Football: I need information about DR-football!
 

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To everyone in the Dominican Republic who knows more about a forgotten sport in this country:
Some weeks ago I went to a football/soccer game between Dominican Republic and Anguilla (which is part of G.B. as far as I know:P), which was the 2nd qualification-game for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
I had to pay a "redicously high" price of TWENTY (20) pesos for a ticket, which turned out to be a ticket of the PanAm-Games 2003.
Before the game started I counted at least 300 visitors, however, 20 of them were part of the Cuban football-team which had to play a few days later against DR, and 30 more were from the FIFA-committee.
The game was ok, Dominican Republic played better than I expected, and won 6-0 against a 13.000-inhabitants island with no defense and a desastrous substitude-goalie.
However, after the game I began to ask myself how the Dominican football system, league, or associaton, works. Besides, I'm interested in playing in a team, and I really don't know how the national team finds its players, or better, "where do they come from". I heard about a league, and some teams, but never anything official. There WAS an official homepage of the Dominican Football Association which now turns out to be a french game-homepage (a fake). I was looking for "equipos; Liga; futbol" etc. etc. in combination with Republica Dominicana - and I found NADA.
So I'm asking you people - Is there anyone able to find a homepage about football in DR, any adresses, or a list of teams, leagues, players, etc... in the Dominican Republic? Is it possible for me as a foreign citizen to play in any national league?
I want to collect information and maybe find an answer for my questions.
Thanks,
PKA

Dominican football
 

Im asking the same thing you are. Wundering if you found any info, Ive tried to but I cant.

Football for fun
 

Not sure we are discussing the same thing but i would love to play some (casual - you sound pretty pro!) football here for exercise and fun. I have gotten a few (well 3) people gathered all expats sofar, but hope to have Dominicans too soon. I was planning to post here for more members for some casual football.
Looks like at least a 7-a-side could be possible and a friend is currently checking for possible fields.
Anybody interested can just post it here and will follow up when know a bit more! Cheers! FF

The DR plays world cup qualifying futbol??????

I would also like to know more about this.

What are the links to the newspaper sports pages, please.

Dominican Football was pretty much
 

Flushed down the toilet in 1975.
An idiot, Enrique Marchena, banned the universities from competing in the First Division that, at the time has5 teams from higher education isntitutions and two more pending.

That move pretty much destroyed the league. I mean, who wants to root for a "Bancreditcard? team.

The basic rivalries were smashed at the same time since the local clubs of Moca, LaVega and Villa Tapia had nothing to offer their young prospects, since the universities had cut out their scholarship programs.

What has evolved over the years is a semi-pro cercuit of mediocre playing and even less professional guidance.

Even Monte Llano had a team in one of the championships. The universities don't have teams anymore, at least that matter.

Sorry, but the sad situation may or may not be fixable.

At one time we had España, supported by the Spanish colony in Santo Domingo; Refor, supported by the Reformatory in San Cristobal and their Father "Epi"a true saint!,and a great Spaniard, Rosendo Sepúlva, the UASD, the UNPHU, a team from Haina, a team called Aurora, developed by Fortunato Quispe Mendoza a Bolivian labor leader that came here in the early 60s to "organize labor unions." The Spanish colony in San Pedro had a team, so did San Francisco de Macoris, Villa Tapia, Moca, La VEga, the UCMM (now the PUCMM) and ISA. Games were attended by thousands, and we filled the Quisqueya ball park to see Cerro de Montevideo play our national team (which lost 1-2). We hadclose to 10,000 attend a game in the Estadio Cibao to see the same team play the UCMM national champs.. 20,000 came to see Pelé and the NY Cosmos play Violet from Haiti. The national champions participated in the Concacaf Tournament of Champions in Suriman, and played in Curacao, Puerto Rico and Haiti. YOu could say that we were a few years away from a very serious professional circuit, much like Mexico or Chile or Equador...:(:(

At one time there were 54 junior teams in the Northwest: from La Herradura to Villa Vasquez there were football pitches. Santiago and Santo domingo along with Moca and La Vega had Second Division teams that played locally and then had a national playoff.

You might find some place to play, if you look...Good luck, it is a great sport.

HB :(

When I was a student in INTEC, back in the pleistocene, the university had a football team. They used to practice in the UNPHU field. I don't know how they are doing now.

I know that there are some expats and locals playing football regularly here, mostly for the work out (and post-game beers). I'll see what I can find out from the two people I know that play(ed?) football in this group.

I have heard of at least 2 places in Santo Domingo, where they play football. One of them is in the School San Judas Tadeo, Naco. Mostly south and central americans, and some dominicans too gather every sunday to play futbol, they make inter country matches. They play from 9:00 am to 12:00 m. I have not gone yet... I would like to go and check them out... err.. to appreciate their futbol skills of course...

The other place is around the dominican fiesta hotel, I have not information about the location, but I can post tomorrow.

Hope it helps.

Jess

Casual football
 

Hi Jess and Pib,
thanks! everything you can add of info wil help! Cheers, FF

I Work With A Member Of The Dominican "FIFA" Admin.
 

He went to Korea for the "CUP",and last year to a meeting in Europe.Let me see if he wants to be an "Information Source" for your questions. CCCCCCCCCC

Soccer
 

I would like to play ... let me know when and where
i used to play in Loyola High School and Babeque School on sundays

would be nice to have a match


See ya

Robb