional <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cibao FC has been crowned once more the champion of the Dominican Football League (LDF) Cup Tournament, following a narrow 1-0 victory over Delfines del Este in the return leg final held at the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) university stadium. The only goal of the match came from forward Carlos Ventura, who &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/05\/26\/cibao-fc-claims-football-championship\/\" 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":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236359"}],"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=236359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236428,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236359\/revisions\/236428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}