{"id":106879,"date":"2026-02-05T04:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dr-kicks-off-in-2026-concacaf-u-17-qualifiers-schedule-and-roster\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T04:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:57:56","slug":"dr-kicks-off-in-2026-concacaf-u-17-qualifiers-schedule-and-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dr-kicks-off-in-2026-concacaf-u-17-qualifiers-schedule-and-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Kicks Off in 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers: Schedule and Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dominican Republic Debuts in Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Dominican Republic U-17 team begins its participation in the Concacaf Qualifiers this Thursday, February 5th. The team will face Saint Kitts and Nevis at 2:00 PM at the Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.\n\nThis qualifying tournament has eight groups, and the winners of each will advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026.\n\nDominican Republic is part of Group F, along with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the United States.\n\nThe Dominican Republic national team&#8217;s schedule continues on Saturday, February 7th at 3:00 PM against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The closing of the group stage, which could define the pass to the World Cup, will be against the United States on Tuesday, February 10th at 2:00 PM. Both matches will be played at Arnos Vale Stadium.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sedof\u00fatbol Under-17 Call<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The team led by coach Edward Acevedo has the following players:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Aidan Betances (New York Red Bulls \u2013 USA), David Rosario (SD Colonial \u2013 RD) and Ian Herrera (Barca Academy \u2013 RD).<\/li><li><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Daniel Fern\u00e1ndez (Cibao FC \u2013 RD), C\u00e9sar Mena (Escuela Bauger \u2013 RD), Chaiel Gonz\u00e1lez (Atl\u00e9tico Los Villanos \u2013 RD), Gabriel Florentino (Inter Miami CF \u2013 USA), Alejandro L\u00f3pez (Rayo Vallecano \u2013 Spain) and Marcos Castillo (Barca Academy \u2013 RD).<\/li><li><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Jorge Valenzuela (Barca Academy \u2013 RD), Miguel Mu\u00f1oz (Cibao FC \u2013 RD), Marc Garc\u00eda (RCD Espanyol \u2013 Spain), Byron Matias (FC Chur 97 &#8211; Switzerland), Adri\u00e1n Jaquez (CD Legan\u00e9s \u2013 Spain) and Junior Arias (Del Este FC \u2013 RD).<\/li><li><strong>Forwards:<\/strong> Jarol Ramos (Jarabacoa FC \u2013 RD), Justin G\u00f3mez (FC San Isidro \u2013 RD), Kamil Castillo (DC United \u2013 USA), Luis Almonte (Barca Academy \u2013 RD), Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez (PDA &#8211; USA) and Jos\u00e9 Lu\u00eds Mej\u00eda (Rayo Vallecano \u2013 Spain).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe selection concentrated in Santo Domingo last week, finishing its preparation on Sunday with a training match against the Sedof\u00fatbol Sub-20, composed of local players. Previously, the team carried out several preparation modules since mid-2025.\n\nThe team traveled last Monday to focus on their first match in the pre-qualifier.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican Republic Debuts in Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers The Dominican Republic U-17 team begins its participation in the Concacaf Qualifiers this Thursday, February 5th. The team will face Saint Kitts and Nevis at 2:00 PM at the Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This qualifying tournament has eight groups, and the winners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[3388,1271,10455,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-106879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-concacaf","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-u-17","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}