Greenland rejected for Concacaf membership

Concacaf "unanimously rejected" Greenland's exertion for rank connected Monday.

The governing assemblage made the determination astatine its bonzer legislature earlier June's Gold Cup.

"Furthermore, based connected a thorough appraisal conducted by the Concacaf medication and Council, and successful accordance with the Concacaf Statutes, the Member Associations reviewed the rank exertion submitted by the Greenlandic Football Association and unanimously rejected it," Concacaf said successful a quality release.

The determination deals a important stroke to Greenland's attempts to play planetary shot for the archetypal time.

Greenland is simply a territory of Denmark with a colonisation adjacent 56,500. For comparison, the Faroe Islands are a Danish territory with a colonisation conscionable beneath 55,000, but they are a subordinate of FIFA and UEFA, the second governing European football.

Last year, Greenland applied for membership successful Concacaf, which governs North and Central America and the Caribbean. Its nearest neighbour is Canada, and U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed involvement successful taking power of the island.

Greenland's shot squad takes portion successful non-FIFA-sanctioned friendlies. According to Reuters, the land has conscionable 18 shot pitches.