After outstanding performances with their teams in the Dominican Soccer League and the arrival of foreign coaches to our competition, it has been the formula for Dominican players to make their way in South American soccer, specifically in Bolivia.
The proper names are super recognized within the world of our soccer in the country, the fast Edarlyn Reyes was the pioneer, later the strong César “Danco” García and Dorny Romero ended up migrating, the latter with previous internships in the league of Mexican expansion.
All the players were signed last year by Real Santa Cruz of the first division of the highland country.
Reyes, had outstanding performances, with important goals and leaving striking numbers; in 28 he converted 14 goals, a presentation that earned him a signing for United Arab Emirates soccer.
Meanwhile, “Danco” García, was little in his adaptation process and was able to get the right form to be considered, he saw action in 21 games and scored five goals. For his part, Dorny Romero, who had his second internship in international soccer, was less effective and scored a goal in 17 games.
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On the other hand, this 2022 began with good news for the central midfielder of the Dominican Soccer Team, Wilman Modesta, who also moved to Bolivian lands after the interest of Real Santa Cruz himself.
It is noteworthy that the Haitian players who play for Dominican professional soccer teams have been considered by this squad, Jayro Jean (Atlético San Cristóbal and Jarabacoa FC) and Daniel Jamesley (Jarabacoa and OyM).
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In an LDF 2019 match, Atlántico faced Cibao FC, the technical staff of the blue team trained by Miguel Acosta and Iván Zerda as technical assistant, analyzed the rival’s strengths with an emphasis on specific players that he unleashed in a special performance report.
“A week of work together with Professor Miguel Acosta, we dedicated ourselves to analyzing the current rival (Cibao FC), after seeing every detail from the individual technical and tactical aspects, and with the knowledge of the LDF, he tells me that several players Dominicans could easily play in other leagues, an idea that we assumed” said Zerda.
After the pandemic, Zerda returned to Bolivia where he played for more than a decade, now with the position of Sports Director in the lower categories of Real Santa Cruz and assistant to the coach of the first division team.
“I played it, I knew that the analyzes in 2019 would work out, I proposed Edarlyn Reyes, “Danco” García and Dorny Romero, at first out of common sense they did not believe so much, in the end the performance of the players was the best proof, thank God they themselves opened up the possibilities”, highlighted the Argentine.
The performance was so outstanding that it served to make other soccer leaders in Bolivia pay attention to other names.
“It is important what the boys have done, it opens doors and they begin to notice them due to their natural physical conditions, it is worth highlighting what happened to Edarlyn, which thanks to the complete televising of Bolivian soccer, was seen in the Middle East, that is the football business.
Iván Zerda, now works as a sports director, in addition to being trained as a soccer coach, he played in our LDF, being crowned champion in 2017 with Atlántico FC. The Argentine was in charge of kicking the penalty that served to seal the remembered title of the Puerto Plata team.
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