What is it with the Surinamese players in Oranje? Some historical context. In Surinam a street game with 4 vs 4 or 5 vs 5 is very popular. the game has no goalie and the goal is about 3 feet wide. The focus besides scoring is primarily about humiliating your opponent. You get more crowd reaction from outplaying your marker than scoring a goal. The game and the attitude of the players can best be compared to Street BAll(USA basketball), where flair is a MUST. And like the in the USA it is mostly played by urban kids. When in 1975 the mass exodus of Surinamese to Holland began, the soccer culture was basically transplanted there. This game is played in just about every "gettho" in Holland Amsterdam, Bijlmer & Rotterdam, where the bulk of the Surinamese were located to. The real benefit is that unlike Surinam, Holland has a good soccer infrastructure where young talent gets a chance to further develop. One of the most popular players you may know who came from street soccer is Edgar Davids. He is also still envolvlved in various projects to promote this game. One popular variant of this game is Panna. It is Surinamese slang for nutmeg or playing between someone's legs while maintaining posession. The object here is not to score but simply handing out pannas LOL. A real master of this is Jermaine Vanenburg AKA Vaantje( He played club football but was too stubborn and temperamental to really make it. He did have a succesfull futsal career though. Lots of clips of this street legend. Just do a search for "vaantje" on youtube) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWebVXHjA4&feature=related"]YouTube- Jermaine Vanenburg Old Skill Movie[/ame] A few years ago Edgar Davids took group of Street Players to a global Tour to challenge local street teams in England, France & Brazil. They won all games exept in Brazil(Rio) they lost one on sand, beach soccer and won one on concrete. They made a documentary about this but it is in Dutch and is hard to come by. You can find some on youtube(keyword is: street legends) The main reason many Surinamese players do not play for Surinam is because the Surinamese Government is too stubborn. They will not allow dual citizenship to expatriats or their children. This is a dumb move because not only would it be good for soccer in Surinam but also financially, because many more Surinamese would move there while maintaining their Dutch passports. There is hope that with new elections this issue will be revisited. There are basically enough players of Surinamese origin who would and could play for Surinam, who are not called up for the Dutch NT. There are over a 100 Surinamese origin players, plying their trade professionally in Holland. Current crop that is in Oranje NT or have been called up at least once: Ryan Babel, Mario Melchiot, Nigel de Jong, Kew Jaliens, Orlando Engelaar, Edson Braafheid, Eljero Elia, Andwele Slory, Romeo Castelen, Urby Emanuelson, Evander Sno and Clarence Seedorf. have all made appearances in national colours. The Dutch Under-21 squad that won back-to-back world championships and wowed the world with their flowing style of football, also featured as many as 8 Surinamese origin players (most notable: Royston Drenthe , Babel and striker Maceo Rigters). Here is real good article about Dutch Surinamese players: http://eurasian-sensation.blogspot.com/2009/10/surinamese-footballing-diaspora.html