Soccer Daily – Destination New Jersey: Caribbean hope and Latin American dominance

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Destination New Jersey continues, and in this episode of the capsule the focus is on the Americas. Rory Smith joins Kelly Cates as they get a real glimpse into how the Championship is built around the world. Destination New Jersey’s Nico Cantor and CBS Sports’ Latin American journalist join in talking about the dominance there – there could be up to 12 South and Central American nations in the World Cup – that’s a quarter of the teams! Attention turns to the Caribbean. Only four teams from the Caribbean islands have competed in the men’s World Cup finals. But this time, the American dream is still alive for five countries in this region including Jamaica – so Jamaican news and sports journalist Karen Madden joined Kelly and Rory to talk about what it would mean for the country to qualify for the tournament, following the devastating effects of Storm Melissa. One country it aims to be part of for the first time in 40 years is Iraq. In this international window, they face the UAE in a playoff match to reach the continental qualifiers, which will be held in Mexico in March. Hassan Bilal from the Iraqi Football Department provides his analysis of the state of the national team at the present time. Then Boston is the focus, as the city prepares to host seven games at Foxborough Stadium. Timecodes: 4:00 – Chat of Latin American journalist Nico Cantor. 11:47 – Jamaican news and sports journalist Karen Madden talks about teams in the Caribbean. 15:00 – Interview with Juninho Bacuna, one of many Dutch-born Curaçao international players. 28:30 – Hassan Bilal on the situation of the national team in Iraq. 35:00 – Julie Duffy from the Boston Tourism Board.

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