Thread by @ArnoldcommaJon

Concacaf League action underway in Paramaribo!

Like most soccer in Suriname, Inter Moengotapoe have a strong politics tie, owned by the country's Vice President.

Here's my newsletter on how political changed influenced the national team's resurgence:
getconcacafed.substack.com/p/-surinames-s…

So…the Vice President of Suriname, who is 60 years old, is PLAYING in Concacaf League against Olimpia tonight, captaining the team he owns.

Here's a New York Times profile on the...colorful...Ronnie Brunswijk nytimes.com/2021/01/08/wor…

And, once again, my newsletter on the Suriname national team & how political change in the country allowed the team to strengthen: getconcacafed.substack.com/p/-surinames-s…

My dude is STILL OUT THERE for the second half.

That's all for tonight from Ronnie Brunswijk. 54 minutes from the No. 61.

"Now we can say we're 11 v 11" one of the guys in the TUDN booth says. #Concacaf

Penalty to Inter Moengotapoe, but without their captain to take it Miguel Darson steps up and sends it off frame.

Olimpia score shortly after, and the Honduran side is up 5-0.

There's still a second leg, next week in Honduras.

Inter Moengotapoe is in this tournament after qualifying as the runner-up in the 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship.

My newsletter on the region keeps up with games like that & moments like this:

getconcacafed.substack.com

Final score Inter Moengotapoe 0-6 Olimpia. Looked like the VP spoke to the cameras after the match, so I'll try and find that.

Next up is Forge FC vs. Independiente of Panama. Surely it will be just as eventful!

Video was streamed tonight from Olimpia's locker room that appears to show Ronnie Brunswijk giving people in the locker room cash. He also leaves with an Olimpia shirt.

It appears to now be deleted but was streamed by someone Wikipedia describes as a "Surinamese football club owner, entertainer, convicted drug dealer and politician"

Yes, we will be trying to piece all of this together on Getting CONCACAFed.

"We are extremely concerned at the content of a video circulating on social media which raises potential integrity issues surrounding the Concacaf League match between Inter Moengotapoe & CD Olimpia." Concacaf statement reads. DisCo opening investigation.

concacaf.com/news/concacaf-…

I wrote more on the story of Ronnie Brunswijk in the second half of today's GETTING CONCACAFED, the newsletter I write covering soccer in the region.

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