Impact of Immigration on Football in Concacaf Region

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00:00Well, let's talk about something that's very interesting, and I don't want to get sidetracked

00:07from football, but the immigration phenomenon that might be affecting this country.

00:12If you look at Guatemala, they have MLS, you know, familiar faces, such as Andres Herrera,

00:17Rubio Rubin, who's now playing in Mexico.

00:19We have Nicaragua, for example.

00:21I was looking at the roster.

00:22We have Jacob Montes, who's now playing for Botafogo.

00:24He was actually born in the U.S.

00:26They have Jaime Moreno, who was born in Venezuela, playing in Finland.

00:30You start looking at all these phenomenons, and, you know, it seems that even in Salvador,

00:33with guys like Eric Zabaleta, they lost Alex Roldan.

00:36It might be something interesting for some of these Central American countries.

00:39They can adopt this type of style moving on.

00:42And not just the Central American national teams.

00:45You can see Mexico.

00:46Mexico is taking players from the U.S. and having them play in Mexico.

00:50And I think it's something very positive for CONCACAF.

00:53I think that the fact that they can come here to the United States and take advantage

00:57of how the players are being developed, I think it's something that is going to help

01:01us grow.

01:02That is very interesting, because it's not only Mexico, it's not only Central America.

01:07How about the Caribbean?

01:08I mean, there's that half spot.

01:10Even if we say, OK, Panama is going to make it, Costa Rica is going to make it, Honduras

01:14is going to make it.

01:15How about teams like Jamaica, like Trinidad and Tobago, that have made it before?

01:19Suriname and Curaçao are two very interesting cases, Chiba, because they have that Dutch

01:24influence, obviously, being a form of territory and colonies of the Netherlands.

01:28And you look at the roster, a lot of these guys have played around Europe.

01:31You know, they don't have to go far, even from tours.

01:33I was looking, you know, some of our players in Turkey, they're touring over there.

01:38Players don't really have to travel far.

01:40You know, it's a huge advantage that they have compared to other Central American countries.

01:43Well, the reality is that football is growing, and it's growing in all the aspects.

01:47And it's good.

01:48It's good for Congo Cup, like I said before.

01:51I think that having teams from the Caribbean, having that type of talent, it's just, it's

01:57only going to make us better.

01:58I mean, I was looking at the rosters then again, and you see a lot of familiar faces.

02:02I mean, Curaçao has Leandro Bakuna, who used to play for Aston Villa.

02:05Their goalie, Eloy Roon, has been around for a long time.

02:08Their coach, like Nick Arbocat, who coached in Netherlands, who coached Belgium.

02:12I mean, and then Stanley Mansoor, a former Netherlands goalkeeper, is coaching Suriname.

02:16So yeah, Central America is there, but then again, I think some of these countries might

02:20have an advantage because where they're playing, Italy, the EPL, Eredivisie, etc.

02:25So it's going to be an interesting clash there.

02:26Of course, and like I said in my question in the beginning, do they really have a chance?

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