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The Bahamas Football Association is entering into a new arena of international football. Next week the BFA will send the country's first Beach Soccer National Team to compete in the CONCACAF Qualifying Competition for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup scheduled to be conducted later this year. The regional qualifiers will be conducted in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, June 17 - 21, 2009 and will see six team contest for two automatic berths to the FIFA Finals.

The Bahamas Beach Soccer Team has been in preparation since March for the competition, which was originally scheduled to be conducted April 29 - May 3, 2009 but was postponed by CONCACAF. The rescheduled dates have changed only the times for the competition, but thte venue and schedule of matchesremain the same. Two Groups of three teams comprise the competition with The Bahamas Group A. This will see them open the competitin on June 17, 2009 against the United States. One day later the team will face Costa Rica and then watch at the two teams face each other on Friday, June 19, 2009. Depending on position in the group, the Bahamas will play in either one of the two semi-finals, involving the top two teams from each group or in the match for 5th - 6th place, giving the team three matches in their inaugural competition.

The team is presently scheduled to depart Nassau on Monday, June 15, 2009 for the CONCACAF Championships and will include the following delegation members: