Overview
- FIFA published approvals for Joël Piroe and Melayro Bogarde to switch national-team eligibility to Suriname ahead of next week’s playoffs.
- Both Dutch-born players were named to a 26-man roster for the inter-confederation semifinal against Bolivia on March 26 in Monterrey, Mexico.
- The semifinal winner will face Iraq on March 31 at the same venue with a 2026 World Cup place at stake.
- Henk ten Cate will take charge of his first match for Suriname after Stanley Menzo resigned following Concacaf preliminaries.
- Suriname’s squad leans heavily on the Dutch diaspora, with assistant manager Winston Bogarde and Dutch luminaries Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink, Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert involved in the setup.