National Men’s Football Team Suffers Defeat In Final World Cup Qualifier

Dominica suffers defeat to Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – A tough night for the Senior Men’s

National Football Team, as they were on the wrong end of a beat down going

down to the Dominican Republic in their final match in the Concacaf

Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday at the Felix Sanchez

Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo.

Dominica entered the match of the heels of an emphatic 3-nil win over the

British Virgin Islands the week before at Windsor Park, but it was the home

team that dominated the match from the get go.

The Dominican Republic who are preparing to face Mexico this weekend in

the Gold Cup showed their class as the jumped to the early lead and never

looked back.

The Dominica team were down 4-nil at half time.

Coach Ellington Sabin made some tactical adjustments and Dominica came

out a better team in the 2nd half, but the damage was already done.

The boys from the Nature Isle went down 5-nil in the end.

The home team dominated the game with 65.9% of the possession,

compared to Dominica’s 34.1%.

They also managed 38 attempts at goal with 18 shots on target compared to

Dominica’s 4 total shots on goal.

The loss meant that Dominica finished 4th in Group E on 3 points.

The Group was won by Jamaica who ended with 12 points, Guatemala

finished 2nd on 9 points, the Dominican Republic 3rd on 6 points, Dominica

4th on 3 points and the BVI 5th on 0 points.

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