WLRN Public Media | By Daniel Rivero
For years Pascal Marcellus has watched the Haiti national soccer team with trepidation, waiting for this moment. In 2015 the team played against Jamaica in a quarterfinal for the Gold Cup in Baltimore, and Marcellus was cheering from the stands. The team lost 0-1.
The team had been in a longtime slump. Until now.
On Saturday, Haiti will hit the World Cup stage for the second time in its history, becoming the only Caribbean nation to qualify for the World Cup twice.
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