{"id":3978,"date":"2026-06-16T13:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:36:22","slug":"mixed-emotions-ahead-of-haiti-vs-brazil-for-dually-aligned-fans-headed-to-the-world-cup-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3978","title":{"rendered":"Mixed emotions ahead of Haiti vs. Brazil for dually aligned fans headed to the World Cup game"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3977\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/de0e4c8b173b8ae8ec97f10904acb3e4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Soccer fan Peguy Joseph holds up a Brazil soccer jersey as he wears one from Haiti while posing for a photo Friday, May 22, 2026, in Ellenton, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O\u2019Meara)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Like many other Haitians, Peguy Joseph is a longtime superfan of Brazil, the world\u2019s greatest soccer power.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3975\">FBI thwarted attack targeting UFC event at White House, director says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a few days, though \u2013 for the first time in his life \u2013 he won\u2019t root for the Brazilians. He has a World Cup ticket to see them play, in a wildly improbable matchup, against the team from his beautiful but beleaguered homeland of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/haiti\">Haiti<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a double joy,\u201d said Joseph, who lives in Florida and will travel to Philadelphia to attend the game on June 19, for his birthday. \u201cI\u2019ll be happy if Haiti win \u2014 but if Haiti lose, I won\u2019t be sad, because it\u2019s Brazil! It\u2019s the fanaticism. When you love it, you love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the U.S., many dually aligned Haitians are feeling a mix of emotions ahead of the upcoming game. It\u2019s part of the first round of the 2026 World Cup, the first to be hosted by three nations, including Canada and Mexico. It\u2019s also the first World Cup held in the U.S. since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Among those elated to have a ticket for the Haiti-Brazil game is Rafael Saldanha, a Brazilian who lives in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was happy actually, when I learned that Brazil\u2019s going to play Haiti, because I know these are two very friendly nations to each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth are nations that have their own internal struggles. But at the same time, these are two countries whose populations manage to be extremely happy &#8230; regardless, or in spite, of the challenges posed on them every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haiti \u2014 the Western Hemisphere\u2019s poorest nation \u2014 qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1974 with inspiring tenacity, beating better-known rivals against the odds. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haiti-violence-gangs-port-au-prince-431b915e4143adddfacb105473ee604d\">armed gangs control most of the nation&#8217;s capital<\/a> where the team\u2019s home stadium is located, Haiti had to play its \u201chome\u201d qualifiers in Caribbean island of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/curacao-panama-haiti-world-cup-2026-ad26383b6c7276479d2a309a7970a5cb\">Cura\u00e7ao<\/a> without the support of its local fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>The national team &#8212; the \u201cGrenadiers\u201d \u2013 entered the tournament in Group C along with Morocco, Scotland and their longtime soccer idol, five-time world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/brazil\">Brazil.<\/a> The Brazilians currently are ranked sixth in the world; Haiti is 84th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost like David and Goliath \u2014 we\u2019re going up against a giant, a huge soccer giant,\u201d said Rachelle Leger a Haitian-American community leader in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Haitians are fervent soccer fans and deeply patriotic toward their nation \u2014 the world\u2019s first Black-led republic and the second independent republic in the Americas after the U.S. But for decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haiti-brazil-world-cup-football-soccer-8c4db2ed0b31616d0f07ff0306706854\">they\u2019ve rooted for Brazil<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Peguy Joseph, like many of his contemporaries, grew up idolizing Brazilian soccer legends like Romario, Ronaldo Nazario and Neymar that were painted on the bright minibuses known as tap-taps in Port-au-Prince. He wore the iconic yellow jersey whenever Brazil was on TV. And he joined joyous crowds in the capital\u2019s streets that celebrated Brazilian victories as their own.<\/p>\n<p>Many identify with the shared past of both nations \u2014 including long stretches where slavery was prevalent \u2014as well as the representation of Black players going back to Brazilian superstar Pel\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrazil feels like a sister country, very similar with culture. We look in the field, and we see people who look like us, doing great things and wish that we could do that ourselves,\u201d said Joel Jean-Baptiste, who was born in New York and moved to Haiti when he was young.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to the U.S. three decades ago and continues to root for Brazil, often wearing the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n<p>When he learned that Haiti would be playing Brazil in the World Cup, he canceled a family vacation to Europe and bought a ticket to the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, and for all Haitian kids, Brazil was number one,\u201d he said. \u201cPlaying them in the World Cup would be \u2013 IS &#8212; the dream, a lifetime dream and has every Haitian national excited to see what\u2019s going to happen this summer.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3972\">Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin to return at Skate America as Grand Prix lineups revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many Haitians first fell in love with Brazil\u2019s \u201cjogo bonito\u201d or beautiful play, at the 1982 World Cup, where captain S\u00f3crates led what many regard as the best team ever not to win soccer\u2019s showcase tournament.<\/p>\n<p>For other loyal fans, it was the heartbreak of watching Brazil\u2019s elimination against Argentina in 1990. And then the joy when they won titles in 1994 with the duo of Bebeto and Romario, and in 2002, when Ronaldo became the tournament\u2019s top scorer while leading Brazil to its fifth World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Haitians\u2019 support for the Brazilians only grew in 2004 when Brazil led a U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti. It organized a game to promote peace in the Caribbean country, which was still reeling from a violent rebellion that ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Haitians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HckZJKhhoQM\">ran beside an armored convoy<\/a> that ferried Brazilian greats, including <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brazil-ronaldo-soccer-body-halts-bid-21abbae1c233231807d789bfbcf7d537\">Ronaldo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/roberto-carlos-hospitalized-heart-surgery-brazil-madrid-450bbf3b2d2a46bf67617e6cb9759e37\">Roberto Carlos<\/a> , to a stadium in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was impressive how there were people the whole way from the airport to here, everybody chanting, \u2018Brazil! Brazil!\u2019\u201d Roberto Carlos told The Associated Press that day. Haiti lost 6-0. But Haitian fans still waved Brazilian flags, celebrating the game.<\/p>\n<p>After a devastating 2010 earthquake, thousands of Haitians moved to Brazil, and more recently many have made it their home after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/haiti-gangs-killed-kempes-viv-ansanm-belair-b557bac153603539fa894c03463c1697\">escaping unrest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/haiti-faces-a-sexual-violence-and-abuse-crisis-as-gang-violence-spreads-health-charity-warns-a69a8d7bb0014153a8ef95ead4e999ad\">gang violence<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Haitian communities in the U.S. have been unsettled by efforts from President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to end <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-supreme-court-haiti-syria-tps-f051fee0f9b2b95acf6bb4dc64deb43a\">temporary protected status<\/a> for tens of thousands of Haitians who relocated to the U.S. in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Yet as the World Cup kicks off, Haitians in their homeland and in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-haiti-c7511d56193debadcfedda2c62662d8b\">the diaspora<\/a> are putting aside concerns, for a moment, and uniting around their soccer team as it faces Brazil \u2014 the most successful powerhouse in the World Cup\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not looking at it like a rival; we\u2019re looking at it as a moment in time,\u201d said Rachelle Leger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just savoring it, we\u2019re really proud of Haiti making it, we\u2019re really proud to be there to support the team, even though (Haitians) support both teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brazil, of course, is an overwhelming favorite to beat Haiti, which is pegged as roughly a 30\/1 underdog. But one of soccer\u2019s charms is that seemingly impossible outcomes can happen, says Kirk Bowman, a professor at Georgia Tech whose courses include Soccer &amp; Global Politics and has authored a book about the sport\u2019s globalization.<\/p>\n<p>He cited the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fa-cup-giantkillings-macclesfield-2d83b20cab2b4dc09b8ddbe8a109d829\">FA Cup victory<\/a> of sixth-tier English club Macclesfield over the Premier League\u2019s Crystal Palace earlier this year. And the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/world-cup-us-beats-england-in-perhaps-biggest-shock-of-all-6f4e381436cb40f8b2b57ec0521a3641\">famous upset in the 1950 World Cup,<\/a> held in Brazil, when a hastily assembled U.S. team of part-time players \u2014 including factory workers, a mailman and a hearse driver \u2014 defeated a top-line England team 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>As Bowman noted, that goal was scored on a header by Joe Gaetjens, a Haitian working as a dishwasher and low-paid soccer player in New York. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/05\/sports\/soccer\/frank-borghi-us-goalkeeper-in-a-1950-world-cup-stunner-dies-at-89.html\">carried off the field by the Brazilian spectators<\/a> , who saw England as the biggest threat to their national team.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetjens never received U.S. citizenship and eventually returned to Haiti. He was killed there in 1964, a victim of the regime of former Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, he earned a place in soccer lore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaiti can believe in another Haitian \u2019miracle on grass,\u2019\u201d Bowman said via email. \u201cA Haitian already had one.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=3969\">Trump insists U.S. will not invest money in Iran as part of peace deal<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haitians are feeling mixed emotions as their national soccer team faces Brazil in the World Cup<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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