South Florida’s Haitian diaspora gave a joyful send-off to their national men’s soccer team as it prepares to take part in its first World Cup in five decades.
They helped sell out the 26,700-seat Nu Stadium in Miami for a key warm-up match between Haiti and Peru, just days before Les Grenadiers’ opening game in the tournament.
Such was the turnout that the match felt like a home game — one many people in Haiti may never experience, given the ongoing chaos that even stopped the team from playing any of its qualification games in the country.
This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org
