Sole player who lives in Haiti awaits US visa as his squad prepares for the World Cup in Florida

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Woodensky Pierre, the sole Haitian-based player on Haiti's national soccer team, is awaiting a U.S. visa ahead of the team’s participation in the upcoming World Cup in Florida. This year's tournament marks Haiti's second appearance in World Cup history, the first being in 1974.

The only member of Haiti’s national soccer team who is based in the troubled Caribbean country is awaiting a U.S. visa to join the squad in Florida just weeks before the start of the World Cup. Woodensky Pierre is a defensive midfielder who plays for Violette AC in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. This year's World Cup will be only the second for Haiti in its history — the country’s only other appearance on soccer’s biggest stage was in 1974.