Nine years after being made a full member of CONCACAF, Guadeloupe’s international aspirations remain held back by being unable to join other remnants of France’s empire, such as Tahiti and New Caledonia, in joining FIFA.
Guadeloupe is one of the more competitive Caribbean islands, reaching the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finals in 2007 and the final of the 2010 Caribbean Championship despite a