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Zurich.– The Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Surinam will not be allowed to host World Cup qualifiers because their stadiums do not meet FIFA's new stadium standards.

FIFA, soccer's governing body, said Friday the first-round qualifiers for those teams will now be one game instead of the home-and-home, total-goals series originally called for in the format for the North and Central American and Caribbean region.

CONCACAF deputy secretary general Ted Howard said the new standards deal with safety, security and quality.

The Dominican Republic will play at Puerto Rico in late March and the U.S. Virgin Islands will play at Grenada. The match between Montserrat and Surinam will be played at Trinidad and Tobago.

Qualifying in the region begins Feb. 3, when Bermuda hosts the Cayman Islands.

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3 comment(s)
Written by: josean, 13 Jan 2008 10:20 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Ah, but we have a Metro!
Written by: jmzlp12, 13 Jan 2008 8:53 PM
From: United States, Larchmont
Yes and a very nice one too!!
Written by: JRRubirosa, 14 Jan 2008 10:50 PM
From: United States, Port Washington, LI (New York)
To josean: It will be operating in February, We already have the cars or wagons..
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