Haiti’s national soccer team botched several scoring chances Saturday in Seattle, lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Peru in the Copa América, and then boarded a 2,500-mile flight to Orlando, Fla. — where mighty Brazil awaits on Wednesday night in a probable mismatch.
This clearly is not the happiest of situations, nor one necessarily conducive to success. Yet the experience is a relative joy ride for the Haitians, who are the underfinanced minnows swimming among pampered sharks in this month’s tournament.
Who needs money, several players said on the eve of the Copa, once the national anthems are played and the ball is in play?