Passion poured out of Haitian players on the eve of the games that meant everything. Two dozen of them had piled into one hotel room on Feb. 17. They sank onto beds, into one another's laps, onto the floor. They locked eyes in this intimate environment, and spoke from their souls about an opportunity they'd earned: Two qualifiers that offered a route to the 2023 Women's World Cup, which would be Haiti's first.
the allegations of rape, and that"many of the girls from very poor backgrounds became known as [Jean-Bart's] 'restaveks,' a Haitian term for a child slave."described as unsanitary,"totally unacceptable" and"hell."
The girls would train twice a day, week after week, battling for places on youth national teams. They also forged a sisterhood that bonds them to this day. Several rose together from the Under-17s to the Under-20s to the senior team. And they’ve been led all along by one generational talent, Melchie “Corventina” Dumornay.
They partied in the locker room afterward, bumping Afrobeats and dancing. They then lost to Jamaica with a World Cup spot on the line. But they qualified for February’s intercontinental playoffs.
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