Warner: Haiti a model to follow Trinidad Guardian
BRIDGETOWN—Concacaf boss Jack Warner has touted Haiti as a model of development for all Caribbean teams to follow.
The French country, unsettled by civil unrest and conflict, defied the odds to win the Digicel Caribbean Cup last year, beating powerhouses T&T 2-1 in the final last year.
“I think Haiti is the most advanced country in football in the Caribbean today. And when you consider the limited resources which they have and what they have been able to achieve, what they have done is even more commendable,” Warner said recently.
“That is why it puts a lie to what we like to complain about in the Caribbean. We complain we don’t have balls, we don’t have equipment … we don’t have all kinds of things.
“We in the Caribbean are a bunch of complainers, we complain for any and everything but Haiti has shown that you can achieve almost everything with nothing and this is what I believe makes Haiti so attractive to me and many of my other colleagues.”
It was the first time Haiti, one of the most impoverish Caribbean countries, had won the regional tournament in only the second time contesting the final, in the competition’s 18-year history.
The victory qualified them for the Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States where they finished bottom of Group A after draws with Guadeloupe and Costa Rica and a defeat in their final match to Canada. (CMC)
