Haiti Women?s Soccer Makes History + 2023 Women?s World Cup

It?s F?tbol Friday on Chat with Chelsea Renee. Today we are discussing a historic moment for women?s soccer and Ayiti Ch?rie, a country that has endured a lot historically.? Haiti?s Women?s National Football (Soccer) Team is headed to the Women?s World Cup for the first time in history in 2023. With impressive wins against Senegal and Chile in February, Haiti?s women?s team made history for its country and team. Haiti is near and dear to my heart because part of my family is Haitian.  Australia and New Zealand are hosts of the 2023 Women?s World Cup. This tournament will feature 32 teams, eight more than the previous tournament.  Haiti has a tough group to play in the 2023 Women?s World Cup group stage, with Group D including England, China, and Denmark.  Haiti competes in the CONCACAF Confederation and is controlled by the F?d?ration Ha?tienne de Football. The head coach is Nicolas Del?pine, with assistants Kevin Coma, Erwan Huet, and Baptiste Frenoy.  The current roster of Les Grenadieres *Most players play club football in America, France, and Haiti. Danielle Etienne on Haiti’s Women’s National Team ?It shows how far we’ve come as a nation and team. It means so much to us. This is a breath of fresh air to brighten the country. It’s more than just football. It’s making strides in football, but also help lift our country during such a hard time,? said Danielle Etienne to Concacaf.com (Source: Fifa.com/FifaPlus). ?All of us are so proud to be part of an even greater historical moment. It does say a lot about this generation of players. We’re developing, we’re getting better, and we’re becoming strong individual players. It will only get even better with time, so I think it says a lot about our generation, but I also feel it says a lot about the upcoming generation. There are so many great players in Haiti. There are so many great Haitian players worldwide,? added Etienne (Source: Fifa.com/FifaPlus). ?We’re not the same Haiti we used to be years ago, where teams were not fearing us. Now we’re stepping on the field, and people are giving us more respect because they see how far we’ve come. We were able to make history one time and make history again, and I hope that we continue to do that and become genuine World Cup competitors,? Etienne said (Source: Fifa.com/FifaPlus). Danielle?s brother, Derrick Etienne, plays for... The post Haiti Women?s Soccer Makes History + 2023 Women?s World Cup first appeared on chat with chelsea renee.