The Men’s Senior National Football Team had a terrible day at the office as they suffered a major setback in their bid to remain in League B of the Concacaf Nation’s League following their heavy defeat to Group D Leaders, the Dominican Republic Saturday night.
Dominica lost the first leg against the Dominican Republic 2-nil back in the September round of matches in Antigua, and with the added reinforcements for the November Window, Coach Ellington Sabin was hoping for a change in fortunes as the two teams met at the Stadium Cibao FC in the Dominican Republic Saturday.
It was the home team taking the early advantage as Dorny Romero put the Dominican Republic in the lead in the 13th minute of play.
Despite being a goal down the National Team continued to weather the wave of attacks from the home team and eventually got themselves back into the game thanks to a moment of brilliance from Travist Joseph.
The DFA premier league’s leading scorer netted a stunner as he cut in from the left flank and blasted one into the top corner beating the diving goal keeper, Xavier Valdez, in the 30th minute of play.
The celebrations were short-lived as the Dominican Republic took the lead once more 7 minutes later as Heinz Morschel put the home team up 2-1 heading into the half-time break.
The Dominican Republic then got 4 more unanswered goals in the 2nd half as they took the match 6-1.
The 5-goal defeat has dealt the Men’s National Football Team a serious blow in their bid to remain in League B. Dominica currently sits in 3rd place in Group D, heading into their final match with Antigua.
Dominica has a 3-point advantage over Antigua and must avoid a defeat in their last match if they are to remain in League B and avoid relegation to League C.
Dominica plays Antigua at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19th in the Dominican Republic.
Below are videos of interviews with the coach of the National Team, Ellington Sabin, and captain Glenson Prince and some pictures of the match.
Video and photo credit: Garvin Richards.
what is the Minister for sports ,or even the Dominican football Association doing to develop the Dominica men’s football team? How many players in the national team play in Europe? How many play in America, or even south America? To develop the men’s and even the woman game we need someone with links and connections to get 3 or even 4 players the opportunity to play abroad even in the lower leagues of Europe or the Americas and grow from there .Then you will see the speed of development in football ⚽️ terms move very quickly . the whole country will benefit trust me on that.