FIFA moves CONCACAF qualifiers after stadiums flunk new World Cup rules (AP)
Published 1/11/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Montserrat and Surinam will not be allowed to host World Cup qualifiers because their stadiums do not meet FIFA's new stadium standards. FIFA, soccer's governing body, said Friday that those nations' first-round qualifiers will now be one game instead of the home-and-home, total-goals series originally called for in the format for the North and Central...
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