Goku de la Boca Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 They just convinced Junior FIrpo and Konrad de la Fuente of Marseille to play for them, also that Mariano Diaz and Pablo Rosario may be convinced. They are doing another scouting job like Jamaica. Fair play, with Mexico, USA and Canada going automatically they will be big candidates to go to the next World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 Always felt that they focused primarily on tourism and hospitality way more over football. When I went there it was Baseball that was the big thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Just now, Cicero said: Always felt that they focused primarily on tourism and hospitality way more over football. When I went there it was Baseball that was the big thing. Baseball is massive there and they are also superb at making music, but they have a scout named Elimelec who I'm actually friends with and he has done a superb job. Found so many US/Spanish based Dominicans at youth level in which essentially got them to a U20 World Cup. Football is growing there because I think they learned it's the big international sport. Will it ever overtake baseball like what happened in Venezuela? Probably not, but they have some good players in Europe that will undoubtedly make them a better national team. Firpo, Mariano Diaz, Konrad de la Fuente, Pablo Rosario, Raul de Tomas and Kevin Paredes. I think the only one no longer eligible is De Tomas having played 4 times for Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goku de la Boca Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Canada has hockey as the big sport and a small population and they've become very good. I do think the comparison is valid. Canada receives a lot of immigrants, where as Dominican Republic has a lot of emigrants. New York has about 1 million Dominicans which is an 8th of it's population, mostly all in the Bronx. Germany, Spain and Italy also has a shit ton of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieM90 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I read that they are also trying to bring in Peter González. He was born in Spain to Dominican parents. He represented the Dominican Republic U15s in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieM90 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 It looks like the Dominican Republic were able to bring in Peter Federico for their Olympic team. They also brought in Óscar Ureña. In their first game, they drew 0-0 with Egypt. In their second game they lost 3-1 to Spain. Their next game is against Uzbekistan. I think them even making the Olympics is a big accomplishment. I expected the USA to be there but not the Dominican Republic. I am surprised they made it over Mexico and Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieM90 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 On another note, it must have been a crazy experience for some of the Dominican Republic players to play against Spain at the Olympics. Especially since some of their players like Peter Federico and Óscar Ureña were born and raised in Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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