{"id":470517,"date":"2025-06-07T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemala-comes-back-and-eliminates-the-dominican-republic-from-the-path-to-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T11:36:10","slug":"guatemala-comes-back-and-eliminates-the-dominican-republic-from-the-path-to-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/football\/guatemala-comes-back-and-eliminates-the-dominican-republic-from-the-path-to-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala comes back and eliminates the Dominican Republic from the path to the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nGuatemala City<\/strong> \u2013 The aspirations of the Dominican Republic’s senior national soccer team to qualify for a World Cup for the first time came to an end this Friday, after falling 4-2 against Guatemala<\/strong> in the second matchday of Group E of the Concacaf qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.\n\n\n

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The Caribbean team, which reached halftime with a 2-1<\/strong> lead, failed to contain the Guatemalan offensive in the second half, where the home team scored three goals in just 10 minutes<\/strong> to seal the match at the Estadio Cementos Progreso, packed with fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guatemala opened the scoring early with a goal by \u00d3scar Santis at minute 6<\/strong>, but the Dominicans responded with goals from Dorny Romero (16′)<\/strong> and Heinz M\u00f6rschel (35′)<\/strong>, to go ahead at halftime. However, the second half was all for the home team: Nicol\u00e1s Samayoa (52′)<\/strong> and two more goals from Santis (59′ and 62′) sealed the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The start of the match was delayed by half an hour due to a minor incident with the Dominican Republic team’s bus and the weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this defeat, the Sedof\u00fatbol is left with three points in the group<\/strong>, surpassed by Guatemala (9 pts) and Jamaica (6 pts), seriously complicating their chances of advancing to the next phase. The Dominicans’ next commitment will be on Tuesday against Dominica, at the F\u00e9lix S\u00e1nchez Stadium in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting Lineups:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dominican Republic:<\/strong> Miguel Lloyd, Luiyi De Lucas, Noah Dollenmayer, Juan Familia-Castillo, Edgar Pujol, Pablo Rosario, Jean Carlos L\u00f3pez, Heinz M\u00f6rschel, Ronaldo V\u00e1squez, Peter Gonz\u00e1lez and Dorny Romero. Coach: Edward \u201cLa Beba\u201d Acevedo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guatemala:<\/strong> Nicholas Hagen, \u00c1aron Herrera, Nicol\u00e1s Samayoa, Jos\u00e9 Pinto, Jos\u00e9 Morales, Jonathan Franco, Jos\u00e9 Rosales, \u00d3scar Santis, Pedro Alt\u00e1n, Rudy Mu\u00f1iz, and Rubio Rub\u00edn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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