Haiti may only have a slim chance of advancing to the knockout stages, but the team say they won’t go down without a fight Tuesday as some players draw on family history to lay down a legacy on their Women’s World Cup debut.
Ahead of their Group D match against Denmark, Haiti midfielder Danielle Etienne, 22 – whose father Derrick played for the men’s national team – says her family are right behind her. “I know I’m making my grandfather proud, I’m making my parents proud as well,” Etienne told CNN after a training session Sunday. Etienne joined Haiti’s youth set-up at age 14 and represented the team at the U-20 Women’s World Cup in 2018 – the first time a Caribbean nation has appeared in that tournament.
But even if they don’t make it through, the team has already made history as the first Haitian side to qualify for a World Cup since the men’s team bowed out in the group stages in 1974. “I’ve always wanted to be a part of history in my own way, and with my purpose, and you know, for me, that’s soccer,” Pierre-Jerome said. “Just being able to do this for our country is something that means a lot to me and, honestly makes me very emotional.
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