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POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE US NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM COACHING POSITION

2006-10-11T17:13:00.000-07:00

Updated: Oct. 11, 2006

U.S. wish list remains a guessing game

Frank Dell'Apa
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Several months before the start of the World Cup, when Juergen Klinsmann was being subjected to severe criticism in Germany, I suggested he should consider taking over the U.S. national team for his next gig.

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D.C. United's Peter Nowak is one of the domestic candidates being considered.
As coach of the U.S., Klinsmann would not be subjected to inquiries into his private life by the Bild tabloid. He could live in California, raise a normal California family, not have to travel 8,000 miles to work.

Klinsmann survived the critics and the Mannschaft exceeded expectations in the World Cup. But this was obviously an exhausting enterprise for Klinsmann, and he does not seem interested in becoming a mercenary coach, moving from place to place every other year. Klinsmann returned to Newport Beach and is getting caught up on things.

But the Klinsmann-U.S. connection seems to be a natural one.

Klinsmann's adviser, Roland Eitel, last week said his client has been offered the position of head coach by both Mexico and the U.S. But Eitel confirmed Klinsmann wanted to take six months off after the World Cup (making him unavailable until early January) and is two years behind on work with his firm, Soccer Solutions.

But Eitel did not say Klinsmann has turned down the offers. Most likely, he has put the offers on hold, which makes him a long shot for the U.S. position, since U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati's self-imposed deadline for naming a coach is November.

In a recent interview, Gulati said he would be traveling to Europe and South America this month and that 2007 Copa America organizers expected a commitment from the U.S. by Oct. 20. But Gulati would not reveal which prospective coaches he would be meeting.

So, figuring out who follows Klinsmann on the U.S. wish list is a guessing game.

Gerard Houllier would be an interesting choice but cannot be expected to leave Lyon. Carlos Queiroz has been away from the head coaching position too long as Manchester United assistant, but he has top-level experience with Sporting and Portugal's national team. Luiz Felipe Scolari is under contract with Portugal and unlikely to leave before the 2008 European Championship concludes. Jose Pekerman is available after resigning in Argentina but appears more interested in taking a club position in Spain. Has anyone mentioned Javier Aguirre?

The MLS possibilities include Chivas USA's Bob Bradley, New England's Steve Nicol, D.C. United's Peter Nowak, Chicago's Dave Sarachan and Los Angeles' Frank Yallop. Bradley seems more likely a candidate for the next cycle. Nicol is too much an outsider, but his eye for talent and tactical scheming keep him in consideration. Nowak needs more experience. Sarachan is proving himself at the club level but would be a risky pick. Yallop emerges from this pack since he has played in both Europe and the MLS, coached internationally (in Canada) and had success as an MLS coach.

So, a somewhat educated conjecture of a top-five possibilities to coach the U.S. national team follows: 1) Klinsmann; 2) Queiroz-Scolari; 3) Yallop; 4) Aguirre; 5) Pekerman.

1. JUERGEN KLINSMANN
A possible scenario: Klinsmann could be named coach in November but wouldn't officially take over until January, or whenever his schedule allows it. There will not be much to do in November and December, anyway, so he could spend that time analyzing statistics, checking out psychokinetic exercises and memorizing motivational phrases.

Doubtless, Gulati would welcome Klinsmann under any terms. Klinsmann could become a consultant, assist with age-group teams, be a specialist coach possibly working only with strikers. Even if Klinsmann does not want the head coaching position, there is a place for him in the U.S. soccer system. Klinsmann could even take over the team a few months before the 2010 World Cup, if things sour as they did with Steve Sampson near the end of the '98 campaign, or he could become head coach for the 2014 cycle.

In any case, the U.S. has never had anyone quite like Klinsmann within its grasp. The U.S. has never had the possibility of hiring a coach who reached the semifinals of the World Cup and whose playing experience at the highest levels was of recent vintage. Klinsmann not only has experience with organization and tactics but also can actually demonstrate exactly what players should do in specific situations. Also, if there is any recruiting to be done, Klinsmann would be a persuasive force. Klinsmann might have been able to convince a Giuseppe Rossi to play for the U.S. and he could unearth another -- say, Thomas Dooley somewhere in Europe.

Klinsmann is far from perfect, though. I believe he overdid things in preparing the Germans for the World Cup. There is a point of diminishing returns when it comes to preparing teams in mental and physical terms. Klinsmann did get the most out of a mediocre Mannschaft but faced no challenging opposition in the first four matches and was propelled by a nationalistic fever that was becoming almost frightening.

2. CARLOS QUEIROZ, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI
Queiroz makes a great first impression and is an excellent organizer who has already presented a detailed analysis of U.S. soccer. Queiroz also is very good at spotting and developing talent and knows what it takes to compete on the international level.

This scenario is a bit of a reach, but Queiroz could take over as a glorified caretaker, making certain everything is in order and paving the way for Scolari when he becomes available. Scolari's no-nonsense, drill-sergeant style would be perfect for the final months of qualifying and the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, but he could not be expected to wade through the U.S. system from 2006 to 2008.

3. FRANK YALLOP
Yallop knows everything he needs to know about the U.S. system and the region and has strong contacts in Europe. Yallop is in touch with the players' mentality but has been coaching long enough to show he was meant to be a coach.

Yes, Yallop is under contract to the Galaxy. No, his hiring would not gain international attention. But Yallop would connect with the players immediately and probably get results. In four years, he might be ready for the World Cup. First, though, the U.S. must qualify for South Africa 2010, and Yallop would be a good bet to get the team that far.

4. JAVIER AGUIRRE
Aguirre currently has Atletico Madrid contending in Spain's La Liga. But Aguirre nearly joined the MLS in the league's early years, when Gulati was pulling most of the strings.

"El Vasco" is an excellent strategist and motivator and has great experience both in Europe as a coach and as a coach and player in Mexico and the NASL. Among Aguirre's teammates with the Los Angeles Aztecs in 1980 was U.S. under-20 coach Thomas Rongen.

5. JOSE PEKERMAN
There are a couple knocks on Pekerman: He speaks only Spanish, and his experience has mostly been with junior teams.

Since Pekerman claims among his relatives Gregory Peck, it can be assumed he would be able to pick up the language relatively quickly. And one would think Pekerman learned from his World Cup experience, including the inexplicable substitutions that were a major part of Argentina squandering the lead against Germany in the quarterfinals.

But Pekerman would doubtless feel more comfortable with a Spanish club, following the trail of countrymen such as Hector Cuper. Maybe Aguirre could bring Pekerman as an assistant to Atletico Madrid, and when Aguirre feels the time is right, leave the team to Pekerman and take over the U.S.

Frank Dell'Apa is a soccer columnist for The Boston Globe and ESPN.

DOIS JOGADORES CRIOULOS EM TESTE NO FC PORTO

2006-10-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Crioulos em teste no FC Porto

10-10-06

Carr e Fredson, jogadores que integram a equipa juvenil do Batuque de São Vicente, devem seguir esta terça-feira, 10, para Portugal a fim de efectuar teste nos juniores do FC Porto.

A notícia é avançada pela agência cabo-verdiana Inforpress que revela que os dois jogadores, ambos centro-campistas, foram os que mais se destacaram na digressão que o Batuque efectuou, em Agosto, à região Norte de Portugal. Daí o interesse do FC do Porto na contratação dos mesmos.

Carr e Fredson terão conquistado os portistas que encetaram de imediato os contactos para a sua contratação. E, segundo a Inforpress, eles aguardavam apenas a conclusão dos trâmites burocráticos para seguirem viagem para o Porto, o que acontece já esta terça-feira.

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BRASILEIRO RICARDO ROCHA SERA O NOVO TREINADOR DA SELECAO NACIONAL "A" DE CABO VERDE

2006-10-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

Brasileiro Ricardo Rocha Treinará Cabo Verde
Por: Omar Oliveira (http://www.caboverdeonline.com)
Nôs Jornal newspaper
Posted: 11 de Outubro de 2006

O antigo defesa central da selecção brasileira, Ricardo Rocha, vai ser o próximo seleccionador nacional de futebol de Cabo Verde. A notícia veio a público logo a seguir à difícil vitória do combinado nacional frente a congénere da Guiné-Conacri a contar para a qualificação para o CAN 2008. Nôs Jornal apurou junto de uma fonte digna de crédito que Rocha, que já tem acordo com a Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol e que o mesmo terá na sua equipa técnica o preparador físico, hispânico, José Carlos de Leon.

De nome completo Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha , natural de Recife, Pernaburgo, começou a jogar no Santo Amaro do Recife. Desde cedo começou a mostrar os seus dotes de marcador e antecipador, o que lhe valeu um convite que o levou ao Sporting de Portugal. Voltou ao Brasil e representou uma equipa topo de gama, o São Paulo, onde foi campeão Paulista e Brasileiro. Cruzando de novo o Atlântico para o velho continente, jogou no Real Madrid. Voltou de novo ao Brasil e para o Vasco, onde era conhecido como xerife, pela habilidade de afastar o perigo ofensivo, clube onde ganhou o campeonato carioca. Antes de arrumar as chuteiras jogou ainda no Olaria, no Fluminense e no Newell's Old Boys da Argentina .

A nível de selecções, participou em 47 partidas, ganhou o título pan-americano, a Copa América, esteve presente no Itália 90 e veio aos Estados Unidos conquistar o tetra.

Iniciou o mundial de 94 como titular, mas a pouca sorte o acompanhou, ao sofrer uma contusão logo no primeiro jogo dessa competição, ficando assim fora da prova.

No cargo de técnico, a sua trajetória não tem sido tão estrelar. Ricardo é conhecido no Brasil como o fiel adjunto de Renato Gaúcho no Fluminense e no Vasco da Gama. Mas talvez, diz a imprensa brasileira, para Ricardo, a melhor opção seja novamente atravessar o Atlântico.

Seguindo os passos do compatriota Parreira com os "Bafana Bafana", Rocha poderá assinar em breve um contrato com a Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol (FCF). O próximo jogo oficial da selecção Cabo-verdiana será no mês de Março de 2007, permitindo-lhe um trabalho extenso de adaptação. Entre as prioridades, para esta a dupla Hispânico-brasileira, estará convencer alguns jogadores a voltarem para representar a selecção nacional. Recorda-se que numa entrevista precedendo ao último embate, o presidente da FCF, Mário Semedo, disse haver uma campanha intensa por emissários em Cabo Verde para convencer jogadores a recusarem o convite de envergar a camisola da selecção.

Classificação do Grupo 8 da CAN 2008

J V E D GM GS PTS
Argélia 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Gâmbia 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
Cabo Verde 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
Guiné-Conacri 2 0 1 1 0 1 1

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CABO VERDE NÃO ULTRAPASSA ANGOLA NAS MEIAS-FINAIS

2006-10-11T16:43:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

8 Out, 15:30h

Jogos da Lusofonia

CABO VERDE NÃO ULTRAPASSA ANGOLA NAS MEIAS-FINAIS
Praia, 08 de Outubro - A Selecção Nacional de Futebol de sub-21 perdeu por 1-2 frente ao combinado angolano, no jogo das meias-finais do Torneio de Futebol dos Jogos da Lusofonia, Macau 2006.

Cabo Verde entrou melhor no jogo e conseguiu abrir o activo aos 24 minutos, por intermédio de Nhuck, na transformação de uma grande penalidade.

A selecção de Angola empatou aos 28 minutos, num lance infeliz do guarda-redes Cachito, aproveitado da melhor forma pelo médio campista angolano, Joaquim Nzamba.

1º golo de Angola
Aos 37 minutos, o árbitro, Womg Chi Tang foi obrigado a expulsar o médio angolano Ricardo Estêvão por uma entrada violenta sobre Samiro Soares.

Cabo Verde não soube explorar a superioridade numérica sobre o seu adversário e sofreu mais um golo, quando estavam decorridos 64 minutos de jogo. Edilson foi pouco lesto no corte permitindo a progressão de João Barros, que frente a Cachito desviou a bola para o fundo das redes.

O jogador cabo-verdiano Bijú considerado melhor em campo levou 3 bolas a trave da baliza de Guilherme Zinga.

Ulisses Antunes (Lúcio), considerou que Cabo Verde "esteve forte", mas Angola foi uma "equipa mais organizada".

"Os meus jogadores portaram-se bem, mas Angola foi mais feliz", disse, ao salientar ainda que o futuro da equipa de Cabo Verde passa por "participar em mais competições internacionais".

Cabo Verde vai agora disputar o terceiro lugar com a formação de Moçambique e a Selecção Angolana vais disputar a final com Portugal.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. Da próxima será melhor. Não desanimem.

nome: leitor assíduo

email: leitor@hotmail.com

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CABO VERDE DEFRONTA ANGOLA NAS MEIAS-FINAIS

2006-10-11T16:41:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

7 Out, 21:10h

Torneio de futebol dos Jogos da Lusofonia

CABO VERDE DEFRONTA ANGOLA NAS MEIAS-FINAIS
Praia, 07 de Outubro - A Selecção Nacional de Futebol de sub 21 joga amanhã frente a sua congénere de Angola, numa partida a contar para ás meias-finais do torneio de futebol da primeira edição dos Jogos da Lusofonia Macau 2006.

Na primeira jornada da fase de grupos, a Selecção Nacional venceu a Índia por 3 a zero e na segunda jornada goleou o Macau por sete bolas sem resposta.

A selecção angolana por seu turno conseguiu o passaporte para às meias-finais graças à goleada imposta sobre a formação timorense, já que lhe tinha sido averbada uma derrota por falta de comparência no jogo frente a equipa de Moçambique.

Portugal vai defrontar a selecção de Moçambique no outro jogo das meias-finais.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. Espero que façamos um bom jogo e excelente resultado neste jogo contra Angola.

nome: Chirola

email: bom@debola.cv

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CABO VERDE CONQUISTA BRONZE NO TORNEIO DE FUTEBOL

2006-10-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

10 Out, 10:44h

Zico festejando a vitória

Jogos da Lusofonia

CABO VERDE CONQUISTA BRONZE NO TORNEIO DE FUTEBOL
Praia, 10 de Outubro - A Selecção Nacional de Futebol de sub-21 conquistou medalha de bronze, ao derrotar a sua congénere de Moçambique por uma bola a zero, no jogo para a disputa do terceiro lugar no Torneio de Futebol da primeira edição dos Jogos da Lusofonia.

O golo que garantiu a vitória foi apontado por Romi aos 80 minutos de jogo.

No basquetebol, a selecção masculina conquistou a segunda vitória na competição ao derrotar o Macau por 88 – 55.

Por seu turno, a selecção feminina consentiu uma derrota frente ao combinado de Moçambique por 45 -71.

DA

CRIOULOS EM TESTE NO FC PORTO

2006-10-11T16:20:00.000-07:00

PORTUGAL VAI ORGANIZAR OS II JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA

2006-10-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Portugal vai organizar os II Jogos da Lusofonia

10-10-06
A Assembleia-Geral da Associação de Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (ACOLOP) decidiu atribuir a Portugal a realização dos II Jogos da Lusofonia, em 2009. Embora ainda sem cidade-sede, a proposta já conta com o apoio do Governo de José Socrátes.

Numa altura em que ainda está a decorrer em Macau a primeira edição dos Jogos da Lusofonia, que terminam no próximo domingo, o presidente do Comite Olímpico de Portugal já anunciou que os custos da organização de uma segunda edição deverão rondar os 11 milhões de euros.

Entretanto, na assembleia geral realizada hoje, terça-feira, 10, Vicente Moura, foi nomeado presidente honorário da ACOLOP, e será o proximo anfitrião deste certame, que terá Portugal como palco.

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JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA - MACAU 2006: FREDSON GOMES DECEPCIONA

2006-10-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Macau2006: Fredson decepciona

09-10-06

O taekwondista Fredson Gomes, campeão africano da modalidade, perdeu esta manhã a hipótese de conquistar uma medalha nos Jogos da Lusofonia que decorrem em Macau. O atleta cabo-verdiano foi impotente diante do brasileiro Marcelino Douglas, na primeira partida dos quartos de final na categoria de 80 kg.

Em dia não para Cabo Verde, que também hoje, segunda-feira,9, perdeu com Portugal no basquetebol masculino (76-53), apenas a selecção feminina da modalidade da bola ao cesto proporcionou-nos um momento de alegria, ao vencer a equipa da casa, Macau, por 78-52.

Enquanto isso, a selecção sub-21 de futebol masculino, que perdeu ontem com Angola (1-2) nas meias-finais, prepara-se para defrontar amanhã, terça-feira, a equipa de Moçambique. Em disputa o terceiro e quarto classificados.

A esta altura, Cabo Verde continua no segundo lugar da classificação geral com duas medalhas conquistadas (uma de prata e outra de bronze, ambas no taekwondo), sendo apenas ultrapassado pelo Brasil, que até agora só ganhou medalhas de ouro. E já lá vão cinco para os brasileiros.

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MACAU2006: CABO VERDE EM SEGUNDO, COM DUAS MEDALHAS NOS JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA EM MACAU

2006-10-11T16:12:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Macau2006: Cabo Verde em segundo, com duas medalhas

09-10-06

Cabo Verde já conquistou no taekwondo duas medalhas, uma de prata e outra de bronze, encontrando-se na segunda posição na classificação geral dos Jogos da Lusofonia, que decorrem desde sábado, 7, em Macau. Há ainda a hipótese de Cabo Verde conseguir uma medalha de bronze no futebol, se a equipa nacional vencer o Moçambique. No basquetebol masculino tudo está em aberto, mesmo depois da derrota desta segunda-feira frente a Portugal, por 76-53.

Joseph Fernandes e Nick Barros, ambos do taekwondo, são até agora os únicos atletas cabo-verdianos a subir ao pódio. Fernandes, que derrotou o macaense Li Wai Tin nas meias-finais da categoria de 68 kg, perdeu na final com o brasileiro Marcos Gonçalves, por 2-0. Nick Barros, nos 58 kg, não conseguiu chegar à final, mas ainda assim subiu ao pódio como terceiro classificado.

Estas duas medalhas já conquistadas por Cabo Verde colocam o país, neste momento, no segundo lugar do ranking de medalhas, a seguir ao Brasil, que tem quatro, todas de ouro, e a par de Angola, Índia, Macau e São Tomé, todos com uma de prata e outra de bronze. Portugal e Moçambique ainda só ganharam uma medalha de bronze.

Ainda há a possibilidade de Cabo Verde ganhar mais medalhas no taekwondo quando o favorito Fredson Gomes, campeão africano da modalidade, iniciar a competição na categoria de 80 kg. No futebol, a selecção treinada por Lúcio Antunes, que perdeu ontem para Angola por 2-1, pode ainda trazer para casa a medalha de bronze, se vencer Moçambique na disputa pelo terceiro e quarto lugares.

O mesmo se pode dizer da selecção masculina de basquetebol, que mesmo perdendo esta segunda-feira, 9, para Portugal (76-53), ainda sonha com uma medalha.

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CAN - GANA 2008 - SELECAO SENIOR DE CABO VERDE BATE A SUA CONGENERE DA GUINE-CONACRY POR 1-0

2006-10-11T12:29:00.001-07:00

DESPORTO

Cabo Verde vence Guiné-Conacry por 1-0

09-10-06
A selecção cabo-verdiana de futebol, venceu este sábado, no Estádio da Várzea, na Praia, a Guiné Conacry por 1-0, em partida a contar para a segunda jornada do Grupo 8 para as eliminatórias do CAN 2008.

O autor do golo foi Lito (7 minutos da segunda parte), a figura do jogo, apesar de ter falhado ainda uma grande penalidade no decorrer do segundo tempo.

Na próxima jornada de qualificação para o CAN 2008 Cabo Verde defronta a Argélia.

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JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA MACAU 2006: CABO VERDE E BRONZE NO FUTEBOL

2006-10-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Macau2006: Cabo Verde é bronze no futebol

10-10-06

A selecção cabo-verdiana de futebol sub-21 conquistou esta manhã, terça-feira, 10, a medalha de bronze nos Jogos da Lusofonia, depois de derrotar a selecção de Moçambique por 1-0.

Romi, avançado do Sal-Rei da Boa Vista, foi o herói da partida ao apontar, a dez minutos do fim do tempo regulamentar, o golo solitário que garantiu a vitória a Cabo Verde e a medalha de bronze para o combinado crioulo.

No basquetebol, a selecção masculina conquistou a segunda vitória na competição ao derrotar o Macau por 88-55, mantendo-se, por isso, na corrida a um lugar no pódio.

A selecção feminina, que venceu ontem a equipa de Macau, consentiu uma derrota por 45-71 frente a Moçambique, a grande favorita à medalha de ouro.

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SELECAO NACIONAL SENIOR DE FUTEBOL: BRASILEIRO RICARDO ROCHA TREINARA CABO VERDE

2006-10-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

Brasileiro Ricardo Rocha Treinará Cabo Verde

Por: Omar Oliveira (http://www.caboverdeonline.com)
Nôs Jornal newspaper
Posted: 11 de Outubro de 2006

O antigo defesa central da selecção brasileira, Ricardo Rocha, vai ser o próximo seleccionador nacional de futebol de Cabo Verde. A notícia veio a público logo a seguir à difícil vitória do combinado nacional frente a congénere da Guiné-Conacri a contar para a qualificação para o CAN 2008. Nôs Jornal apurou junto de uma fonte digna de crédito que Rocha, que já tem acordo com a Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol e que o mesmo terá na sua equipa técnica o preparador físico, hispânico, José Carlos de Leon.

De nome completo Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha , natural de Recife, Pernaburgo, começou a jogar no Santo Amaro do Recife. Desde cedo começou a mostrar os seus dotes de marcador e antecipador, o que lhe valeu um convite que o levou ao Sporting de Portugal. Voltou ao Brasil e representou uma equipa topo de gama, o São Paulo, onde foi campeão Paulista e Brasileiro. Cruzando de novo o Atlântico para o velho continente, jogou no Real Madrid. Voltou de novo ao Brasil e para o Vasco, onde era conhecido como xerife, pela habilidade de afastar o perigo ofensivo, clube onde ganhou o campeonato carioca. Antes de arrumar as chuteiras jogou ainda no Olaria, no Fluminense e no Newell's Old Boys da Argentina .

A nível de selecções, participou em 47 partidas, ganhou o título pan-americano, a Copa América, esteve presente no Itália 90 e veio aos Estados Unidos conquistar o tetra.

Iniciou o mundial de 94 como titular, mas a pouca sorte o acompanhou, ao sofrer uma contusão logo no primeiro jogo dessa competição, ficando assim fora da prova.

No cargo de técnico, a sua trajetória não tem sido tão estrelar. Ricardo é conhecido no Brasil como o fiel adjunto de Renato Gaúcho no Fluminense e no Vasco da Gama. Mas talvez, diz a imprensa brasileira, para Ricardo, a melhor opção seja novamente atravessar o Atlântico.

Seguindo os passos do compatriota Parreira com os "Bafana Bafana", Rocha poderá assinar em breve um contrato com a Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol (FCF). O próximo jogo oficial da selecção Cabo-verdiana será no mês de Março de 2007, permitindo-lhe um trabalho extenso de adaptação. Entre as prioridades, para esta a dupla Hispânico-brasileira, estará convencer alguns jogadores a voltarem para representar a selecção nacional. Recorda-se que numa entrevista precedendo ao último embate, o presidente da FCF, Mário Semedo, disse haver uma campanha intensa por emissários em Cabo Verde para convencer jogadores a recusarem o convite de envergar a camisola da selecção.

Classificação do Grupo 8 da CAN 2008

J V E D GM GS PTS
Argélia 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
Gâmbia 2 1 0 1 2 1 3
Cabo Verde 2 1 0 1 1 2 3
Guiné-Conacri 2 0 1 1 0 1 1

Artigo relacionado:
CAN “Gana 2008”
Finalmente uma vitória e guineenses presos

JOGOS LUSOFONOS DAO PONTA PE DE SAIDA EM MACAU

2006-10-11T12:15:00.000-07:00

Jogos Lusófonos dão ponta pé de saída em Macau

Por: Valdir Alves (http://www.caboverdeonline.com)
Nôs Jornal newspaper
Posted: 10 de Outubro de 2006

Com os I Jogos Lusófonos 2006, a (ACOLOP) Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, os países de Expressão Portuguesa, mais os seus convidados dão o ponta-pé de saída naquilo que já é considerado as olimpíadas lusófonas. Nesta página vai conhecer os números, à excepção do de medalhas, pois até o fecho desta edição, os jogos decorriam.

A Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (ACOLOP), foi fundada no dia 8 de Junho de 2004, em Lisboa, com o objectivo de integrar os países e regiões de língua portuguesa a partir do desporto sendo já reconhecida pelo Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI).

São fundadores da ACOLOP Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau Macau (China), Moçambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe, Timor-Leste e na qualidade de membros associados a Guiné Equatorial, Índia e Sri Lanka.

Durante 12 dias de competição que começou com o futebol no dia 4 de Outubro, e que prosseguem até o dia 15, vão decorrer 48 eventos, nos quais participam as 12 delegações.
Os Jogos reúnem oito modalidades desportivas: atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, futsal, taekwondo, ténis de mesa, voleibol de praia e voleibol, nas quais Portugal participa na sua totalidade.

Os números da Olimpíada Lusófona
733 atletas de 12 países e territórios inscreveram-se para os primeiros Jogos da Lusofonia, num total de 949 elementos que completam as delegações.
A maior delegação é a de Macau com 155 atletas. Portugal, com 140 atletas é o segundo.
Brasil, que infelizmente, não se faz representar em futebol, levou uma delegação de 74 atletas
949 pessoas compõem as delegações da dúzia de países e territórios representados.

Cabo Verde com 57 atletas
O Comité Olímpico de Cabo Verde (COCV), levou para aquele país oriental, 57 atletas, sendo o atletismo e o taekwondo as grandes apostas cabo-verdianas.
Apesar do empenho do COCV, o seu recém-eleito presidente Franklin Palma sublinhou que Cabo Verde "não parte para estes jogos com fortes convicções de arrecadar medalhas".

Para quem tinha esta expectativa não foi nada mau, já um dia após a abertura:
Cabo Verde encontrava-se na segunda posição, com um medalha de prata, ganha por Joseph Fernandes, na categoria de menos 68 kg e na categoria de menos 58 kg Nick Barros dava uma medalha de bronze a Cabo Verde.

“Focalizando a génese desta Associação, bastaria enunciar os laços históricos comuns e o elo de ligação traduzido na língua comum e em fenómenos de intersecção cultural seculares” palavras de Vicente Moura Presidente da Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa.

“Na sua mensagem de abertura dos jogos o Chefe do Executivo da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da república Popular da China, Edmund Ho, sublinhou que “ Macau como cidade multifacetada de encontro das culturas oriental e ocidental vive momentos de grande desenvolvimento no qual o desporto não pode ser esquecido”.

América crioula condignamente representada
A comunidade caboverdiana da América está bem representada nesta I Edição dos Jogos Lusófonos.

No futebol, Zico Veiga correspondeu às expectativas.
O fenómeno de Brockton deu cartas e ajudou Cabo Verde a carimbar o passaporte para as meias finais onde viria a perder com Angola por 1-2, depois de golear, primeiro, a Índia por 3-0, e depois o país anfitrião por 7-0. Zico totalizava quatro golos nos dois primeiros jogos e era o melhor marcador, até o jogo com Moçambique para a disputa dos terceiro e quarto lugares.

A final será disputada no dia 3 do corrente entre Angola e Portugal que bateu os moçambicanos por 2-0.

Esta comunidade fez-se representar por uma delegação chefiada pelo Mestre Joe Pina, com destaque para a modalidade de Taekwondo, do qual pontifica-se o praticante Fredson Gomes.
Todos sentimo-nos orgulhosos, quando vimos na RTPi, o campeão africano, como o porta-estandarte do continente, na cerimónia de abertura em que os atletas transportaram a chama deste olimpismo lusófono.

Na próxima edição apresentaremos um balanço dos I Jogos da (ACOLOP).

Nota: Este artigo foi publicado na edição 30 do Nos Jornal

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VENCER PARA CONVENCER

2006-10-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

07-10-06

Há dois anos que Cabo Verde não vence uma partida internacional no estádio da Várzea. Vamos ver se é desta que o combinado crioulo mata o jejum forçado vencendo, hoje, sábado, a Guiné-Conakry, no jogo da segunda jornada do grupo 8 de qualificação para a CAN 2008. O adversário nem é pêra doce (26° no ranking mundial e 5° a nível africano), mas tudo é possível quando a vontade é tamanha e se o vencer for encarado como uma questão de sobrevivência... De Cabo Verde na CAN. Dos sonhos para um mundial ainda distante, mas que se deve preparar desde já. Dos jogadores que querem subir mais alto. E de Zé Rui que ainda não sentiu o gosto da vitória desde que assumiu o comando técnico da selecção.

Vencer é sempre o objectivo. Mas, para Cabo Verde, ganhar a Guiné Conakry, amanhã na Várzea, é acima de tudo uma obrigação, um imperativo. Uma chance de o país recuperar a auto-estima e sair da fase negra em que se encontra desde 2004. Sim, há precisamente dois anos que Cabo Verde não ganha uma partida no estádio da Várzea - a última foi contra o Burkina Faso, um triunfo por 1-0 durante as eliminatórias para o Mundial da Alemanha. E há um ano e meio que o país festejou pela última vez uma vitória internacional, curiosamente também contra o Burkina Faso (1-2), em Ouagadougou, na segunda fase de acesso ao Mundial germânico. Seguiram-se, portanto, sete jogos, entre partidas oficiais e amigáveis, só com derrotas. A mais recente foi contra a Gâmbia (0-2), em Banjul.

Agora basta! É a Nação que pede, exige mesmo a conquista dos três pontos. Porque acredita no talento e na força de vontade que levam os seus jogadores a suar a camisola nacional e defender, até ao tutano, as cores de Cabo Verde. Mas isso tudo, por si só, será diminuto se a equipa não tiver rigor, força mental, mestria táctica, astúcia e determinação. Atributos e virtudes que o seleccionador nacional, Zé Rui, saberá de certeza incutir nos seus pupilos e assim ultrapassar a Guiné Conakry, selecção que em 2000, durante a Taça Amílcar Cabral, perdeu com Cabo Verde por 2-0. Mas, atenção, essa equipa guineense não é a mesma de hoje. Os sylli, como são conhecidos, transformaram-se num osso duríssimo para qualquer equipa, com jogadores talentosos como Diawara (Gençlirbirligi, Turquia), Bobo Balde (Celtic Glasgow), Pascal Feindouno (Bordéus, Fra) e Souleymane Youla (Lille, Fra). A prova está aí: 26° no ranking da FIFA e quinta melhor selecção africana do momento.

Só que, para nós, não será o tamanho nem o peso do gigante que nos vai intimidar. Não agora que estamos sedentos de vitória e ávidos de fazer valer o nosso estatuto de “Brasilinho” - “little Brazil” segundo a FIFA e a BBC. Os escolhidos do técnico Zé Rui (o médio Jerry, do Monnastir da Tunísia, já não vem por não ter conseguido o visto de entrada em Portugal, e Já, do Etoile, também da Tunísia, simplesmente recusou jogar pela nossa selecção) serão, por isso, peças importantes para Cabo Verde conquistar a vitória, a primeira nas eliminatórias para a CAN 2008 e que pode nos colocar no segundo lugar do grupo 8, contando que a Argélia vença em casa a Gâmbia, a actual líder. E se os jogadores habitués nas chamadas à selecção mostrarem o entrosamento que se lhes pede, seremos nós a rir no fim. É esse suplemento vitamínico que Cabo Verde precisa para convencer e, deste modo, merecer todo o apoio para seguir em frente na luta por um lugar na maior montra do futebol africano, a Copa de África das Nações.

Hermínio SIlves

JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA: CABO VERDE GOLEIA MACAU POR 7-0

2006-10-06T15:30:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Cabo Verde goleia Macau por 7-0

06-10-06

A selecção cabo-verdiana de sub-21 já está nas meias-finais dos Jogos da Lusofonia depois de esta sexta-feira ter goleado a equipa da casa, Macau, por 7-0. Zico, Bijou e Tax, que bisaram, e Hernâni foram os autores dos golos.

Cabo Verde, que é treinado pela dupla Lúcio Antunes/José Firmino, vai defrontar nas meias-finais, domingo, 8, a selecção de Moçambique, que conquistou também a sua segunda vitória esta sexta-feira, por falta de comparência de Angola.

Nesta altura, Zico é o melhor marcador da competição com quatro golos. A abertura oficial dos primeiros Jogos da Lusofonia é já amanhã, sábado, 7.

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JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA: CABO VERDE GOLEIA INDIA

2006-10-06T15:26:00.000-07:00

Jogos da Lusofonia: Cabo Verde goleia Índia

05-10-06

Cabo Verde derrotou hoje, quinta-feira, 5, a selecção da Índia por 3-0, na primeira partida do grupo A nos Jogos da Lusofonia, em Macau. Os golos da equipa nacional sub-21 foram apontados por Zico, que bisou, e por Nhuck.

Amanhã, sexta-feira, a selecção sub-21 de Cabo Verde defronta a selecção da casa, Macau, partida que poderá ditar a passagem de Cabo Verde para a final da competição, no domingo, 8. Ontem, quarta-feira, a selecção de São Tomé e Príncipe derrotou a sua congénere da Guiné-Bissau também por 3-0, assumindo o primeiro lugar do grupo C, que tem como favorito Portugal.

O grupo B neste torneio de futebol integra a selecção de Angola, Moçambique e Timor leste.

A nível do basquetebol, Cabo Verde entra em campo no dia 8, domingo, para defrontar a equipa da Guiné-Bissau na categoria de masculinos, e na segunda-feira joga com Macau, no escalão feminino. Também no domingo e segunda-feira decorrerão as provas de taekwondo em que o país está representado, entre outros, pelo campeão africano da modalidade, Fredson Gomes - é ele, aliás que vai içar a bandeira dos Jogos da Lusofonia, em representação do continente africano, na cerimónia de abertura que acontece no sábado.

A participação dos cabo-verdianos no atletismo acontece nos dias 11 e 12, prova que vai decorrer no Estádio de Macau. No dia 13 estará em acção a dupla crioula de voleibol de praia.

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CABO VERDE: MARIO SEMEDO DENUNCIA CAMPANHA PARA AFASTAR JOGADORES DA SELECAO DE FUTEBOL

2006-10-06T02:21:00.000-07:00

Cabo Verde: Mário Semedo denuncia campanha para afastar jogadores da selecção de futebol

Por VNN Staff / Inforpress

Publicado Wednesday, October 04, 2006

O presidente da Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol (FCF), Mário Semedo, declarou, terça-feira, 3, na Praia, que há emissários no país a aconselhar os jogadores a não representarem a selecção de Cabo Verde, informou a Inforpress.

Mário Semedo referia-se, concretamente, à recusa do futebolista Já, que joga na Tunísia e que, depois de ter sido convocado pelo técnico Zé Rui para a partida com Portugal, em Maio de 2005, recusou, mais uma vez, o convite de vestir as cores nacionais.

De acordo aquele dirigente máximo do futebol nacional - citado pela Inforpress -, esse caso é muito estranho, mas existe também uma outra situação estranha, que é a do futebolista Djerry, a jogar igualmente na Tunísia, que, possivelmente, não vai estar presente, por não ter conseguido o visto de entrada para Portugal.

Para Mário Semedo, todos os jogadores cabo-verdianos, que evoluem tanto no estrangeiro como no país, devem ser convocados para representar a selecção, desde que se mostrem interessados em fazê-lo.
Para além do Já, Nelson Veiga, que joga no Chipre, foi dispensado pelo técnico Zé Rui. Piquita, que milita no Qatar, vai chegar na véspera do jogo.

A selecção de Cabo Verde está concentrada desde ontem, terça-feira, a preparar a partida de sábado, 7 de Outubro, com a Guiné Conacry, a contar para a segunda jornada do Grupo 8 das eliminatórias do CAN 2008.

JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA: CABO VERDE GOLEIA INDIA

2006-10-05T13:14:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Jogos da Lusofonia: Cabo Verde goleia Índia

05-10-06

Cabo Verde derrotou hoje, quinta-feira, 5, a selecção da Índia por 3-0, na primeira partida do grupo A nos Jogos da Lusofonia, em Macau. Os golos da equipa nacional sub-21 foram apontados por Zico, que bisou, e por Nhuck.

Amanhã, sexta-feira, a selecção sub-21 de Cabo Verde defronta a selecção da casa, Macau, partida que poderá ditar a passagem de Cabo Verde para a final da competição, no domingo, 8. Ontem, quarta-feira, a selecção de São Tomé e Príncipe derrotou a sua congénere da Guiné-Bissau também por 3-0, assumindo o primeiro lugar do grupo C, que tem como favorito Portugal.

O grupo B neste torneio de futebol integra a selecção de Angola, Moçambique e Timor leste.

A nível do basquetebol, Cabo Verde entra em campo no dia 8, domingo, para defrontar a equipa da Guiné-Bissau na categoria de masculinos, e na segunda-feira joga com Macau, no escalão feminino. Também no domingo e segunda-feira decorrerão as provas de taekwondo em que o país está representado, entre outros, pelo campeão africano da modalidade, Fredson Gomes - é ele, aliás que vai içar a bandeira dos Jogos da Lusofonia, em representação do continente africano, na cerimónia de abertura que acontece no sábado.

A participação dos cabo-verdianos no atletismo acontece nos dias 11 e 12, prova que vai decorrer no Estádio de Macau. No dia 13 estará em acção a dupla crioula de voleibol de praia.

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Jogos da Lusofonia: Cabo Verde goleia Índia

Parabéns Cabo Verde!Cada vez mais acredito nas nossas potencialdades no futebol, sobretudo se aproveitarmos os recursos existentes em CV e na diáspora. Um abraço especial ao pupilo Zico Veiga que tem todas as possibilidades de singrar no futebol profissional. Valdir

2006-10-05 19:51:00

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Jogos da Lusofonia: Cabo Verde goleia Índia

Força Cabo Verde, Deus ta djuda inda ki nu bai mas longe e ser campeão des Torneio. Um abração pa tudo jogadores de seleção e pa Atacante Zico qui bai li de “State” Calu Bana

2006-10-05 17:27:10

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ESTADIO NACIONAL DEVE ARRANCAR EM 2007

2006-10-02T11:35:00.000-07:00

DESPORTO

Estádio Nacional deve arrancar em 2007

02-10-06

As obras do Estádio Nacional deverão arrancar em meados ou finais de 2007, na cidade da Praia, constituindo a próxima grande infra-estrutura a ser financiada e construída em Cabo Verde pela República Popular da China.

O processo de negociações entre os governos cabo-verdiano e chinês “está a andar”, embora não haja ainda definições, indicou o embaixador daquele país asiático na cidade da Praia, Sun Rongmao, acrescentando que as decisões não foram ainda tomadas.

O diplomata perspectivou, no entanto, que essa decisão está “para breve”, adiantando que a conclusão das negociações deverá ocorrer “no ano que vem”, na medida em que as duas partes estão a ultimar a fase de consultas.

“Penso que até meados de 2007 ou, o mais tardar, até finais do ano, deveremos poder começar a obra”, garantiu Sun Rongmao, para quem esse dossier é mais um exemplo da excelente cooperação existente entre a República de Cabo Verde e a República Popular da China.

O futuro Estádio Nacional, ao que consta, deverá situar-se na Achada de S. Filipe.

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SOCCER - A CURIOUS BUSINESS

2006-10-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

A curious business

May 16th 2006

From The Economist Global Agenda

Football is as popular as ever and continues to generate a great deal of cash, though most clubs still struggle to make profits. But the biggest sides are hoping to grab a bigger share of the pot

MILLIONS of fans will switch on their sets to see Arsenal take on Barcelona in the final of Europe’s top club competition on Wednesday May 17th. Millions also tuned in to watch Liverpool beat West Ham United in the English FA cup final on Saturday. And even more will follow the World Cup next month. But while football generates huge TV audiences and draws big revenues for clubs, profits and financial stability remain all too rare.
Where clubs once relied on gate receipts, crowd numbers are mainly falling across Europe. Instead revenue is rising from other sources. Merchandise is increasingly valuable. Real Madrid gets nearly half of its revenues from selling strips and other team goodies. Manchester United, lauded for commercial triumphs, recently struck a shirt sponsorship deal for a record £57m ($87m) over four years. On May 15th Tottenham Hotspur, another English side, signed a four-year shirt-sponsorship deal worth £34m.
The sale of broadcast rights is another big earner. The rights to show the best English football recently sold for £1.7 billion over three years, a sharp increase over the previous deal. Italy’s Juventus negotiated individual broadcasting rights that provide over half that club’s annual revenues. International football is also prospering. UEFA, European football’s governing body, reckons that revenues from the 2008 European Championship in Switzerland and Austria will be ten times bigger than those in England, in 1996.
Yet, aside from a few top clubs, profits are scarce and financial woes abound. Juventus’s juicy broadcasting deal could be under threat as the club is implicated in a match-fixing scandal now sweeping Italian football. Despite securing the Italian league title on Saturday the club could be relegated, a move that would devastate its finances. Italy's Football Federation was placed under emergency administration on Tuesday.
The main problem is that costs are rising as fast as revenues. The problem—for everyone—is that attracting top players is pricey but is essential to ensure continuing success. Rising transfer fees and wage inflation put pressure on even the richest. The involvement of benefactors, such as Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire who has pumped over £400m of his own money into Chelsea, also skews the economics of the game by pushing up the price of players.

Risking their assets
Few other industries would survive unchanged if even the top performers struggled to make decent returns. But football is unlike other businesses. National and international bodies disperse some of the cash coming into the game to the lower echelons. Keeping alive lower leagues is deemed essential for the vitality of football.
The best clubs face another problem. The top players, the key assets of the leading sides, play for national teams too. Europe’s top sides are backing a case that was referred to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on May 15th that could change matters. Charleroi, a small Belgian club, is suing FIFA, world football’s governing body, over its rules for releasing foreign players for international competition. Charleroi blames an injury to Abdelmajid Oulmers, the club’s top player, for its subsequent poor league performance. He suffered his injury while on international duty.
The G14, which represents Europe’s leading club sides, is backing the Belgian minnow. It has long wanted compensation in the form of insurance and the payment of wages while a player is on international duty. It hopes the court case will promote this. It could mean that some poorer nations may struggle to field a full side without financial help from international football’s governing bodies.
The top clubs, through the G14, are keen to have a bargaining chip in negotiations with the football authorities to get more say in the running of the game. Europe’s leading clubs want to extend competition between the top teams, perhaps creating a lucrative continental super-league at the expense of domestic competitions. But most football fans would decry a shift in power further towards the big clubs if that hurt either the international game or smaller teams.

Copyright © 2006 The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group. All rights reserved.

FCF RECEBE NOVO PROGRAMA DA FIFA

2006-10-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

27 Set, 09:38h

Bénézet assessor da FIFA
Projecto “Ganhar Africa”

FCF RECEBE NOVO PROGRAMA DA FIFA
Praia, 27 de Setenbro - O assessor técnico da FIFA, Jean-Michel Bénézet, está em Cabo Verde, para implementar o projecto “Ganhar África”, um novo programa lançado pelo presidente Joseph Blatter no âmbito da realização da primeira Copa do Mundo em África. O projecto tem como eixo fundamental a reestruturação do futebol no continente africano.

No caso de Cabo Verde, o projecto “Ganhar África” vai permitir a reestruturação do futebol nas suas diversas vertentes, com maior incidência sobre aspectos organizacionais dos clubes e das Associações Regionais de Futebol.

De acordo com Mário Semedo, a acção da FIFA no âmbito do projecto “Ganhar África” vai ter como base os aspectos referenciados no diagnóstico da situação actual do futebol cabo-verdiano realizado pela FCF.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. Evitemos desperdiçar dinheiro em coisas que a partida sabemos não resultem tais como a organização ou restructuração dos clubes de futebol do país. Se há dinheiro que seja investido em coisas palpáveis tais como infrastructuras desportivas (campos com relva articial) e na formação de jovens jogadores e de treinadores.

nome: cfontes

email: cfontes@cvtelecom.cv

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2. Oque vão fazer no futebol africano será corromper tudo e todos. Assim, da próxima vez o Ghana vai dar menos luta ao time brasileiro.

nome: Nakampanha

email: kusapanha@djentes.stranha

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3. Parabéns Mário Semedo. Tens feito um excelente trabalho de modernização do futebol cabo-verdiano, sobretudo quanto ao aproveitamento dos recursos no exterior, principalmente no futebol português, onde está a maior parte dos nossos profissionais.

nome: la paloma

email: lapaloma@hotmail.com

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4. Tud pa Praia, ma na hora d' dzé k' Cab Verd tem futbôl juvnil ta apruveitôd trabôi feit li na Sôncent. Só na Sôncent tem futbôl juvnil organizôd. Praia k' tud kel Mensalão k' ta circulá prá lá ês ka ta podé organizá. SÔNCENT TEM K' DÁ UM GRIT D' IPIRANGA.

nome: MC Revoltod

email: mcrevoltod@gmail.com

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5.

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SPORTING EMPATA EM MOSCOVO COM GOLO DO CABO-VERDIANO NANI

2006-10-01T09:04:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

28 Set, 07:35h

Liga dos Campeões Europeus

SPORTING EMPATA EM MOSCOVO COM GOLO DO CABO-VERDIANO NANI
Contrariando o que até agora tem sido norma, a UEFA admitiu pela primeira vez que um encontro do futebol internacional se realizasse sobre “relvado” de plástico – o que será inevitavelmente handicap para os visitantes (seguem-se em Moscovo o Inter e o Bayern de Munique)

Lisboa (Delegação de Liberal), 28 Setembro – Não foi para os portugueses inteiramente feliz a estreia dos tapetes sintéticos nas competições da UEFA: o Sporting empatou ontem, em Moscovo, a um golo com o Spartak, num jogo sem brilho mas onde se demonstrou que, em condições normais, a equipa russa seria relativamente fácil de derrotar. Contrariando o que até agora tem sido norma, a UEFA admitiu pela primeira vez que um encontro do futebol internacional se realizasse sobre “relvado” de plástico – o que será inevitavelmente handicap para os visitantes (seguem-se o Inter e o Bayern de Munique). Coube ao Sporting de Lisboa a estreia.

Os “leões” entraram praticamente a perder: logo aos 4 minutos, Boyarintsev aproveitou uma aberta da defesa leonina para, com remate forte e colocado, colocar a bola no fundo da baliza à guarda de Ricardo – era evidente que a equipa portuguesa procurava adaptar-se a um piso sobre o qual quase surfava. Seguiram-se momentos de grande apuro para os sportinguistas que, durante muito tempo, “estranharam” o tal “relvado”. Jogava-se mal, muito mal. Só na segunda metade, o Sporting começou a ameaçar a área moscovita e aos 51 minutos o cabo-verdiano Nani restabeleceu a igualdade com que se selou o embate.

Em Milão, entretanto, o Bayern derrotou por 2-0 o Inter (de Figo). Ao fim desta jornada, o Bayern comanda com 6 pontos, seguido do Sporting com 4, do Spartak com 1 e Inter 0 pontos.

COMENTÁRIOS

1. Peloque sabemos, Nani já não é caboverdiano, mas sim português! Deixem de miragem, porque esta coisa de dupla nacionalidade é pura treta. Lembram-se do caso Fátima Felgueiras? Qualquer dia, quando ele quiser fugir da justiça é que invocará a outra nacionalidade para vir a este nosso país, de esconde criminosos.

nome: Ciente

email: nacional@com.orgudjo

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2. Opa estes jogadores que jogam nestas equipetas de segunda e terceira linha portuguesa não fazem falta nenhuma e nossa seleção, já cá andam há muito tempo e alegrias que é bom nada! é preciso mudar começando pelo treinador! vamos dar mais chances aos nossos craques que despontam no futebol praticado aqui em cabo verde!

nome: Danilo

email: andradedanil@hotmail.com

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ZÉ RUI APRESENTA 4 NOVIDADES NA LISTA DE CONVOCADOS

2006-10-01T09:03:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

27 Set, 10:23h

CAN 2008 2ª jornada da fase de qualificação

ZÉ RUI APRESENTA 4 NOVIDADES NA LISTA DE CONVOCADOS
Praia, 27 de Setembro - Raul de Pina, Já, Marco Soares e Djerry, são as quatro novidades da lista de convocados da Selecção Nacional de Futebol para o jogo do próximo dia sete de Outubro frente à Selecção da Guiné Conacri, a contar para a segunda jornada do grupo 8, da fase de qualificação para a CAN 2008.

A lista divulgada hoje pelo seleccionador Zé Rui consta com 21 jogadores, mais três, em relação a convocatória anterior: Raul de Pina – Micaelense dos Açores; Ernesto – Estoril; Nelson Veiga – Hominia Nicosia Chipre; Pele – Southampton; Zé Piguita – Qatar; Nando – Monnastir Tunísia; Lito – Naval; Emerson – Beira-Mar; Nené – Desportivo das Aves; Sandro – Setúbal; Moreno – Guimarães; Já – Etoile Tunísia; Marco Soares – Olhanense; Rodolfo Lima – Portimonense; Djerry – Monnastir Tunísia; Bodi – Académica Praia; Hernâni – Desp. Aves; Caló – Qatar; Cafu – Friburg e Mendes – Académico do Sal.

Na primeira jornada do grupo 8 de qualificação conjunta para a a CAN de 2008, Cabo Verde perdeu por duas bolas sem resposta e a Guiné Conacri empatou a zero bolas com a Argélia.

Na outra partida do grupo, a selecção da Argélia defronta a sua congénere da Gambia.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. sou caboverdiano, luto pelo meu país todos os dias para levar avante o nosso povo. nesta de futebol cabo verde tem de apostar nas melhores condições em todos os niveis:tais como, melhor estadio pra pratica de futebol,apoiar todas as equipas do campeonato nacionais, criar mais escolas juvenis. anivel de selecção para mim esse treinador ze rui não dá conta recados. apostamos num bom treinador estrangeiro com muita experiência, com exceptação dos portugueses.

nome: Abner Cabral

email: abner_cabral@yahoo.com.br

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2. JERRY MAIS UM CORINTHIANO NA SELEÇÃO NACIONAL. NOSSA ESCOLA DE FUTEBOL É O AJAX DE CABO VERDE.

nome: Marcos Fonseca (Xuster)

email: marcosfonseca_cv@yahoo.com

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3. boa escolha, só espero que o resultado seja diferente também da do ultimo jogo. força nha rapazis

nome: cp

email: cabeçadaepontap@hotmail.com

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4. Quanto ao seleccionador, espero que arranjemos outro melhor, porque Zé Rui é da escola e escolha «tuguesa». Há muitos e bons seleccionadores no mercado, bons e a preço de saldos. Arranjando um estrangeiro, desde que não o ponhamos nos vicios desta terra, tais como: saias e bebedeiras em primeiro lugar e "contar mentiras" em segundo, esta selecção tem pernas para fazer deslizar qualquer equipa.

nome: The Undertaker

email: pikodecabeca@caixao.rip

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5. Jerry... da escola do Corinthians? Põe juizo Sr. Marcos

nome: none

email: none@hotmail.com

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6. Sr None Jerry foi do Corinthians nos infantis. Saiu do clube e voltou nos juvenis onde ele, Nuno e Tubola arrasaram nos juvenis. O pior resultado que izemos com eles no time foi um 3 a 3. O resto foi sóvitória de goleada.

Nós não somos a Dª Vilma, sequestradora de menores. Se vc é esperto sabe o que estou dizendo. Ponah juízo Sr. None

nome: Marcos Fonseca (Xuster)

email: marcosfonseca_cv@yahoo.com

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7. cabo verde pa bai longi tem qui djobe un trenador strangero, menus portugues, nu ten bons jugador, so nu mesti un alguem pa mostraz kuza diferenti. Forca rapazis

nome: charles

email: charlesvicente@verizon.net

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8. boa convocatoria,força ze rui,vamos apoiar a selecção de todos nos,todos os que estão convocados saõ tão caboverdianos dos que vivem na terra,sorte de cabo verde ter esses profissionais,se não agora jogavamos com que jogadores?força cabo verde,força senhor Mario Semedo que não conheço,mas que tenho uma optima impressão,temos tudo para fazer boa figura

nome: dipraia

email: meninodipraia@hotmail.com

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9. é kela propi nu ten ki ganha , nu ka ta fica só na miseria tb , anos é bom ..

nome: boris

email: alqaedanacoracao@hotmail.com

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10. O tal Dr. Andrade, Dr. Azágua já tem um lote de 18 altamente técnicos jogadores cabo-verdianos nos Estados Unidos. Se Cabo Verde não tomar cuidado com essa coisa de seleccionar sómente "portugueses", vamos representar como "Cabo-Verdianos-Americanos" em todas as competições.

A FIFA irá apresentar nos próximos anos duas equipas (interna/externa) de todos os países no mundo. Os países internos não têm palavra sobre as equipas externas.

nome: Marito Semedo

email: mariosemedo@hotmail.com

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11. Caro amigo Mario Semedo tens feito um bom trabalho a nivel fcf.mas o selecionador Zé Rui nao tem condiçoes para estar a frente da selecçao.Acho que é urgente escolher o novo selecionador.Como disse sr Jose Maria Neves que nao percebe patavina do futebol vamos estar na fase final do mundial na Africa do Sul...Com o ze rui nao vamos lá. Tem algum curso de treinador?Acho que deviamos apostar no sr Manuel José que tem feito um bom trabalho em Africa tendo como adjunto o Tó Lobo que já demonstrou o seu trabalho no Sporting da Praia ou Armandinho antigo seleccionador

nome: jose teixeira

email: Josesilva@hotmail.com

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12. Ki Manuel José? Porque não apostar em jovens talentosos como Djodje (Amarante) e Tatan (Castilho). Eles estão fazendo ótimo trabalho e têm diploma. Djodje foi aluno de Parreira, Leão entre outros. Tatan fez curso junto com o Dunga, atual selecionador do Brasil. Ou então porque não trazer o pai do Valdo. Ele é técnico da seleção dos cabo-verdianos na Espanaha. Quem sabe ele convença o seu filho para vir defender a seleção.

nome: MC Revoltod

email: mcrevoltod@gmail.com

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13. Sugestões para próximas convocatórias:

Paulo Santos (Noruega); Tutay (Estrela da Amadora - Portugal); João Moreira (Valência - Espanha); Manú (Benfica); Jójó (Brasil); Dany (Oriental; Renato (Ovarense); Bijou (Gondomar); Anildo (Suécia) e Alan Cruz (Jabaquara - Brasil)

nome: MC Revoltod

email: mcrevoltod@gmail.com

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14. Ki dia ki nu ta da nos Caboverdeano um pouco di credito? Nunca nu ka ta fazi um critica construtiva, ZeRui sta fazi bom trabadju... força compatriotas, nhôs finka pê na tchôn nhô mostra ma nu ta venci tambê... si tudo Caboverdeano ki ta juga fora, na exterior tinha amor a patria y amor a terra, hoje em dia Cabo Verde staba num rank mas alto. Nhos dexa di nacionaliza, pe di galos, nhos acredita na nhos propi y nhos djobi pa nhos terra. ZeRui, ka Deus, el ta trabadja ku kel ke teni...pa um bo intendedor meia palavra basta...

nome: Lapido

email: alex_mendoza@progressive.com

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15. Zé Rui é um mau exemplo, quando ele jogava em Portugal também rejeitou defender a nossa seleção. Como ele pode convencer os indecisos se ele próprio rejeitou a seleção? Fora Zé Rui e volata Alexandre Alhinho, que por sinal nunca foi informado oficialmente que havia sido demitido. O que é uma vergonha. Aliás troça mesmo é demitir um técnico porque ele perdeu contra o Gana. Não preciso nem dizer o que o Gana fez a Républica Tcheca que era a 2ª do Ranking da FIFA.

nome: MC Revoltod

email: mcrevoltod@gmail.com

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16. Força Zé rui,ami foi jogador na praia, agora sta na merca, nunca bai seleção,mas tem alguns jogador amigo na praia sabi ma ze rui sta fazi um excelente trabadjo,si cabo verde é falado e tem jogadores di nivel é graça a ze rui,ki sta da federação um grande apoio e ajuda,senhor revoltado,zerui sempre juga na seleção,na altura até tinha mutu mau condiçoes,agora alhinho de volta nunca mas,alias nu sta farto di familia alhinho,podi bem tudo treinador di s.vicente menos és,sabi atravez di jugadores que na altura di alhinho tinha mau hambienti,criado pelo treinador,ki uns tinha tudo otus ca tinha nada,jogadores di s.vicente ou di outro ilha é ta staba sempre disponivel pa é bai buscas na aeroporto inclusive carregas ses malas,agora hora ki ta tchigaba caravana cu otus jogadores caló zé piguita e outros,nem na recpção di hotel é ca ta parci,ta fica pa liga,ah é verdade,força mario semedo e se diereção,grande trabadjo

nome: di praia

email: meninodipraia@hotmail.com

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17. Queria era ver jogadores como o Veiga (sem clube); o Hélder Rosário (Boavista); Hugo Évora (Estoril); Comboio (Estoril); Janício (Vit. Setúbal); Hélder Cabral (Vit. Guimarães); Nilton (Eslovénia); Valdo (Osasuna); Tuga (Vitória Guimarães); Semedo (Roménia); Carlitos (Suiça); Manu (Benfica); Chiquinho (Chaves); Édson (Estrela Amadora)...poderíamos ter uma grande selecção!!!

nome: Zumba

email: rjrp@esoterica.pt

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FCF PRETENDE ORGANIZAR UMA COMPETIÇÃO DA CAF

2006-10-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

29 Set, 12:37h

CAN de juniores

FCF PRETENDE ORGANIZAR UMA COMPETIÇÃO DA CAF
Praia, 29 de Setembro – Cabo Verde poderá albergar a Copa de África das Nações de 2011 na categoria de juniores, a garantia foi dada pelo presidente da Federação Cabo-verdiana de futebol, Mário Semedo, que foi indigitado para integrar a Comissão Organizadora da CAN “Gana 2008”. Uma eventual organização da CAN de juniores em Cabo Verde é encarada por Mário Semedo como uma grande oportunidade para a internacionalização do futebol cabo-verdiano.

O presidente da Federação Cabo-verdiano de Futebol considera ainda que fundamental atrair uma competição do género dentro de pouco tempo: “não há uma data fixa para Cabo Verde se candidatar, mas não podemos perder essa oportunidade”. Mário Semedo sublinha que “temos que trabalhar numa lógica da internacionalização do futebol cabo-verdiano, que passa necessariamente pela realização de grandes eventos desportivos”

Já em relação a Copa de Africa das Nações na categoria de seniores, a FCF não se mostra disponível para tão cedo apresentar uma candidatura.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. xiiiii, vamos com calma, com que infrastruturas, sera que pensaram nisso

nome: luiz moreno

email: backsmoreno@hotmail.com

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2. Serà que temos realmente condições para tal? Seria optimo de facto para a propaganda mas onde vai ser? Na Praia? no Mindêlo? na Ribeira de Paùl? Vejam là isso com serenidade e seriedade. Penso que não estamos em condições para tal evento mas se acham que sim... parabéns e àvante!

nome: Pedro Vicente

email: pierre_vincent37@yahoo.fr

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CAPE VERDE

2006-09-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

Cape Verde

Preface Last Updated: 6/29/2004 7:49 AM
Cape Verde is a fascinating and unique place to call home. The country is made up of 9 populated islands situated 15 degrees north of the equator and about 400 miles due west of Senegal, West Africa. The total country covers just over 4,000 sq. Km (1,500 sq. Mi.) and is about the same size as Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. State. The islands have about 450,000 inhabitants. The official language is Portuguese, but the real spoken language of the Cape Verdean people is Crioulo, an original combination of African dialects and Portuguese. The climate is sub-tropical, dry and sunny throughout most of the year - a byproduct of the Canary Current from the north and the northeast trade winds that arrive from the Sahara in northern Africa. Seasonal temperature variations are small on Santiago Island (where the capital Praia is located), ranging within the 70's and 80's most of the year. Throughout the island archipelago, micro-climates can be found offering cool, mountain breezes to dry, desert heat. Cape Verde offers a range of activities for the outdoor enthusiasts. The three easternmost islands are relatively flat and feature mile after mile of deserted tropical beaches. The ocean waters and dry desert sun are inviting year round, resulting in the recent growth of tourist destination resorts. Snorkeling, swimming, diving, windsurfing, and fishing are featured recreational activities. The remaining six islands are predominately mountainous and offer endless opportunities for trekking, hiking, sightseeing, photography and general exploring throughout the volcanic "ribeiras" or canyons, numerous rural villages, agricultural regions and rugged coastlines. Elevation gains can be dramatic. Pico de Fogo towers over 8,600 ft. and the many scenic peaks on Santiago and Santo Antão each offer opportunities for high adventure. Cape Verde is a rare jewel for nature lovers, since it possesses some species, mostly birds, which exist nowhere else in the world. Not surprisingly, it has a dedicated following of ornithologists and amateur birdwatchers who are particularly interested in some of the prized sea birds living on cliffs around the islands. Additionally, the water around the islands is abundant in undiscovered marine species, making it an exciting place for both divers and biologists to explore.

Cape Verde can offer a rich and varied cultural experience, especially for music lovers. The islands of Santiago and São Vicente possess vibrant music scenes with opportunities to hear live music at many local venues. In addition, there are several popular nightclubs. Cape Verdean music is increasingly gaining an international reputation, as witnessed by Cesaria Evora's award for Best World Music Album at the 2004 Grammys. With its mixture of African and European roots, Cape Verdean music has also often incorporated new ideas from Latin America and today it is influenced by a variety of other styles. This demonstrates the Cape Verdean tendency to absorb and transform multinational influences which endow Cape Verdean music with its distinctive style. Similarly, Cape Verdean society has been shaped by a rich mix of mostly Brazilian, Portuguese, African and even American cultures. This provides any visitor with priceless exposure to an eclectic blend of languages, customs, and experiences.

Residents here can enjoy both the peacefulness of island isolation and the relative easy connections to the U.S., Europe, and mainland Africa. Although still very much a developing country economically, the extent and variety of the mostly imported consumer goods increases annually. Since independence from Portugal in 1975, the political climate has been stable, multi-party and democratic. With the country still quite dependent on immigrant remittances, aid and investment, there is a sizable international presence, especially in the capital city of Praia. If you choose, life in Praia can quickly become busy with social obligations, events to attend and activities in which to participate. Or, a more relaxed lifestyle can be enjoyed pursuing your special interests.

Most foreigners living in Cape Verde take advantage of "local" travel to the other islands, which does require planning and is moderately priced. Each island has its own flavor and unique appeal. The more adventuresome can take advantage of alternative travel experiences off the beaten track but may encounter some of the inconveniences that travel in Africa inevitably brings. Those who prefer a more relaxing, care-free vacation will find that they can obtain most of the services and amenities found in tourist destinations of more developed countries. Either way, the rewards can be enriching. Encounters with local residents, breathtaking vistas and unique cultural experiences will often be unforgettable. For anyone interested in working in a diverse and increasingly dynamic country, an assignment to Cape Verde can be a fondly remembered and rewarding experience.

This is the official post report prepared by the post. The information contained herein is directed to official U.S. Government employees and their families. Any other information concerning the facts as set forth herein is to be regarded as unofficial information.

The Host Country

Area, Geography, and Climate Last Updated: 9/7/2004 9:25 AM

A little over 500 years ago, early Portuguese explorers discovered an archipelago of ten islands just off the coast of West Africa (620 km./385 miles due west of Senegal) and about half-way between Portugal and Brazil. Because there was inadequate water, the islands had no permanent settlements at the time. The Portuguese Crown found the location strategically important, despite the water shortage, and established a colony called "Cabo Verde." The new colony acquired a population-Portuguese, other Europeans, and Africans (initially as slaves)-who soon intermarried and founded a Creole culture, with subsequent additions from the Netherlands, Morocco and New England when Cape Verde became the refueling and crewing center for whaling vessels, as well as an entrepôt for other parts of Africa. These three elements-location (between Europe and the New World; off Africa but not part of the mainland), the lack of water, and the mix of peoples-have continued to play a major role in shaping the history, prospects, and the sense of identity of Cape Verde.

The 10 islands, totaling about 4,033 sq. km., are volcanic and have limited arable land. Nine of them are inhabited. Santo Antão, São Vicente, Boa Vista, São Nicolau, and Sal, (plus the uninhabited Santa Luzia) make up the six Windward Islands, while Maio, Santiago (which contains the capital, Praia), Fogo (with a semi-active volcano), and Brava comprise the four Leeward islands. The total population, according to the 2000 census, is 434,812. Santiago Island (with the city of Praia) alone contains over half of the total population and Mindelo (the second largest city) on São Vicente accounts for an additional 15%.

In terms of climate, Cape Verde is part of the Sahel region. Annual dust storms, originating in the Sahara, tend to erode the windward side of the islands, and bring a seasonal "harmattan" or smog-like dust. The climate otherwise is superb, with sub-tropical temperatures mediated by the surrounding water and the prevailing north-westerly winds. The average temperature in Praia is 75 degrees F (24.4 degrees C), but summers are hot and humid. The range of monthly averages is from 72° F to 79 degrees F. Rainfall is almost absent even in a "normal" year-average precipitation is less than 10 inches. In addition, Cape Verde suffers periodically from drought. For 10 years, 1989 until 1999, Cape Verde suffered severe drought, receiving less than half the average amount. In 1999 and 2000, the drought was relieved by a normal "wet season" (August to October.)

Population Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:12 AM

As a Portuguese colony, Cape Verde never managed to feed, or even produce enough water, for its growing population. However, the easy access to all of West Africa and the opportunity for ships to stop between the Old World and the New World and especially the slave trade made it worthwhile to maintain the colony. So the colony imported many things and grew for five hundred years. During that period, population growth and tree-cutting (for some local use but especially for fuel for trans-Atlantic steamships) further reduced the islands' ability to retain soil and to feed the population. Limits on water supply have been a fundamental constraint on economic development and the development of an infrastructure for basic services. The small size of the population scattered among the islands and isolated by poor inter-island transport and communication, further limited socio-economic development.

From its creation, Cape Verde's principal economic resources have been its location and its people. The Portuguese allowed Cape Verdeans, especially after intermarriage had created a Creole population, to have greater access to education than in other colonies. As a Portuguese colony, it provided Creole administrators, teachers, clerks, guards and other colonial staff for other Portuguese colonies in Africa and in Brazil. The Cape Verdeans-mixed African and Portuguese, but with a Portuguese cultural leaning-were ubiquitous colonial administrators. One result of this colonialization was a sizable Cape Verdean population living both in Portugal and in Potuguese colonies. After independence, Cape Verdeans continued to seek work in Portugal and to a limited extent in former Portuguese African Colonies, often through relatives already residing there.

Cape Verde provided skilled sailors and workers for the whaling ships from New England and the Netherlands. Since those ships concluded their multiyear voyages by signing off the crew at their home ports, large Cape Verdean communities came into existence in New England and Northern Europe. The first U.S. Consulate in Cape Verde was established in 1816 to protect the whaling fleet and its crews. In the 20th Century, Cape Verdeans in the United States established themselves across the continent, and are now found as far away as Hawaii. In all, there are more Cape Verdeans living outside the archipelago than within it, including an estimated 350,000 in America. Senegal and Angola each have tens of thousands of Cape Verdeans. There are emigrants in Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, France (10-15,000) and Holland (8-10,000). There are substantial numbers in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Sweden. These processes have given Cape Verde its international connections and perspectives, with a constant flow and interchange of peoples to other parts of the world.

Portuguese is the official language of Cape Verde. All business is conducted in Portuguese; it is used for correspondence, newspapers, road signs or anything that needs to be written down (Crioulo is not a fully written language). But only very rarely will Cape Verdeans speak Portuguese to each other. Everyone uses Crioulo - it is their national language, and the mother tongue of all Cape Verdeans. Cape Verdean Crioulo has its origins in the pidgin used by Portuguese slave masters to communicate with their slaves, who were brought mainly from Guinea Bissau. It is at root Portuguese with a simplified grammar. Phonetics and some words have been added from the family of Niger-Congo African languages.

Cape Verde currently has about 500,000 inhabitants (according to The World Bank Group figures) and they range in ethnicity from virtually white to black: about 70% are mixed race,, 1% are white. The intermingling of European and African peoples has resulted in an intriguing synthesis of racial types. More than half the population lives on Santiago and of these about 117,000 live in Cidade de Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. The only other big city is Mindelo on São Vicente. The island of Santa Luzia is uninhabited. Women outnumber men because of emigration. The lack of men, together with the intermittent returns and lengthy absences, are why marriage and family units of father, mother and children are unusual. Men typically have children by many women and are often married to none of them. The responsibility for bringing up children invariably falls to the women- 41% of heads of household are women.

The population is also extremely young-the average age is 23 and 45% are under 15 and 55% are under 20. Fertility rates used to be high with an average of 5.8 children per woman in 1990. However, due to an extensive family planning campaign, the fertility rate dropped significantly to 3.77 children per woman by 2002 and this downward trend is expected to continue. Life expectancy is 64 for men and 71 for women. Some 70% of the people are literate.

Other social indicators also show positive trends-net enrollment in schools is up to 90%, and both infant mortality rates and maternal mortality rates have improved significantly since independence. Government at the central and local levels remains broadly committed to public services, with alleviation of poverty and the protection of women and children as important goals. In the health sector, conditions for children, while still poor, have significantly improved since independence. There has been a decrease in infant mortality of over 50% (from 89 per thousand in 1975 to 33.4 per thousand in 2000). In the education sector, the literacy rate for children 7-12 has reached 90%, with equal access to education by boys and girls. However, some thousands of adults and teenagers of both sexes are still illiterate, and girls' school-dropout rate remains high (6.2 %.) Education is mandatory and free to age 11. Thereafter, students are required to contribute according to their family income. Those who live at or near the poverty level are often exempted from paying these fees. The Government of Cape Verde budgets over half of its resources for education.

Contributing significantly to the country's well-being is the fact that Cape Verde continues to remain stable. There has never been a war or large-scale violence in Cape Verde. Schools, hospitals, roads, and other civic structures, once built, continue to function. Additionally, Cape Verde has had much success in building a viable democracy, illustrated by two peaceful changes of power since 1991, as well as one of the best human rights records in the region. There are no political prisoners, freedom of religion is respected, and there is an active free press.

The islands have been Catholic from the beginning and most other denominations have had little chance to win converts. Some 95% of the nation is at least nominally Catholic and the largest minority - less than 1% - is the Nazarene church. The islands are seen as fertile recruiting grounds by several groups, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) - this church claims around 3,000 members in Cape Verde.

Cape Verde does not suffer from many of the diseases that are a menace in mainland Africa. There is a limited incidence of malaria - and polio, diphtheria and measles have successfully been combated. Food-borne diseases, from diarrhea to cholera, are common, though. At present, the rate of HIV/AIDS infection appears to be much lower than in other African countries. However, this rate is expected to grow significantly in coming years due to a lack of AIDS awareness, sexual habits (multiple partners) and the high levels of sexually transmitted diseases reported. In collaboration with the World Bank and international donors, in 2002 the government instituted a 5-year comprehensive AIDS awareness campaign valued at 9 million dollars focusing primarily on AIDS prevention.

Public Institutions Last Updated: 6/29/2004 7:57 AM

Cape Verde is a democratic republic with no political prisoners and a good human rights record. However, the country's record is not perfect - the police at times use excessive force in dealing with accused lawbreakers, and in the rural areas domestic violence is a deeply embedded social phenomenon.

In 1975, Cape Verde was granted its independence, as part of Portugal's liberation of all its African colonies. The oldest party is the PAICV, which won independence for the country and ruled it as a one-party state for many years. Cape Verde, under the leadership of Pedro Pires, instituted a constitution which called for a single-party socialist/Marxist state, with a parliamentary system and a presidency with real, but limited powers, and government ownership of most economic entities. Government was highly centralized, with local authorities subordinate to the central government in Praia. The population of Cape Verde was organized into cooperatives devoted to "education of the masses" and to a successful public works program. Cape Verde received substantial assistance from the Soviet bloc and from China, but Portugal remained its most important aid-giver.

Until 2001, Cape Verde had never been led by a government that did not hold an absolute majority in Parliament, with total control over all agencies of government. Since independence, however, it has undergone important political changes. During its first 16 years of independence, Cape Verde was governed under a socialistic single-party constitution. A schism in 1990, within the ruling PAICV and pressure from donors, forced a change in the electoral rules. The break-away branch of the party, the MpD (Movement for Democracy), won a majority in the country's first fully democratic elections in 1991. Cape Verde adopted a new, multi-party constitution, and the MpD maintained its majority in the second elections in 1996.

The MpD, warming to the West, emphasized economic development through the promotion of the private sector and foreign investment, promotion of tourism, and privatization of government enterprises. These policies have increased Cape Verdean prosperity, but also incurred the usual short-term effect of increasing unemployment as redundant employees were let go from privatized companies. The MpD, therefore, became susceptible to criticism. In the January, 2001, elections, the MpD, weakened by a schism, lost its Parliamentary majority to a resurgent PAICV, which campaigned not as a socialist party, but as a modern social-democratic party, with a greater emphasis on service to the people. Pedro Pires was elected President by direct popular vote by a margin of twelve votes in the 2001 elections and Jose Maria Neves, the PAICV President, was officially appointed Prime Minister.

In the 2001 elections, the PAICV had a modest majority, which had important implications for the further development of democratic give-and-take. In fact, Cape Verde is showing signs of becoming a more stable democracy, as witnessed by the noteworthy results of the city council elections of March 2004. MpD gained significant ground, winning municipalities on several islands previously held by PAICV; and two municipalities went to independent parties backed by the MpD. PAICV's poor showing prompted party leaders to reshuffle the Council of Ministers, moving some ministers and firing others. It remains to be seen how this government restructuring will impact current government policies.

The constitution of 1991, which replaced the 1980 (single-party) constitution adopted following independence, calls for a politically independent President, who approves a government led by the Council of Ministers, which is elected by the majority party in the National Assembly. The President is the head of the state and of the armed forces. The Council of Ministers is the executive and administrative organism; it consists of the more powerful Prime Minister, who is the head of the government, plus a number of government ministers and secretaries of state. National elections take place every five years. Local government consists of a locally elected Mayor (Presidente da Camara) for each of Cape Verde's 17 municipalities, assisted by a city council. Local governments have no authority to keep any tax revenues, and so are financially dependent on the central government. The judiciary's independence is enshrined in the constitution. There are courts of original jurisdiction, with appellate review by a Supreme Court and a Constitutional Court. The President appoints judges based on the Prime Minister's recommendations.

The Roman Catholic Church, headed by the Bishop of Cape Verde, is a significant religious, social and even political institution in the country. The Bishop is widely credited, for example, with enabling the change from single-party to multi-party democracy through his sermons and moral suasion. In addition, the church plays a significant role in public education, often filling the gap where central government resources prove insufficient. Protestant churches are also appearing in more abundance in Cape Verde.

The military is quite small and among its roles it protects Cape Verde's waters from narcotics trafficking, illegal fishing, and traffic in persons intending to immigrate illegally to Europe. In addition, the Cape Verdean military has a constitutional responsibility to assist the civilian population. In this role, the military is an important element in vocational training and disaster preparedness. The police are much more numerous. Except for some incidents early in the history of independence, neither the police nor the military has been used for political purposes.

Arts, Science, and Education Last Updated: 6/29/2004 7:58 AM

The cities of Praia and Mindelo offer the best opportunities for a foreigner to enjoy the local visual, performing and literary arts. Art and photography exhibits, dance shows or theater performances are occasionally booked at a cultural center, National Library, hotel or private establishment. While well-known international cultural events are rare, there are excellent visits by Cape Verdean artists of the diaspora that liven up the local cultural scene. The Portuguese Cultural Center's Instituto de Camões and the French Cultural Center often hold interesting cultural events in Praia. The Performing Arts Center, known as the National Auditorium, is perhaps the most popular venue for professional performances, where in 2003 they hosted such acts as the Harlem Dancers. There is one movie theater in downtown Praia that gets a good selection of popular movies, mostly from the U.S. They are in English with Portuguese subtitles, however, the sound system is poor and the spectators can be rather noisy. Balcony seats are comfortable and homemade popcorn can be purchased just outside the theater. There is also an outdoor theater for the more adventuresome which often gets the same movies as the downtown movie theater.

Without a doubt, it's the internationally recognized music of Cape Verde that holds center stage. Music underpins Cape Verdean life. There are several musical forms that have evolved over the last 500 years. Some are essentially European, some are African and many lie in between the two. Latin American and Brazilian rhythms and styles can also be recognized. For such a small country, the variety of music seems unending. Types of music range from the more traditional, Portuguese-influenced Morna, with its bittersweet, melancholy sound created from the interplay of guitars and violins, to the livelier Funana with its African roots and unique percussion based rhythms. Like the Funana, the Tabanka and Batuko contain powerful rhythms, simple harmonies and much repetition. Another principal form of traditional music is the popular Coladera, which is a fast, danceable music with singing that is influenced by Afro-American music. Music making happens everywhere - in the nightclubs of Mindelo where people dance all night, in restaurants and in people's homes.

The Cape Verdean music scene is thriving, with an increasing number of bands joining the renowned Cesária Evora on the international scene. In addition to Cesária, the barefoot diva, several other Cape Verdean artists are gaining popularity on the international stage, including Simentera, Ildo Lobo, Tcheka, and Tito Paris. Live music is everywhere - in every little village and valley - and of course in the cities of Praia and Mindelo. To hear the music in a planned way, Praia and Mindelo are the best bet, even though venues constantly change. Mindelo, in particular, is where live music abounds; most restaurants have a Cape Verdean music night. In fact, Mindelo is considered the cultural capital of the archipelago and many Cape Verdean artists and thinkers were educated here. This city is proud of its intellectual and artistic tradition. Cape Verde's two most exuberant annual festivals are here: the exotic carnival, a miniature Rio, in mid-February, and the beach music festival in August. Its music scene, numerous restaurants and bars, and various cultural centers make this lively city a worthwhile place to visit.

With the gradual growth of the tourist trade, locally produced crafts are becoming increasingly available. These include horn and lava carvings, weavings of the traditional "pano" cloths and pottery from local clays. A more adventuresome way to experience the arts is to simply venture (best by foot) into the rural villages. One will often stumble upon a group of musicians or local celebrations in which you will be welcomed to observe or even participate.

Cape Verde opened the "Institut Piaget" (from Portugal) in 2000, which offers degree programs ranging from the European Bachelor's degree (3 to 4 years) up to master's level, and even offers the equivalent of a doctorate, but only in one or two subjects. Note that this school is still in an embryonic stage and consequently the curriculum and degrees offered are constantly changing. In addition, this university generally may contract professors locally so the quality of teaching may not meet international standards. In terms of adult education, only literacy programs or vocational training are available in Praia. Praia does have a two year program to train teachers, ISE (Institute for Superior Education). Cape Verdeans who desire to pursue advanced education and college degrees often do so overseas in the United States, Portugal, Brazil, Cuba, the Netherlands, Germany, etc. Additionally, there are opportunities for Portuguese, French, German and English language studies at various locations. Courses or individual instruction in guitar, piano, and other instruments, in addition to voice lessons, are offered at Pentagrama, a local music school. There are occasional opportunities for classes in technical areas. Essentially all education and classes are given in the Portuguese language.

Because of the existence of internet service here, opportunities for distance learning exist. This might include some advanced courses offered through U.S. universities. On-line time, although not totally cost prohibitive, is expensive.

Commerce and Industry Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:31 AM

Cape Verde is a developing country striving to achieve its potential in a world economy. Because of the lack of significant raw materials for exploitation, and because its young skilled workers tend to emigrate, Cape Verde has developed no significant local industries. Local occupation is largely limited to agriculture, fishing, trade and services. The economy is service oriented, with commerce, transport and public services accounting for almost 70% of GDP. Cape Verdean émigrés have been an important source of economic return for centuries. Currently, the largest single portion (about 28%) of GNP consists of remittances sent home by the Cape Verdean community abroad. An estimated 60-70% of those who identify themselves as Cape Verdean live abroad.

Despite the poor natural resource base, the per capita GDP of $1,400 USD places Cape Verde amongst the highest in the West Africa region. However, serious water shortages exacerbated by cycles of long-term drought make economic independence difficult. Although nearly 70% of the population lives in rural areas, and over 50% of employment is in agriculture, the share of agriculture in the GDP is only about 13%, of which fishing accounts for 1.5%. The archipelago is at the center of one of the last great underused fishing grounds of the world. Tuna and lobster abound, but at present fishing is a trade of artisans, though there is some export of fish and crustaceans. There are great hopes that shipping services, including repair yards and refrigerated storage, can be improved. Some progress was made in this area when Japanese donors inaugurated a new fishing dock and a refrigerated storage facility for fish in late 2003.

Unemployment was 21% in 2000- although some of these people are occupied for at least some of the time in fishing or farming. The economy has grown steadily since 1975. It is largely subsistence and the World Bank classifies 14% of the population as very poor, and 30% as poor. Women comprise two-thirds of the poor, and the large majority of the poor live in rural areas.

The islands receive one of the highest amounts of international aid, per capita, in the world (US$270 per person annually in 1997). A huge percentage of their grain is imported by aid organizations or other governments. Imports far exceed exports, and over 75% of food needs are provided by international assistance. For example, the U.S. PL - 480 program alone provides for some 20% of the country's basic grain requirements. In FY 2003, this food aid was $3.5 million dollars, in the form of donated corn which was monetized in Cape Verde, with the proceeds used to support programs on drip agriculture, micro credit, and soil and water conservation. The program is managed by ACDI/VOCA, a U.S.-based NGO. Foreign aid money comes principally from Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, the U.S. and France. The results are evident everywhere: new harbors and ports, paved roads, forests of acacia, freshly painted hospitals, schools and town halls.

Cape Verde annually runs a high trade deficit, financed by foreign aid and remittances from immigrants. Economic reforms, launched by a new democratic government in 1991, were aimed at developing the private sector and attracting foreign investment to diversify the economy. The current administration has generally continued economic reforms and encouraged foreign investment and private sector development as an engine of economic growth. Proof of this is their continued commitment to privatizing or liquidating inefficient government controlled entities such as EMPA, the state enterprise in charge of the import and distribution of staple foods until 2002. In addition, plans are now underway to privatize EMPROFAC, the state run monopoly responsible for distributing medications, as well as other state owned entities such as ENAPOR and CABONAV, which regulate the ports and ship building, respectively. Prospects for the future also depend heavily on the maintenance of aid flows, remittances and the momentum of the government's development program. Inflation in recent years has been kept in check at a rate between 2.5 and 3.5%.

Since 1990, tourism, currently accounting for more than 3.5% of GDP, is considered a strong area targeted for economic growth. In fact, tourism may explode with increased access to the white beaches and the mountains. Various regions have been earmarked for beach tourism development, such as Sal, Boavista, Santiago, and São Vicente, while other regions have been targeted for adventure tourism, in particular Santo Antão, Fogo, and São Nicolau. Labor intensive light industry also shows promise with the introduction of garment and shoe manufacturing in Sao Vicente. With a current population growth in Praia, construction trades as well as commerce in general are expanding, resulting in an increased quantity and variety of consumer goods and foodstuff available through import.

Significantly, in 2004, the United Nations is considering "graduation" of Cape Verde from being considered a least developed nation to a developing country, which may impact the country's ability to qualify for lower lending rates and some foreign aid programs. Due to concerns that the country remains extremely dependent on international economic assistance and emigrants' remittances, one of the government's most urgent priorities is to expand the economic base and promote exports. As previously discussed, it has made tourism and fisheries, in addition to air and maritime transport, some of its top development priorities.

The U.S. Embassy is currently working with Cape Verde on several programs to expand the Cape Verdean economy, link it more closely to the world economy, and provide economic opportunity. Much of this effort has been directed at the air transport sector. Under the Safe Skies for Africa initiative, the Federal Aviation Administration has been working intensively with Cape Verde. These efforts came to fruition in September 2003 when Cape Verde achieved Category I status, only the sixth country in Africa to achieve Category I status. This opens the possibility for further development of air transport in and out of Cape Verde, which will help the country take advantage of its unique geographical position. More specifically, the hope is that Cape Verde's air transport sector will increase jobs and stimulate regional and bilateral trade. As part of this overall effort, in FY 2003, the U.S. provided airport security equipment valued at $1 million. In addition, a recent grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will fund a feasibility study for future expansion of the international airport on Sal Island.

Another important initiative consists of U.S. technical assistance, including a resident advisor funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to help Cape Verde in its bid to join the World Trade Organization. Successful Cape Verdean accession to the World Trade Organization would link this country more effectively into the world trading system. Therefore, this is a priority of the Cape Verdean government.

An additional quantifiable achievement in the economic area is that Cape Verde made its first textile exports under AGOA in December 2002. The U.S. government is expanding efforts to increase the number of AGOA exporters.

In May 2004, Cape Verde was included in the list of 16 countries eligible for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) grants. This reflected outstanding leadership in democratic governance, transparency, fighting corruption, and creating a world class fiscal system.

On July 4, 2005, Cape Verde signed a Compact for $110,000,000 with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). These MCA funds will be used to improve agricultural productivity, replenish the water table, and raise the standard of living in rural areas. In the medium term, it will improve infrastructure to ease access to employment and social services, and reduca transportation costs. And over the long term, it will make the private sector more competitive and stengthen government institutions to attract more investment, and create jobs.

Transportation

Automobiles Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:01 AM

People assigned to Praia need a private automobile (4-wheel drive is recommended) for transportation around town and across the island. The Embassy can usually provide transport after hours or for weekend use until your car arrives, and can arrange car rental for temporary duty personnel.

Traffic moves on the right, as in the U.S. The streets and roads are narrow and many are hand-made from volcanic basalt cobblestones. Traffic signals are rare. Traffic police are common in Praia at major intersections during rush hour. The recent improvement in the economy is most easily seen in the increase in the numbers of cars on the inadequate roads, resulting in occasional traffic jams and a lack of parking in Praia and the other larger towns. However, except for minor delays during rush hour, traffic generally runs smoothly. Occasionally, road discipline is lacking and drivers will fail to use signals or will drive erratically. Drunk driving is common, especially during holidays. In addition, pedestrians and wandering livestock can make driving hazardous.

Most roads on the island demonstrate maintenance that is uneven at best. If you wish to use your car outside Praia, a four-wheel drive vehicle is highly recommended, but is not absolutely essential. However, beginning in 2003, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of some of the roads because the government, in collaboration with donors, has funded an extensive campaign to pave key roads and improve roadways. For example, the government has paved highly traveled roads along the wharf and up to the airport, as well as installed roundabouts. Essentially, the plan is to pave roads in a circle around the city. This has greatly facilitated transportation. In addition, the government is currently paving the main road leading to the other side of the island, which will lower transport costs as well as improve the ease of traveling to various project sites and tourist destinations, such as Assomada and Tarrafal.

Cars imported by non-residents (which includes all official American staff) are considered in transit, and no tax is levied. A second car imported by the same individual is, however, subject to all duties and taxes, which can be prohibitive.

European and Japanese makes, especially Toyota, VW and Mercedes, are most popular. Some spare parts may be available, but parts must often be imported for any repair. Ship separately from your car a supply of such parts as spark plugs, extra tires, points, condenser, fuel pump, fan belts, light bulbs, and wiper blades. A heavy duty battery is essential. Air-conditioning is useful in dusty and warmer months, but most people do not consider it essential. Rough cobblestone roads cause tires, suspension systems and brakes to wear rapidly. Spares may be useful. The ocean breezes are salty, and rust is a severe problem; you may wish to bring a good supply of car wax. Cars should have heavy-duty suspension, undercoating, and radial tires. Adjust the carburetor for low-octane unleaded fuel. Leaded fuel is unavailable. Strip the car of radio, jack, tool kit and removable items prior to shipment, and ship those items separately.

Local Transportation Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:01 AM

Praia's local public transportation system is moderately effective. Good taxis are relatively inexpensive and are readily obtained on busy downtown streets and close to popular locations (major hotels, airport, hospital, etc.). Calling and arranging for a taxi in advance is also possible, though there may be a small extra charge (an extra 100 CVE, roughly $1.20 USD) especially at night, and these taxis are usually reliable. There is no extra charge for luggage. There are often standard, informal rates for trips around town, but to avoid problems, it's best to ask drivers to turn on the meter. Taxi fare from the Embassy to the residential area in Prainha, where most Americans live, is about 150 CVE (roughly $1.60 USD). The minimum starting fee is 100 CVE. Note that after 10:00 p.m., the taxi meter charges more per/minute. Tips are welcome but not standard. By African standards, taxis are generally clean and well maintained. Bus service is available, but schedules are uncertain, breakdowns are common, and overcrowding is inevitable. Without a car, the best way to get around is on foot. Walking from Prainha to the Embassy takes about 25 minutes. Bicycling on the uneven roads and on the steep inclines may be difficult and may also be hazardous.

Transportation between towns is provided by "Yazzies"-converted vans, often Hiace brand, whence the name-which are not recommended for American personnel. They are usually overloaded, and the drivers are addicted to speed. Numerous accidents result.

Regional Transportation Last Updated: 3/16/2005 6:35 AM

Travel from Praia to the other islands of Cape Verde is normally by air. There is but one inter-island airline option. TACV (Cabo Verde Airlines), still a government-owned corporation. Flights to some islands are available daily, but reservations may be unreliable, delays (sometimes of a day or more) are common, and during the peak tourist months (Christmas and summer), seats are scarce. During the dust season (Feb-April), some airports may close for a few days.

There is also a modern ferry which sometimes runs between Santiago, Fogo, Brava (an overnight trip one way) and São Vicente (a three-day trip) which is comfortable and convenient, especially in the sleeping cabins. Schedules change often. Numerous small ferries and taxi-boats also provide ferry service between islands, but are usually overcrowded and are not recommended for safety reasons. A new company with two more modern ferry boats started offering inter-island service in 2003, with one boat based in Praia and the other in São Vicente, but operating schedules have not been dependable. In addition, the reputable Moura and Company, a privately owned bus company, is planning to import 3 high speed passenger catamarans to offer a viable alternative to inter-island air travel at a lower cost.

Cape Verde is served (for connections to the Canary Islands and some major cities in Europe) by TACV, TAP (Air Portugal), and Condor, and (for connections to South Africa or direct to the U.S.) by SAA-South African Airways. The international airport is located on Sal Island (roughly a 1-hour flight from Praia). A local flight from Praia to Sal is necessary for any of those international trips or to meet and greet visiting dignitaries. Stopovers in Sal can be problematic because of long waiting lists or unexpected delays. It is not uncommon to arrive there in the middle of the night and to have to get a hotel while waiting for the next available flight to Praia.

TACV recently started offering direct flights once a week (Tuesdays) from Sal to Boston. Note that in accordance with the Fly America Act, most official travel requires routing through European airports to connect with U.S. Flag carriers. However, the recent liberalization of the Fly America Act may allow for greater flexibility regarding choice of carriers, so it is best to research available options with the embassy travel specialist on a case by case basis. In addition, Air Senegal and TACV provide flights directly from Praia airport to Dakar, Senegal, where it is possible to connect with regional African airlines as well as to other flights to the U.S. and Europe. That routing, however, is often subject to delays and lost baggage. There are also direct flights to Fortaleza (NE Brazil) from Sal via TAP, the Portuguese airline, and Varig, the Brazilian airline. Usually if an international ticket on TACV to Cape Verde is purchased, then discount tickets for internal flights may also be brought in conjunction with the international ticket. Praia continues to await the final completion and opening of a new airport that promises to offer direct international flights to Lisbon and other destinations.

Communications Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:04 AM

Communications count as one of the advantages at this post. External communications links from Praia are good to excellent, and internal links are improving. Praia is served by an international satellite downlink system with modern switching and good landlines in Praia and Mindelo. Cape Verde also connects to several transatlantic cables, which are in the process of being upgraded to fiber-optic cable. Fiber-optic underwater cables connect the major islands. Telephone service from the smaller islands, and smaller towns on all islands, are sometimes problematical because of poor local lines. However, most of the country is accessible on mobile phones. Direct dialing to and from Cape Verde is widely available. The Embassy provides a telephone hookup with FAX and an internet connection (generally reliable but slow) at each embassy residence. Dial-up connections are possible from most islands. High-speed internet has just arrived in Cape Verde and costs about $70 a month plus an installation fee. ISDN lines are available, but pricey. All calls within Cape Verde (including internet connections) are priced as local calls. Card payphones are widely available. International calls from Praia are very expensive-currently about $4/minute-but calls from the U.S. are cheaper. However, one can take advantage of call-back services or of internet telephony, which costs cents-per-minute.

Telephones and Telecommunications Last Updated: 12/8/2003 10:48 AM

Communications count as one of the advantages at this post. External communications links from Praia are good to excellent, and internal links are improving. Praia is served by an international satellite downlink system with modern switching and good landlines in Praia and Mindelo. Cape Verde also connects to several transatlantic cables, which are in the process of being upgraded to fiber-optic cable. Fiber-optic underwater cables connect the major islands. Telephone service from the smaller islands, and smaller towns on all islands, are sometimes problematical because of poor local lines. However, most of the country is accessible on mobile phones. Direct dialing to and from Cape Verde is widely available. The Embassy provides a telephone hookup with FAX and an internet connection (generally reliable but slow) at each Embassy residence, and dial-up connections are possible from most islands. ISDN lines are available, but pricey. All calls within Cape Verde (including internet connections) are priced as local calls, and card payphones are widely available. International calls from Praia are very expensive—currently about $4/minute—but calls from the U.S. are cheaper, and many take advantage of call-back services or of internet telephony, which costs cents-per-minute.

Mail and Pouch Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:07 AM

The Department of State now sends all official and personal mail (including magazines, newspapers, packages, etc.) to Praia via weekly air pouch. Size and weight limits apply-currently 50 lbs. is the maximum weight and package dimensions should not exceed 62 inches in length or width. Transit time averages two-three weeks each way. However, there have been lengthy delays in some instances. Personal mail can be sent to the U.S. via diplomatic pouch, but no packages over 2 lbs. are permitted except for returned merchandise. Mail sent in either direction cannot be insured. Liquids and glass are prohibited in the pouch. Praia has no APO service. Use the following address for all first-class mail and packages:

Full Name 2460 Praia Place Dulles, VA 20189-2460

Transit time for international mail for first class letters, via the diplomatic pouch, averages two-four weeks, but can greatly exceed this, and some mail has been delayed for months in transit or has been lost. The international mail address to receive mail at the embassy is (note that this mail may be irradiated):

Full Name American Embassy Rua Abilio Macedo 81 Caixa Postal 201 Codigo Postal 7600 Praia, Cape Verde.

Praia has a DHL office for courier mail, which is generally reliable, but expensive. As courier pouches are often misdirected, only DHL is recommended for courier service, since the local office can track and redirect packages. (Neither UPS, FedEx, or any other courier service has a local representative.) If someone is sending a courier package to you, it is strongly recommended that the airway bill number be sent ahead via email, to assist in tracking.

Radio and TV Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:07 AM

Radio-Television Cabo Verde (RTC) broadcasts FM radio. Broadcasts focus on music and local news in Portuguese and Crioulo. Each Embassy Officer's residence has a short-wave radio, which can receive broadcasts from Europe, North America, and Africa, although reception is not always good. Local television broadcasts, in color, include the state television TCV, which broadcasts after 5:00pm weekdays, earlier on weekends. There is also a French channel, TV5, as well as a Portuguese channel, the state owned RTP. Embassy residences are also equipped with individual satellite dishes, which enable the reception of the U.S. Armed Forces Network (AFN), with selected U.S. commercial-free content, CNN in color, and four other non-U.S. satellite broadcasts.

The local SECAM D.K. system is not compatible with U.S. sets. While it is possible to get a U.S. television set converted, it is not recommended. A multi-system television set and VCR are supplied to each Embassy residence. If you wish to bring a second set, a similar product is recommended.

Cable TV service is available through one company based in South Africa called Multi-choice. This company provides over 100 channels in a variety of languages, including French, Italian, Portuguese and English. Clients select the bouquet of a specific language and then receive some or all the channels available in that language bouquet or a combination of different bouquets. For example, one might choose the entire Portuguese bouquet consisting of 6 channels, in addition to two out of the many French channels available. Monthly cable subscriptions are reasonable but the initial investment of roughly $1,200 USD for the required Multi-choice satellite and decoder box is somewhat cost- prohibitive. This is a worthwhile investment, however, for those who find the 3 locally available channels limiting.

Newspapers, Magazines, and Technical Journals Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:16 AM

All local publications are in the Portuguese language. Several weekly/monthly newspapers are available. These have limited world or international news and are often influenced by one political party or another. There are three local weekly newspapers: "A Semana" (PAICV), "Expresso Das Ilhas" (MpD) and "Horizonte" (State owned). Another newspaper is published in Mindelo but available in Praia - the Terra Nova. The "Cifrao" is a monthly newspaper featuring economic and business news. And, the "Arte & Letras" is a quarterly publication featuring news and articles on performing and literary arts.

There are no locally published magazines or technical journals. Magazines from Portugal (in Portuguese) can be obtained locally at the Shell gas stations or at the Kiosk in the plaza near Café Sofia, on the plateau. Note that magazines are not always consistently available. One noteworthy Portuguese magazine is "Visão," a weekly magazine focusing on a range of subjects but especially local and some international politics. There is also the weekly magazine "Focus," which covers a variety of news topics, especially health and science related issues. Other well known Portuguese home or fashion magazines, such as "Lux" and "Mulher," as well as some Spanish magazines like "Hola," can often be found, though all imported magazines tend to be expensive. The French Cultural Center has (in French) a library that includes magazines, journals, films and other media that can be checked out by members. Membership is quite inexpensive (about $25/year) and includes discounts on concerts and occasional exhibits. There are currently no English publications in Cape Verde.

Health and Medicine

Medical Facilities Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:17 AM

The Regional Medical Officer (RMO), stationed in Dakar and responsible for Praia, makes regional visits to Praia about once every 3-4 months. An American Nurse Practitioner is assigned as the Peace Corps Medical Officer (PCMO) in Praia, and, in addition to caring for PC Volunteers, provides basic medical care to Embassy personnel and families, with the assistance of two local nurses. A limited supply of medicines is stocked at the Peace Corps medical unit. However, the medical unit cannot supply prescription drugs. Each person assigned here must arrange for their own prescriptions to be supplied through the mail.

A review by U.S. military medical personnel rated the local hospital as unacceptable. Nevertheless, visitors and Peace Corps Volunteers have successfully received emergency treatment there. Praia has a number of medical specialists trained in Europe, Cuba, Brazil, the U.S.S.R., or China, but they are hampered by lack of supplies, trained assistants, and facilities. The RMO is consulted on medical problems, and, when necessary and possible, treatment is conducted in Dakar, in South Africa, or in European facilities.

If you wear eyeglasses, bring an extra pair of both regular and sunglasses. Some people who regularly use contact lenses elsewhere have difficulties with them in Cape Verde because of lots of dust. Praia does not have contact lens cleaning or soaking solutions, so bring or ship a full supply for your tour in your consumables.

Community Health Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:18 AM

Although community health is relatively good by West African standards, it remains well below acceptable levels by U.S. standards. Praia has weekly garbage collections, but remains a dirty city, with refuse littering the streets. The city sewage system is under construction, but most of the city relies on septic tanks, at best. City water comes from springs, wells, or a desalinization plant, but is not considered potable because of unsafe delivery systems. The Embassy supplies bottled drinking water. Fresh fruits and vegetables should be considered contaminated, and must be cleaned and soaked in disinfectant (such as bleach) before eating. During the annual dusty season, personnel in Praia regularly suffer from upper respiratory problems, colds and allergies. Eye irritation is common. Ants can often be a problem and during drought conditions, flies and cockroaches flourish and are annoying. After a rain, they are endemic.

Preventive Measures Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:19 AM

Personnel traveling to Praia should have current inoculations against typhoid, IPV, hepatitis A & B, rabies and tetanus. Malaria suppressants are not normally required for Cape Verde, but are recommended prior to travel elsewhere in West Africa. While malaria is not a problem, mosquitoes are. Bring a good supply of mosquito repellent such as 90% DEET. There have not been any cases of rabies, but it is still recommended. Yellow fever and meningitis are highly recommended, but sometimes this is not given since it is not mandatory. However, these immunizations are mandatory to travel to Senegal, which many people do during their time in Cape Verde.

The dry air can be a problem for skin. Some well known brands of moisturizers such as Nivea and Vaseline are available here, but they tend to be expensive. Bring a good supply of strong sunscreen, as well as skin creams, eye drops, sunglasses and common first-aid medicines. The sun is intense, and dust storms from the Sahara can be very irritating.

Employment for Spouses and Dependents Last Updated: 8/4/2005 9:22 AM

Because unemployment is very high-nearly 50%-opportunities for local employment are scarce. A bi-lateral agreement between the U.S. and Cape Verde was signed in June 2005. Work permits are required for dependent family members to work on the local economy. An offer of employment, or documented ability to become self-employed, is required to obtain a work permit. Where local-hire contract positions are available, salaries are very low by U.S. standards, even when the employer is not local. Most professional employment in the local economy requires fluency in Portuguese. Occasionally, the UNDP, other UN agencies, or international aid missions or NGOs require personnel. If interested in full-time professional employment, it is strongly recommended to apply to the prospective employer prior to coming to Cape Verde.

The Embassy currently has limited Eligible Family Member (EFM) positions available. There is a part-time Community Liaison Officer (CLO) and possible opportunites in GSO. There sometimes is part-time contract work as well. EFMs interested in any of these positions should bring a completed SF-171 (Personal Qualifications Statement) to post with you. The post makes every effort to hire eligible family members who wish to work.

American Embassy - Praia

Post City Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:40 AM

Praia, a city of 120,000 people, is the capital of the Republic of Cape Verde, and both the largest urban center and the principal port on the island of Santiago. Praia combines some of the character and architecture of a small Portuguese town with the bustle, color, food and traditions of West Africa. Housing is limited, but the town is filled with new construction as builders try to keep up with rapid population growth.

Praia is far from being a modern city, but some amenities are available, from pizza parlors to continental restaurants, numerous music venues to discos. There is a small but interesting set of museums, including one exhibiting treasures from sunken ships, and cultural centers with a continuing series of art and other exhibits. There is also a high caliber Performing Arts Center known as the National Auditorium. As the economy of Cape Verde improves, a greater variety of imported goods are available for sale. However, this growth also results in growing traffic congestion, higher crime rates and puts stress on an already limited infrastructure.

Security Last Updated: 3/7/2005 5:41 AM

Overall crime and safety situation:

Owing to its geographical isolation, strong historical ties to the United States, and a large American-Cape Verdean population resident in the United States, there is little anti-Americanism and no known indigenous terrorist threat to visiting or resident Americans. Fueled by transit drug trafficking, crime is rising and becoming more violent. Armed attacks are now occurring with some regularity in the city of Praia and resort areas on the islands of Sal and Maio. Most crimes are burglaries and pick-pocketing or purse and cell phone snatching by groups of youths who are immune from criminal sanction, by national law and practice, until the age of 16. Traffic accidents are the most serious risk to residents and visitors.

Cape Verdean Police:

Authorities are generally good-willed and responsive, though capacity to assist and respond effectively is limited by lack of resources and little language capability beyond Portuguese and perhaps French.

How to avoid becoming a victim:

Visitors and residents should observe the same kinds of security precautions one would exercise in unfamiliar and economically disadvantaged areas anywhere. In Praia, the Sucupira and Fazenda areas are especially prone to muggings and purse-snatchings. Both should be traversed with great care in daylight and avoided at night. Similar precautions apply to beach resort areas on Maio and Sal. Local guard services are widely employed in Praia and are generally considered effective in protecting property and individuals within guarded areas.

The Post and Its Administration Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:46 AM

The first American resident Ambassador was assigned to Praia in April, 1983, although an embassy was established in Praia in January, 1979. In addition to the Ambassador, Embassy personnel currently include a Deputy Chief of Mission (who serves also as Management Officer and Post Security Officer), a Consul, a POL/PD (with back-up consular duties) Officer, and an Office Management Specialist (OMS) who performs Information Management (IM) functions. The Embassy does not have an IMO or IPO. The Embassy is on Rua Abilio Macedo on the "Plateau" (the center of the city), and the telephone number is (238) 261-56-16; FAX (238) 261-13-55.

In addition, there is a fairly large Peace Corps program in Cape Verde. From the head office in Prainha, the Country Director, two Associate Country Directors, the Peace Corps Medical Officer and the Cape Verdean staff oversee the activities of some 42 volunteers spread out on seven islands. Approximately two-thirds are working with the Ministry of Education and the remaining work with local governments and local non-profit organizations.

There is an office of ACDI-VOCA, which, under contract to USAID, administers a PL-480 Food-For-Peace program. Project proceeds support agricultural development and a micro-credit program. Another USAID funded project includes US technical assistance, implemented by Booz Allen Hamilton, to prepare Cape Verde for entry into the World Trade Organization.

Arriving personnel will, under almost all circumstances, be assisted at Sal airport by a contract expeditor, and met at Praia airport by an Embassy vehicle (red letters on a white background license plate, CD-16) and driver. Otherwise, take a taxi to your assigned location in Prainha (a ten minute drive at 300+$CVE.). Taxi fares double after midnight. Embassy hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There are no Marine Security Guards, but a local guard is on duty 24 hours daily.

Housing Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:48 AM

Housing for all Americans is in the area to the south of the central Plateau, either in Prainha, near the sea-shore, or above Prainha, on another raised plateau - Achada Santo Antonio. There are few street addresses in Praia. For social invitations, houses are identified by area landmarks, by the name of the owner or a prior inhabitant, or by locally-produced maps.

Temporary Quarters Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:23 AM

Arriving Embassy personnel will usually move directly into assigned furnished quarters with a welcome kit. If the quarters are not ready, the Embassy maintains a TDY apartment suitable for up to two persons. If neither is available, personnel occasionally stay in one of two hotels. The Hotel Praia-Mar and the Hotel Tropico, both in Prainha overlooking the sea, have air-conditioned rooms, bar, restaurant, and salt-water pools. The Praia-Mar also has a tennis court and a disco.

Permanent Housing Last Updated: 7/13/2005 1:30 PM

The U.S. Government owns one residence (identified as Prainha 6) in Prainha,. All others are leased. The Ambassador's Residence is on Achada Santo Antonio, overlooking the drop to the Quebra Canela Beach. The Ambassador's Residence, a four bedroom two-story house on the edge of the plateau, features a multi-level terrace suitable for entertaining. It has adequate family living area, a study, a small living room for entertaining, and a large service and kitchen area. The DCM's residence, Prainha 6, is a four bedroom, two-story house, with a paved garden and rooftop patio for entertaining in good weather. The current Consul's residence, Prainha 10, features lovely curved stone walls in the large dining room, a living room, a TV area, four bedrooms plus a study, a small backyard patio and five verandas. Prainha 7, the Pol/PD Officer's residence, is a new addition to the housing. It is a three-level house with nice views of the ocean. There are two bedrooms, four bathrooms, a living room, a dining room, a TV room a large front terrace and four verandas. All residences contain sufficient storage space.

In addition, the Embassy leases a connected row of four small houses, used for Peace Corps offices, TDY quarters, a recreation room, and the OMS residence. The OMS residence has two bedrooms, kitchen, two bathrooms, a small living room, dining room, TV room and a small back terrace.

The Embassy also owns a property on Achada Santo Antonio. It currently houses the Embassy Outdoor Recreation Facility - a lighted tennis court (artificial grass/sand surface), a heated fresh-water swimming pool that doubles as an emergency water supply, a volley-ball court on sand, and a paved area for ceremonials (e.g. the July 4th party) or private barbecues and picnics.

Photos of most residences are available at the Overseas Briefing Center on the FSI campus.

Furnishings Last Updated: 7/13/2005 1:32 PM

Homes are furnished with major appliances- gas stove, refrigerators, vacuum cleaner, microwave, freezers, washer & dryer, and water distiller. All rooms are furnished from standard sets of furniture. Lamps, bookcases, and basic lawn furniture are also supplied. The post either provides drapes or permits an allowance of $500.00. All drapes should be machine washable. Most employees order from various catalogues, but drapes can be made locally.

The Embassy also supplies a television, VCRs, and a coffee-maker. The Welcome Kit for new arrivals consists of pots, pans, cutlery, towels, linen, glassware, and miscellaneous cooking and serving equipment and is adequate for a family for a brief time.

Bring small decorative and colorful items such as pictures to personalize your home. Remember dust problems and the need for easy cleaning when you are selecting items to bring.

Utilities and Equipment Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:28 AM

Embassy housing has heaters, which supply adequate hot water (at minimum in the kitchen and master bedroom suite), and split-unit air conditioners. Electric power is 220-volt, 50-hz, but may fluctuate as much as 50%. A limited supply of transformers and voltage regulators are available. It is advisable to bring a couple of your own transformers as well. Note that power supply is often erratic. For valuable items such as a computer or stereo system, use of a voltage regulator, and a 110 transformer as needed, is advised. Bring small transformers for any personal 110-volt equipment such as hair dryers. All residences are connected to an electric generator for back-up power as the supply from the city can be erratic. Unless you have 220 volt, 50-cycle clocks, ensure that all clocks you bring are battery powered. A good supply of batteries, and/or battery charger, can come in handy.

Cooking gas is supplied locally by the Embassy GSO. Each residence has its own water storage system, since city water supply is erratic. The Embassy fills that system with non-potable water when there is a problem with the city water supply. In addition, the Embassy supplies an adequate amount of bottled water. Water pressure (from overhead tanks and/or pumps) is adequate for showers.

Food Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:30 AM

Employees rely on the local economy for their basic food needs. There is one supermarket similar to those that exist in the U.S., which normally has produce, meat, and other standard grocery items, permitting "one-stop" shopping. Nevertheless, the typical shopper might still go to other stores or the outdoor market for a greater variety of vegetables, meat or products. There are several small mini-markets which stock a mix of meat, some produce, and a wide variety of imported goods, including food and household items. In fact, shopping is often done at a variety of these small stores. At the outdoor food market on the Plateau, there is a bigger selection of fresh produce as well as fresh fish, early in the mornings. Prices often fluctuate greatly for some produce depending on seasonable availability, such as for green beans, eggplants, and beets.

Cape Verde is not food self-sufficient, but local supplies of fresh fruit and vegetables are increasing every year, in part due to the ACDI-VOCA supported drip irrigation projects. Local fish, especially tuna, garoupa (like a red snapper), and serra (wahoo), are good, as are local shellfish when in season. The locally canned tuna-fish is reputed to be the best in the world. Local markets normally have a stock of fresh or frozen poultry, beef, pork and occasionally lamb. Good quality meat of limited variety can be found, though the selection seems to improve with time. For example, stores have increasingly been importing high quality frozen beef roast and tenderloin roast from Brazil, and one store has been known to sell good pork tenderloin. This particular store also sells good quality frozen cuts of meat, including chicken and turkey breasts, hamburger patties, chicken legs and wings, pork chops, and leg of lamb. Perhaps better quality meat is available in Dakar, and on order from South Africa, but shipping is expensive. Also available are some good local and imported sausages that are popular in Portugal and Cape Verde, called linguiça and chorizo, which are both spicy sausages. There is also a small variety of bacon, ham, salami and occasionally roast turkey available. However, in general there is a limited selection of luncheon meats.

Available fruits include bananas, mangoes, papaya, passion-fruit, and imported apples, grapes, kiwi and citrus fruits. Potatoes, carrots, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, green beans, eggplant and lettuce are almost always available, while seasonal stocks of more exotic fruits and vegetables (such as strawberries and broccoli) have longer seasons and better quality than a few years ago. Dried beans and manioc are always in the market. Some frozen vegetables can also be found, including peas, corn, green beans, and sometimes spinach and broccoli. While there are some fruits and vegetables not commonly found in the U.S., the availability of fresh herbs and the variety of vegetables overall is less than that found in Washington, D.C. area supermarkets.

Most of the stores tend to buy through the same wholesalers/importers-which means that when one runs out, they all do. The wholesalers also seem to buy and ship what is available at a good price. Thus, the items in the stores tend to be what came in on the last ship. So some goods, even basics, can be occasionally unavailable. Fresh dairy products, with the exception of excellent ice-cream, and local goat cheese, are scarce. Most residents consume either UHT (ultra-pasteurized) milk, imported from Europe or powdered milk. Butter, gouda cheese, and margarine are imported and are almost always available. Other imported cheeses such as edam, camembert, brie, swiss and roquefort can occasionally be found in the supermarket and in some of the more exclusive mini-markets. Employees generally buy things whenever they see them, and maintain a stock in their own freezers and store room. Prices in general are higher than in U.S. supermarkets. See the consumables list for suggestions of what foodstuff to bring to Cape Verde.

For added variety, employees assigned to Praia may want to use their consumables allowance to ship the following: preferred brands; special items such as spices; dry goods such as paper products, plastic wrap, cold-water detergents; and favorites such as preferred breakfast cereals, cooking chocolate, nuts, cake mixes and other baking goods. However, note that an adequate selection of some of the above mentioned items can also be found here. For example, cereal brands and types popular in the U.S. are available, such as corn flakes, Kelloggs All Bran flakes, Nestle Honey Nut Cheerios and Nestle Golden Grahams. Also consider shipping coffee if attached to specific U.S. brands or other imported coffee because these are rarely available. However, note that the locally produced coffee is quite good and is an adequate substitute. Since liquids are not permitted in pouch mail, all liquid supplies for a full tour must be included. Staples such as flour, sugar, yeast, and baking powder are available locally, as are fresh and canned vegetables, though not always in convenient sizes. There are several small bakeries that sell a variety of types of fresh bread daily, much of it pretty good. In fact, one bakery now sells excellent whole wheat and mixed white and wheat bread. Apart from this bakery, though, the availability of wheat bread is scarce.

Baby food is available, but not in the varieties and styles seen in the U.S. Disposable diapers are also available but tend to be poorer quality. Occasionally good quality imported brands are available such as Huggies, but are more expensive here than in the U.S. Ship a good supply of non-perishables, and consider a blender or food processor to make your own baby food at home.

A foreign-run brewery produces acceptable beer and soft drinks, including good tonic water. There is a local Coca-Cola bottler. Imported lager style beer, especially from Portugal, is usually available. The variety of soft drinks is limited (very few diet drinks) and your preference should be included in your shipment. Portuguese wines are good and attractively priced. A couple of stores sell quality imported wines, usually from Spain and Portugal and occasionally from France, South Africa, or elsewhere. Nevertheless, you may wish to ship some superior bottles given the somewhat limited selection. Liquid concentrates or dried drink mixes are another good addition to a consumables order. A large supply of "zip-lock" style plastic bags and containers for food (against insects) and mechanical items (against dust) will be necessary. Fill out your consumables space with such items.

Praia has no commissary, PX, or Embassy cafeteria. The Embassy staff irregularly orders dry goods from Europe or fresh/frozen/dry goods from South Africa on a shared shipping-cost basis. Some people have had good success ordering dry groceries via the internet. While not usable for fresh, frozen or liquid items, mail-order groceries can be an effective way to supplement your consumables.

Cape Verdean cuisine closely resembles Portuguese food with its emphasis on grilled fish, fish stews, and boiled vegetables. In fact, fish lovers will be in heaven here. The grilled lobster, fresh tuna, wahoo, octopus and a multitude of other delicacies are superb, but expensive. A specialty is cachupa, a delicious, hearty dish that contains boiled maize, beans, herbs, cassava, sweet potato, chicken and other meat. Popular for breakfast is to fry up cachupa from the night before and eat it with eggs. Another popular local dish is the feijoada, which is essentially a flavorful bean stew, usually with pork. Dried papaya in a honey syrup is often served as dessert along with fresh goat's cheese, making a delicious end to the meal.

Clothing Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:31 AM

Dress in Cape Verde is less formal than in Washington or European capitals, but generally follows U.S. standards. Suits and ties are customary for formal occasions, but nothing fancier is required. In general, clothing suitable for tropical or sub-tropical climates is appropriate (summers are hot and humid), but the nights get cool in the winter when the wind blows, so sweaters, wraps or jackets are occasionally useful.

Praia has one dry cleaner, but their supply of fluid is irregular, so they cannot be depended on. Wash-and wear items are best. Dust and dirt make frequent washing necessary. Garment bags and/or shoulder protectors help maintain clothing in a usable state.

Local tailors and dressmakers are relatively rare, but adequately skilled. They work best copying existing garments, but can work from pictures-they do not use patterns. If you intend to have things made, bring an adequate supply of buttons, zippers, interlinings, facings, etc. All are hard to find. Local thread is poor quality so for better work, bring your own thread. You may also consider bringing a supply of good material-all-cotton or cotton mixes are the best bet.

Bring all necessary clothing for sports or preferred activities-especially footwear. Tennis shoes and hiking shoesof high quality are hard to find. Bathing suits, beach towels, goggles, swim fins, snorkel, tennis rackets, and the like should also be shipped.

Men Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:53 AM

Casual dress for men is slacks and sport shirts. Everyday dress is more American than African. Nevertheless, African dresses and shirts, such as those popular in Senegal and other West African nations, are worn in Cape Verde.

"Formal" events require a jacket and tie. We are not aware of any true "formal" (i.e. gown and tuxedo) events in Cape Verde. Wash-and-wear suits are also popular for work and social events. Cotton bush jackets are occasionally seen.

Women Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:42 AM

Long dresses are rarely worn. Women generally find blouse and skirt/slacks comfortable for everyday wear. Hosiery is rarely worn and thus is difficult to find. Suits or luncheon/cocktail dresses are suitable for more formal occasions. Informal social functions require only skirts and blouses/tops. There are some local boutiques that sell a variety of attractive shoes, leather purses and accessories, and clothes. However, clothing styles and sizes are somewhat different here than what might be worn in the U.S.

Children Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:42 AM

Clothing worn during the summer in the U.S. is suitable here. Jeans and t-shirts, or shorts and t-shirts are everywhere, appropriate and popular. Most children wear sandals or comfortable sneakers. There is a limited selection of adequate shoes and clothes for children so it's best to purchase everything in the U.S.

Office Attire Last Updated: 7/13/2005 1:34 PM

Office attire for both men and women is similar to what you will see in the Department during the summer, except women should not plan to wear any slim heels. Roads and streets in Praia are cobblestone, and—while attractive—are slippery and treacherous for heels. In general, footwear will wear out quickly, so bring a good supply of regular shoes, as well. Local repairs are uncertain, and local supply tends to be poor quality.

In Praia, an invitation stating "formal" dress means coat & tie.

Supplies and Services

Supplies Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:32 AM

American brands of toiletries and sundries are not often available. A limited supply of French African or European brands is usually in stock. Bring your preferred brands of makeup, OTC medicines, shampoo, mosquito repellant, vitamins, sunscreen, etc. If you have preferences in cleaning products, ship them in consumables. Keep in mind that cleaning is usually done on a daily basis and cleaning supplies are used in large quantities by the maids and are very expensive to buy in Cape Verde. Bring more than you would generally use in the U.S., especially furniture polish.

A small tool-kit will be useful in keeping your home in order-hammer, nails, screwdrivers, glues, WD-40, etc. Walls here tend to be ultra-hard concrete, so hard-wall picture hangers may be appropriate.

If you plan to garden, bring seeds appropriate for desert climates, as well as all your necessary tools, including pots/planters. Though gardening space is limited in all the residences, there are stores that sell potted plants and soil, so some expatriates enjoy growing herbs and occasionally produce. Also ship plenty of hobby materials-games, playing cards, sewing notions, and the like. Books are in short supply here, so bring your favorite reading material, and plan to trade it around.

Basic Services Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:45 AM

The Embassy handles basic housing maintenance. Since auto repair is unreliable, many employees hire Embassy mechanics for after- hour repairs. No appliance repair shops exist, and computer service/repair is erratic. Parts for any of these repairs are hard to find locally. Barbers and hairdressers exist, as do masseuses and one physical therapist. All these services are very reasonably priced.

Domestic Help Last Updated: 3/7/2005 5:42 AM

Domestic help is customary in Cape Verde, but is neither exceptionally cheap nor exceptionally skilled. Trained cooks, especially, are rare. A more typical employee is a maid who helps with the cooking. In the diplomatic community full-time cook/maid (8:30-5:00 pm M-F and half day on Saturday) receives around 20,000 - 28,000 CVE a month (about $220 - $300 USD), and the salary usually includes the cost of transportation to your home. In the embassy community, the employer customarily provides uniforms and one meal per day. Holiday gratuities are dependent on the employer. Upon departure, it is nice, but not required, to provide one or two months salary especially if there is a gap in the arrival of your successor.

Currently it is up to each employer and employee to decide whether or not to pay into the social security plan. (Note: There is no Cape Verdean law for paying pension, social security or health insurance for domestic help.) You can negotiate with the employee on percentages, but the local law (for other professions) is that the employer pays 15% and the employee pays 8%. However, most domestic staff choose not to participate. If you choose to have a contract with your domestic help (which is not typical here), be sure to fully understand Cape Verdean Labor laws. All household help should have a medical exam and a security check. In many cases newly arrived personnel will hire the domestic employee of the officer's predecessor. It is essential to have some Portuguese language skills in order to communicate with domestic help. They do not speak any English and their Portuguese is heavily influenced by Crioulo which further complicates communication.

Nanny's and childcare are also available. There are no credentials or formal training for such workers, so people go on word of mouth recommendations from others in the diplomatic community. Often, these individuals have raised children of their own. In any case, on-the-job training and at least initial close supervision would be advised, especially if the individual does not have excellent references and experience working for other "western" families. There are a few adequate day care centers that even offer some pre-school instruction in their programs. However, the teacher-to-child ratios are poor, usually ranging from 10 to 20 students per teacher, whereas U.S. law generally requires a ratio of about 4 students to 1 teacher, depending on the child's age. For more information, speak with the Embassy CLO.

Gardening services and tools are available in Praia, however, if gardening is your hobby, you will want to bring your favorite tools, gloves, and other accessories.

Religious Activities Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:47 AM

Cape Verde is predominantly Roman Catholic, and there is a church in each community. Services on Saturday night as well as Sunday are common. The Seventh-Day Adventists, Mormons, and Church of the Nazarene are also widespread. All services are in Portuguese or Crioulo.

Education

Dependent Education

At Post Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:48 AM Cape Verde does not have an International or American School. The Cape Verdean education system is primary and secondary only, and is beset with resource problems. Those in the international community who have dependent children of primary school age use one of two available options. There is a private Cape Verdean school, Colégio Semear, with grades 1 through 6. The instruction, with the exception of foreign language, is all in Portuguese. The other option is a primary school operated by the French mission. The instruction is in French with some Portuguese classes available. Home schooling and-or correspondence courses would also be an option, depending on the resources of the parents. For secondary school aged children (grades 7 through 12), there are no recommended education options in Praia. Correspondence Courses could be considered. Among correspondence courses, some parents and children have used the Calvert School system or the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School system. For employees considering this option, it is highly recommended that you consult with the education specialists at the Family Liaison Office in the Department prior to departure. Otherwise, the Post CLO can provide information on education options in Praia.

Away From Post Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:48 AM Dakar, Senegal-about a two-hour flight away- has two English-language schools which families at that post consider satisfactory. (See the Dakar Post Report for specifics.) However, neither offers boarding facilities, so a family stay would have to be arranged privately. From Sal Island, there are direct flights to Europe, South Africa and the U.S., so boarding schools there can be considered. Again, a consultation with the FLO in Washington is highly recommended.

Special Needs Education Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:49 AM

Only very limited special education facilities or services for the disabled or handicapped persons are available in Praia. Neither the public nor private schools offer services to those with special needs. Private, professionally trained service providers are essentially non-existent. If you or any member of your family have special needs that may require services, equipment and/or accommodation, please consult with the post CLO and FLO in Washington prior to considering an assignment in Praia.

Recreation and Social Life

Sports Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:33 AM

Hiking/trekking/walking is a major sport in Cape Verde, and the impetus for much of the tourism. The volcanic geography results in spectacular vistas and beautiful niches, many of which can only be reached on foot. The beaches and water sports (swimming, diving, snorkeling, fishing, and kayaking) are the other major option. There are a few attractive beaches and numerous hiking trails on Santiago Island, easily within reach from Praia.

Football (Soccer) is a passion, with sports teams in every locality. A variety of other athletic or sporting opportunities exist locally (basketball, martial arts, volley ball and the like). Praia has a well-used arena and an outdoor stadium completed in 2000-01. There is little otherwise in the way of organized sports. Praia has an inexpensive tennis club, with 3 hard surface (cement) tennis courts. Courts can be hard to get during peak hours and weekends, and there is a nominal fee of 200 CVE per/hour for a court. There is a grassless golf course just outside of Praia that consists mostly of rock, scrub and sand, and which is a challenging physical trek. There is also a partially grassed golf course on the Island of São Vicente. The Praia-Mar hotel also boasts a hard surface tennis court, newly renovated and re-opened in March 2004. Tennis can also be challenging here due to the constant winds in winter or mid-day heat in summer. But, due to the temperate climate and absence of rain, tennis can be a viable means of regular recreation. Both hotels in Prainha offer salt-water swimming pools, usable for a fee, which can offer socialization with the international community in addition to recreation.

Since 2000, the Embassy has had the only fresh-water swimming pool in Praia, a lighted regulation tennis court with an artificial-grass surface, and a sand volleyball court. The swimming pool now boasts a heater that generally keeps the water temperature at a very comfortable 76 degrees, making the pool usable all year round.

To enjoy treks, excursions and picnics, it is recommended that you bring coolers, thermos jugs, beach chairs, and portable cooking equipment. With the fairly constant winds, kite flying would have great potential. Some people use tents for long treks, camping or for beach picnics. Beach umbrellas or open-air tents require strong anchoring against the wind, but given the lack of shade at the beaches, can add greatly to outing enjoyment. A wind-block would also be useful at the beach. Gas grills, if brought in your shipment, can be adapted to use local gas.

Touring and Outdoor Activities Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:34 AM

Many staff members enjoy visits to West Africa and especially to nearby islands. Trips to other islands, by air or by ferry provide an opportunity for a change of scenery and of pace. Inter-island travel is reasonable, with TACV Airline rates generally ranging from 8,000 to 14,000 CVE ($90-160 USD). Each island is unique and offers excellent opportunities for photography, hiking, diving, fishing, beaching, sightseeing, or interacting with the local culture. All of Cape Verde is considered safe for travel, but only the largest towns offer amenities like hot water. Fogo offers a semi-active volcano (last major eruption was 1995, although there was rumbling and venting in 1999). Brava and Santo Antão offer spectacular green volcanic scenery. Boa Vista, Sal, and Maio specialize in beaches. São Vicente offers the bustling and cosmopolitan port city of Mindelo.

Cape Verde is a superb hiking destination, especially on Santiago, Santo Antão, Fogo, Brava, and São Nicolau. A Peace Corps volunteer put together a readily available manual on stunning hikes in the Santa Catarina region of Santiago. This is a handy guide for weekend forays into the scenic outskirts of Praia; hikes range from short and flat to steep and hilly and everything in between. Note that many of these trails are also ideal for mountain biking. On Santo Antão, classic walks are up or down the ribeiras, taking transport at the beginning or end. On Fogo the great challenge is to ascend the pico, the 2,829m spectacular volcano cone. On Brava there are endless walks criss-crossing the steep 'flower' island and you are unlikely to meet any other travelers. São Nicolau is a gentle and quiet island with a hidden, green and mountainous heartland filled with beautiful walks.

Cape Verde has 965km of coastline, so the potential for surfing and boogey boarding is high. The water is warm and the swell from the open Atlantic, during the winter, can be big. The best-known island for surfing is Sal, and there are also surfing spots on Santiago- Tarrafal, and the coast in the southeast, south of Ponte de Lobo. Cape Verde is a popular destination for windsurfers from Europe to Hawaii, and regularly hosts championships. The two main islands for windsurfing are Boavista and Sal, with São Vicente offering a lot of potential but little in the way of facilities.

Opportunities for diving and fishing are also numerous. Diving in Cape Verde can be unique because one can observe big fish and large schools of fish relatively close to shore. In addition, there are shipwrecks of all types and vintages, especially off of Sal. Several companies, operating mainly out of Sal, Boavista and Santiago, offer high-sea fishing for blue marline, wahoo, yellow-fin tuna, shark, white marlin, sailfish and spearfish. Around the archipelago it is also possible to join local fishermen on their trips.

When inter-island travel is not an option, Santiago possesses an array of interesting opportunities for outdoor fun. Cidade Velha, the first settlement on Santiago Island, is a great place to explore several points of interest, including a renovated convent; the ruins of the old fortress; the oldest Cathedral in Africa; and the prolific mango trees along the ribeira grande, or big valley. Also fascinating to visit on foot is Rui Vaz and its surrounding areas. Located at an altitude of 2,700ft, this locale boasts a cooler climate, lovely panoramic views and scenic hikes. In fact, this region is the starting point for hikes up to the Pico de Antonia, which is the highest mountain in Santiago at 4573 ft. Santiago also offers a variety of nice beaches for weekend getaways, such as nearby San Francisco beach, popular for boogey boarding, snorkeling and kayaking. Another popular place to visit is Tarrafal, a small fishing village on the other side of Santiago with excellent tourist facilities, a white sand beach, and good surf. For calmer surf, there is a wide beach (although like many beaches here, there is a lot of trash) situated along a lagoon at Praia Baixa, just 25 minutes outside of Praia.

Dakar is 2 hours away by direct flight from Praia (a roundtrip ticket costs about $400). This French African city boasts fine restaurants, museums, and rewarding, if aggravating, shopping experiences. The local airlines irregularly offer special fares (about $300) to the Canary Islands, for a traditional modern tourism experience.

From Sal Island, a round-trip ticket (around $700- $800) takes you to South Africa for shopping, safaris and game parks, the wine country, and a decided change of scene. Sal also offers direct international access to Fortaleza, Brazil and several locations in Europe.

Entertainment Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:35 AM

Praia has a number of reasonably priced restaurants featuring Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, and local Cape Verdean cuisine. In addition, there are several small restaurants spread out in downtown Praia on the Plateau, which offer a variety of very reasonably priced local specialties as well as grilled fish and meats.

Given its size, entertainment in Praia is somewhat limited, however, the exciting music scene, the prolific art and photography exhibitions, and the occasional international act help liven up the city. There is one indoor movie theatre, which often shows U.S. 'blockbuster' movies in English with Portuguese subtitles. The French and the Portuguese Cultural Centers compete with offerings of movies, musical groups, and art shows. The Palacio da Cultura, National Library, and National Archives in Praia all offer occasional art exhibits and handicraft shows. The National Auditorium and occasionally the National Assembly hold popular and sometimes renowned international performances of singers, music trios, dancers, or other acts. Several clubs and other venues offer regular musical events featuring local or foreign artists. Much of the local Cape Verdean music can be spectacular and world class. There are small ethnographic museums in Praia and in Assomada (in the interior of Santiago Island) which are interesting but have limited materials.

Vocal and instrumental music and dance competitions are popular. The Carnival (Mardi Gras) celebration (especially in Mindelo and in Praia) is one of the year's major events, and features spirited costume and music competition. Each village and town celebrates its own Saint's Day with a festival every year. A visit to these can offer a unique view of the Cape Verdian culture as well as on opportunity to sample local foods, crafts and music at their finest. Special events (e.g. The Blessing of the Boats) provide additional opportunity for marches, costumes, music and a viewing experience.

Social Activities Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:35 AM

Perhaps the most popular form of entertainment is the dinner party, either at home or at one of the numerous local restaurants. The international community is small, and it is easy to meet compatible people. There are fewer than 12 official Americans, including family members. Praia also hosts Embassies from France, Portugal, China, Russia, Brazil, Senegal, and Angola, as well as Cuba and a delegation from the European Union. In addition, Austria, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland have small technical assistance missions in Cape Verde. There is an official United Nations community of about 50, with offices of UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, WFP, and WHO, plus a variety of NGO's and usually a dozen or so experts here for a shorter term. If you find a language in common, you will find easy access to all these groups. There are no formal clubs or social organizations within the community.

Those Cape Verdeans with a fluency in a language other than Crioulo enjoy opportunities to socialize with the international community, but their own resources for entertaining foreigners are limited. Most socializing with Cape Verdeans will occur outside their homes.

Official Functions Last Updated: 6/29/2004 8:55 AM

Praia's representational activity is somewhat intense for all officers given the small number of Mission personnel to attend a variety of official functions. Numerous opportunities exist to develop useful contacts and there are a wide range of social activities, including cocktail parties, buffet suppers and dinners, with occasional large Embassy receptions. Dress for official functions depends on the occasion and ranges from casual wear to suits for men and short fancy dresses for women. Formal receptions (suit and tie) are often held out-of-doors in one of the two Prainha hotels, the Tropico and Praia Mar. Somewhat formal dinners occur occasionally at the Ambassador's residence or at a restaurant. U.S. Government employees are expected to attend official functions and to reciprocate personal invitations from Cape Verdean officials. At the Ambassador's residence and other high-level Embassy social functions, all officers assist in developing Embassy contacts and in making social events a success. Officers and spouses assigned to Praia should bring a supply of business cards or be prepared to produce them on their computers. Local commercial facilities for printing cards and invitations are limited.

Special Information Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:36 AM

It is useful to bring with you to post a good supply of personal leisure-time equipment. After a few weeks, you will find that your schedule fills up with activities. For a small island post, days and evenings can quickly become very crowded with activities. However, it is essential to have a hobby to occupy those weekends when not much is happening or it is too hot or too dusty to be outside.

On arrival, bring several changes of clothing in your hand luggage, because baggage often fails to accompany you from Sal to Praia. It usually follows within 2 days.

Photographers should note that film is expensive and sometimes hard to find, and that the pervasive dust can damage equipment. Local film processing is also expensive and the quality can be variable. Some employees have been happier with digital cameras. Others will use mailers for sending film to the U.S. for processing. Bring a supply of film (or diskettes/flash cards, etc.), fresh or rechargeable batteries, cleaning equipment, and protective (airtight) containers. Similarly, for computer equipment, dust-covers and UPS protection are essential.

With the addition of a part-time CLO, Praia is developing an orientation program. Since the number of Americans in the community is so small, orientation can be individually customized to each individual's needs. Each incoming employee is provided a Welcome Kit and offered area tours, local outings or shopping.

A basic knowledge of Portuguese is important for a successful tour. The Portuguese spoken here is closer to continental than to Brazilian Portuguese, but Brazilian speakers can adjust easily. Spanish-speakers find it relatively easy to learn Portuguese. The foreign community also includes numerous speakers of French, German, and Russian. Portuguese and Crioulo language instruction can be arranged at post. Given Cape Verde's links to West Africa and the large UN Mission here, knowledge of French is particularly useful in both formal and informal social situations.

Notes For Travelers

Getting to the Post Last Updated: 7/13/2005 1:37 PM

There is one primary approved route to reach Cape Verde from the U.S. - any of several U.S. carriers to Lisbon, then either TAP (Portuguese Airline) or TACV from Lisbon to Sal. An overnight in Lisbon is recommended. TACV also has connections from Amsterdam, Paris, and Munich, but reservations and schedules can be changed without notice. The direct SAA (South African) flight from Atlanta to Sal Island (one day a week), while it is listed as code-share with a U.S. airline to Johannesburg, is NOT code-share to Sal, so is presumed not to meet Fly America requirements. Check the Department for the latest interpretation of this requirement. It is also possible to fly NYC/Dakar/Praia, but because the flight is difficult, there is an absolute limit of 20 kilos of luggage per person, and schedules change without notice. That flight is never recommended. If flying from other geographic areas, check with the Embassy in advance.

The international airport is on Sal Island, an hour away via TACV to Praia airport. Reservations for the Sal-Praia segment are difficult to confirm outside of Sal, so advise the Embassy of your schedule well in advance, so that every effort can be made to get you on a good connecting flight to Praia. However, delays of up to 12 hours are not uncommon, so bring enough cash for a hotel overnight (about $75). Also have funds for a possible overweight charge, as TACV does not accept Government Travel Requests (GTR's.) Normally, the Embassy expeditor will arrange for transport of baggage, including overweight, at no charge, but you should be prepared if she is unable to do so.

Surface shipments are usually routed from the U.S. to ELSO in Antrwerp, and from there, when a ship is found, to Praia. Shipping time can be up to six months, but most shipments have recently been received in three months. Be sure that any goods shipped as consumables can last this period without deterioration. Airfreight is normally shipped NYC/Lisbon/Sal. Air shipment crates should be limited to 5' x 5'in size and 400 pounds in weight, to match the carrying capacity of the small planes from Sal to Praia. Air shipments take about 6 to 8 weeks. Check with your desk officer before you consign your shipments to a packing company, and ensure that the packing company is aware of these constraints. All effects should be wrapped in waterproof paper. Mark your name and address on each crate. Do not send shipments via Dakar for any reason.

Before coming to post, advise the Embassy of the details of all shipments to Praia. Insure all shipments. Effects shipped from Praia should be marked as follows:

Full Name American Embassy Praia, Cape Verde (West Africa)

Customs, Duties, and Passage

Customs and Duties Last Updated: 7/6/2004 7:59 AM

Shipments usually clear customs easily if the Embassy has full details. Duty-free entry is extended for all personal effects and automobile shipments, both initial and following. You may also order items (except liquids and oversize items) from the U.S. for delivery via diplomatic pouch.

It is a good idea to bring passport photos for each family member to be used for identity cards, visas, etc.

Passage Last Updated: 6/29/2004 9:00 AM

American citizens, including diplomats, require visas for entry into Cape Verde. They can be obtained through the Cape Verdean Embassy in Washington, D.C. or the Cape Verdean Consulate in Boston, MA.

Pets Last Updated: 7/6/2004 8:00 AM

Quarantine is not required for pets imported to Cape Verde. Inoculate dogs and cats against rabies within 6 months prior to the animal's arrival at post. If possible, bring the animals as excess baggage to avoid inadequate handling at airports along the way. The Overseas Briefing Center (OBC) has very good information on transporting pets. It is advised to check with them before bringing pets overseas.

Pet food of a limited variety is available in Praia. You may wish to ship in your air freight and consumables an adequate supply of the food of your choice.

There are one or two Cape Verdean veterinarians in Praia, with inadequate facilities and supplies but adequate training. Importing medications may be necessary, but first aid is available.

Firearms and Ammunition Last Updated: 6/29/2004 9:01 AM

You should not import firearms or ammunition into Cape Verde. If you believe an exception to this rule is necessary and justified, write directly to the Ambassador well in advance of your shipping date.

Currency, Banking, and Weights and Measures Last Updated: 7/6/2004 8:00 AM

Cape Verdean Escudos (CVE) are linked to the European Euro, so exchange rates change weekly. In fact, the dollar has devalued significantly against the escudo since 2001. To make up for this loss in purchasing power, employees began receiving 10% COLA as of November 2003, though the COLA rate has since dropped to 5% with the strengthening dollar. The currency is not officially convertible outside Cape Verde, but is normally both bought and sold at exchange counters in the airports in Lisbon and New York.

Employees assigned to Praia are paid bimonthly from Charleston Financial Services Center (CFSC). A U.S. checking account is indispensable. Arrange for pay allotments to your U.S. bank. The Embassy can cash personal checks and traveler's check although personal checks are preferred.

The banking system has undergone rapid modernization in recent years and banking is done with relative ease. Most banks have branches on all islands, complete with ATM's. Many employees find a local checking account (which provides a local ATM card) useful and desirable, but it is not a necessity.

Electronic bill paying through the internet is increasingly popular. With today's irregular mail delivery, having a means to receive and pay bills through the internet is advised. These can be set up either through you bank or there are private bill paying services (such as Paytrust) available. Fees usually cover all postage plus a timely presentation and payment of bills. This process should be set up before leaving the U.S.

Cape Verde uses the metric system of weights and measures.

Taxes, Exchange, and Sale of Property Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:33 AM

In January 2004, Cape Verde began charging a Value Added Tax (VAT or IVA in Portuguese) of 15% on many purchases, including food, restaurants, and an array of other goods and services. Currently embassy personnel pay the tax at the time of purchase, and are supposed to receive refunds upon presenting saved receipts. However, this has not worked so far. The Embassy is still formulating a policy with the Government of Cape Verde to exempt diplomatic staff from this tax, either by allowing them to show I.D.s or by refunding the tax at the end of the year. Embassy staff purchase gasoline duty free with a book of coupons.

The Embassy handles car registrations and licensing via diplomatic note to the Foreign Ministry. There is no charge. A valid U.S. driver's license is acceptable for driving in Cape Verde when accompanied by a diplomatic ID. All personnel and dependents are issued diplomatic identity cards. Local third-party car insurance is legally required to drive in Cape Verde. Cost averages about $260.00 a year depending on your car's weight.

There are no Cape Verdean restrictions on the resale of personal property with the exception of cars. (The Ambassador must approve the sale of any items valued above $250.00.) A car is assessed a customs tax equal to 50% of its value if sold while in the country 2 years or less. After 3 years, a car becomes exempt from customs duty. A new "consumer's tax" charged to the buyer and based on the cubic inches of the engine tends to make older, larger U.S. cars difficult to sell. Automobiles can be purchased locally. However, variety and availability are not constant.

Recommended Reading Last Updated: 6/29/2004 9:03 AM

These titles are provided as a general indication of the material published in or about this country. The Department of State does not endorse unofficial publications.

Bradt Travel Guide - Cape Verde Islands. Aisling Irwin and Colum Wilson. Revised 2001.

Abshire, David M. and Michael A. Samuels, eds. Portuguese Africa: A Handbook. Praeger. New York, 1969

Albuquerque, Luis de and Maria E. Madeira Santos, coordinators. Historia Geral de Cabo Verde, Vol. 1. Lisbon, Centro do Estudos de História e Cartografia Antiga, Instituto de Investigação Cientifica Tropica, 1991.

Almeida, Raymond A. and Patricia Nyhan. Cape Verde and its People: A Short History. American Committee for Cape Verde. Boston, 1976.

Lefcourt, Marc and others. Cape Verde: An Emerging Democracy. Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde, Washington, DC . 1993

Lobban, Richard A., Jr. Cape Verde: Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation. Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1995

Lobban, Richard A., Jr. and Marilyn Halter. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde. 2nd edition. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, NJ & London, 1988

McGaffey, David C. Cape Verde 2000, A Country Assessment, United Nations Development Program, UNDP. Cape Verde. November, 2000.

Local Holidays Last Updated: 7/15/2005 12:38 AM

New Year’s Day January 1 Democracy and Liberty Day January 13 National Heroes’ Day January 20 Ash Wednesday February 28 (variable) Good Friday April 13 (variable) Easter Sunday April 15 (variable) Laborer’s Day May 1 (Praia) Municipal Day May 19

Internationa Childrens Day June 1 Independence Day July 5 Assumption Day August 15 (variable) All Saint's Day November 1 (variable) Christmas Day December 25

In addition, the GOCV often declares a “bridge” holiday or half-holiday between any of the above holidays and a weekend. Such declarations are observed by the Embassy.

Adapted from material published by the U.S. Department of State. While some of the information is specific to U.S. missions abroad, the post report provides a good overview of general living conditions in the host country for diplomats from all nations.

SOCCER SCHOOL IN CAPE VERDE

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Escola de Futebol do Tarrafal, Cape Verde Tarrafal, Island Santiago, Cape Verde
Timeframe : The football school exists since December 2002. In the near future it will be augmented with a children´s center and put on a secure financial basis.
Organisation : Initiator of the project is a football coach with origins in Austria who now has the capverdian nationality and organizes the project together with committed people from Cape Verde.
Project link : Delta Culture

Field of work : Social Integration, Talent Promotion
Nationality : Cape Verdians
Social status : street children and teenagers
Age : 8-18
Sex : Both
Background information :
have a look at www.vista-verde.net and www.delta-culture.at
Use of football :
Football was the first impulse for the project. When the football training started there was such a run that we soon got to the limits of the capacities and had to expand the project.
Objectives :
The main objective is to get the children off the street and offer them something they love to do! The whole village of Tarrafal has about 6000 inhabitans – the soccerschool more than 150 participants!! (just to show how much they love soccer!) Other objectives: the children and teenagers learn about teamwork, taking responsibility, working regulary to reach an aim, thinking in long terms in order to improve their future possibilities. The children and teenagers of the soccerschool of Tarrafal do not only train regulary, they also have to take care of the equipment, everyone has to be referee of the game at the end of the training at least once.
Success :
After the launch of the football school we had 150 boys and girls participating after just a few weeks. Since then we are offering training on a daily basis.
Best practice :
Because of the few possibilities of professional formation on Cape Verde we wanted to create a center that via the connection of culture and sports offers apprenticeship places and points out perspectives in their own country to children and youth as an alternative to emigration.
Partners :
from Germany: Vista Verde e.V. (www.vista-verde.net) from Austria: Delta Culture www.delta-culture.at from Switzerland: bd active from Cape Verde: delta cultura
Funding :
So far the project has been supported by the associations Vista Verde e.V. and Delta Culture. Recently we have handed in an application for funding through German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Future plans :
The architectural concept for the children´s center already exists. The community of Tarrafal offered us a terrain where we want to start the construction as soon as possible to offer first apprenticeship places in autumn 2005.
Support needs :
To implement the project we urgently need the support of the associations and other cooperation partners. Our goal ist to secure the costs for the construction and the sustainable covering of operating costs.
Administration :
Florian Wegenstein, founder and initiator of the project delta cultura, Cape Verde florian@delta-culture.at
Knowledge :
After the first trainings of the football school we noticed a lot of enthusiasm and motivation. Until now many other activities have grown out of this motivation, like Batucu (traditional music), dancing or theatre groups.
Contact Person :
Vista Verde e.V.
Frank Mössinger ( 1. Vorsitzender Vista Verde e.V. )
Liebenzeller Straße 10
71067 Sindelfingen Cape Verde
Telephone : 07031-807158
Fax : 07031-4149905
frank.moessinger@vista-verde.net | http://www.vista-verde.net

O TESTAMENTO DO SENHOR NAPUMOCENO

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110 minutes, 1998, Portugal / Cape Verde
Producer/Director: Francisco Manso
in Portuguese with English subtitles

ABOUT THE FILM

CRITICAL COMMENT

"The film follows Cape Verde from colony to independence and while political events remain in the background they are an essential part to understanding Napumoceno. An engrossing film on the ironies of crossing lines of class and power."

Phyllis Peres, University of Maryland

"As a meditation on life and the choices one makes, O Testamento Do Senhor Napumoceno is touching with an accessible story and fresh locations. It takes a universal story and gives it the added spice of a culture largely unknown to American audiences."

Variety

"For the first time there is a Cape Verdean movie to enlighten all generations and bring the crioulo lifestyle to the big screen."

Providence Journal

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FINTAR O DESTINO

O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno is an epic, or at least an epic farce, from one of the world's least known but most culturally complex societies - Cape Verde. This classic tale of the hollowness at the core of provincial bourgeois life introduces English speaking audiences to Germano Almeida, one of the outstanding writers in Portuguese today. With its novelistic breadth, the film offers a bildungsroman of a man and a society so caught up in the pursuit of conventional success and prestige it overlooks its true self almost until it is too late.

Discovered in 1462 and settled before Columbus' arrival in America, the arid Cape Verde archipelago is arguably home to the oldest, most thoroughly Creolized culture in the world. Indeed, the Portuguese used the islands as an advertisement for their missao civilizadora or assimilationist colonialism. Neither fully African or European, educated, mixed race Cape Verdeans served as bureaucrats throughout the empire, though they played a leading role in the anti-colonial struggle as well, as exemplified by Amilcar Cabral (see Mortu Nega.) Cape Verdeans, scattered around the Atlantic Rim by geography and economics for centuries, intuitively understood the idea of "transnational identity" long before it became a buzzword in cultural studies journals.

The production of O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno reflects this complex cultural heritage. The director, Francisco Manso, is Portuguese; the script is based on a novel by Cape Verdean Germano Almeida; the actors are mostly Brazilian including Nelson Xavier, Maria Ceica, Chico Diaz and Zezé Motta and the soundtrack features Cape Verdean musicians Tito Paris and Césaria Evora.

Like Citizen Kane, O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno is structured around the riddle of its hero's death. Why did Sr.Napumoceno Araœnjo da Silva, a leading trader in the islands, leave his estate to a heretofore unknown illegitimate daughter Graça rather than his protege and nephew, Carlos, a sychophantic, carbon copy of himself? The existence of Graça suggests a whole side of Napumoceno's life few suspected, one he may have come to value above his public self. His story unfolds in flashbacks through a series of audiotapes he has made for Graça as a kind of apologia for his life.

At Napumoceno's request, the "Funeral March" from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony wheezes pompously from a generator-powered reel to reel tape deck wheeled beside his casket suggesting that our "hero" may not have been so heroic (of course, neither, it turned out was Beethoven's.) In 1928 Napumoceno arrived barefoot in Mindelo, the archipelago's only deep-water port, where he slowly worked his way up through the island's flourishing "import-export" industry, that is, smuggling. His great business coup resulted from mistakenly ordering 10,000 umbrellas for an island where it hadn't rained for two years. Facing ruin, he invoked divine intervention, unleashing an unprecedented deluge, reaping huge profits but destroying much of the housing of the poor.

By 1959 Napumoceno has become a prim, self-important pillar of Mindelo society, opening a new headquarters across from his mansion and becoming an enthusiast of technological progress and all things American. He feels special kinship to another self-made man, Abraham Lincoln, because they both started their meteoric careers as wood cutters. One day during the excitement of a soccer match on the radio, he impulsively and clumsily conceives a daughter with the woman who cleans his office. Although he would prefer the child be aborted, he agrees to support her upbringing on the condition of anonymity. Over the years, as he watches Graça grow into a beautiful young woman, his pride and affection bloom. When she dismisses his interest as the prurient advances of an old man, his character begins to achieve a certain depth and pathos.

1975 marks a turning point in Napumoceno's life and that of his country. It is the year of independence from Portugal; old icons are smashed; the old provincial economic and cultural dependence on Europe represented by Napumoceno's class seems destined for the "dust bin of history;" Cape Verde is on the verge, of pursuing an autonomous, self-reliant development path. Napumoceno, sensing that his time has passed, retires from public life to dictate his memoirs for Graça.

Now at age 61, when he least expects it, when he thought his life was over, when the islands are embarking on a new life, Napumoceno falls in love, probably for the first time, with a beautiful young woman, Adélia. Their relationship, as much spiritual as physical, unfolds in long walks along a beach littered with shipwrecks, symbolizing the sacrifice of his life and so many others to the empty dreams of success. Since he is the only person in the film actually to interact with Adélia, she may in reality be his dream, the dream of a deeper, more authentic involvement with himself and the islands. In fact, he calls her "the dream of my life" and my "gazelle," even though it is unlikely he has seen many gazelle on Cape Verde. It is ironic if altogether appropriate that when Napumoceno finally falls in love it is with a dream but then isolated islands are always over-populated with dreams.

Like every dream, Adélia vanishes as mysteriously as she appeared, swept away by her sailor/lover and the allure of the beyond. Napumoceno thus joins a long line of disappointed Cape Verdean dreamers, people like the frustrated soccer player, Mane in Fintar o Destino. This prevailing mood of saudade, the sadness of a people who have always had to look for their dreams elsewhere, is evoked by Cape Verde's national musical form the elegiac morna, brilliantly interpreted in this film by Cape Verdean diva, Cesaria Evora. Napumoceno's own parting advice to Graça is: "Be tenacious in everything you do - and love."

For rental of the 35mm print and information on the commercial release www.spiamedia.com

ESCAPE TO CAPE VERDE THIS WINTER

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Escape to Cape Verde this Winter

Filed in archive Destination: Africa by Melissa Petri on September 11, 2006
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Located off the West Coast of Africa, it is not surprising that Cape Verde enjoys an average temperature of 28 degrees in November and nine hours of sunshine.

So rather than look at the dark sky that engulfs the whole of UK during these months, why not pack your bags and seek the sun out? Endless white sand, turquoise water and warm climate awaits travelers at Cape Verde, the next tourist hotspot in 2006.

As BBC observed, though, note that "it's worth remembering that Cape Verde is a developing nation and so there can be some problems with transport. But the diversity of the islands is very appealing - you can choose between beach, cultural or walking holidays, and the country is welcoming tourism, which, if developed responsibly, can only be a good thing."

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS - THE NEXT TOURIST HOTSPOT IN 2006

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Cape Verde islands

Travel journalists are speculating that the Cape Verde islands could be the next tourist hotspot in 2006. Have you been there already? Where would you head for? Share your ideas!

Have your say...

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Sumit Bose reported from another Holiday first, the mysterious Cape Verde islands.

The next tourist hotspot?
In 2004, only about a thousand British tourists visited the Cape Verde islands, but they're set to be one of the top destinations for 2006. Sumit visited three of the more easily accessible islands in the group - nearly all can be reached by ferry or by air within an hour or so. An air pass from Cape Verde airlines offers a great way to island-hop. Sumit landed at Praia, the capital of the archipelago on the island of Santiago. Although the domestic flights in Cape Verde are very efficient, there's a tendency for the airline to overbook. So, unless you confirm and re-confirm, you may find that you have a ticket for a plane that you can't get on.

Air pass: £120 for two flights

Praia
Sumit found Praia very busy. At the working port, it was fish market day and the boats had come in, with a wide assortment of fish for sale. The fresh tuna was very cheap, at about £1.35 for a kilo. He explored the fresh produce market, referred to as the Plateau, where all the produce sold is grown on the island. From there, he took a trip to the old town, or cidada velha, in an alugar, the cheapest form of local transport. It cost him about 50p for a half-hour journey.

The islands were uninhabited until discovered in the 15th century and settled by the Portuguese. By the 1600s they'd become a big staging post for trade across the Atlantic, in fish, sugar, salt and slaves. Slavery brought wealth to Santiago and that made it very desirable for the other European empires. The French, the Spanish and even the English all had a go at conquering the islands and that's why the Portuguese built S_Filipe fort to try and repel the enemies.

Santo Antao
Sumit left Port Mindelo and caught a ferry to the island of Santo Antao, popular for its walking. Local tour guides and accommodation can easily be arranged on the island. Sumit's guide took him up into the mountains. As the road climbed higher and higher, forest plantations began to fill the higher valleys and there was a chill in the air. As Sumit gazed down into the plunging Ribeira Grande, he witnessed breathtaking drops on either side. Pinnacles, cliffs and double bends around spires of rock mark the descent to the verdant side of island. This took them to the village of Cha De Igreja, where they stayed overnight in a family house.The Rodriguez family have been opening up their home to tourists since 2002 and it offers a great way to experience Cape Verdean life.

Ferry to Santo Antao: £7.50

Great for water sports
Sumit took one of the timely ferries back to the island of Sal. Hotel Morabeza was built in 1960s as a private house for a Belgian couple who had fallen in love with the island. It_s now a small hotel run by their granddaughter. But an ambitious hotel construction programme has begun right across the island. Santa Maria beach is beautiful, offering 7.24km (4.5 miles) of beautiful golden white sand. It's also great for water sports, such as kite surfing and wind surfing.

Kite surfing lesson: £31 per hour

In summary...
It's worth remembering that Cape Verde is a developing nation and so there can be some problems with transport. But the diversity of the islands is very appealing - you can choose between beach, cultural or walking holidays, and the country is welcoming tourism, which, if developed responsibly, can only be a good thing.

Have you been to Cape Verde? If you have, we'd love to hear what you thought of it, and where you went. Have your say...

YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS
Attractions - Cape Verde Island
Alexandria from Providence, RI, USA writes: it's a paradise that's hidden in the Atlantic Ocean. The people are friendly; each island has diverse regions and the climate is wonderful year-round. You can hike or surf on any island while enjoying great cuisine overlooking a captivating and mesmerising country. Remember that there are ten islands to be explored and some are still not developed for tourism. Always book your accommodation before island-hopping unless you have friends and family there.

Attractions - Cape Verde paradise, Island of Sal
David from Whitefield, Manchester writes: I went to Cape Verde in July 2005 after my parents went there and recommended it. I did a lot of research before going but I wasn't prepared for the beauty of the place. I went to Sal and Boa Vista islands. Sal beaches are simply stunning! I enjoyed snorkelling (actually taking the fish we caught to restaurants and they were more than happy to cook it for us), diving, and big fish fishing (like Tuna). Sal is very flat but excellent, with lots of various activities to stop anyone from getting bored. The people are very friendly and easy to mix with. It's very safe with virtually no stealing and no violence. The food is superb and fresh, especially if you like seafood. Property development is the main investment drive and I managed to acquire a few for myself. I'd recommend people invest in property in Sal or Boa Vista. One friendly website is capeverdepeoperty.co.uk. It was one of the best holidays I've had in a long time. My number one holiday destination and I'll be going back in February 2006 for some surfing!

General - Cape Verde
Gary from Bristol writes: I've lived and worked in Cape Verde for the past five years. The tv report showed only a small percentage of the fantastic lifestyle available on these islands. Whilst the report showed three islands, there are another five at least to view. The people are some of the friendliest in the world and although the food may not be to everyone's taste, the local culinary delights are worth trying. All islands have their own personalities and anyone going to Cape Verde should try to visit the main islands of Santiago, Sao Vicente and Boa Vista. Learn some Portuguese or better still try Creolu, which is what the locals speak. Not too many people speak English, although they do understand much more. Most hotels are only around a three-star European level but that adds to the charm. Enjoy a good time in Cape Verde.

Attractions - Cape Verde beaches
Ed from London writes: I went to Cabo Verde in June 2005. The weather was hot and sunny every day, and the sun is very, very strong! I met a local in Sal, who showed me the island. There are 20 miles of beautiful beaches on the east side, complety deserted. For the whole day all that came past was one windsurfer. It felt like the whole world had disappeared! There is a beach where turtles come up to lay eggs, and in the north of the island a natural rocky pool where you can swim in clear water with colourful fish around your feet. There are salt mines to visit in the north too. The island is very, very dry. You have to hire a four-wheel drive car otherwise you'll be stuck a soon a you come off the main roads. One bad point was the amount of people trying to sell their wares to you, they could be very troublesome sometimes.

Attractions - Beaches and turtles
Fred from Llandrindod writes: Having visited the Cape Verde Islands in each of the last three years, I didn't recognise them as I know them in your recent report. They're not for the inexperienced traveller unless you want a beach holiday in Sal. Away from the few major hotels almost no one speaks English and some Portuguese is essential. I wouldn't recommend that inexperienced travellers wander the markets or some areas of Praia and suggest that they follow the advice of guide books. The best bits of the islands got left out. You must visit the crater of Fogo and perhaps the best beach in the world at Santa Monica on Boavista. Holidays in the Cape Verde Islands are likely to appeal to the "green tourist" and the fact that this is one of the best nesting areas in the world for loggerhead turtles will not be lost on them. Don't necessarily expect hot water in accommodation away from the main towns and just think what British Health and Safety regulations would say about travelling miles on unsurfaced roads in the back of an alugar - often an open truck!

Attractions - Sal
Martin from Santa Maria, Sal writes: I recommend the Cape Verde islands to everyone. Sal is certainly the most developed in terms of tourism. I live in Santa Maria on Sal where there's a variety of accomodation, from basic to the brand new Rui-owned five-star hotel. There's one of the best beaches I've seen. It's a water sports haven. The sea food is excellent. There are some bars which make for a great evening's entertainment - one that springs to mind is Tam Tam, run by a lovely Irish couple. For a day out, head towards Pedra de Luma an amazing salt mine, visit Boa Vista by ferry (you can do day trips) or go deep sea fishing. For hiking, head towards the island of Santo Antao (you can fly for approx 160 Euro).To get to Cape Verde from the UK there are a number of ways; via Lisbon using TAP (Air Portugal), via Gran Canaria or with Ryan air to any major Italian city and then use Neos air (www.neosair.it) to get to Sal. We hope there'll be direct flights from the UK soon.

Attractions - Cape Verde
Adam Caulfield from Leeds writes: my partner and I went to Cape Verde in June 2005 after researching the Islands in great depth. We gathered information about the ten islands before deciding to explore Santiago and Sal. We arrived in Sal and fell in love with it within the first few hours. The two main towns are Santa Maria and Espargos. Espargos isn't touched by tourism and most of the people can't speak English. It's quite a big town with very little to do, although there are a number of excellent restaurants that are well worth dining in. Santa Maria is the tourist town, if you can call it that. The square is pretty with some good bars and places to eat. In the evening it comes to life with people congregating in the hope of live music playing at one of the adjacent bars. Often than not, they're not disappointed! Music plays a huge part in Cape Verdean culture and it really is quite unique. We'd recommend that you spend an evening or two in any local bar that has live music. The rest of Santa Maria has a very strange look and feel to it. Many streets are cobbled, while some are mere dirt tracks. Some buildings are modern and have character, whilst others are in decay. That brings us to the beach. Awesome! Beautiful white sand and aqua blue seas await you! Sea life is in abundance as Cape Verde is one of the last places on earth that is under fished. If you love water sports, then this is the place to be. There isn't much sightseeing in Sal. It's a flat and barren island. However, the lagoon and salt mines are sensational. Overall, Sal will please anybody looking for great weather, fabulous beaches, great food, friendly people and plenty of water sports.

Santiago is very different. There aren't many nice beaches, Tarrafel being the most popular and certainly the best. However, this beach is at the top of the island and considering that Santiago is the largest Cape Verdean Island, prepare yourself for a three-hour ride from Praia in a 4x4. Santiago is the most African of all the islands. We found the capital, Praia, to be quite dirty. Don't expect your creature comforts, you'll be lucky to find hot water in most hotels. The nightlife in the Capital is good and we found some excellent restaurants, serving mouth-watering dishes. There's certainly more to see and do compared to Sal and there are a number of historical sites worth visiting. There's an Old Portuguese fort in the old town and a number of churches dating back to the height of the Portuguese empire. Further inland, the island is very mountainous. For three months of the year, after the rainy season, the valleys fill with water and areas become green and lush with all types of fauna. We believe that Santiago is worth a visit, but in terms of tourism it's several years behind Sal, even with the new airport that has just opened. We'd encourage you to visit Cape Verde. There aren't many places around the world that isn't touched by tourism. Cape Verde is probably one of the last. Obviously this'll change in time, but for now it remains relatively untouched. We plan to go back in May and try three other islands. We'll keep you posted.

Attractions - Cape Verde
Peter from London writes: I loved Cape Verde, went to all the islands. The one that I found amazing is the Island of Boavista. There's a fantastic new Italian hotel, everything you need and more, the beaches are the best in the world. I've travelled quite a bit and never saw anything like it. This will be the next paradise to be discovered by international tourism. So far the Italians have kept this to themselves but those days are over, with tourists flocking to the island from all over the world. Go see for yourself, you won't be disappointed.

Attractions - Sal, Cape Verde
Sue from Kingston upon Thames writes: we have just returned from paradise!! Being an undeveloped but emerging country at present, there's so much charm it's untrue. This is the new Caribbean but a lot closer, with direct flights starting in November 2006 from Birmingham and Gatwick, it's a sure bet that this is the new destination for tourists and holidaymakers from the UK. Food, people, beaches, salt mine, charm, scuba diving, wind surfing, surfing, golf courses (being developed) etc. The list is too long. We stayed on the island of Sal, which is beautiful, flat and sandy. There are other islands to explore, they all offer different experiences and environments to suit all tastes. Great for families or lone travellers, very safe. Not a vast amount of other things to do at present, but time will change this. We enjoyed the charm it offered just the way it was. It's well worth a visit and also an excellent investment should you be wishing to purchase a property.

Attractions - Fogo, Santo Antao, Mindelo
Ludo from London writes: the beaches of Sal and Boavista get the most press when people talk about Cape Verde but the real beauty lies in the mountainous islands of Fogo and Santo Antoa. I spent two weeks studying the volcano on Fogo and in my opinion there's nothing as spectacualr as the 9km crater with the 1000m high cliff rim around it. The people there were the most welcoming I've meet in Cape Verde (I was born in Sao Vicent). It's very basic but for a hiking holiday the landscape is about as close to the moon as you can find. I was overwelmed by the place. The wine brewed there is also very unique and strong! The island of Santo Antao is the most beautiful in my opinion. Huge ridges and valleys, very green and the local drink, Grog, is a pleasent way to cap off a days hike in the mountains. Praia may be the national capital and most populated city but for pure fun and to really experiance the real life style of Cape Verde travel to Mindelo, the main town in Sao Vicent. The night life here has no competition and doesn't end. The festival in August at Baia das Gatas is also an amazing experience with the best of Cape Verdian and Bazilian music for three nights on the beach. I strongly recommend a trip to Cape Verde but you don't only have to travel to Sal to experiance it. The other islands all have their qualities and this makes Cape Verde such a unique place. Watersports, nature, beach holidays, hiking holidays and all night parties.

Attractions - Santa Maria, Sal
Tina from Plymouth writes: I spent two weeks here in March and must admit it took a couple of days to get used to the place after which I fell in love with it so much that my partner and I bought a beachfront apartment overlooking the beautiful turquoise ocean and white sands. The 'Brits' are just beginning to discover these islands and there are developments going on in and around Santa Maria. However, the island only being 25kms by 10kms means it can never be overdeveloped. If you love seafood, you'll love this place. We'd watch the day's haul being landed on the beach in the morning and that evening, in one of the local restaurants, of which we tried many, we would be eating that fish - tuna, wahoo, lobster - the best I've ever tasted. It was fantastic and cooked as only the Csape Verdians know how.

Travel facts

Best time to go
October to June
bbc.co.uk/weather

Approx flight time
7¾ hours flight from London to Sal, via Lisbon

Time difference
1 hour behind

Visa (with UK passport)
Required
Cape Verde Honorary Consul: Mr Joao Roberto, 18-20 Stanley Street Liverpool L1 6AF. Tel: 0151 236 0206

Health risks
Typhoid, Hepatitis A and Diphtheria recommended. Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and Rabies sometimes recommended. Yellow Fever certificate may be required
bbc.co.uk/health

Currency
Cape Verde escudo
Check out the latest rates: use our currency converter

Language
Portuguese
bbc.co.uk/languages

Further Reading
BBC News: country profile Cape Verde Lonely Planet - Cape Verde

FINTAR O DESTINO = DRIBBLING FATE

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Fintar O Destino=Dribbling Fate (Videocassette : 77 min. ) [1998]
V. CASS. VHS 4787
Abstract: Fintar O Destino is a sports film with a distinctly African twist. It is the story of the aging sport hero who holds onto his past so strongly he destroys his present. At the same time, this film explores a much broader tension, personal and political, between remaining true to one's dreams or making the best of the limited opportunities around us.
Director: Fernando Vendrell Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Cape Verde, soccer, sports, popular culture, economy, social relations, postcolonialism

O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno = Napumoceno's Will (Videocassette : 106 min. ) [1998]
V. CASS. VHS 4623
Abstract: The film is an epic farce from one of the world's least known but most culturally complex societies --Cape Verde. This classic tale of the hollowness at the core of provincial bourgeois life introduces English-speaking audiences to Germano Almeida, one of the outstanding writers in Portuguese today. With its novelistic breadth, the film offers a bildungsroman of a man and a society so caught up in the pursuit of conventional success and prestige it overlooks its true self almost until it is too late. Producer/Director: Francisco Manso.
Director: Francisco Manso Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Cape Verde, social life, politics, colonialism, class, feature film

New Hampshire Does Have a Soccer Team

2006-09-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

New Hampshire Does Have a Soccer Team

By Jim Jeannotte on Thursday, June 29, 2006.

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On the off-chance that you've been swept up in World Cup Soccer Fever, you can watch professional soccer here in the Granite State.

The New Hampshire Phantoms has been competing for a dozen years.

Trouble is, it seems very few people are even paying attention.

NHPR's Sports Correspondent Jim Jeannotte has the story.

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see more >>THE WORLD CUP SOCCER TOURNAMENT HAS REACHED THE QUARTERFINALS.

FOR WEEKS, SOCCER FANS RANGING INTO THE BILLIONS WORLD-WIDE, HAVE BEEN AVIDLY FOLLOWING THIS QUADRENNIAL EVENT.

AND SEAN CAREY, THE COACH OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PHANTOMS OF THE PROFESSIONAL UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE, BELIEVES AMERICANS ARE WATCHING THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR SPORT.

Sean Carey:
(Track 64 - :10 sec) “I think it’s attracting attention. I teach elementary school for a living. We had a field day today and we had parents, moms, dads asking about World Cup.”
BUTT/BYTE
(track 66 - ) :03 sec) “I think overall the interest level is good.”

HOWEVER, EVEN WITH A BOOST FROM THE WORLD CUP, PHANTOMS GENERAL MANAGER JIM DEDEUS ISN’T OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE GAME’S FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Jim Dedeus
(Track 9 - :12 sec) “I’m 58 years old. When I was 30 years old, I said in twenty years soccer is going to be a sport that is going to be competing with other major sports. I was so wrong.”
BUTT/BYTE
(Track 11 - :16 sec) “The sport of soccer will never go head to head with the NFL or NBA, or baseball. But I think we can find our own niche. We’ll be a small part of the sports world in New Hampshire where we’ll be able to take care of ourselves.”

OVER THE PAST DECADE, PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE SPORTS HAVE BECOME PART OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LANDSCAPE.

THE MANCHESTER MONARCHS LEAD THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE IN ATTENDANCE.

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS ATTRACT BIG CROWDS FOR THEIR DOUBLE-A BASEBALL CONTESTS.

AND THE MANCHESTER WOLVES AVERAGE OVER 7,000 FANS PER GAME IN ARENA FOOTBALL.

Cheerleaders sound effect
(Track 48 - “s-c-o-r-e score, phantoms score)

BUT IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR THE STRUGGLING PHANTOMS.

GENERAL MANAGER JIM DEDEUS:

Jim Dedeus
(Track 7 - :13 sec) “If we were drawing two to three thousand, we would be happy. But at the moment, we’re drawing more like the 500 mark. There are a few games throughout the year, we draw a thousand to 12-hundred.”

IN FACT, IN THE 90S, THERE WERE YEARS THE PHANTOMS AVERAGED WELL OVER 2,000 FANS PER GAME.

BUT RECENTLY, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE FALLEN SUBSTANTIALLY.

MATT BRITO COMES FROM CAPE VERDE WEST AFRICA. HE TEACHES FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND COACHES SOCCER AT NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL.

HE ALSO PLAYS FOR THE PHANTOMS.

Matt Brito
(Track 22 - :17 sec) “In the past years, we definitely had bigger crowds. I’m not sure this year. One, the weather hasn’t been very helpful to us, and two the past two seasons, we didn’t win many games. So that doesn’t attract people.”

THE PHANTOMS HAVE POSTED SOME EARLY-SEASON WINS THIS YEAR, AND COACH CAREY THINKS MORE OF THE SAME WILL BRING THE FANS BACK.

Sean Carey:
(Track 60 - :15 sec) “”I’m hopeful that wins is what it takes. That’s what we’re aiming towards. Early in the season, we had a very small crowd in the rain. I had the players look at the stands. I said I want you to look over there now. This will be a reminder for you when we get the stands filled up because we’re doing so well.”

(Sound effect)
(Track # 30) “Now for your New Hampshire Phantoms. In goal,)

THERE ARE TWENTY PLAYERS ON THE PHANTOMS ROSTER. THREE PLAYED AT UNH, ONE AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY, ONE AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND TWO AT FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE.

IN ADDITION TO GRADUATES FROM SEVERAL OTHER COLLEGES, THE ROSTER IS SPRINKLED WITH ATHLETES FROM ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, PORTUGAL, BARBADOS AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

WHILE THEY ALL HAVE OTHER JOBS, MANY OF THE PHANTOM PLAYERS HAVE HOPES OF MOVING ON TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF PLAY.

THAT INCLUDES, GOALKEEPER MATT PARSONS OF EXETER, A 24-YEAR-OLD GRADUATE OF BENTLEY COLLEGE.

Matt Parsons
(Track 26 - :11 sec) “I definitely want to make it to the next level eventually. I’m a goalie and they say goalies get better as they get older. So I guess I have a couple of years ahead of me. Anybody who’s here want to be at the next level.”

THE NEXT LEVEL IS THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE.

AND ABOVE THAT IS MLS, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, THE NATION’S TOP-RANKED LEAGUE.

COACH CAREY SAYS THERE ISN’T MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PHANTOMS’ UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION, AND THE TWO MORE PROFITABLE AND COMPETITIVE LEVELS ABOVE IT.

Sean Carey
(Track 62 - :20 sec) “To be honest with you, for a lot of the players, it’s a lucky break. We could put some of the players in a game for the Revolution tomorrow. You wouldn’t see a difference. Some of it is speed of play, speed of thought. Maybe they take one extra touch sometimes. Or they might be a little slow in their decision making.”

THE PHANTOMS ARE FUNDED BY CORPORATE SPONSORS, AS WELL AS BY THE PROFITS FROM A SUCCESSFUL YEAR-ROUND YOUTH SOCCER ACADEMY.

OVER 600 BOYS AND GIRLS PARTICIPATE ON YOUTH TEAMS AND IN YOUTH LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST.

FROM APRIL TO OCTOBER, A NEW INDOOR ARENA IN HAMPSTEAD HOUSES THE TEAMS, A SOCCER SCHOOL AND YOUTH CLINICS.

GENERAL MANAGER DEDEUS HOPES THIS INTRODUCTION OF SOCCER AT A YOUNG AGE WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO A LARGER FAN BASE THROUGHOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Jim Dedeus
(Track 15 - ?sec) “We need to have grandfathers that played the game. When that happens, then you have the fathers, the sons and the kids are all playing. I mean we’re still a little ways away. But when we have that whole ladder there, that whole tree, family tree that was involved with the game, then we’ll see soccer flourish in New Hampshire.”

THE NEXT GAME FOR THE PHANTOMS IS FRIDAY EVENING AGAINST THEIR TOP LEAGUE RIVAL, THE WESTERN MASS PIONEERS.

GAME TIME IS AT 7:30 AT THE NEW GEORGE LARKIN FIELD ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY IN MANCHESTER.

(sound effect)
Track 54 - ? sec) “Phantoms goal scored by #25 Val Teixeira, his second of the night. Assisted by #39 Okeida”

FOR NHPR NEWS, I’M JIM JEANNOTTE

CAPE VERDE CALLS UP ZICO VEIGA FOR MACAU TOURNAMENT

2006-09-29T09:40:00.000-07:00

Sept. 15, 2006

CAPE VERDE CALLS UP ZICO VEIGA
For Macau tournament

The Super N. League of New England, sponsored by the Rhode Island Soccer Association, announced that forward Zico Veiga of Club Emigrantes Das Ilhas has been called up to the under 21 National Team of Cape Verde.

League President David Borts made the announcement to local soccer reporters at a press conference in Pawtucket.

Borts said, that the call-up was a first for the player and the league.

"The League is incredibly proud of Zico Veiga and his Club Emigrantes Das Ilhas with whom Zico has been training since he was 13 years old." Borts said. ''Such recognition gives support to the SNL which has become the top Premier Soccer League in New England since its inception in 2004."

The U-21 Cape Verdean National Team will be playing in an Asian Tournament in Macau October 4-23. The tournament will have 9 teams, including, Brasil, Portugal, Macau, and other Portuguese speaking countries of Africa.

INFORMATION ON CAPE VERDEANS

2006-09-29T09:33:00.000-07:00

Cape Verdeans
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PRONUNCIATION: kayp VUHRD-ee-uhns

LOCATION: Cape Verde; United States

POPULATION: 300,000

LANGUAGE: Portuguese (official language), Crioulo

RELIGION: Catholicism with Crioulo aspects

1 • INTRODUCTION
The Cape Verdean archipelago (island chain) had no known inhabitants before colonial times. It is believed that Arab sailors were aware of the islands by the tenth or eleventh century.

From 1455 until its independence in 1975, Cape Verde was a colony of Portugal. The islands were first reached around 1455 by captains sailing for Portugal's Prince Henry "The Navigator." They were looking for new trade routes and African gold, and they began to sail along the upper West African coast in the early fifteenth century.

The Portuguese based their slave-trading economy on these islands in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Slaves worked on Cape Verdean sugar plantations, and they did general labor and household work. It was common for slave owners to have children with their servants. That is largely how today's native Crioulo (Creole) population evolved.

Since 1975, Cape Verde has been governed by a National Assembly. A single party, the African Party, was in power from independence until Cape Verde's first elections involving several parties in 1991.

2 • LOCATION
The Republic of Cape Verde is an archipelago nation of nine main islands. It lies about 300 miles (483 kilometers) off the west coast of Senegal. The horseshoe-shaped archipelago consists of two island groups. They are the northern Barlavento islands and the southern Sotavento islands. Some islands are flat and sandy. Others have mountains (notably Mount Fogo) that rise more than 9,000 feet (2,743 meters) above the sea. The capital, Praia, is located on the largest island, São Tiago.

Today, more Cape Verdeans live in faraway communities than in the homeland. Cape Verdeans are found throughout Africa, Brazil, and Portugal, as well as in Senegal, Italy, and Holland, and in the United States, in southeastern New England.

3 • LANGUAGE
Although Portuguese is the official language, Crioulo (Creole) is most widely spoken in Cape Verdean homes and clubs. Like other Creole languages, Cape Verdean is unique and follows its own grammar, vocabulary, and style. Women play an important role in preserving the Crioulo language from one generation to the next.

4 • FOLKLORE
Cape Verdean folklore is a rich combination of Portuguese and African sources. One popular set of tales relates to Nho Lobo. The folksy wisdom of this clever wolf is used to teach basic values and lessons about life.

5 • RELIGION
Most Cape Verdeans are devout Catholics. Religion is an important source of stability and basic values in their communities. Important saints' days are observed widely. (Many of the islands are named for the saints' days on which they were discovered.) A unique Cape Verdean religious tradition is the mastro ceremony, which involves a post or mast that is colorfully decorated with fruits to honor a saint.

6 • MAJOR HOLIDAYS
Important holidays include January 20, the anniversary of the assassination of President Amílcar Cabral (1924–73), and July 5 (Independence Day). Religious holidays include Christmas, Easter, and various saints' festivals. Cape Verdeans also celebrate Carnival in the days preceding Lent. The tabanka festival combines African-style shrines with a Portuguese religious parade.

7 • RITES OF PASSAGE
The stages in life are marked by the ceremonies of first communion, marriage, and cemetery burial at death. Additionally, farewell parties for people about to travel and for returning visitors have become so important that they are almost like a rite of passage.

8 • RELATIONSHIPS
Social networks based on the family and the community are essential to finding a job, obtaining loans, seeking marriage partners, and carrying on social life in general. Cape Verdeans are deeply involved in social clubs, volunteer and service organizations, and community affairs.

9 • LIVING CONDITIONS
Architectural styles in Cape Verde are strongly influenced by Portuguese culture. In appearance the structures are much like those found in coastal Brazil. Houses showing an African influence feature the round funco style from West Africa. They are built with Cape Verdean stone, but may have an African-style, cone-shaped thatched roof. Piped water and electricity are common in the main towns, but not always found in rural areas.

10 • FAMILY LIFE
The warmth and generosity of Cape Ver-dean family life is deeply rooted in culture and history. It is common for families to share a pot of cachupa (stew) with relatives, neighbors, and any visitors who may drop in.

Parents make great sacrifices to educate their children. Families take great pride in children's academic achievement and in success in their jobs.

11 • CLOTHING
Western-style clothing is standard, especially for men and children. Women sometimes wear outfits that include their unique panos (strips of a cloth woven on the West African narrow loom). These panos are used as sashes for dancing and also can be used as a wrap for carrying babies. Used clothing from Europe and the United States is also used to meet local needs.

12 • FOOD
Cape Verdean foods include cachupa (stew), conj (soup), djagacida (chicken with rice), and gufong (cornbread). Recipes often involve corn, rice, and couscous (crushed grain, especially a certain type of wheat) as a starchy base. The most common meats are pork, chicken, and fish (especially tuna). A wide variety of tropical fruits are readily available, including mangoes and bananas.

13 • EDUCATION
Cape Verdeans have a relatively high standard of formal education. This is partly because of the tradition of seminary education on the island of São Nicolau. There are high schools in the major towns and elementary schools throughout the islands. There are also teacher-training and technical schools, but there is no university in Cape Verde.

14 • CULTURAL HERITAGE
Cape Verde has a rich variety of popular music, some of it imported from the communities where Cape Verdeans have settled abroad. Styles range from European-style mazurkas and valzas to the rhythmically complex batuko. Most famous of all are the coladeiras and mornas.

15 • EMPLOYMENT
Farming and fishing in Cape Verde are conducted at subsistence level (to provide a basic diet) or for small-scale exports. Cape Verde workers often travel to other countries as contract laborers. They are found in every walk of life, including education, major sports, medicine, the arts, banking, business, and construction.

16 • SPORTS
Many sports are popular in Cape Verde, especially soccer. Basketball is gaining popularity. Swimming, surfboarding, scuba diving, track and field, and long-distance running also are growing in popularity.

17 • RECREATION
Cape Verdean entertainment is centered in the home, where dances, parties, and receptions are often held. A favorite board game in Cape Verde is ouri, a "pit and capture" game that can be traced to ancient Egypt.

18 • CRAFTS AND HOBBIES
A wide array of folk arts are found in Cape Verde. Women crochet and weave. Men build ship models, carve wood and cow horn, and make musical horns from shells.

19 • SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Cape Verde suffers from a rising use of illegal drugs and alcohol and an increase in cases of AIDS. Many skilled and educated Cape Verdeans leave the country to seek employment overseas.

20 • BIBLIOGRAPHY
Halter, Marilyn. Between Race and Ethnicity. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993.

Lobban, Richard A., Jr. Cape Verde. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995.

Lobban, Richard A., Jr., and Marlene Lopes. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde. 3rd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow, 1995.

WEBSITES
Embassy of the Republic of Cape Verde, Washington, D.C. [Online] Available http://www.capeverdeusembassy.org/, 1998.

World Travel Guide. Cape Verde. [Online] Available http://www.wtgonline.com/country/cv/gen.html, 1998.

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FIFA PRESIDENT OPENS NEW SOCCER CENTER IN CAPE VERDE

2006-09-29T09:30:00.000-07:00

FIFA President opens new soccer center in Cape Verde

2006-05-04 08:48:18

LUANDA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter has opened a new soccer training complex in Cape Verde and expressed that he believes the archipelago will qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

According to a report reaching here on Wednesday, speaking after inaugurating the 800,000 euros training center for the Cape Verde Football Federation (FCF), Blatter admitted he was a "fan" of the national soccer team and that he thought it would reach the final stages of FIFA's first world soccer showpiece in Africa. Cape Verde currently lie in 122nd spot in FIFA's world ranking.

The new FCF center, entirely funded by FIFA, is equipped with a soccer pitch, various conference centers, restaurants and bars and two accommodation blocks for players.

During his Cape Verde trip the FIFA chief met Praia's heads of government and state.

He also announced that FIFA will fund the building of a synthetic pitch at Cape Verde's main football stadium, Estadio da Varzea in the capital, where insufficient rainfall has for many years hampered efforts to maintain a natural playing surface. Enditem

CAPE VERDE FA (FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION)

2006-09-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

Cape Verde national football team

Cape Verde
Nickname(s) Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks), Crioulos (Creoles)
Association Federação Caboverdiana
de Futebol
Head coach José Rui
Most caps Bubista
Top scorer ?
FIFA code CPV
FIFA ranking 113
Highest FIFA ranking 101 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 182 (April 2000)
Elo ranking 125

　
Home kit

　
Away kit

First international

Guinea-Bissau 3 - 0 Cape Verde
(Guinea-Bissau; January 7, 1979)
Largest win
Cape Verde 3 - 0 Guinea-Bissau
(Mali; February 2, 1981)
Cape Verde 3 - 0 Mauritania
(Praia, Cape Verde; June 21, 2003)
Cape Verde 3 - 0 Swaziland
(Praia, Cape Verde; November 16, 2003)
Worst defeat
Senegal 5 - 1 Cape Verde
(Mali; February 12, 1981)

The Cape Verde national football team, nicknamed either Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles), is the national team of Cape Verde and is controlled by the Federação Caboverdiana de Futebol. It has never made the World Cup or the African Nations Cup. The team almost qualified for the African Nations Cup in 2006, at one time lying second in their qualifying group behind South Africa

For the first time, on November 2, 2002, it faced a non-African team, Luxembourg, in a friendly, resulting in a scoreless draw.

Contents [hide]
1 Cape Verde Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Current squad
4.1 Goalkeepers
4.2 Defenders
4.3 Midfielders
4.4 Strikers
4.5 Starting line-up and formation
5 Forthcoming fixtures
6 External links

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Cape Verde Football Achievements
Amilcar Cabral Cup :
1 Time Champion (2000)
1 Time Runners-up
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World Cup record
1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
2002 to 2006 - Did not qualify
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African Nations Cup record
1957 to 1992 - Did not enter
1994 - Did not qualify
1996 - Withdrew
1998 - Did not enter
2000 to 2006 - Did not qualify
2008 - Will play in Group 8 with Algeria, Gambia, and Guinea,
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Current squad
The following squad is the one called up for the CAN 2008 qualifying match against Gambia on September 03, 2006.

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Goalkeepers
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
GK Veiga Free Agent
GK Ernesto Estoril Praia
GK Cachito 0 0 C.D. Os Travadores

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Defenders
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
DF Nélson Veiga A.C. Omonia
DF Loloti Sporting Praia
DF Pedro Péle 0 0 Southampton
DF Zé Piguita Al-Ahli
DF Nando U.S. Monastirienne

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Midfielders
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
MF Lito Naval 1º de Maio
MF Emerson Beira-Mar
MF Nené Desportivo das Aves
MF Sandro Vitoria de Setúbal
MF Moreno Vitória de Guimarães
MF Tubola F.C. Derby
MF Bodi Académica da Praia

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Strikers
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
FW Rodolfo Lima Portimonense
FW Mendes Primeiro de Maio
FW Caló Al-Ahli
FW Cafú November 17, 1977 SC Freiburg
FW Hernáni Desportivo das Aves

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Starting line-up and formation
4-3-3 formation

VeigaJanícioZé PiguitaNélson VeigaNandoEmersonNenéLitoCalóSandroCafú[edit]
Forthcoming fixtures
2008 African Cup of Nations Qualifying Group 3:
Cape Verde v Guinea, 07 October 2006
Algeria v Cape Verde, 24 March 2007
Cape Verde v Algeria, 02 June 2007
Guinea v Cape Verde, 16 June 2007
Cape Verde v Gambia, 08 September 2007
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External links
Cape Verde FA official site (this site is currently out of order)
Cape Verde at FIFA's home page
RSSSF archive of results 1979-
The first website dedicated to the national football team of Cape Verde
National Football Teams - Cape Verde

TECNICIL FINANCES CAPE VERDEAN SOCCER

2006-09-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

Tecnicil finances Cape Verdean soccer

Real estate company Tecnicil will provide 8 million escudos per year to the Cape Verdean Soccer Federation (FCF) to promote the sport on all of the country’s islands. The contract between the company and the institution was signed Friday afternoon and is valid for three years.

The protocol is aimed mainly at promoting solidarity and competitiveness in soccer competitions, and the amount made available by Tecnicil (8 million escudos annually) is to be channelled exclusively to Cape Verde’s soccer clubs through incentives in regional and national tournaments, as well as during their participation in international competitions.

The ceremony was attended by Cape Verdean President Pedro Pires, who made a short visit to the FCF and its training center in Praia.

Cape Verde offers endless beauty, adventure

2006-09-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

By Jeremy Jowell

The customs control officer flips frantically through my passport. "Where is your American visa?" she asks .

Although I'm about to board a flight heading for Atlanta, I explain that I'm not going to America, but am instead getting off at the Cape Verde Islands.

"Oh really!" she exclaims. "You's on the aeroplane who is stopping there?"

The night flight from Cape Town takes off in a north-west direction over the darkening Atlantic Ocean.

Nine hours later, we touch down at Sal, a flat dusty island with not much going for it except some luxury hotels at a coastal strip in the south.

Two o'clock in the morning is not a great time to arrive at any destination, particularly one as remote as Cape Verde, but I have no problem getting a taxi to a small hotel nearby.

Situated 460km off the coast of Senegal, Cape Verde is an archipelago of 10 islands, nine of which are inhabited.

The next morning, after three hours' sleep, I take the first flight for Mindelo, the main city on the island of Sao Vicente.

Mindelo is a laid-back town of crumbling buildings and cobbled streets. This is Cape Verde's music capital and the birthplace of the country's famous singer, Cesaria Evora.

Life in Mindelo is slow and relaxed and after lunch of tasty grilled chicken, I wander through the colourful streets. As the heat of the day subsides, the people awake from their afternoon siesta.

From Mindelo, it's a short ferry trip to the island of Santo Antao. As soon as we leave the shelter of the harbour, the ferry starts to rock '* roll. Although they are a nation of islanders, Cape Verdeans do not handle the ocean well and several people are soon leaning over the railings to get sick. One man has not taken the wind into account and ends up spraying some unhappy passengers.

After docking at Porto Novo, I catch a minibus taxi heading across the island to the ramshackle fishing village of Ponta Do Sol. The cobblestone road climbs and winds through sharp S-bends up the steep mountain. We pass fertile terraced fields and "disappear" into the mountain top covered in mist and cloud.

Santo Antao is a hiker's paradise. The rugged peaks and fertile ribeiras (valleys) offer spectacular walks to small settlements and villages, often with dramatic views down 1 000m cliff faces.

By the time we get to Ponta Do Sol, it's already midday, but I'm keen to still get in a hike today.

After buying some crackers and water, I set out in the stifling heat on a cobblestone path leading up the mountain towards the remote village of Fontainhas.

The path twists through soaring peaks and very soon I'm out of breath with sweat streaming down my back. Suddenly I round a corner and there is the tiny village of Fontainhas, perched precariously on a ledge between two valleys.

After a break for a cold Coke, I start heading back and trudge slowly along the path with trepidation, knowing the breathless climbs and knee-jarring descents to follow.

I meet a local man and ask how much it will cost for him to give me a lift on his back all the way to Ponta Do Sol. "One million Euros," he answers, laughing loudly.

I struggle on and just as I'm thinking that I can't continue much further, I see a truly inspirational sight. Coming towards me are three men, one of whom is a man on crutches with a deformed leg.

I watch him in amazement as he walks past smiling, his left leg dangling uselessly by his side.

I'm an able-bodied person sweating buckets and barely able to catch my breath while this man on crutches is swinging along the cobblestones with one working leg.

I set off up the hill with renewed vigour. Back in Ponta do Sol, everyone is out enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.

The older boys are immersed in a hectic game of soccer, while the young ones ride their bikes on the cobblestone roads or play marbles in the dust.

Life is peaceful here and every morning at dawn the fishermen arrive at the harbour with boat engines slung over their shoulders. They don their oilskins and load buckets of bait into their boats before setting out to sea. After several hours they return with their catch, which is scaled, cleaned and gutted on the slippery rocks before being sold to restaurants and hotels in town.

After several days of hiking up rugged peaks and into misty green valleys, I journey on for the next leg of my Cape Verdean adventure.

For most visitors to Cape Verde, one of the highlights is a visit to the volcanic island of Fogo. The Pico de Fogo, a 2 829m volcano that last erupted spectacularly in 1995, is an extremely difficult but intensely dramatic hike.

I check into a lodge in the small village of Portela, situated in the crater-top area of Chas das Calderas. At 6.42am, I set out with a small group and our guide Carlos Alves to climb the volcano.

Carlos is only 19 years old but he has been a guide for six years and has climbed the Pico nearly 600 times. Even though he was only 10 years old when the volcano erupted in 1995, Carlos remembers it well.

"It was very scary and first we saw the fire and rocks shooting up into the sky. Then the lava started flowing. We had to evacuate our homes and flee to the coastal towns of Mosteiros or Sao Filipe, where we stayed for six months until the lava flow had cooled."

The climb heads along a spine of huge rocks that zigzags upwards between vast plains of solidified lava. I've seen some incredible sights on my travels, but this eerie landscape is right up there at the top of the list.

Small pockets of mist rise from the crater floor and race up the mountain. Soon we are hiking in thick layers of cloud. We puff up the boulder-strewn path, carefully picking our way over jagged rocks. As we near the summit, the unmistakable pungent smell of sulphur reaches my nose.

Finally, after nearly four hours of climbing, we reach the summit and stop for a short break and tuna sandwiches with water.

We then continue down into the mouth of the volcano through a hazardous rocky valley, where one wrong step would send you hurtling hundreds of metres down the sheer volcano cliff.

The path continues over a ridge and across to the site of the 1995 eruption. Our journey is now one of pure pleasure as we run down a 2km slope of volcanic sand, taking giant steps and sinking up to our knees to brake.

With the mist swirling about, I slip and slide and surf down the lava dune in the most surreal ride of my life.

Down at the eruption site, the red and yellow sulphur-stained rocks are hot to the touch. In several places, steam rises from cracks leading deep into the earth.

We walk back to the lodge through a black landscape that looks like it's been hit by an atomic bomb.

My next destination is Tarrafal, a laid-back beach village on the north-western coast of Santiago, the biggest island in the Cape Verde archipelago.

I'm looking forward to spending some time chilling on the beach and offload my bags at Hotel Baia Verde, a set of pretty bungalows located under the shade of coconut palms.

After a good night's sleep, I wake before sunrise and walk down to the beach. The fishermen are busy launching their boats and I get chatting to José Sanchez, one of the few locals who can speak any English. José promises to take me out fishing with him the following day.

It's a hazy dawn and the sun rises as a white ball behind thin layers of cloud. I wander around town, stopping to photograph women at the market and one particularly photogenic little girl eating a big bowl of soup for breakfast.

There are several good day trips to take around Santiago, with Tarrafal providing a good base. One is a hike into the interior, through the hilly green countryside of the Gom Gom Valley.

The area is green and fertile and we walk past fields full of potatoes, sugarcane, maize and corn. The occasional breeze is a welcome relief from the oppressive heat.

We descend a steep hill until we reach three small stone-and-thatch huts where a family welcomes us inside their fly-infested home. They are shelling green beans and one woman is vigorously shaking a container of milk, adding water and sugar to produce butter.

My last few lazy days in Cape Verde drift by under a sultry sky. Life here is slow and relaxed and I've settled easily into Tarrafal time.

The afternoon sun dips low and casts silver streaks over the sea, silhouetting the children playing happily in the shallows. Reluctantly I pack my bags and start heading back to face the mundane realities of my everyday world.

The Cape Verde archipelago is situated 460 km off the coast of Senegal and consists of 10 islands, nine of which are inhabited.

The official language is Portuguese but Creole is commonly spoken. A ferry service exists between the islands but is infrequent, so the best way for travelling locally is by air.

Cape Verde is famous for its music and their biggest talent is singer Cesária Evora.

ANOTHER CAPE VERDEAN FOOTBALLER PLYING HIS TRADES IN THE EGYPTIAN SOCCER TEAM ZAMLEK

2006-09-29T09:02:00.000-07:00

Edson Rolando Silva Sousa
Edson Rolando Silva Sousa (born 1983 March 9 in Cape Verde Islands) is a footballer currently playing for Al-Zamalek. He plays Forward.

Edson Silva signed for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. from PSV Eindhoven shortly before the 2004/05 season got underway. Tottenham's Sporting Director Frank Arnesen had signed him for PSV after spotting him playing for Portugal's youth teams.

The attacking midfielder signed a one-year deal with an option to extend that at the end of the season.

Unfortunately, he did not even reach then, leaving Spurs in January 2005 to join Den Haag. After scoring 3 goals with Den Haagm Egyptian side Zamalek signed him.

SELECAO SUB-21 DE CABO VERDE EMPATA NO ULTIMO JOGO DO TREINO ANTES DA SUA PARTIDA A MACAU

2006-09-29T08:59:00.000-07:00

Selecção sub-21 empata último jogo treino

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A selecção sub-21 de Cabo Verde partiu nesta madrugada de sexta-feira rumo a Macau para participar dos jogos da Lusofonia, com uma bagagem cheia de esperança e confiança numa óptima prestação. Horas antes de partir, o conjunto de Lúcio fez ainda um último jogo treino com o misto do Sal com o resultado final a ficar no empate a uma bola. Golos de Romy pela selecção e de Mendes pelos homens do Sal.

Foi, com certeza, o melhor teste entre as três partidas efectuadas pela Selecção sub-21 nacional, durante as duas semanas de estágio que efectuou no Sal. Nos dois jogos anteriores haviam vencido o misto do Sal por 3 a 0 e 5 a 0. Desta vez, com praticamente todos os seus habituais medalhões, fora Nhuck e Hernâni que representam a selecção, o misto salense deu excelente réplica e conseguiram mesmo empatar a partida. Um a um foi o resultado final, com Romy do Sal-Rei da Boa Vista a marcar pela selecção e Mendes, melhor jogador do Nacional do ano passado, a fazer o gosto ao pé para os salenses.

Resultado que não preocupa o Seleccionador, Lúcio Antunes que mesmo assim mostrava-se satisfeito com o seu grupo. “É um jogo treino para nós e temos os nossos objectivos definidos para esse treino e o resultado é o menos que interessa. Pois nós queremos ver como a equipa se comporta no aspecto defensivo, os nossos movimentos no meio-campo. Se ganharmos muito bem dá-nos moral, mas se não vencermos, não há de ser nada. O que é certo é que estão a trabalhar bem, a fazer os pressings altos no meio-campo, estão a circular bem a bola e estão a controlar o jogo, isto é o mais importante nessa fase”, salienta.

De facto, a Selecção teve quase sempre o domínio do jogo e foi a equipa com mais chances de fazer um placar favorável, mas a verdade é que deu empate. Antunes faz um balanço altamente positivo, dizendo que correu como programado: “a equipa parte muito bem e espero que consigamos os nossos objectivos que é representar o país condignamente”, diz o treinador que se diz confiante no grupo que dirige.

Os jogadores também continuam com a moral em alta como disse um dos dois atletas que jogam em terras estrangeiras, Zico, e Bijou, atleta do Benfica, emprestado ao Gondomar. Zico que nasceu nos Estados Unidos diz-se feliz por representar Cabo Verde numa convocatória de todo inesperada e acredita que ele e os colegas estão preparados para fazer um bom torneio em Macau. “Nós estamos preparados e vamos dar tudo por tudo para ganhar os jogos”, frisa.

Dez países, entre eles, Brasil, Portugal, Angola, Moçambique e os convidados China e Índia participam deste torneio. O primeiro embate de Cabo Verde é já no dia 4 de Outubro com equipa ainda a definir já que falta efectuar o sorteio.

KS

BARCA TO UNVEIL DETAILS OF UNICEF ACCORD IN NEW YORK

2006-09-06T09:15:00.000-07:00

Updated: Sep. 6, 2006

Barca to unveil details of UNICEF accord in New York

MADRID, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Spanish and European champions Barcelona will disclose the details of their collaborative agreement with the UNICEF at a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday.

Barca said on Wednesday that club president Joan Laporta would attend the event where he would give details of the ground-breaking initiative.

The club announced last May that they had agreed to donate 0.7 percent of annual income starting from the 2006/07 season to the United Nations as a contribution to the organisation's Millennium Development Goals campaign.

Barca, whose motto in Catalan is 'mes que un club' (more than just a club) predict that this season's income will be in the region of 240 million euros ($307.7 million).

The UN's Millennium campaign aims to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and infant mortality, achieving universal primary education and promoting sexual equality.

The agreement will also mean the team's famous scarlet and blue shirts carry the UNICEF emblem.

Barca are one of the few leading European football teams not to carry commercial sponsorship on their shirts.

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IN BRAZIL, UNPAVED PATH TO SOCCER EXCELLENCE

2006-09-05T08:01:00.000-07:00

In Brazil, Unpaved Path to Soccer Excellence

By LARRY ROHTER

Published: June 25, 2006

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 24 — How does Brazil do it? Year after year, World Cup after World Cup, soccer stars seem to roll out of here like cars off a factory assembly line.

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First came the generation of Pelé, Garrincha, Tostão and Rivelino, followed by Zico, Falcão and Socrates. Since the mid-1990's, Romário, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and now Kaká, Adriano and Robinho have further burnished Brazil's reputation for unmatched excellence. To the average fan around the world, Brazilian soccer appears to be a powerful, well-oiled machine.

But those who know it best are aware that the reality is far more complicated, that the country's record five World Cup championships are more a result of popular passion for the beautiful game, as it is often called here, than of any organized apparatus that methodically finds and develops players.

"There is no system in Brazil," said Carlos Roberto de Oliveira, who, playing as Roberto Dinamite, was a member of the Brazilian national team in the 1970's and early 1980's. "Everything happens on a random, haphazard basis."

To hear Brazilians tell it, organized professional soccer here is chaotic, corrupt and in perpetual disarray. But the game itself is so deeply ingrained in daily life — and in Brazilian identity and self-esteem — that its strength at the grass roots more than compensates for those deficiencies at the top.

Familiarity with soccer begins early, producing a bottomless pool of talent. By age 3, a boy has probably learned how to dribble the ball, and by 7 he is playing the informal sandlot version of the game with his pals in any open space they can find — a clearing in the jungle, an empty lot in a large city, a pasture or on the beach — and maybe sleeping with the ball, if he is fortunate enough to afford one.

Despite the considerable economic advances it has made over the last generation, Brazil is still a country with millions of poor among its 185 million people. And it is the poor who have traditionally seen success in soccer as their fastest ticket to prosperity and prestige.

Of the 23 players on the national squad competing in Germany this month, only three come from a background that would be considered middle class here. Most of the players, whether they were born in cities or in the countryside, come from families that are humble, the preferred term for poverty here.

Their success breeds only more success, especially now that the globalization of soccer has made Brazilian players increasingly in demand for teams all over the world. When a poor boy sees that a player like Ronaldinho, considered the best in the world going into the World Cup, can earn 28 million euros (about $35 million) a year, it encourages him to aim high and devote himself to the game.

"There are now so many role models, and no glass ceiling," said Alex Bellos, the author of "Futebol: Soccer, the Brazilian Way." "Go into any shantytown or urban center, and you're sure to find someone who had a mate at school who played with Ronaldo or knows someone else who is a pro footballer. The idea is more than a dream, it's a reality."

That hunger for success, however, does not explain the extraordinary inventiveness and fluidity with which Brazilians play the game. Some of the country's most knowledgeable analysts see that skill as a response to the confusion and unpredictability of daily life here, which has made Brazilians adept at what is called dribbling around rules and barriers.

"We Brazilians are accustomed to having to improvise, to being creative when we are in a tight spot," said Tostão, now a popular commentator whose real name is Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade. "It's the foundation of our music and art, too, and that intuitive ability to sidestep the rules and improvise on the spot is what distinguishes the great player from the excellent."

As Brazil urbanizes and as it becomes harder to find open spaces, the game is also moving indoors, to gymnasiums in a form known as futsal. Ronaldinho and Robinho came out of that setting — the soccer equivalent of arena football in the United States.

"Futsal teaches players a capacity to create in a small space," said Juca Kfouri, one of Brazil's most influential and outspoken soccer commentators. "Then, when they get to play on the grass, on that larger stage, they can glory in really having room to create."

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Traditionally, the path of a Brazilian player was clearly defined from the moment he was spotted playing sandlot ball, usually by an amateur scout who was often a fan of a local team. He was signed by that team as a teenager, passed on to a larger regional club if he showed promise, sold to one of the 20 or so teams with large national followings, and finally, if he was very lucky, ended his playing days in Europe.

Throughout his career, however long it lasted, a player was little more than a piece of merchandise. If he offended management or wanted too much money, he could easily be replaced because he had few contractual rights and there was always more talent waiting in the pipeline.

But when Pelé, the country's greatest player, became sports minister in the mid-1990's, he made an effort to change the system. Using his prestige, he managed to push legislation through the Brazilian legislature that was meant to reduce the power of clubs and give players more control of their careers.

The so-called Pelé Law has weakened the clubs, commentators agree, but it has also ended up benefiting agents more than the players. The agents, or impresarios, as they are known, have increasingly assumed responsibility for finding promising players, who are signed to personal management contracts and parked at clubs willing to showcase them until their value increases and they can be sold to a European club, sometimes while still teenagers.

"In the last decade, this has become an industry," Tostão said. "The clubs don't have as many scouts out there as they once did, people who will call out of love for a club and tell them they have to see a kid. Today, it's all the impresarios and their personal networks of scouts, which I think is a bad thing because they grab the kids and put them under their personal control."

In hopes of getting an early look at future stars, teams in Italy, England, Spain and Belgium have either bought pieces of Brazilian clubs or signed development deals with them. They are also bypassing the clubs and the player agents by sending their own scouts to scour the backlands and the urban slums for exportable talent, as Major League Baseball teams do in places like the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

Brazilian law and international rules forbid teams to sign players who have barely entered their teens. But to get around that restriction, European teams are now offering jobs as drivers or cooks to the parents of promising young players, who are then taken to Europe and enrolled on their junior squads.

Private soccer schools are also growing in importance as sources of players. These operate independently of clubs and for the most part do not receive support from the Ministry of Sports or the Brazilian national confederation. The confederation has a $165 million contract with Nike, but is widely criticized for contributing little to development programs for Brazilian youth.

Roberto Dinamite is one of several former players who operate such academies. Born and reared in Duque de Caxias, a working-class suburb of Rio, he has established the headquarters of his Roberto Dinamite Institute across the street from the rutted field where he was first spotted at age 10 by a scout for the Vasco da Gama club.

His school in his old neighborhood has functioned for little more than a decade. But it has produced one player who is on the Brazilian national junior team, another who plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands and two who are signed to teams in Rio.

More than 150 boys, ages 7 through 16, participate in the program. On a cool and windy afternoon the day before Brazil's debut in the Cup, a group of 13-year-olds was going through a drill that required them to run a zigzag among a row of traffic cones, then take a pass with the right foot, dribble and finally kick the ball with the left foot.

"All of these kids know how to play, and every one of them wants to be the next Ronaldinho," Roberto Dinamite said. "But if there is even half a Ronaldinho here, or at some other school like this, then Brazil is going to remain atop the heap."

Jorge Fidalgo Memorial Soccer Challenge: Cape Verdean All Stars vs Brazilian All Stars

2006-09-03T15:12:00.000-07:00

Jorge Fidalgo Memorial Soccer Challenge: Cape Verdean All Stars vs Brazilian All Stars

By Lucy Coutinho (http://www.caboverdeonline.com)

Nôs Jornal newspaper (USA)

Posted: September 01, 2006

A crowd of energetic soccer fans joined at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts for the 3rd Annual Jorge Fidalgo Memorial Soccer Challenge. The pouring rain was not enough to keep the spectators from enjoying a great game; they came prepared some with their umbrellas and some with their rain coats. Overlooking the bleachers, there were spectators of all ages.

The event commemorated the late Jorge Fidalgo, a respected community leader, radio show host, and soccer player. Fidalgo was murdered on April 23, 2001, leaving behind a wife and five young children along with a community that had an immense respect and appreciation for him. “He would have been happy about this. The hope is to continue his legacy by doing events like this, having soccer activities and programs in his name,” said Joceline Fidalgo, 17-year-old daughter of the late Jorge Fidalgo.

Coach Manecas Almeida with other team reps and Revolution General Manager Craig Tornberg at trophy presentation. Photo by Marc Masse

Jorge Fidalgo was a devoted advocate for Cape Verdean youths to be given an opportunity to participate in soccer matches on a professional level. “His dream was to always bring the national teams here and allow Cape Verdean players to play professionally,” said Flavio DaVeiga, CVC (Cape Verdean Community) UNIDO Youth Outreach Worker and one of the organizers for the event. “He was always a person that would be involved in the community and a big soccer fan,” said Da Veiga. The objective of the annual event is to keep his dream alive and carry on his legacy to uplift the Cape Verdean community.

In honor of his memory this year, CVC UNIDO collaborated with the Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) to host the annual Memorial Soccer Challenge which featured a match between the local Cape Verdean and Brazilian All Star Selection Teams this past Sunday, August 27, 2006. “It is a great opportunity for us to do it at such a large stadium and a great opportunity for the future of our players,” said Denise Gonsalves, Executive Director of CVC UNIDO.

In March 2004, the Cape Verdean Community Task Force formally adapted CVC UNIDO as its new name. Founded in February 1999, CVC UNIDO is a non profit organization that serves the Cape Verdean Creole community of the Boston area. It offers a range of different programs and activities that reach out to both families and youths.

The very first soccer challenge was implemented by family members and friends of the late Jorge Fidalgo also in his honor. The Cape Verdean national team verses Maritimo from Portugal which brought over six thousand spectators to the Gillette Stadium in 2002 and it has since developed into an annual event organized by community leaders such as Denise Gonsalves. In 2005, the New England area Cape Verdean All Stars played against the Caribbean All Stars with Cape Verdeans being victorious 5-0. That year it brought together an incredible amount of Cape Verdean spectators and supporters. “My vision is for this tournament to become bigger and to have everyone in the community participate in it. It’s a lot of work but everyone can benefit,” said Alice Gomes, Jorge Fidalgo Soccer Match committee chairman.

Vargas & Vargas sponsored this year’s event and has been a great support for many other projects of CVC UNIDO. Local organizations sponsored the youths to attend the soccer game which generated a great crowd of young supports. Tickets were sold in many business venues in Brockton, Dorchester, New Bedford and Roxbury, Massachusetts and local stores in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The local shops have been a great tool in helping to promote the annual event. This event has also been a great opportunity to collaborate with the Revolution General Manager Craig Tornberg; he has been a tremendous support to the community in playing professional soccer.

The Cape Verdean All Stars took home the victory on their 3-2 win over the Brazilian All Stars. Both teams played a competitive game and proceeds of tickets sold in the community helped to fund health and social services programs for both CVC UNIDO and MAPS. Profits from some of the ticket sales were also used to fund the Jorge Fidalgo soccer league. “This event brought unity to the community and was a true indication that together great things can happen,” continued Goncalves.

This would have been Jorge Fidalgo’s vision for his community and it is with great honor that his legacy lives on. “Our hope is to get more supporters and more of the Cape Verdean community to come to the games on a yearly basis,” concluded Denise Gonsalves. “It’s about uplifting our community.”

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.”“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.”

2006-09-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.”

By Vasco R. A. Pires

How many positive stories about Cape-Verdians have you seen or read in your local mainstream news media? Often when we see the name “Cape Verde or Cape-Verdian” in the mainstream news media, it is related to Hurricanes or a crime story. Very seldom, do you hear or read of the positive activities and accomplishments of Cape-Verdians.

This story is about two of the many Cape-Verdian organizations working to make a difference in the world for underserved children. The Clube Tabanka and Cabo Verde Children, Inc.

On October 14, 2001, nine young men made a commitment to be of service to their community. It was a time when America was still recovering from the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. Jose de Pina, Ildo Brando Correia, Enivete Araujo, Joao Carvalho, Carlos Amado, Flavio DaVeiga and Ricardo Fernandes, founded the Clube Tabanka. “We are a bunch of dynamic community leaders as well as visionaries who believed in the importance of giving back to the community and for that reason we founded Clube Tabanka in order to provide our youth with recreational outlets that may help them to stay out of trouble. It is important for our youth to be able to play safe, competitive, at the same time instill some sort of discipline in them as well as enhance their athletic abilities. So, our club is more of a support system for those for our youth. This is just the beginning of better things yet to come in our community.” They state in the Clube Tabanka statement of purpose.
According to the Clube Tabanka, “its goals to promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean community.” Another objective of Clube Tabanka is “to collaborate with other organizations with the purpose of improving the quality of life of our community.” The Clube Tabanka feels strongly that, “History teaches us that any group, nation, organization, religion or political party has to be organized and united in order to successfully achieve its goals. It is in this context that we are asking for the participation and support of each Cape Verdean in the area.”

The mission of Clube Tabanka is to take Cape Verdean youth participation in sports to the highest levels and to work to achieve this with the highest priority; To work with short and long terms plans that fit the stated mission; To promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean communities; To collaborate with other organizations for the purpose of improving the quality of life of our communities. To create and maintain a warm and caring relationship between Clube Tabanka and the Cape Verdean communities in North America; To create and maintain strategic relationships with the Cape Verdean National Soccer Federation and other sports clubs and organizations in the United States, Cape Verde Islands as well as the rest of the Cape Verdean global Diaspora for growth and benefits of Clube Tabanka as an organization. The urgency of this mission really hit home when one of it’s own members Ildo Brando Correia was killed by random violence in the community.

Over the past five years the club has built a strong foundation of success. Under the leadership of a dedicated Board of Directors: Enivete (Tony) Araujo, President, with Directors; Joao (Jota) Carvalho, Flavio DaVeiga, Manuel (Dono) Teixeira, Adelino (Mioca) Barbosa, Carlos (Ze Jorge) Semedo, Juvenal Carvalho and Cristiano Gomes, Clube Tabanka has found success on the field of soccer as well as service to the community of Cape-Verdians in the New England Area. Clube Tabanka is a member of the New England Luso American Soccer Association, Inc. The Clube Tabanka is proud of players who have gone on to play Professional Soccer, most recently player, Almir Barbosa, AKA “Zorro” turned pro and he just signed a contract last week with IFK Kristiandad in the Swedish League. Almir played for a New Hampshire based semi-professional soccer league called USLD2 – United States Soccer League Division 2.

With all of this successful activity the Clube Tabanka still finds time to collaborate and support other community service organizations. One such organization founded in 2004 is the Cabo Verde Children Project.

The Cabo Verde Children Project works to give direct support to Pre-school and school age children of the poorest families in Cape Verde. The project solicits individuals to become sponsors of a child in need of assistance to go to and continue in an educational program.

Since the independence of Cape Verde in 1975, children have always been identified as one of the target groups deserving special attention. In 31 years a lot of progress has been made in establishing a free democratic government, raising the standard of living for many and creating an atmosphere of peace and security that is rare in this modern time. Still a lot needs to be done.

“Cabo Verde Children is a non-profit humanitarian organization that strives to help the children of Cape Verde Islands overcome the burdens of poverty and to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.

Cabo Verde Children is a joint project, managed and promoted by CaboVerdeOnline.com and Cape Verde Embassy in Washington DC. The goal of Cabo Verde Children is to identify and develop a database of children of Cape Verde whereas individuals like yourself will have the opportunity to sponsor a child by providing monthly financial commitments to their families for the use of buying food, pay school tuition and other basic needs. It's the kind of support that, we, the founders of Cabo Verde Children believe is extremely necessary for a Third World country like Cape Verde Islands.” Say it’s founders Andy & Madalena DeAndrade.

The founders continue, “Cabo Verde Children’s objective is to reach out to all 9 inhabited islands and serve Capeverdean children with humanitarian support delivered directly to the family and/or guardian of that child and thus ensuring that the child gets nourished properly and is attending school as required.

Represented by in-country Board of Directors, the role of the Capeverdean representatives is to identify and provide children profile data, pre-identify and recommend projects and to make sure that resources are delivered properly as originally identified and to those that it was intended to reach. Cape Verde representatives are also responsible to provide Cabo Verde Children organization quarterly reports that are posted on the website for sponsors to view and analyze. After returning from a late Fall 2002 trip to Cape Verde Islands and concerned with the wellbeing, and education of these children, the DeAndrade family provided the initial investment and developmental resources and with the support of the Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C. and mentorship of Ambassador Brito, we formed Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Developing a better generation and productive members of society is a gift that you can feel good about…”

The Board of Directors - Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in the U.S. Are, Norberto Tavares, Ambassador of CV Children, Andy DeAndrade, President, John Varella, Treasurer, and Indiana Burgo, Clerk.

To these two organizations, the term “Junta Mon” is more then words, they have come together in mutual support to take action to unite and fight for the lives of our children both here and in Cape Verde. The Clube Tabanka purchased new uniforms that show their support for the Cabo Verde Children Project. Cabo Verde Children Project supports the efforts of The Clube Tabanka and urges wider community support of their efforts.
Both organizations are made up of Cape-Verdian born, American born as well as European born Cape-Verdians. I have heard or read President Pedro Pires saying that wherever Cape-Verdians reside they should become good citizens of that country. “Where ever there are Cape-Verdians, is Cape Verde.”

My first contact with The Clube Tabanka was on the web. As an American born Cape-Verdian I strive to learn as much about the culture as I can. I was searching for the word “Tabanka” and www.clubetabanka was on the list. I clicked on it and came to this site with a wealth of information on Cape Verde and an organization that was taking action to create value in the community. I contacted Tony Araujo and he replied and we have never lost contact. We have so many talented Young Men and Women in our community that are making great efforts to make a difference. If the mainstream media doesn’t look for it, then it is up to us to find what is good in our community and spread the good news.

My first contact with CV Children Project was when my good friend Andy DeAndrade, ask if I could put together a little video presentation for the kick off dinner for CV Children. I said yes, and I have been a supporter of the vision of CV Children ever since. For more information on CV Children go to:

www.cvchildren.com for more information on Clube Tabanka go to: www.clubetabanka.com

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.” - By Vasco R. A. Pires

2006-09-02T13:44:00.000-07:00

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.” - By Vasco R. A. Pires

Clube Tabanka Squad Photo 2006
© 2006 - www.clubetabanka.com

How many positive stories about Cape-Verdians have you seen or read in your local mainstream news media? Often when we see the name “Cape Verde or Cape-Verdian” in the mainstream news media, it is related to Hurricanes or a crime story. Very seldom, do you hear or read of the positive activities and accomplishments of Cape-Verdians.

This story is about two of the many Cape-Verdian organizations working to make a difference in the world for underserved children. The Clube Tabanka and Cabo Verde Children, Inc.

On October 14, 2001, nine young men made a commitment to be of service to their community. It was a time when America was still recovering from the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. Jose de Pina, Ildo Brando Correia, Enivete Araujo, Joao Carvalho, Carlos Amado, Flavio DaVeiga and Ricardo Fernandes, founded the Clube Tabanka. “We are a bunch of dynamic community leaders as well as visionaries who believed in the importance of giving back to the community and for that reason we founded Clube Tabanka in order to provide our youth with recreational outlets that may help them to stay out of trouble. It is important for our youth to be able to play safe, competitive, at the same time instill some sort of discipline in them as well as enhance their athletic abilities. So, our club is more of a support system for those for our youth. This is just the beginning of better things yet to come in our community.” They state in the Clube Tabanka statement of purpose.
According to the Clube Tabanka, “its goals to promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean community.” Another objective of Clube Tabanka is “to collaborate with other organizations with the purpose of improving the quality of life of our community.” The Clube Tabanka feels strongly that, “History teaches us that any group, nation, organization, religion or political party has to be organized and united in order to successfully achieve its goals. It is in this context that we are asking for the participation and support of each Cape Verdean in the area.”

The mission of Clube Tabanka is to take Cape Verdean youth participation in sports to the highest levels and to work to achieve this with the highest priority; To work with short and long terms plans that fit the stated mission; To promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean communities; To collaborate with other organizations for the purpose of improving the quality of life of our communities. To create and maintain a warm and caring relationship between Clube Tabanka and the Cape Verdean communities in North America; To create and maintain strategic relationships with the Cape Verdean National Soccer Federation and other sports clubs and organizations in the United States, Cape Verde Islands as well as the rest of the Cape Verdean global Diaspora for growth and benefits of Clube Tabanka as an organization. The urgency of this mission really hit home when one of it’s own members Ildo Brando Correia was killed by random violence in the community.

Over the past five years the club has built a strong foundation of success. Under the leadership of a dedicated Board of Directors: Enivete (Tony) Araujo, President, with Directors; Joao (Jota) Carvalho, Flavio DaVeiga, Manuel (Dono) Teixeira, Adelino (Mioca) Barbosa, Carlos (Ze Jorge) Semedo, Juvenal Carvalho and Cristiano Gomes, Clube Tabanka has found success on the field of soccer as well as service to the community of Cape-Verdians in the New England Area. Clube Tabanka is a member of the New England Luso American Soccer Association, Inc. The Clube Tabanka is proud of players who have gone on to play Professional Soccer, most recently player, Almir Barbosa, AKA “Zorro” turned pro and he just signed a contract last week with IFK Kristiandad in the Swedish League. Almir played for a New Hampshire based semi-professional soccer league called USLD2 – United States Soccer League Division 2.

With all of this successful activity the Clube Tabanka still finds time to collaborate and support other community service organizations. One such organization founded in 2004 is the Cabo Verde Children Project.

The Cabo Verde Children Project works to give direct support to Pre-school and school age children of the poorest families in Cape Verde. The project solicits individuals to become sponsors of a child in need of assistance to go to and continue in an educational program.

Since the independence of Cape Verde in 1975, children have always been identified as one of the target groups deserving special attention. In 31 years a lot of progress has been made in establishing a free democratic government, raising the standard of living for many and creating an atmosphere of peace and security that is rare in this modern time. Still a lot needs to be done.

“Cabo Verde Children is a non-profit humanitarian organization that strives to help the children of Cape Verde Islands overcome the burdens of poverty and to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.

Cabo Verde Children is a joint project, managed and promoted by CaboVerdeOnline.com and Cape Verde Embassy in Washington DC. The goal of Cabo Verde Children is to identify and develop a database of children of Cape Verde whereas individuals like yourself will have the opportunity to sponsor a child by providing monthly financial commitments to their families for the use of buying food, pay school tuition and other basic needs. It's the kind of support that, we, the founders of Cabo Verde Children believe is extremely necessary for a Third World country like Cape Verde Islands.” Say it’s founders Andy & Madalena DeAndrade.

The founders continue, “Cabo Verde Children’s objective is to reach out to all 9 inhabited islands and serve Capeverdean children with humanitarian support delivered directly to the family and/or guardian of that child and thus ensuring that the child gets nourished properly and is attending school as required.

Represented by in-country Board of Directors, the role of the Capeverdean representatives is to identify and provide children profile data, pre-identify and recommend projects and to make sure that resources are delivered properly as originally identified and to those that it was intended to reach. Cape Verde representatives are also responsible to provide Cabo Verde Children organization quarterly reports that are posted on the website for sponsors to view and analyze. After returning from a late Fall 2002 trip to Cape Verde Islands and concerned with the wellbeing, and education of these children, the DeAndrade family provided the initial investment and developmental resources and with the support of the Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C. and mentorship of Ambassador Brito, we formed Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Developing a better generation and productive members of society is a gift that you can feel good about…”

The Board of Directors - Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in the U.S. Are, Norberto Tavares, Ambassador of CV Children, Andy DeAndrade, President, John Varella, Treasurer, and Indiana Burgo, Clerk.

To these two organizations, the term “Junta Mon” is more then words, they have come together in mutual support to take action to unite and fight for the lives of our children both here and in Cape Verde. The Clube Tabanka purchased new uniforms that show their support for the Cabo Verde Children Project. Cabo Verde Children Project supports the efforts of The Clube Tabanka and urges wider community support of their efforts.
Both organizations are made up of Cape-Verdian born, American born as well as European born Cape-Verdians. I have heard or read President Pedro Pires saying that wherever Cape-Verdians reside they should become good citizens of that country. “Where ever there are Cape-Verdians, is Cape Verde.”

My first contact with The Clube Tabanka was on the web. As an American born Cape-Verdian I strive to learn as much about the culture as I can. I was searching for the word “Tabanka” and www.clubetabanka was on the list. I clicked on it and came to this site with a wealth of information on Cape Verde and an organization that was taking action to create value in the community. I contacted Tony Araujo and he replied and we have never lost contact. We have so many talented Young Men and Women in our community that are making great efforts to make a difference. If the mainstream media doesn’t look for it, then it is up to us to find what is good in our community and spread the good news.

My first contact with CV Children Project was when my good friend Andy DeAndrade, ask if I could put together a little video presentation for the kick off dinner for CV Children. I said yes, and I have been a supporter of the vision of CV Children ever since. For more information on CV Children go to: www.cvchildren.com for more information on Clube Tabanka go to: www.clubetabanka.com

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.”
By Vasco R. A. Pires

Clube Tabanka Squad Photo 2006 © 2006 www.clubetabanka.com

How many positive stories about Cape-Verdians have you seen or read in your local mainstream news media? Often when we see the name “Cape Verde or Cape-Verdian” in the mainstream news media, it is related to Hurricanes or a crime story. Very seldom, do you hear or read of the positive activities and accomplishments of Cape-Verdians.

This story is about two of the many Cape-Verdian organizations working to make a difference in the world for underserved children. The Clube Tabanka and Cabo Verde Children, Inc.

On October 14, 2001, nine young men made a commitment to be of service to their community. It was a time when America was still recovering from the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. Jose de Pina, Ildo Brando Correia, Enivete Araujo, Joao Carvalho, Carlos Amado, Flavio DaVeiga and Ricardo Fernandes, founded the Clube Tabanka. “We are a bunch of dynamic community leaders as well as visionaries who believed in the importance of giving back to the community and for that reason we founded Clube Tabanka in order to provide our youth with recreational outlets that may help them to stay out of trouble. It is important for our youth to be able to play safe, competitive, at the same time instill some sort of discipline in them as well as enhance their athletic abilities. So, our club is more of a support system for those for our youth. This is just the beginning of better things yet to come in our community.” They state in the Clube Tabanka statement of purpose.
According to the Clube Tabanka, “its goals to promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean community.” Another objective of Clube Tabanka is “to collaborate with other organizations with the purpose of improving the quality of life of our community.” The Clube Tabanka feels strongly that, “History teaches us that any group, nation, organization, religion or political party has to be organized and united in order to successfully achieve its goals. It is in this context that we are asking for the participation and support of each Cape Verdean in the area.”

The mission of Clube Tabanka is to take Cape Verdean youth participation in sports to the highest levels and to work to achieve this with the highest priority; To work with short and long terms plans that fit the stated mission; To promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean communities; To collaborate with other organizations for the purpose of improving the quality of life of our communities. To create and maintain a warm and caring relationship between Clube Tabanka and the Cape Verdean communities in North America; To create and maintain strategic relationships with the Cape Verdean National Soccer Federation and other sports clubs and organizations in the United States, Cape Verde Islands as well as the rest of the Cape Verdean global Diaspora for growth and benefits of Clube Tabanka as an organization. The urgency of this mission really hit home when one of it’s own members Ildo Brando Correia was killed by random violence in the community.

Over the past five years the club has built a strong foundation of success. Under the leadership of a dedicated Board of Directors: Enivete (Tony) Araujo, President, with Directors; Joao (Jota) Carvalho, Flavio DaVeiga, Manuel (Dono) Teixeira, Adelino (Mioca) Barbosa, Carlos (Ze Jorge) Semedo, Juvenal Carvalho and Cristiano Gomes, Clube Tabanka has found success on the field of soccer as well as service to the community of Cape-Verdians in the New England Area. Clube Tabanka is a member of the New England Luso American Soccer Association, Inc. The Clube Tabanka is proud of players who have gone on to play Professional Soccer, most recently player, Almir Barbosa, AKA “Zorro” turned pro and he just signed a contract last week with IFK Kristiandad in the Swedish League. Almir played for a New Hampshire based semi-professional soccer league called USLD2 – United States Soccer League Division 2.

With all of this successful activity the Clube Tabanka still finds time to collaborate and support other community service organizations. One such organization founded in 2004 is the Cabo Verde Children Project.

The Cabo Verde Children Project works to give direct support to Pre-school and school age children of the poorest families in Cape Verde. The project solicits individuals to become sponsors of a child in need of assistance to go to and continue in an educational program.

Since the independence of Cape Verde in 1975, children have always been identified as one of the target groups deserving special attention. In 31 years a lot of progress has been made in establishing a free democratic government, raising the standard of living for many and creating an atmosphere of peace and security that is rare in this modern time. Still a lot needs to be done.

“Cabo Verde Children is a non-profit humanitarian organization that strives to help the children of Cape Verde Islands overcome the burdens of poverty and to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.

Cabo Verde Children is a joint project, managed and promoted by CaboVerdeOnline.com and Cape Verde Embassy in Washington DC. The goal of Cabo Verde Children is to identify and develop a database of children of Cape Verde whereas individuals like yourself will have the opportunity to sponsor a child by providing monthly financial commitments to their families for the use of buying food, pay school tuition and other basic needs. It's the kind of support that, we, the founders of Cabo Verde Children believe is extremely necessary for a Third World country like Cape Verde Islands.” Say it’s founders Andy & Madalena DeAndrade.

The founders continue, “Cabo Verde Children’s objective is to reach out to all 9 inhabited islands and serve Capeverdean children with humanitarian support delivered directly to the family and/or guardian of that child and thus ensuring that the child gets nourished properly and is attending school as required.

Represented by in-country Board of Directors, the role of the Capeverdean representatives is to identify and provide children profile data, pre-identify and recommend projects and to make sure that resources are delivered properly as originally identified and to those that it was intended to reach. Cape Verde representatives are also responsible to provide Cabo Verde Children organization quarterly reports that are posted on the website for sponsors to view and analyze. After returning from a late Fall 2002 trip to Cape Verde Islands and concerned with the wellbeing, and education of these children, the DeAndrade family provided the initial investment and developmental resources and with the support of the Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C. and mentorship of Ambassador Brito, we formed Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Developing a better generation and productive members of society is a gift that you can feel good about…”

The Board of Directors - Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in the U.S. Are, Norberto Tavares, Ambassador of CV Children, Andy DeAndrade, President, John Varella, Treasurer, and Indiana Burgo, Clerk.

To these two organizations, the term “Junta Mon” is more then words, they have come together in mutual support to take action to unite and fight for the lives of our children both here and in Cape Verde. The Clube Tabanka purchased new uniforms that show their support for the Cabo Verde Children Project. Cabo Verde Children Project supports the efforts of The Clube Tabanka and urges wider community support of their efforts.
Both organizations are made up of Cape-Verdian born, American born as well as European born Cape-Verdians. I have heard or read President Pedro Pires saying that wherever Cape-Verdians reside they should become good citizens of that country. “Where ever there are Cape-Verdians, is Cape Verde.”

My first contact with The Clube Tabanka was on the web. As an American born Cape-Verdian I strive to learn as much about the culture as I can. I was searching for the word “Tabanka” and www.clubetabanka was on the list. I clicked on it and came to this site with a wealth of information on Cape Verde and an organization that was taking action to create value in the community. I contacted Tony Araujo and he replied and we have never lost contact. We have so many talented Young Men and Women in our community that are making great efforts to make a difference. If the mainstream media doesn’t look for it, then it is up to us to find what is good in our community and spread the good news.

My first contact with CV Children Project was when my good friend Andy DeAndrade, ask if I could put together a little video presentation for the kick off dinner for CV Children. I said yes, and I have been a supporter of the vision of CV Children ever since. For more information on CV Children go to: www.cvchildren.com for more information on Clube Tabanka go to: www.clubetabanka.com

“Clube Tabanka Teams up with Cabo Verde Children Project.”
By Vasco R. A. Pires

Clube Tabanka Squad Photo 2006 © 2006 www.clubetabanka.com

How many positive stories about Cape-Verdians have you seen or read in your local mainstream news media? Often when we see the name “Cape Verde or Cape-Verdian” in the mainstream news media, it is related to Hurricanes or a crime story. Very seldom, do you hear or read of the positive activities and accomplishments of Cape-Verdians.

This story is about two of the many Cape-Verdian organizations working to make a difference in the world for underserved children. The Clube Tabanka and Cabo Verde Children, Inc.

On October 14, 2001, nine young men made a commitment to be of service to their community. It was a time when America was still recovering from the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. Jose de Pina, Ildo Brando Correia, Enivete Araujo, Joao Carvalho, Carlos Amado, Flavio DaVeiga and Ricardo Fernandes, founded the Clube Tabanka. “We are a bunch of dynamic community leaders as well as visionaries who believed in the importance of giving back to the community and for that reason we founded Clube Tabanka in order to provide our youth with recreational outlets that may help them to stay out of trouble. It is important for our youth to be able to play safe, competitive, at the same time instill some sort of discipline in them as well as enhance their athletic abilities. So, our club is more of a support system for those for our youth. This is just the beginning of better things yet to come in our community.” They state in the Clube Tabanka statement of purpose.
According to the Clube Tabanka, “its goals to promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean community.” Another objective of Clube Tabanka is “to collaborate with other organizations with the purpose of improving the quality of life of our community.” The Clube Tabanka feels strongly that, “History teaches us that any group, nation, organization, religion or political party has to be organized and united in order to successfully achieve its goals. It is in this context that we are asking for the participation and support of each Cape Verdean in the area.”

The mission of Clube Tabanka is to take Cape Verdean youth participation in sports to the highest levels and to work to achieve this with the highest priority; To work with short and long terms plans that fit the stated mission; To promote and encourage the practice of sports and physical education, and to create recreational, social and cultural activities for the Cape Verdean communities; To collaborate with other organizations for the purpose of improving the quality of life of our communities. To create and maintain a warm and caring relationship between Clube Tabanka and the Cape Verdean communities in North America; To create and maintain strategic relationships with the Cape Verdean National Soccer Federation and other sports clubs and organizations in the United States, Cape Verde Islands as well as the rest of the Cape Verdean global Diaspora for growth and benefits of Clube Tabanka as an organization. The urgency of this mission really hit home when one of it’s own members Ildo Brando Correia was killed by random violence in the community.

Over the past five years the club has built a strong foundation of success. Under the leadership of a dedicated Board of Directors: Enivete (Tony) Araujo, President, with Directors; Joao (Jota) Carvalho, Flavio DaVeiga, Manuel (Dono) Teixeira, Adelino (Mioca) Barbosa, Carlos (Ze Jorge) Semedo, Juvenal Carvalho and Cristiano Gomes, Clube Tabanka has found success on the field of soccer as well as service to the community of Cape-Verdians in the New England Area. Clube Tabanka is a member of the New England Luso American Soccer Association, Inc. The Clube Tabanka is proud of players who have gone on to play Professional Soccer, most recently player, Almir Barbosa, AKA “Zorro” turned pro and he just signed a contract last week with IFK Kristiandad in the Swedish League. Almir played for a New Hampshire based semi-professional soccer league called USLD2 – United States Soccer League Division 2.

With all of this successful activity the Clube Tabanka still finds time to collaborate and support other community service organizations. One such organization founded in 2004 is the Cabo Verde Children Project.

The Cabo Verde Children Project works to give direct support to Pre-school and school age children of the poorest families in Cape Verde. The project solicits individuals to become sponsors of a child in need of assistance to go to and continue in an educational program.

Since the independence of Cape Verde in 1975, children have always been identified as one of the target groups deserving special attention. In 31 years a lot of progress has been made in establishing a free democratic government, raising the standard of living for many and creating an atmosphere of peace and security that is rare in this modern time. Still a lot needs to be done.

“Cabo Verde Children is a non-profit humanitarian organization that strives to help the children of Cape Verde Islands overcome the burdens of poverty and to become healthy, educated, self-sustaining and contributing members of society.

Cabo Verde Children is a joint project, managed and promoted by CaboVerdeOnline.com and Cape Verde Embassy in Washington DC. The goal of Cabo Verde Children is to identify and develop a database of children of Cape Verde whereas individuals like yourself will have the opportunity to sponsor a child by providing monthly financial commitments to their families for the use of buying food, pay school tuition and other basic needs. It's the kind of support that, we, the founders of Cabo Verde Children believe is extremely necessary for a Third World country like Cape Verde Islands.” Say it’s founders Andy & Madalena DeAndrade.

The founders continue, “Cabo Verde Children’s objective is to reach out to all 9 inhabited islands and serve Capeverdean children with humanitarian support delivered directly to the family and/or guardian of that child and thus ensuring that the child gets nourished properly and is attending school as required.

Represented by in-country Board of Directors, the role of the Capeverdean representatives is to identify and provide children profile data, pre-identify and recommend projects and to make sure that resources are delivered properly as originally identified and to those that it was intended to reach. Cape Verde representatives are also responsible to provide Cabo Verde Children organization quarterly reports that are posted on the website for sponsors to view and analyze. After returning from a late Fall 2002 trip to Cape Verde Islands and concerned with the wellbeing, and education of these children, the DeAndrade family provided the initial investment and developmental resources and with the support of the Embassy of Cape Verde in Washington, D.C. and mentorship of Ambassador Brito, we formed Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Developing a better generation and productive members of society is a gift that you can feel good about…”

The Board of Directors - Cabo Verde Children, Inc. in the U.S. Are, Norberto Tavares, Ambassador of CV Children, Andy DeAndrade, President, John Varella, Treasurer, and Indiana Burgo, Clerk.

To these two organizations, the term “Junta Mon” is more then words, they have come together in mutual support to take action to unite and fight for the lives of our children both here and in Cape Verde. The Clube Tabanka purchased new uniforms that show their support for the Cabo Verde Children Project. Cabo Verde Children Project supports the efforts of The Clube Tabanka and urges wider community support of their efforts.
Both organizations are made up of Cape-Verdian born, American born as well as European born Cape-Verdians. I have heard or read President Pedro Pires saying that wherever Cape-Verdians reside they should become good citizens of that country. “Where ever there are Cape-Verdians, is Cape Verde.”

My first contact with The Clube Tabanka was on the web. As an American born Cape-Verdian I strive to learn as much about the culture as I can. I was searching for the word “Tabanka” and www.clubetabanka was on the list. I clicked on it and came to this site with a wealth of information on Cape Verde and an organization that was taking action to create value in the community. I contacted Tony Araujo and he replied and we have never lost contact. We have so many talented Young Men and Women in our community that are making great efforts to make a difference. If the mainstream media doesn’t look for it, then it is up to us to find what is good in our community and spread the good news.

My first contact with CV Children Project was when my good friend Andy DeAndrade, ask if I could put together a little video presentation for the kick off dinner for CV Children. I said yes, and I have been a supporter of the vision of CV Children ever since. For more information on CV Children go to: www.cvchildren.com for more information on Clube Tabanka go to: www.clubetabanka.com

CABO VERDE EM BANJUL COM OLHOS NA VITÓRIA

2006-08-31T15:27:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

31 Ago, 20:04h

Primeira jornada da fase de qualificação CAN 2008

CABO VERDE EM BANJUL COM OLHOS NA VITÓRIA

Praia, 31 de Agosto - A Selecção Nacional de Futebol partiu na tarde de hoje, com destino à Banjul, onde vai defrontar a sua congénere da Gambia, num jogo a contar para a jornada inaugural da fase de qualificação para o Campeonato de África das Nações, Gana 2008.

O seleccionador interino Zé Rui garantiu que a equipa está preparada para ganhar o jogo e consequentemente os três pontos que “servirão de motivação suplementar para os outros embates”. O técnico considera que os jogadores não estão ainda no pique da performance, mas garante que a equipa está bem preparada para o jogo de domingo.

Lito, um dos titulares indiscutíveis da selecção garantiu que a equipa tem todas as condições de vencer o jogo. “Temos que começar logo a conquistar pontos para podermos alcançar o objectivo de marcar presença na Copa de África das Nações”.

Dos 18 convocados inicialmente por Zé Rui, Veiga e Tubola não compareceram ao estágio por motivo de lesão. Para os seus lugares foram chamados Cachito dos Travadores e Body da Académica da Praia.

DA

SELECAO DE FELIPE SCOLARI GANHA MAIS UM CABO-VERDIANO

2006-08-31T12:25:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

31 Ago, 17:16h

Selecção de Scolari ganha mais um cabo-verdiano

NANI CHAMADO À SELECÇÃO A DE PORTUGAL PARA JOGO COM A DINAMARCA
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (Nani), ex-praticante de capoeira, foi promovido dos juniores há menos de um ano e desde logo se revelou pelas suas características como médio ala. Com a sua naturalização, já este ano, foi chamado à selecção de Sub-21, para a qual de resto estava agora convocado. Todavia, dado Simão Sabrosa (Benfica) e Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto) se encontrarem incapacitados por lesão, Scolari não teve dúvidas em chamá-lo

Lisboa (Delegação de Liberal), 31 Agosto – Nani chamado à selecção de Luís Filipe Scolari. O jogador cabo-verdiano, de 19 anos de idade, foi convocado à selecção A de futebol de Portugal para os jogos que a “equipa das quinas” vai disputar – com a Dinamarca (amanhã) em preparação do embate com a Finlândia, no qual os portugueses iniciam a sua campanha no Europeu de 2008.

Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (Nani), ex-praticante de capoeira, foi promovido dos juniores há menos de um ano e desde logo se revelou pelas suas características como médio ala. Com a sua naturalização, já este ano, foi chamado à selecção de Sub-21, para a qual de resto estava agora convocado. Todavia, dado Simão Sabrosa (Benfica) e Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto) se encontrarem incapacitados por lesão, Scolari não teve dúvidas em chamá-lo. Assim Nani, nascido em Novembro de 1986, está na eminência de ganhar a sua primeira internacionalização A, juntando-se a outros jogadores nascidos na “cantera” leonina: Caneira, Carlos Martins e João Moutinho (de resto, também Simão e Quaresma foram formados nas camadas jovens do Sporting).

A eventual estreia de Nani na selecção A de Portugal esteve, todavia, ameaçada: a FIFA dispunha-se a afastar as selecções portuguesas das competições internacionais, medida que podia ser extensiva aos clubes que ficariam banidos das competições da UEFA devido ao Gil Vicente ter recorrido aos tribunais administrativos para tentar evitar a despromoção para a Liga de Honra, violando com isto os regulamentos da FIFA. No entanto, diligências feitas hoje em Zurique pelo presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Gilberto Madail, terão evitado (para já) que essa punição se abatesse sobre o futebol português. Assim sendo, o Portugal-Dinamarca, com Nani, acaba mesmo por se realizar amanhã.

BBC SPORT / GOSSIP & TRANSFERS

2006-08-31T11:54:00.000-07:00

Monday, 28 August 2006, 05:16 GMT 06:16 UK

Monday's gossip column

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Manchester United are confident Bayern Munich will accept their £17m offer Owen Hargreaves. (Times)

Tottenham will turn their attention to Fulham's Steed Malbranque after giving up on signing Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing. (Times)

But Tottenham face competition from West Ham, who are poised to seal a £2m deal for Malbranque. (Sun)

William Gallas says Chelsea's threat to freeze him out of the team will not stop him wanting to leave. (Sun)

Jonathan Woodgate arrives at Teesside Airport on Monday, with Middlesbrough and Newcastle battling to sign him on loan from Real Madrid. (Sun)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has targeted Juve striker David Trezeguet. (Guardian)

Tottenham still have not given up hope of signing unhappy Wigan defender Pascal Chimbonda. (Mirror)

Manchester City defender Sylvain Distin will see out the final year of his contract at Eastlands. (Mirror)

Manchester United, Blackburn, Bolton, West Ham and Leeds are all tracking £3m-rated IK Start midfielder Kristoffer Haestad. (Mirror)

Kilmarnock boss Jim Jefferies insists he's under no pressure to sell Steven Naismith - now on trial at Arsenal. (Record)

Thomas Gravesen will tell Celtic on Monday afternoon whether he will join them from Real Madrid. (Record)

Nacho Novo will find out on Monday if he has a future at Rangers. (Record)

OTHER GOSSIP

Roy Keane will become the best paid manager outside the Premiership when he takes over at Sunderland on a three-year deal worth £6m. (Star)

And Keane will get £15m to spend on new players at the Stadium of Light. (Sun)

Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher is to undergo a course of anger management. (Mail)

England boss Steve McClaren could upset Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson if he risks the fitness of Rio Ferdinand. (Mail)

FUNNIES

Researchers have revealed that the size and shape of a person's lips determines their personality. Ashley Cole's large mouth and full lips suggest he is an expressive and emotional man with expensive tastes. Wayne Rooney's small mouth and thin lips show independence and a strong will. (Star)

DEFENDER GEORGE DOS SANTOS - ANOTHER CAPE VERDEAN FOOTBALLER PLYING HIS FOOTBALLING TRADER IN THE ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE

2006-08-31T11:52:00.000-07:00

DEFENDER GEORGE DOS SANTOS - ANOTHER CAPE VERDEAN FOOTBALLER PLYING HIS FOOTBALLING
TRADE IN THE ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE

Mowbray may bolster defence with Santos

DARREN JOHNSTONE

HIBS manager Tony Mowbray has refused to rule out a move for experienced defender George Santos, despite completing the signing of centre-half Shelton Martis earlier this week.

Former Ipswich player Santos, who worked with Mowbray at Portman Road, trained with the Leith club last week but is currently on trial with English League One outfit Brighton.

Mowbray has been looking to bolster his defensive options following the departure of Gary Caldwell and Gary Smith during the summer and Santos, who turned 36 on Tuesday, would also bring vital experience to a young Hibs side.

And, while Martis has been added to the squad from Darlington, Mowbray insists that Santos has not completely vanished from his radar.

"George Santos was training with us last week so we could get a look at him but he's away now," explained Mowbray. "Whether we do something depends on quite a few different things, but bringing in Shelton isn't one of them. The two things aren't connected."

Santos, who was born in the Cape Verde Islands, was brought to English football in 1998 when he signed for Tranmere. The versatile player has also turned out for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Grimsby and Queens Park Rangers.

Meanwhile, Mowbray yesterday explained the reasons behind Paul Dalglish's move to America to sign for Dallas-based club Dynamo.

The 29-year-old striker spent four days on trial with the MLS side last week and impressed manager Dominic Kinnear. Dalglish was signed by the Easter Road club in January earlier this year on an 18-month contract but has recently been utilised mainly from the bench.

Mowbray said: "At the end of January we had a predicament in that players such as Scott Brown ad Dean Sheils were injured and, we believed at that time, out for the rest of the season.

"We were pretty thin on the ground for attacking options and Paul was someone we knew could come in and play wide on either side or down the middle.

"He's a good lad, very enthusiastic about his game but now times have moved on, we have a lot of options and his opportunities have become restricted."
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FUTEBOL INTERNACIONAL - FIFA CONTRA AS ASSOCIACOES EUROPEIAS

2006-08-31T11:51:00.000-07:00

FUTEBOL INTERNACIONAL - FIFA CONTRA AS ASSOCIACOES EUROPEIAS

17h05

Futebol: Associação de ligas europeias contra redução de clubes nos campeonatos nacionais A Associação das Ligas Europeias de Futebol Profissional (EPFL) mostrou-se hoje discordante com a mais recente medida da FIFA em limitar para 18 o número de clubes participantes nos campeonatos nacionais. Sem ter sido consultada sobre a matéria e sendo a representante das ligas europeias de futebol, a EPFL mostrou-se desagradada com a decisão da FIFA, tomada no último congresso, e salientou estar preocupada com a limitação do número de clubes e com a interferência daquele organismo na organização interna das competições. Em declarações à agência “Lusa”, o director-geral da EPFL, o português Emanuel Medeiros, considerou preocupante a medida e explicou que este assunto apenas diz respeito aos organizadores nacionais das competições, sejam eles ligas ou federações. "Todas as ligas estão preocupadas com esta medida e não só aquelas que têm 20 clubes nas competições, como é o caso de Espanha, Inglaterra, Itália e França. Esta decisão poderá ter consequências graves para as ligas e clubes", disse. Emanuel Medeiros explicou que as Ligas gerem e exploram as competições a médio/longo prazo, salientando que, a verificar-se a implementação da medida, os prejuízos serão evidentes. "Discordamos em absoluto com a medida da FIFA. Não pode imiscuir-se na gestão interna das competições. Além disso, a EPFL não foi ouvida, quando deveria ter sido, já que se trata do organismo representante das ligas europeias", explicou Emanuel Medeiros. O director-geral da EPFL revelou ainda que a gestão a médio/longo prazo das competições internas obriga ao registo de vários contratos de patrocínios ou transmissões televisivas e que, com essa limitação, poderão acontecer renúncias e que alguém terá de ser responsabilizado por isso. "A base do futebol assenta nas competições dos clubes. O número de clubes deve resultar da reflexão e da decisão responsável de cada uma das ligas e federações envolvidas. Só assim será respeitado o princípio da autonomia nacional. É vital a existência de competições fortes e pujantes". Emanuel Medeiros, no entanto, admitiu esperar que o "bom senso" impere no seio da FIFA, aquando da reunião marcada para 7 de Setembro, em Zurique. Neste encontro, a EPFL estará representada ao mais alto nível, com Emanuel Medeiros e os presidentes das Ligas espanhola, inglesa e italiana. O encontro acontece depois da EPFL ter convidado a FIFA a marcar presença numa assembleia geral do organismo, na qual este e outros assuntos foram debatidos. "A EFPL está sempre disponível para trabalhar em prol do desenvolvimento do futebol e apta para se reunir com a FIFA e todas as outras instâncias desportivas da Europa", finalizou Emanuel Medeiros.

TRANSFER RUMOURS

2006-08-30T16:50:00.000-07:00

Monday, 28 August 2006, 22:47 GMT 23:47 UK
Tuesday's gossip column

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Manchester United want to sign Juventus' want-away striker David Trezeguet for £10m before the transfer deadline. (Various)

Arsenal are poised to make a £17m bid for Argentina's World Cup star Carlos Tevez, who plays for Corinthians in Brazil. (The Sun)

Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate has shaken hands on a deal to spend the season on loan at Middlesbrough. (The Sun)

Blackburn defender Andy Todd wants to leave Ewood Park after being dropped for the defeat against Chelsea. (The Times)

Chelsea and AC Milan are on red alert after Ronaldinho was left out of Barcelona's La Liga opener with Celta Vigo on Monday after a row with coach Frank Rijkaard. (The Sun)

Tottenham are set to sign Egyptian striker Mido on a permanent deal from Italian giants Roma. (The Sun)

Portsmouth have offered £4.2m for Younes Kaboul, a 20-year-old Auxerre defender. (The Times)

Spurs have also made an increased bid of £13.5m for Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Julio Baptista. (The Sun)

Manchester United have lost their battle to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves. (Various)

Everton's year-long pursuit of Brazilian midfielder Anderson Da Silva looks like ending in frustration. (Daily Mail)

Celtic will pay Thomas Gravesen £45,000 per week as part of his £2m transfer from Real Madrid. (Various)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is ready to launch a £4m bid for Southampton teenager Gareth Bale. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock will make a £4m bid for Preston striker David Nugent. (Daily Mirror)

Rangers will restart negotiations today to sign Bosnian defender Sasa Papac from Austria Vienna. (Daily Mail)

Sasa Papac has pleaded with Austria Vienna to allow him to join Rangers. (Daily Express)

Rangers have been linked with Sochaux's Senegal defender, Souleymane Diawara. (The Herald)

Aberdeen and Falkirk are chasing Dundee United striker Lee Miller. (Daily Express)

Falkirk are set to sign Arsenal midfielder Anthony Stokes on loan. (Daily Record)

Dunfermline still hope to sign Stevie Crawford from Aberdeen, despite Greg Shields rejecting terms with the Dons. (Various)

Dunfermline have set a noon deadline for Motherwell to agree to striker Jim Hamilton's move to East End Park. (Daily Express)

Motherwell have failed in an attempt to persuade Cork City to sell defender Danny Murphy. (Daily Express)

Dundee United have ended their interest in Chris Katongo after the midfielder turned out for his present club, Jomo Cosmos. (The Sun)

OTHER GOSSIP

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon insists David Beckham's new contract to keep him at the club until 2009 will be signed next month. (The Sun)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has ordered William Gallas to explain publicly why he wants to leave Chelsea. (The Sun)

Hibs captain Kevin Thomson said he threw up on the pitch after fearing he had broken his jaw. (Daily Record)

Chelsea striker Didier Drigba was spotted talking to AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliano in a Milan restaurant on Monday, sparking speculation of a possible move for the Ivory Coast international. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Brazil striker Ronaldo has pledged his future to Real Madrid after talks with club president Ramon Calderon. (Marca)

Manchester United have tabled a take-it-or-leave-it bid of £15m for Juventus' France international David Trezeguet. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

Tottenham have been rocked by a clash between team-mates Edgar Davids and Didier Zokora following the club's 2-0 defeat to Everton.

GOSSIP & TRANSFERS: INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MARKETS

2006-08-30T16:49:00.000-07:00

GOSSIP & TRANSFERS

Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 21:56 GMT 22:56 UK

Thursday's football gossip

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Arsenal are close to securing a season-long loan for Real Madrid's Julio Baptista, with Jose Reyes returning to Spain for a year. (The Times)

Arsenal may also be about to sign the two finest young players in South America - Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez - from Corinthians. (The Times)

Tottenham will offer £5m for Liverpool's Harry Kewell and also wrap up a £5.25m deal for Wigan's Pascal Chimbonda. (The Sun)

More to follow from later editions.

OTHER GOSSIP

Kevin Keegan could make an extraordinary return to management with Doncaster Rovers, as replacement for Dave Penney. Doncaster chairman John Ryan is a close friend of the former England boss. (The Times)

Didier Drogba has told William Gallas: Stop tearing Chelsea apart. (The Sun)

FUNNIES

Fulham right-back Moritz Volz believes David Hasselhoff could play a role in solving the world's ills. "People laughed when he tried to claim that Baywatch had played a part in brining peace to the world but I think he had a point," Volz tells FourFourTwo magazine.

England midfielder Steven Gerrard says a team bonding trip to a comedy club has done wonders for the spirit within the squad. "It was a good night. We all enjoyed it," he said. "One of the comedians was a Manchester United fan and he was right after me - then there was a Scouser and some of the United boys got a bit."

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PAULO DOS SANTOS, ANOTHER CAPE VERDEAN FOOTBALLER PLYING HIS FOOTBALLING TRADE IN THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ARENA WITH AALESUND FK,

2006-08-30T16:44:00.000-07:00

PAULO DOS SANTOS, ANOTHER CAPE VERDEAN FOOTBALLER PLYING HIS FOOTBALLING TRADE IN THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ARENA WITH AALESUND FK, IN THE NORWEGIAN TOP FLIGHT:

Paulo Dos Santos, Midfielder

Club: Aalesund FK (NOR 1) College: Rhode Island
Age: 32 Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Sam's Army Rating: 0.00 Nickname: none
Caps: 0 Goals: 0
Height: 5' 10" Weight: 160
Prior Clubs: Boston Bulldogs (A-League) from 1/95 to 12/95, New England Revolution (MLS) from 3/96 to 11/96, Connecticut Wolves (A-League) from 1/97 to 12/97, Rhode Island Stingrays (USL-D3) from 1/98 to 12/98, New England Revolution (MLS) from 3/99 to 3/00

AMERICANS OVERSEAS: EUROPEAN PREVIEW 2006-07 SEASON

2006-08-30T16:38:00.000-07:00

USA Men's National Team

Americans Overseas: European Preview 2006-07

Across the Atlantic Ocean, European domestic leagues are about to begin and U.S. Soccer offers a comprehensive preview of those American players participating in the action overseas. If you’ve wondered whether DaMarcus Beasley and his club, PSV, have what it takes for Champions League glory, or whether Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahnemann of newly promoted Reading can avoid relegation in the EPL, then this guide provides the needed information on those American internationals who ply their trade overseas. How will Eddie Lewis’ Leeds United bounce back from last year’s playoff defeat, or can Hannover 96 and Steve Cherundolo finally crack the top half of the table in the Bundesliga? Can Tim Howard fill Everton’s goalkeeping vacancy and can Standard de Liege, led by Oguchi Onyewu, improve on last years second-place finish and make waves in Europe? This guide has what you need to follow your favorite current, former, and future members of the U.S. national team in Europe…

MUST READ: Record Number of Americans Set to Play a Part in English Premier League

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Belgium
Onyewu, Oguchi - Standard de Liege
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Denmark
Califf, Danny - Aalborg BK
Pearce, Heath - FC Nordsjælland

England
Lewis, Eddie - Leeds United
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Simek, Frank - Sheffield Wednesday
Whitbread, Zak - Millwall

France
Westberg, Quentin - Troyes

Norway
Borchers, Nat - Odd Grenland BK
West, Brian - Fredrikstad FK

England
Bocanegra, Carlos - Fulham
Convey, Bobby - Reading
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DeMerit, Jay - Watford
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Gibbs, Cory - Charlton Athletic
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Germany
Berhalter, Gregg - 1860 Munich
Casey, Conor - FSV Mainz 05
Cherundolo, Steve - Hannover 96
Feilhaber, Benny - Hamburg SV
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Holland
Beasley, DaMarcus - PSV
Bradley, Michael - SC Heerenveen
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Nguyen, Lee - PSV

CLUBE TABANKA PLAYER TURNS PRO

2006-08-30T16:27:00.000-07:00

CLUBE TABANKA PLAYER TURNS PRO WITH A SWEDISH PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM CALLED IFK KRISTIANSTAD

TEAM OFFICIAL WEB PORTAL IS WWW.IFKKRISTIANSTAD.SE

Former Warrior All-American Playing Professional Soccer in Sweden!

Almir Barbosa finished his soccer season playing for the New Hampshire Phantoms and was packing to come home when he received a call from Sweden, a call to play professional soccer. This coming weekend he will be playing his first match for Kristianstad.

Almir played two years for the Warriors and was an All-American selection. He was a student-athlete in 2000 and 2001. He finished his academic requirements and was the Assistant Soccer Coach during the 2002 academic year. In 2003 he accepted a scholarship opportunity and transferred to the U of South Carolina-Spartanburg."

CLUBE TABANKA PLAYER TURNS PRO

2006-08-30T15:55:00.000-07:00

CLUBE TABANKA PLAYER TURNS PRO

Former Warrior All-American Playing Professional Soccer in Sweden!

Almir Barbosa finished his soccer season playing for the New Hampshire Phantoms and was packing to come home when he received a call from Sweden, a call to play professional soccer. This coming weekend he will be playing his first match for Kristianstad.

Almir played two years for the Warriors and was an All-American selection. He was a student-athlete in 2000 and 2001. He finished his academic requirements and was the Assistant Soccer Coach during the 2002 academic year. In 2003 he accepted a scholarship opportunity and transferred to the U of South Carolina-Spartanburg.

TECNICIL REVOLUCIONA FUTEBOL CABO-VERDIANO

2006-08-30T15:24:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

25 Ago, 22:15h

FCF recebe apoio para incentivar a competitividade

TECNICIL REVOLUCIONA FUTEBOL CABO-VERDIANO

Praia, 25 de Agosto – O Grupo TECNICIL vai revolucionar o futebol cabo-verdiano com a introdução de estímulos que incrementarão a competitividade, a solidariedade, a inovação e o espírito empreendedor, dos clubes que vão participar nas competições regionais, nacionais e internacionais da próxima época desportiva.

De acordo com o contrato de doação assinado hoje, com a Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol, a empresa de imobiliária e construções doa para as actividades do futebol sénior, a quantia de 8 mil contos, que serão rateados para todas os clubes campeões das diversas Regiões Desportivas.

Os campeões de Santiago Sul, São Vicente e Sal dividirão a quantia de 1200 contos e os restantes vencedores das provas regionais dividirão o montante de 1600 contos.

Uma quantia de 3 mil contos será destinada ao Campeonato Nacional, como prémios em função dos resultados: vitória – 70 mil escudos vitória e 30 mil escudos empate, na primeira fase; nas meias-finais da prova o prémio aumenta para 100 mil escudos por vitória e 50 mil escudos empate. Na final do Campeonato Nacional a equipa vencedora levará 200 mil escudos e o empate 100 mil escudos.

Os dois finalistas do campeonato nacional de futebol dividirão ainda a quantia de 700 mil escudos. O primeiro classificado fica com 450 contos e o vice-campeão terá direito a 250 mil escudos.

A Tecnicil disponibiliza ainda no âmbito do contrato, o montante de mil e quinhentos contos para a participação do campeão nacional nas competições africanas.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. òtima notícia para o desporto nacional. Mais uma vez parabens a Tecnicil e a Federação, temos que louvar as boas iniciativas e parabenizar as pessoas que fazem coisas boas. Por esse caminho que essa parceria já abriu, tou vizualizando os clubes num futuro trabalhando como empresas ou micro empresas, o que ajudaria e muito na organização do nosso desporto. Acredito também que em breve surgirão ligas patrocinadas por empresas nas diversas modalidadeso que nos pode fazer caminhar para um profissionalismo na nossa medida. Valeu FC, Valeu Tecnicil Marcos Fonseca (Presidente do Corinthians de São Vicente)

nome: Marcos Fonseca

email: marcosfonseca_cv@yahoo.com

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2. Queria dar os os parabens as duas instituições en causa (Tenicil, FCF)por terem dado um grande passo para o desenvolvimentom do desporto caboverdiano, Temos muito potencial humano so faltava os meios materiais coeçando a chegar os finaceiros que faz muita falta. Obrigado Tecnicil.Que outras empresas tenham mesma eniciativa

nome: Leonel

email: andradetava@hotamil.com

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3. Ena ... que iniciativa louvável! Como estudante no Brasil, estou aprendendo com Darwin dois princípios que vejo aqui aplicados: 1. Igualdade de oportunidade (nascemos todos iguais) 2. Competitividade (dependemos de nós próprios) É pena os prémios não serem maiores! E quem vai fazer o mesmo para as outras modalidades? (Eduardo Baessa, Curitiba)

nome: Eduardo Baessa

email: Eduba@yahoo.com.br

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4. eu me sinto muito satisfeito , louvado , emocionado diante de tao nobre iniciativa.pra que que se encontra longe do pais , vendo ele avançado de longe é um motivo de vitoria para que todos nos possamos compartilhar desse mesmo espirito de irmandida solidariedade para com o povo e o desporto caboverdiano... com cidadão caboverdiano amante do esporte caboverdiano eu agradeço pelo apoio e que novas portas se abrem para que o nosso esporte possa ocupar um lugar de destaque!!! um abraço a todos , os esportitas caboverdianos estao de parabens junto coma tecnicil e federação ...

nome: nuno fortes da fonseca

email: nunatcha@hotmail.com

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JOGOS DA LUSOFONIA "MACAU 2006" - CABO VERDE MARCA PRESENCA COM 54 ATLETAS

2006-08-30T15:19:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

30 Ago, 19:28h

Jogos da Lusofonia “Macau 2006”

CABO VERDE MARCA PRESENÇA COM 54 ATLETAS
Praia, 30 de Agosto - Cabo Verde participa nos os primeiros Jogos da Lusofonia, que se realizam em Macau de 07 a 15 de Outubro, com 54 atletas, que vão competir nas modalidades de atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, taekwondo, voleibol de praia e voleibol, em masculinos e na categoria de femininos a representação é feita no atletismo, basquetebol e voleibol de praia.

Cerca de 700 atletas participam nos jogos, representando Cabo Verde, Macau, Angola, Brasil, Moçambique, Portugal, Guiné-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, e Timor-Leste, como membros efectivos, e da Guiné- Equatorial, Índia e Sri Lanka, como membros associados.

A maior delegação a estar presente nos jogos é a de Macau com 155 atletas, que participam em masculinos nas modalidades de atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, futsal, taekwondo, ténis de mesa, voleibol de praia e voleibol. Em femininos, Macau participa no atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, futsal, ténis de mesa, voleibol de praia e voleibol.

A segunda maior delegação aos jogos será a de Portugal com 140 atletas, que participam em masculinos em todas as modalidades e em femininos nas modalidades de atletismo, basquetebol, ténis de mesa, voleibol de praia e voleibol.

O Brasil, que não se faz representar em futebol, far-se-á representar nos jogos com uma delegação de 74 atletas, que deverão participar em masculinos nas modalidades de atletismo, futsal, taekwondo, ténis de mesa e voleibol de praia e em femininos no atletismo, ténis de mesa e voleibol de praia.

Angola estará nos jogos com 58 atletas, que participam em masculinos no atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, futsal, taekwondo e voleibol de praia e em atletismo e voleibol de praia em femininos.

Com 57 atletas, Timor-Leste apresenta-se nas modalidades masculinas de atletismo, basquetebol, futebol, futsal, taekwondo, ténis de mesa e voleibol de praia, enquanto que em femininos estará representado nas modalidades de atletismo, ténis de mesa e voleibol.

Com 46 atletas, Moçambique concorre em masculinos no atletismo, basquetebol e futebol e em femininos no atletismo, basquetebol e voleibol de praia.

A Guiné-Bissau estará representada em masculinos nas modalidades de atletismo, futebol, basquetebol e voleibol de praia e em femininos no atletismo com um total de 39 atletas. Com um total de 32 desportistas, São Tomé e Príncipe estará presente em masculinos no futebol, atletismo, taekwondo e voleibol de praia e em femininos no atletismo.

A Índia, representada pelo comité olímpico de Goa, vai trazer aos Jogos da Lusofonia 43 atletas, que vão disputar em masculinos o futebol, taekwondo, ténis de mesa, voleibol de praia e voleibol em no atletismo e voleibol de praia em femininos.

A Guiné Equatorial, com 23 atletas, participa em atletismo e futebol masculino e em atletismo feminino.

O Sri Lanka, que se apresenta em Macau com 12 atletas, participa em atletismo e voleibol de praia em masculinos e femininos.

As delegações desportivas dos 12 países e territórios representam um total de 949 elementos, dos quais 733 são atletas.

INÁCIO DE CARVALHO DG DOS DESPORTOS APRESENTA “DIRECTRIZES PARA O DESPORTO COMUNITÁRIO”

2006-08-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

26 Ago, 13:25h

Fórum das Instituições

INÁCIO DE CARVALHO APRESENTA “DIRECTRIZES PARA O DESPORTO COMUNITÁRIO”
Praia, 26 de Agosto - O director-geral dos Desportos, Inácio da Carvalho, participa de 31 deste mês a 5 de Setembro, em São Paulo – Brasil, no Fórum das Instituições, cujo objectivo é estabelecer um sistema de comunicação e apoio ás politicas públicas aplicadas às Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos países de língua portuguesa.

No fórum onde serão desenvolvidos vários temas ligadas à educação física e desporto, Inácio de Carvalho apresentará uma comunicação sobre “Directrizes para o Desporto Comunitário”.

Para além de participar no Fórum das Instituições, o Director-Geral dos Desportos marcará presença no XIº Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, que realizar-se-á, também em São Paulo -Brasil, de 6 a 9 de Setembro próximo. O tema central do congresso é “Renovação e Consolidação”, como missão na permanente construção de um projecto colectivo.

DA

COMENTÁRIOS

1. O DGD é formado em história!!! Vai lá fazer o quê? já chega de pôr pessoas em cargos que não têm nada a ver só por favores politicos.

nome: BB

email: BB@BB.COM

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2. No XIº Congresso de Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, o director Geral do Desporto de Cabo Verde vai ser um espetador. Ele não vai apresentar tema nenhum. Vejam a programação neste link: http://www.usp.br/eef/xipalops/programa.htm El bai São Paulo pa passá sabi e más nada. É ka sta bai trabadja.

nome: SPEED

email: speed@hotmail.com

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SECCAO: DESPORTO

2006-08-30T15:14:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

25 Ago, 11:05h

Sorteios ontem e hoje

FUTEBOL PORTUGUÊS NA EUROPA
O Sporting deve ter o caminho mais difícil na Liga dos Campeões (com Inter, Bayern e Spartak Moscovo), enquanto que Porto e Benfica saíram em grupos mais moderados. Na taça UEFA, Braga vai a Itália na eliminatória mais complicada para os portugueses.

Lisboa (Delegação de Liberal), 25 Agosto - Um adversário italiano no caminho do Sporting de Braga, na Taça UEFA e o Inter de Milão, campeão de Itália, no grupo do Sporting, na Liga dos Campeões. São os jogos mais complicados para as equipas portuguesas nas competições europeias de futebol.

O sorteio da primeira eliminatória da Taça UEFA, realizado esta manhã, emparelhou o emblema da cidade dos arcebispos com o Chievo, de Verona, Itália. Primeiro jogo em Braga. O Vitória de Setúbal, de Janício e Sandro, teve em sorte os holandeses do Heerenveen e também começa a disputar eliminatória em casa. O Nacional da Madeira tem pela frente o Rapid de Bucareste e vai primeiro à Roménia.

A primeira-mão da Taça UEFA joga-se a 14 de Setembro.

Na Liga dos Campeões, o Sporting é, dos três clubes portugueses o que tem a tarefa mais complicada, estando integrado no Grupo B, juntamente com Inter de Milão (Itália), Bayern de Munique (Alemanha) e Spartak de Moscovo (Rússia).

Na primeira vez em que Portugal conseguiu colocar três equipas no sorteio da fase de grupos, que se realizou ontem em Monte Carlo, o FC Porto ficou no Grupo G, com Arsenal (Inglaterra), CSKA Moscovo (Rússia) e Hamburgo (Alemanha), três equipas provenientes da terceira pré-eliminatória. O sorteio ditou que o Benfica disputasse o Grupo F, juntamente com o Manchester United (Inglaterra), Celtic (Escócia) e FC Copenhaga (Dinamarca).

A primeira jornada, a 12 de Setembro, marcará o regresso oficial de Luís Figo (Inter) a Alvalade, a casa que o viu nascer para o futebol. Além dos transalpinos, campeões europeus em 1964 e 1965, a turma «leonina» vai ainda defrontar os alemães do Bayern de Munique, que ergueram a Taça dos Campeões Europeus em 1974, 1975, 1976 e 2001. Só o Spartak de Moscovo parece ser a equipa teoricamente mais fraca.

O FC Porto tem um osso duro de roer chamado Arsenal, vice-campeão europeu, mas os campeões portugueses reencontram ainda o CSKA de Moscovo e o Hamburgo que terminou a Liga alemã na terceira posição e foi a única equipa a impor duas derrotas ao campeão Bayern de Munique.

Quanto ao Benfica, que na última época chegou aos quartos-de-final, volta a encontrar o Manchester United, depois de na época passada ter afastado os ingleses da Europa. A segunda jornada, a 26 de Setembro, marca o regresso do português Cristiano Ronaldo após o gesto obsceno para os adeptos «encarnados» na última jornada da fase de grupos da época passada, que lhe valeram um jogo de suspensão, que cumprirá na primeira jornada, frente ao Celtic. Neste grupo, o Copenhaga foi uma das surpresas da terceira pré-eliminatória, ao eliminar o Ajax com uma vitória por 2-0 em plena Arena de Amesterdão.

CACHITO SUBSTITUI VEIGA NA SELECAO NACIONAL DE CABO VERDE

2006-08-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

28 Ago, 20:28h

Cachito substitui Veiga

Selecção Nacional de Futebol entra em estágio

VEIGA É BAIXA DE VULTO
Praia, 28 de Agosto - Veiga é a grande baixa para o jogo frente à Gambia agendado para o próximo fim-de-semana em Banjul. O guarda-redes titular da Selecção Nacional de Futebol, que está sem clube lesionou-se num dos treinos promovidos pelo Sindicato de Jogadores, em Portugal.

Para ocupar a lugar de Veiga foi chamado o jovem guarda-redes Cachito da equipa dos Travadores, que assim se estreia nas lides da Selecção nacional de Futebol, que entra em estágio a partir de amanhã no Centro Técnico da Federação Cabo-verdiana de futebol na cidade da Praia.

Exceptuando o guarda-redes Veiga, o técnico Zé Rui conta a participação dos seguintes jogadores para o estágio de preparação que começa amanhã: Ernesto (Estoril); Cachito (Travadores); Nelson Veiga (Naval 1º de Maio); Loloti (Sporting da Praia); Pelé (Southampton); Zé Piguita (Qatar); Nando (Tunísia); Lito (Naval 1º de Maio); Emerson (Beira-Mar); Néné (Desportivo das Aves); Sandro (Vitória de Setúbal); Moreno (Vitória de Guimarães); Tubola (Derby de São Vicente); Rodolfo Lima (Portimonense); Mendes (Académico do Sal); Caló (Qatar) e Cafú (Freiburg Alemanha).

Lito (Naval) e Hernâni (Aves) que se estrearam a marcar na edição 2006/2007 da Superliga Portuguesa de Futebol vão transmitir motivação suplementar aos jogadores da selecção nacional, que neste curto período de preparação vão dar uma certo ênfase à alguns aspectos tácticos ligados à finalização.

DA

O ESTRANHO "CASO EDSON"

2006-08-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

SECÇÃO: Desporto

24 Ago, 12:54h

O estranho “caso Edson”

DAÚTO FAQUIRÁ (FINALMENTE) “EXPLICA-SE”
Daúto tem este método: primeiro “compra-se”, depois “experimenta-se”, se não gostar “manda embora”. Em consequência, o Estrela da Amadora está neste momento com cinco casos por resolver: além de Edson, Paulo César, Saavedra, Manuel Curto e Castro. Os estrelistas querem que eles rescindam, eles não estão pelos ajustes

Lisboa (Delegação de Liberal), 24 Agosto – É um caso que se arrasta no futebol português: Edson, cabo-verdiano contratado pelo Estrela da Amadora ao vice-camopeão egípcio, Zamalek, não chegou a jogar. Veio, treinou-se, até demonstrou qualidade (escreveram os jornais portugueses), mas acabou por ser dispensado e o clube da Reboleira pretende a rescisão do contrato: o porquê? Nunca houve explicações. Finalmente, o treinador Daúto Faquirá falou: “sem beliscar o valor de ninguém”, disse ele ao jornal desportivo “Record” a sua razão – “Há jogadores que chegam como opções nossas, mas que devido aos condicionalismos já referidos, depois observamos não encaixarem no perfil do jogador que pretendíamos”. Quais os “condicionalismos”? Fala Daúto: “quero que a equipa consiga jogar no campo todo, seja capaz de defender bem com poucos homens e que discuta o jogo, independentemente do adversário ou campo onde estivermos”. Tal e qual qualquer outro treinador o diria. Mas Daúto tem este método: primeiro “compra-se”, depois “experimenta-se”, se não gostar “manda embora”. Em consequência, o Estrela da Amadora está neste momento com cinco casos por resolver: além de Edson, Paulo César, Saavedra, Manuel Curto e Castro. Os estrelistas querem que eles rescindam, eles não estão pelos ajustes.

A estranha “filosofia” de Daúto Faquirá acarreta agora uma situação complicada: o Estrela (que entretanto dispensou Santamaria e outros jogadores de qualidade razoável) procura no mercado um central, um médio-defensivo e um avançado. Se os encontrar (tem até ao fim do mês), terá que os registar na Liga de Futebol, o que só conseguirá caso resolva a situação dos cinco “em suspenso”. É bicudo.

Mas Daúto está confiante: promete ter “uma equipa de cinco estrelas” para ficar nos 10/11 primeiros lugares da SuperLiga portuguesa. Pode ser que sim... Talvez...

NR

COMENTÁRIOS

1. Essa semana começa a queda do tal Daúto. Ele é atrevido, dispensou o Edson, como o Quinito que não quis o Romário. Azar dele. O Edson vai brilhar noutro clube. Ele já foi treinado por Gus Hiddink que acredita muito no seu potencial. Agora que é esse Daúto?

nome: Marcos Fonseca

email: marcosfonseca_cv@yahoo.com

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2. O Dauto Faquira esta para o Hidink, asim com o Edson esta para o Romario.Milhoes de leguas, ou melhor milhoes de dolares.

nome: Jesualdo Ferreira

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3. Estranho o sr Zé Pedro, Dôn Sabi tudo não ter feito nenhum comentário.

Daúto já vai com uma derrota.

nome: Marcos Fonseca

email: marcosfonseca_cv@yahoo.com

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AMERICAN SOCCER HISTORY TIMELINE

2006-08-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

American Soccer History Timeline

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Dating back to 1620 this is a brief view of chronology of United States soccer history.

1620
American folklore asserts that Pilgrim Fathers, upon settling at Plymouth Rock found American Indians along the Massachusetts coast playing a form of soccer. The Indians called it "Pasuckquakkohwog," which means "they gather to play football."

1820
Many American colleges played soccer, but there was no intercollegiate competition. Rules were casual and changed often.

1862
The Oneidas of Boston, the first organized soccer club in America, were formed by Gerritt Miller Smith. The Oneidas were undefeated from 1862-65. A monument now stands in Boston Common, where the Oneidas played their home matches.

1865-1876
Soccer was initiated as an organized college sport in the USA in the years following the Civil War. Princeton and Rutgers Universities engaged in the first intercollegiate soccer match November 6, 1876, in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won the match 6-4. The game was more similar to both rugby and soccer than gridiron football.

1876-1880
Thousands of British immigrants arrived in the metropolitan areas of the East, Midwest and Pacific Coast. Communities with textile mills, shipyards, quarries or mines also had soccer teams among its immigrant population, a pattern occurring all over the world during the time of the Industrial Revolution.

1884
The American Football Association was organized in Newark, NJ, uniting the numerous metropolitan area enclaves of the East to maintain uniformity in the interpretation of rules and provide an orderly and stable growth of soccer in America.

1885-1886
The U.S. and Canada played a game a year against each other, representing the first "international" soccer games to take place outside of the British Isles.

1904
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was formed in Paris on May 21. Charter members included: France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The International Board, the authority over the rules and their interpretation continued under the jurisdiction of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, even though they were not affiliated with FIFA. The Olympic Games of 1904 in St. Louis included soccer as an official Olympic sport where club teams competed under the national team banner. FIFA did not become active in Olympic soccer until 1908.

1913
FIFA became a member of the International Board, increasing their influence on the interpretation of rules. The United States Football Association (USFA) was granted provisional membership by FIFA on August 15.

1914
The United States Football Association (USFA) was incorporated under the laws of the state of New York, May 30, and was granted full membership in FIFA at the annual congress at Oslo, Norway, June 24.

1916
The first United States Football Association (USFA) Men's National Team traveled to Norway and Sweden. The Americans played six matches on this tour, finishing 3-1-2.

1919
Bethlehem Steel (PA) became the first American professional team to play in Europe when they toured Sweden.

1920
The Dick-Kerr's Ladies Professional Team, which toured the United States in 1920. They outscored their male opponents 35-34, and left with a 3-3-2 record.

1921
The original American Soccer League (ASL) began. Franchises were granted to Fall River (MA), Philadelphia, Jersey City Celtics, Todd Shipyard of Brooklyn, New York FC, Falco FC of Holyoke (MA), and JP Coats of Pawtucket (RI).

1923
The world's first indoor soccer league with 11-a-side teams on a full-sized field opened the winter season at the Commonwealth Calvary Armory in Boston.

1926
The Hakoah team from Israel played before 46,000 fans at the Polo Grounds against an ASL select team. The ASL won, 3-0.

1930
The USA was one of 13 nations to compete in the first FIFA World Cup competition in Montevideo, Uruguay. Bert Patenaude (Fall River, MA) was the third leading scorer of the U.S. team was the third-leading scorer in the tournament. He also was the first player to tally three goals in a World Cup match. At the first World Cup, 90,000 electrified fans watched as Argentina beat the US in the semi-final. The United States team, who was favored to win, finished third overall.

1932
At the 10th Olympiad in Los Angeles, soccer was eliminated due to a controversy between FIFA and the IOC over the definition of amateur and the reluctance of most of the strong soccer countries to travel to California because of the expense involved.

1933
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), governing body of college athletics in the United States, released their official rulebook covering all intercollegiate soccer in the United States.

1934
The United States Men's National Team took part in their second consecutive World Cup, going winless in Italy.

1938
West Chester State College and Salisbury College played in the first intercollegiate soccer game under floodlights.

1941
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) was organized by 10 coaches attending the annual meeting of the intercollegiate Soccer Football Association of America in New York.

1945
The USFA changed its name to United States Soccer Football Association (USSFA).

1950
Joe Gaetjens' goal lifts the USA over England 1-0 at the World Cup in Brazil. It was called the biggest upset ever in international soccer. The first college bowl game was played in St. Louis January 1. Penn State tied the University of San Francisco 2-2. The National Soccer Hall of Fame is organized by the Philadelphia Old-Timers Association. There were 15 inaugural inductees.

1953
In an agreement with the Old-timers Soccer Association, the USSFA assumed administration of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

1958
The American Soccer League (ASL) was granted permission from the USSFA assumed to create an International Soccer League (ISL), made up of top-class European, South American and United States professional league teams that would operate in the cities throughout the United States.

1959
The first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics college championship was held in Slippery Rock, PA. Pratt Institute was victorious over Elizabethtown College 4-3. The first NCAA championship tournament is held in Storrs, CT. St. Louis University defeated Bridgeport University 5-2.

1960
The International Soccer League (ISL) began play under the sponsorship of William Cox and the ASL. For more than a decade foreign teams visited the USA to play American teams. The new league, composed of first class European, British and South American teams, was an attempt to test the support of American soccer fans for a top-flight league.

1961
The North, Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation (CONCACAF) was formed as the successor of the Central American and Caribbean Confederation on September 18 in Mexico City. Later that year, the CONCACAF was officially recognized by FIFA as the governing body of soccer in this part of the world.

1967
Two new major professional leagues made their debut in the USA, the USSFA-sanctioned United Soccer Association (USA) and the independent National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). By the end of the year, the leagues merged at the request of FIFA and the North American Soccer League (NASL) was established. The Hermann Trophy award for the college player of the year was initiated. Dov Markus of Long Island University was the first recipient.

1971
Pelé retired from international competition after Brazil tied Yugoslavia 2-2 before 150,000 at Rio de Janiero's Maracana Stadium.

1973
Kyle Rote, Jr. became the first rookie and the first American to win the NASL scoring title with 10 goals and 10 assists for 30 points.

1974
The USSFA changed its name to the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The NASL reached a membership of 18 teams. Kyle Rote, Jr. won the first of his three victories on ABC-TV Superstars competitions against elite athletes from other major sports.

1975
In April, the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League signed Pelé for a reported $4.5 million.

1977
The NASL signed a seven-game contract for national television. On October 1, Pelé participated for both sides in his farewell game at Giants Stadium between the Cosmos and FC Santos (his former team from Brazil), in front of a crowd of 77,202.

1978
The Chicago Sting played the Cuban National Team in an exhibition game in Havana, the first time since 1959 that an American professional sports team had visited Castro's island. The New York Cosmos became the first NASL team to break one million in home and away attendance. In September, the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) debuted with six franchises: Cincinnati Kids, Cleveland Force, Houston Summit, New York Arrows, Philadelphia Fever and Pittsburgh Spirit.

1981
The United States Under-20 National Team competed in its first World Youth Championship in Australia. The U.S. team lost to Uruguay 3-0, tied Qatar 1-1, and lost to Poland 4-0.

1982
The United States made a formal bid to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The MISL season opened with 14 teams, including three teams participating for a season from the NASL (San Jose, Chicago and San Diego). The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum opened in the Wilber Mansion, Oneonta, NY.

1983
FIFA awarded the 1986 World Cup to Mexico, rejecting the bid from the United States.

1984
Four NASL teams permanently joined the MISL (New York, Chicago, San Diego and Minnesota). The ASL canceled what would have been its 50th season. The American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA) was formed. The United Soccer League (USL) was formed.

1985
The first U.S. Women's National Team competes internationally in August in Italy. The North American Soccer League and the United Soccer League both ceased operations.

1986
At the UNICEF All-Star game in Pasadena, CA, FIFA officials suggested that the USA should bid for the 1995 World Cup. The Western Soccer Alliance (WSA) kicked off with seven teams.

1987
New 4,000 sq. ft. interim National Soccer Museum opens in Oneonta, including the Hall of Famer's from USSF, NSCAA, and NISOA (National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association).

1988
The ASL began play with 10 teams. On July 4, the United States was awarded the 1994 World Cup during the FIFA Congress in Zurich.

1989
The United States Futsal National Team won the bronze medal at the inaugural FIFA World Championship in the Netherlands. Paul Caligiuri scores the biggest goal in U.S. Soccer history since Gaetjens goal in the 1950 World Cup against England. Referred to as the "shot heard around the world," Caligiuri's 35-yard dipping shot found the net in a 1-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago Nov. 19, in front of 35,000 red-clad Trinidadians, clinching the USA's first appearance in the World Cup since 1950.

1990
U.S. Men's National Team competed in the World Cup for the first time in 40 years. The WSL and the ASL merged to form the American Professional Soccer League.

1991
The United States Men's National Team won its first-ever regional championship July 7 when it captured the CONCACAF Gold Cup defeating Honduras 4-3 on penalty kicks. The U.S. Women's National Team captured the first-ever FIFA Women's World Championship in China with a 2-1 win over Norway November 30. This is the only time an American team had ever won a world title. The women qualified for the world championship by defeating its five CONCACAF opponents by a combined score of 49-0. The United States Under-23 team won the gold medal at the Pan Am Games in Cuba. The National Soccer Hall of Fame dedicated the Wright National Soccer Campus.

1992
The U.S. Men's National Team won the inaugural U.S. Cup '92 in June. The USA defeated Ireland 3-1, Portugal 1-0, and tied three-time World Cup champion Italy, 1-1. The Major Indoor Soccer League folded after 15 years in existence. The U.S. Fustal Team won the silver medal at FIFA World Championship in Hong Kong.

1993
In February, U.S. Soccer held first-ever Strategic Summit where more than 250 soccer leaders and personalities met in Chicago for four days to plan the development of soccer into the 21st century. U.S. Cup ''93 was used as a dress rehearsal for World Cup organizers, officials and volunteers, as well as U.S. National Team. The USA's 2-0 defeat of England made headlines around the world. Attendance and media interest were high, with 286,761 people attending the tournament's six matches, and ABC-TV broadcasting the June 13 U.S./Germany match. The United States Under-20 National Team defeated Europe's number one seed, Turkey, 6-0 in the first game of the FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia. FIFA officials called the trouncing one of the most extraordinary results in the history of the tournament. The APSL was declared a Division II professional league. The United States Interregional Soccer League (USISL) was given Division III status. Plans for Major League Soccer - a Division I league to follow the legacy of World Cup '94 - were presented by Alan Rothenberg. Pelé, the most recognizable soccer figure in the world, is inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame along with John Nanoski and Dennis Long bringing the total to 194.

1994
The United States served as host national association for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, staging the greatest event in FIFA history. More than 3.5 million fans flocked to stadiums - still a World Cup record - and soccer fever in the United States was at all-time high. The U.S. team advance beyond the first round for the first time in 64 years, falling to eventual champion Brazil 1-0 in a July 4th round of 16 showdown at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, CA. On June 4th, 91,123 fans jammed the Rose Bowl to watch the U.S. defeat Mexico 1-0, in its final tune-up prior to the World Cup. Match proceeds netted $1million in the U.S. Soccer contributions to UNICEF/Children's Defense Fund. The Women's National Team won the Chiquita Cup, a four-team international tournament in which the United States hosted Germany, China and Norway. The U.S., went on to successfully defend its CONCACAF championship, qualifying for the 1995 FIFA Women's World Championship by outscoring the opposition 36-1 en route to winning all four qualification matches. Women's National Team Head Coach Anson Dorrance announced his resignation and U.S. Soccer named assistant coach Tony DiCicco to succeed him.

1995
U.S. Women's National Team placed 3rd at the Women's World Cup in Sweden, falling to eventual champion Norway in the semifinals 1-0, then defeated China in the 3rd Place Match. U.S. Soccer announced in February its intention to host the 1999 Women's World Cup and began the formal bid process with FIFA. U.S. Men's National team won U.S. Cup '95 in June, defeating Nigeria and Mexico and tying Colombia. The 4-0 victory over Mexico during the U.S. Cup was the most lopsided U.S. victory in the rivalry's history. In July, the men's team made international headlines by advancing to the semifinals of Copa America, one of the world's most prestigious tournaments. The U.S. scored its first-ever victory over Argentina, 3-0, and advanced via penalty kicks (over Mexico) into the semifinals before falling 1-0 to defending world champion Brazil. Steve Sampson, who had served as interim national team coach since April, was named full-time head coach in August.

1996
U.S. Women's National Team won the first-ever gold medal in Women's Soccer in the Olympic Games in Atlanta defeating China 2-1 in the championship game. The Women posted a 21-1-2 overall record and won the Brazil Cup and the U.S. Women's Cup '96. The United States men's Olympic team narrowly missed advancing to the quarterfinals with a 1-1-1 record. Major League Soccer was launched, providing the United States with its first Division I outdoor pro league since the North American Soccer League ceased operations n 1985. MLS averaged more than 17,000 fans per game. The A-League and USISL merged to form a larger and stronger Division II outdoor league. FIFA awarded the 1999 Women's World Cup to the United States and the U.S. Soccer pledged it would be the biggest and most successful women's sporting event ever.

1997
U.S. Men's National Team qualified for their third straight World Cup, completing their grueling 16-game run with just two losses and advancing with a game to spare. Women's World Cup Organizing Committee had awarded the '99 games to seven U.S. locations: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Portland, San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, D.C. The United States Women's National Team continued their impressive play by winning their fourth straight Nike U.S. Cup. The Continental Indoor Soccer League ceased operations on December 23 after five years of competition.

1998
A disappointing World Cup finished with the United States in last place after two difficult match-ups against Germany and Yugoslavia, and a heartbreaking loss to Iran. Brian McBride scores the team's only World Cup goal. The tournament concludes with the resignation of head coach Steve Sampson, who is eventually replaced on October 27, by Bruce Arena. Dr. Bob Contiguglia took over as U.S. Soccer's new president, replacing Alan Rothenberg, who had reached the eight year term limit. The women's team continued their impressive play. losing just twice in 1998 while playing in front of record crowds all across the country.

1999
In front of over 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, the United States Women's National Team won the 1999 Women's World Cup by playing Chian to a 0-0 tie through regulation and overtime and then defeating them 5-4 on penalties. Their road to victory incited soccer hysteria in Ameria as the women appeared on every top news program, at the White House, on the cover of Time, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek and People. U.S. Women's National Team head coach Tony DiCicco resigned in November as the winningest coach in in U.S. Soccer history with a record of 103-8-8. National Soccer Hall of Fame opened its doors to its new $5 million hall of fame and museum on June 12. In Bruce Arena's first full year at the helm of the U.S. Men's National Team, the team records triumphs over Germany (twice), Argentina, Chile, and earns the Bronze medal at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico. The Under-23 Men's National Team beat Canada for the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. The Under-20 advanced to the second round of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in April, with their only two losses coming to eventual finalists Spain and Japan. Taylor Twellman scored four goals to earn himself the Bronze Boot, the first American male in the modern era to earn FIFA scoring award. In November, the Under-17s extended their record unbeaten streak to 24 games, advancing to the semifinals of the World Championship before losing on penalty kicks to Australia. In addition to the fourth-place finish, forward Landon Donovan and midfielder DaMarcus Beasley earned the Gold and Silver Balls as the tournaments top two MVPs. The Under-18 Women's National Team captured the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winninpeg. The Under-21 Women's National Team also earned the 1999 Nordic Cup title. The Premier Soccer Alliance, which began in 1998 with four teams, was renamed the World Indoor Soccer League.

2000
Bruce Arena's squad continued to advance toward their ultimate goal of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. The team secured 10 out of a possible 12 points in its last four qualifying matches - all shutouts - to win their semifinal qualifying group. The United States women maintained the momentum from their historic Women's World Cup title with a record 41 matches in 2000, posting a 26-6-9 record. The U.S. won a whopping six tournament titles in 2000, however had to settle for a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, losing in overtime to archrival Norway in the Gold Medal Match. The American men and women put on an impressive display for the world at the Sydney Games, as the U.S. is the only nation to have both teams advance to the semifinals. The men are the surprise team of the tournament winning their group and advancing to the semis before grabbing fourth place, the highest Olympic finish. The United States Futsal National Team fails to qualify for the 2000 FIFA World Championship, coming in third place at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament.

2001
The United States Men qualified for a fourth straight World Cup appearance, boosted by four wins and a draw to open the final round of CONCACAF qualifying. For the first time in United States Soccer history, the Men's National Team clinched a spot in the World Cup at a home qualifier, topping Jamaica 2-1 behind two goals from Joe-Max Moore in front of 40,483 fans at the last soccer match played at Foxboro Stadium. The United States Women play only 10 international matches in 2001 as the new Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) begins play, with the Bay Area CyberRays winning the inaugural Founders Cup. Mia Hamm is named the first-ever FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, beating out teammate Tiffeny Milbrett and Chinese superstar Sun Wen for the historic award. The United States Under-21 Women won their third straight Nordic Cup with a 6-1 rout over of Sweden in the final. The United States Under-19 Women's National Team prepared for the 2002 U-19 Women's World Championship by going undefeated in five international matches, outscoring opponents 23-1. The United States Under-17 Men's National Team advanced to their ninth consecutive FIFA U-17 World Championship, but were drawn into the Group of Death in Trinidad & Tobago with Japan, Nigeria and France, and were eliminated in the first round. The United States Under-20 Men's National Team qualified for their third straight FIFA World Championship, where the team finished second in their group in Argentina and were eliminated in the second round by Egypt. The National Professional Soccer League, in existence since 1984-85, merges with the WISL and is renamed the Major Indoor Soccer League.

2002
The United States Men's National Team advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, the team's best World Cup showing since 1930. The United States shocks the world with a stunning 3-2 opening game upset of Portugal before eventually finishing in second place in Group D. The United States the posts their first-ever victory in the World Cup knockout stage, blanking CONCACAF rival Mexico 2-0 in the Round of 16. The World Cup run ended in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 loss to Germany. Midfielder Claudio Reyna was named to the All-Tournament Team, while Landon Donovan earned World Cup Honorable Mention. The United States began 2002 by winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in January with a convincing 2-0 victory over Costa Rica for the first Gold Cup title for the United States since 1991. The United States Women's National Team qualified for their fourth consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup after capturing the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 2-1 overtime victory over Canada at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The United States Under-19 Women's National Team topped the host Canadians 1-0 in overtime to win the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. Forward Kelly Wilson won the Bronze Ball as the tournament's third MVP and the Silver Boot, while forward Lindsay Tarpley earned the Bronze Boot. For the men, the United States Under-20 National Team qualified for their fourth consecutive FIFA Youth Championship. The United States National Futsal Team played their first-ever home matches, defeating Canada and tying Mexico in March in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC, respectively.

2003
Due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, FIFA relocates the Women's World Cup out of China. The United States' bid to host the tournament is successful, and United States Soccer faces the unprecedented task of hosting the tournament with just four months of preparation. The United States Women's National Team, now defending their title on home soil, easily won Group A and then got past Norway in the quarterfinals 1-0. But in the semifinals, Germany stunned the United States with a 3-0 victory, which led the United States to top Canada in the third-place match. Shannon Boxx, Joy Fawcett and Mia Hamm all earned all-star honors from FIFA. The Men's National Team, preparing for World Cup qualification in 2004, finish in third place at the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Costa Rica. The Men also compete in the FIFA Confederations Cup in France, but cannot get out of their group in losing to Turkey and Brazil, and drawing with Cameroon. The United States Under-21 Women's National Team won their sixth Nordic Cup title in seven years. The United States Under-17 Men's National Team bowed out in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Brazil in Finland. The Under-17s finished fifth. The Under-20 Men's National Team made an improbable run to the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Youth Championship before being stunned by Argentina who came from behind with stoppage and overtime goals for a 2-1 win, denying the United States a spot in the semifinals. The Under-20s finished fifth. The Women's United Soccer Association suspend operations.

2004
The United States Women's National Team won every tournament entered, culminating with the 2004 Olympics. Other tournament titles included the Algarve Cup, the Four Nations Tournament and the CONCACAF Regional Olympic Qualifying tournament, as the team set a record with 28 victories on the year (against four ties and two losses). At the youth level, the Under-21 Women won their seventh Nordic Cup in eight years and the Under-19 Women finished third at the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.

Under head coach Bruce Arena, the U.S. Men's National Team qualified for the final round of World Cup Qualifying for the CONCACAF region. The U.S. Men also finished the year with an 8-1-6 record losing only to Holland in Amsterdam and going a record 13-games undefeated. The U-23 Men failed to qualifying for the Olympics for the first time since 1976, losing 4-0 to Mexico in Guadalajara after winning their group only match against the second place Mexicans in the single-elimination qualifier.

The U.S. National Futsal Team won the 2004 CONCACAF Championship and qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship, where the team had a strong showing with a seventh-place finish.

2005
The United States Women's National Team win their third consecutive Algarve Cup.

FOREIGN TEAM TOURS TO THE USA - FROM 1905 - 1968

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Foreign Team Tours: 1905-1968

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In the years before and just after World War II, many teams from Europe and South America criss-crossed North America by train playing in both the United States and Canada. In addition some teams played exclusively in the United States others exclusively in Canada. With the increased availability of air travel most teams stopped traveling by train and as a result tours were not as long. As a result more teams visited and it became increasingly difficult to keep track of all the games.

The National Soccer Hall of Fame offers the following list as a guide to the tours or single games up to 1968 and does not claim that the list is complete but it is an indication of most of them. This list does not include teams that played in the International Soccer League of the early 1960's or in the United Soccer Association and NASL of 1967 and 1969.

Argentina
1930 - Sportivo of Buenos Aires.
1931 - Velez Sarsfield of Buenos Aires

Austria
1926 - Vienna Hakoah
1927 - Vienna Hakoah
1953 - Rapid Vienna
1954 - Wacker
1955 - Wacker
1956 - Austria Vienna
1958 - Austria Vienna
1959 - Austria Vienna
1960 - Austria Vienna
1960 - Rapid Vienna

Brazil
1936 - Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)
1941 - Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)
1954 - Olaria
1957 - Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro)
1967 - Santos
1968 - Santos
1970 - Santos

Chile
1933 - Audax Italiano S.C. (Santiago)

Cuba
1941 - Puentes Grandes F.C.
1946 - Puentes Grandes F.C.
1949 - University of Havana

Czechoslovakia
1926 - Sparta (Prague)
1934 - Kladno
1948 - Bratislava F.C.
1960 - Red Star (Bratislava)

England
1905 - The Pilgrims
1907 - Corinthian F.C.
1909 - The Pilgrims
1911 - Corinthian F.C.
1922 - Dick Kerr Ladies (Preston)
1924 - Corinthian F.C.
1926 - English F.A. (Canada only)
1929 - Preston North End
1931 - English F.A. (Canada only)
1937 - Charlton Athletic (London)
1938 - Islington Corinthians (Canada only)
1946 - Liverpool
1948 - Liverpool
1949 - Newcastle United
1950 - Manchester United
1950 - English F.A. team
1951 - Fulham (London)
1951 - English F.A. team
1952 - Manchester United
1952 - Tottenham Hotspur
1953 - English national team
1953 - Liverpool
1954 - Chelsea (London)
1954 - Plymouth Argyle
1955 - Huddersfield Town
1955 - Sunderland
1956 - Everton
1957 - Tottenham Hotspur
1958 - Manchester City
1959 - West Bromwich Albion
1961 - Birmingham City
1962 - Sheffield United
1963 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
1964 - Liverpool
1966 - Tottenham Hotspur

France
1955 - Sochaux
1961 - Rheims

Germany
1950 - Hamburg S.V.
1951 - Eintracht Frankfurt
1952 - Stuttgart Kickers
1953 - Nurenberg F.C.
1954 - Borussia Dortmund
1954 - Fortuna Dusseldorf
1954 - Rot-Weiss Essen
1955 - Nurenberg F.C.
1956 - Police Stars
1956 - Schwaben (Augsberg)
1957 - Kaiserslautern
1958 - Kickers Offenbach
1959 - West Berlin All-Stars
1960 - Munich 1860
1961 - Karlsruher
1962 - North German All-Stars
1962 - A.S.V. Nuernberg
1962 - 1st Saarbruecken
1963 - Schalke 04 (Gelsenkirchen)
1964 - Hamburg S.V.
1968 - Borussia Dortmund

Hungary
1929 - Sabaria (Budapest)
1930 - Hungaria (M.T.K.) (Budapest)
1947 - Ferencvaros (F.T.C.) (Budapest)

Israel
1927 - Maccabi Tel Aviv
1936 - Maccabi Tel Aviv
1947 - Hapoel Tel Aviv
1948 - Israeli National Team
1956 - Israeli Olympic team
1957 - Hapoel Tel Aviv

Italy
1928 - Palestra Italia
1949 - Inter Milan
1959 - Napoli
1967 - Inter Milan

Mexico
1930 - Marte F.C. (Necaxa)
1940 - Atlante F.C. (Mexico City)
1942 - Atlante F.C. (Mexico City)
1948 - Atlante F.C. (Mexico City)
1950 - Atlas
1955 - Occidente
1956 - Occidente

Northern Ireland
1949 - Belfast Celtic
1953 - Irish F.A. team

Poland
1959 - Legia Warsaw

Portugal
1957 - Benfica

Scotland
1921 - Scottish F.A. team (Third Lanark)
1928 - Glasgow Rangers F.C.
1930 - Glasgow Rangers F.C.
1930 - Kilmarnock
1931 - Glasgow Celtic F.C.
1935 - Scottish F.A. team
1939 - Scottish F.A. team
1949 - Scottish National Team
1951 - Glasgow Celtic
1954 - Glasgow Rangers
1956 - Aberdeen
1957 - Glasgow Celtic
1958 - Hearts (Edinburgh)
1959 - Dundee
1960 - Hearts
1960 - Kilmarnock
1961 - Third Lanark
1962 - Dundee
1964 - Hearts (Edinburgh)
1965 - Hibernian (Edinburgh)
1966 - Glasgow Celtic
1967 - Dundee

Spain
1927 - Real Madrid
1931 - Racing Club Madrid
1937 - Barcelona F.C.
1961 - Real Madrid
1968 - Real Madrid

Sweden
1948 - Djurgarden F.C. (Stockholm)
1949 - Kamraturna F.C. (Goteborg)
1950 - Jonkopping
1951 - A.I.K. Stockholm
1957 - A.I.K. Stockholm
1958 - Norkopping
1959 - Halsingborg

Switzerland
1953 - Young Boys (Berne)
1955 - Grasshoppers (Zurich)

Turkey
1950 - Besiktas (Istanbul)

Uruguay
1927 - Nacional F.C. (Montevideo)
1931 - Bella Vista (Montevideo)

U.S.S.R.
1956 - Moscow Lokomotive (Canada only)
1960 - Leningrad Zenit (Canada only)

Wales
1929 - Welsh F.A. team (Canada only