National Team Will Face Dominican Republic
The Bermuda National Football team will face Dominican Republic on June 4th, in Round 2 of the CFU Caribbean Cup. Bermuda has until May 19th in which to officially provide, in writing to the CFU Secretariat an alternate neutral venue for the match which is to be held within the CONCACAF region.
A BFA spokesperson said, “Following a meeting in Mexico City during the occasion of the FIFA /CONCACAF Congress between the Caribbean Football Union President, General Secretary, Chairman of the Competitions Committee, Director of Competitions and officials from French Guiana, Dominican Republic and Bermuda FA it was decided that the following will apply with regards to the playing of the group matches, in particular, the match involving Bermuda vs Dominican Republic:
- 1. The Bermuda vs Dominican Republic game will be played as per the original schedule on June 4th.
- 2. All other fixtures will remain as per the original schedule.
- 3. Bermuda has a maximum of seven [7] days [May 19th] in which to officially provide, in writing to the CFU Secretariat an alternate neutral venue for the match on June 4th.
- 4. This neutral venue is to be within the CONCACAF region ONLY.
“The above decisions were taken after both French Guiana and Dominican Republic would not agree with the CFU’s previous decision to change the schedule to allow the match between Bermuda and Dominican Republic to be played on June 7th in Bermuda instead of June 4th.
“The CFU officials informed the meeting that the decision to amend the schedule was taken incorrectly as a result of the Bermuda National Sports Centre being unavailable on the originally scheduled date.
“The BFA also considered other venues in Bermuda but they were either unavailable or do not meet minimum standards to host a full international “A” match.”
And we play both games away. Bravo BFA! Excellent organisation!
Did you read the article Numb nuts? Please enlighten us with what the BFA could have done in this case.
Wow!!!! How are we to support our national team and witness our overseas players in action. What’s happening at the NSC that takes precedent over a qualifying match for our national sport????