Caribbean Club Championship kicks off Saturday
Caribbean Life, MAY 14-20, 2021 35
By Nelson A. King
The 2021 Flow CONCACAF
Caribbean Club Championship
kicks off on Saturday in
Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, with 15 teams in
search of the title and a place
in the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF
Champions League.
CONCACAF said tour
teams will do battle in Group
A: O&M FC of the Dominican
Republic, Flames United
SC of Sint Maarten, Inter
Moengo Tapoe of Suriname
and Metropolitan of Puerto
Rico.
“Inter Moengo Tapoe are
well acquainted with CONCACAF
competition,” CONCACAF
said. “After appearing
in nine previous editions
of the CFU Club Championship,
the Suriname club
reached the final of the 2018
CONCACAF Caribbean Club
Shield, narrowly losing 2-1
to Club Franciscain of Martinique.”
CONCACAF said Flames
United SC also have some
international competition
under their belts.
It said the club participated
in the 2017 CFU Club
Championship and now will
try to make strides in the
2021 FCCCC.
CONCACAF said O&M FC
will be looking to become
the third different Dominican
Republic side to qualify
for the SCCL, following in
the footsteps of Cibao FC and
Atletico Pantoja.
“O&M have their fair
share of weapons, including
Dominican Republic National
Team FW Domingo Peralta
and MF Wilman Modesta,”
CONCACAF said.
Rounding out the group is
Metropolitan, who were Liga
Puerto Rico champions in
2018-19 and boast a familiar
name in CONCACAF in FW
Hector Ramos, CONCACAF
said.
It said the 31-year-old has
appeared in 11 SCCL matches
in his career, three as a
member of the Puerto Rico
Islanders and eight with Isidro
Metapan of El Salvador.
CONCACAF said Ramos
also featured in five Scotiabank
CONCACAF League
matches with Alianza of El
Salvador and has four career
SCCL goals.
Orlando City SC defender Jonathan Spector (2) defends against Hector Ramos (9) of
Puerto Rico during an International friendly soccer match between the Puerto Rico National
Team and the Orlando City SC at Orlando City Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 in
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