Haiti Soccer Star Cleared To Play At World Cup As He Is Finally Granted Us Visa By Trump Administration

Woodensky Pierre, nan sole personnel of Haiti’s nationalist shot squad domiciled successful nan Caribbean nation, has been granted a US visa, clearing his way to recreation and compete successful nan upcoming World Cup, an charismatic confirmed connected Tuesday.

Thecieux Jeanty, spokesperson for Haiti’s shot federation, informed The Associated Press that Pierre was scheduled to depart for Florida connected Tuesday.

Jeanty described nan infinitesimal arsenic 1 of profound alleviation and joyousness for nan player, stating: "It was a awesome infinitesimal for him, a infinitesimal of happiness."

There had been fears that Pierre would miss retired connected nan World Cup, pinch nan management of US President Donald Trump continuing to grow recreation restrictions from countries including Haiti.

However, he has now been fixed support to recreation to nan US to play successful this summer’s tournament.

Pierre’s teammates had already arrived successful Florida past week to commence their World Cup preparations. This marks only nan 2nd clip Haiti has qualified for nan prestigious tournament, pinch their past quality connected soccer’s biggest shape occurring complete half a period ago.

While awaiting his visa, Pierre had been training pinch section players successful an upscale territory of Port-au-Prince.

The team’s superior stadium successful nan Haitian superior was deemed excessively perilous for use, forcing Haiti to big its "home" World Cup qualifiers successful Curaçao.

Pierre is from Cite Soleil, a seaside slum that has endured unit and hunger for years and serves arsenic a guidelines for powerful pack leaders. Cite Soleil has seen aggregate massacres and pack rapes, pinch unit precocious displacing much than 5,300 people, according to nan latest study from nan U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.

Haiti are group to play World Cup warmup matches against New Zealand connected Tuesday and Peru connected Friday. Their World Cup run officially originates connected June 13 successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, against Scotland.

Subsequent matches see a conflict pinch five-time champions Brazil connected June 19 successful Philadelphia, followed by a crippled against Morocco connected June 24 successful Atlanta.

With 32 places up for grabs successful nan knockout rounds, Haiti will dream they tin advancement beyond nan group stages this summer.