Haiti
FIFA #74
Caribbean football's most dramatic story — a nation that has overcome extraordinary adversity to compete at the sport's highest level. Every appearance on this stage is a statement.
📍 In the US
Based in the Miami area, where the Haitian diaspora is the largest outside of Haiti itself — Little Haiti in Miami is a fully formed community that has watched this team through every qualifying campaign. The support here will be emotional in a way that goes well beyond sport.
Style
Organized and direct, defending compactly as a unit and looking for moments of individual quality to turn the game in their favor.
Rivals
No established World Cup rival — Haiti are too busy being a miracle to have had time to make enemies.
Home Base
Football in Haiti is played everywhere and funded by almost nothing — dirt pitches in Port-au-Prince, concrete squares in the mountains, improvised goals wherever there's space. The country's passion for the game vastly exceeds its resources, which makes every international appearance a testament to what talent can survive.
Human Rights
Freedom House
Political rights and civil liberties score (higher = more free)
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index ranking (lower = more free, out of 180 countries)
UN Human Development Index
Human Development Index score (higher = more developed, 0–1 scale)
Transparency International
Perceived public sector corruption — higher is cleaner
ILGA World
Legal status of same-sex relationships