Soccer-Greenland hopes CONCACAF membership will boost national pride


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 29 May 2024

The Greenland Flag is pictured in Nuuk, Greenland, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/ File Photo

(Reuters) -Greenland hopes a membership of CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, will boost national pride in the vast and sparsely populated island, the chairman of Greenland's football association said.

The football-crazy Arctic island, a sovereign territory under Denmark but geographically part of the North American continent, said late on Tuesday it had applied for membership of CONCACAF.

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