{"id":83562,"date":"2025-11-20T17:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/byron-matias-son-of-alofoke-called-up-to-the-dominican-republic-u-17-national-team\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T21:19:30","slug":"byron-matias-son-of-alofoke-called-up-to-the-dominican-republic-u-17-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/byron-matias-son-of-alofoke-called-up-to-the-dominican-republic-u-17-national-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Mat\u00edas, son of Alofoke, called up to the Dominican Republic U-17 National Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Byron Mat\u00edas, Son of Santiago Mat\u00edas, Called Up to the Dominican Republic U-17 National Team<\/h2>\n\nThe young soccer player Byron Mat\u00edas, son of the renowned producer and businessman Santiago Mat\u00edas, has been officially called up to join the training sessions of the Dominican Republic’s Under-17 National Team. This call represents a significant milestone in his budding sports career.\n\nWith only 16 years old, Byron returns to the country from Europe to take on the challenge of representing his nation in one of the most crucial training processes in Dominican football.\n\n\n

I am a happy dad. There is no prize or project that compares to seeing a child build their own path. This is above all else.<\/p>Santiago Mat\u00edas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSantiago Mat\u00edas shared the news on his social media, expressing his pride and joy for this achievement of his son.\n\nByron, of Dominican-Swiss descent, has demonstrated his talent through discipline and dedication. His incorporation into the national team is not only a personal achievement, but also an act of identity and pride in competing for his family’s country of origin.\n\nThe call-up to the U-17 National Team gives Byron the opportunity to participate in high-level training, international competitions, and to be seen by international clubs and scouts. For the young player, this means the consolidation of a dream that began a while ago.\n\nIn recent years, Dominican soccer has shown remarkable progress in its development. The U-17 team has had outstanding performances in Concacaf tournaments, demonstrating the progress of the youth system of the Dominican Football Federation.\n\nCurrently, the Under-17 selection is intensely preparing for the upcoming Concacaf 2025 qualifiers, with a renewed focus that includes greater investment in infrastructure and the recruitment of new talent. The arrival of a player with European experience like Byron Mat\u00edas strengthens the team.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Byron Mat\u00edas, Son of Santiago Mat\u00edas, Called Up to the Dominican Republic U-17 National Team The young soccer player Byron Mat\u00edas, son of the renowned producer and businessman Santiago Mat\u00edas, has been officially called up to join the training sessions of the Dominican Republic’s Under-17 National Team. This call represents a significant milestone in his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[10454,1271,2123,10455],"class_list":{"0":"post-83562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-byron-matias","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-u-17"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83562","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=83562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}