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Tonight, the Belize National Football Team is in the city of Santo Domingo Dominican Republic preparing for tomorrow's world cup qualifier against the Dominican Republic. Tonight we'll have all the latest news from the D-R as 7News is the only media embedded with the team. We'll have that news shortly, but we pick up the timeline when they started their journey yesterday on a flight bound for Miami:…

Jules Vasquez Reporting…

It was smiles and thumbs up on the first leg of the trip form some players – while others got some zzzz's after a rough 6 am workout in Belmopan. And while this coach didn't work out, he told us he was concentrating.

A long layover and a delayed flight at Miami International meant the team had time to catch some of the NBA Final – most of the guys were rooting for Cleveland.

Arrival in DR for some of the team was delayed until 1:00 am – which meant that they were eager for a very full breakfast this morning – we can only hope it's the breakfast of champions – but overall, everyone was very relaxed – everyone except

The veteran Shane Moody Orio who use using salt and pepper shakers to diagram defences for Denmark Casey Jr.

And while they waited for their hosts to schedule a practice – that meant they didn't get to experience the oldest city in the America's Santo Domingo – here in the colonial zone, the buildings date back to the middle ages – and the Catedral Santa Maria La Menor is the first Cathedra in the America's. Tourists throng to the area – while locals breeze off, hardly bothered by the endless clicks of cameras.