Score One for Haiti

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After this year's World Cup, many of the US players held high hope that their success, though limited, would help to guide this country toward the one sport that is truly international.  It appears as if that may finally be happening.  The LA Galaxy, arguable the best American soccer team, funded a group of 14 and 15 year old Haitian soccer players on a trip to Minnesota to play in the largest youth soccer championship in the US.  During a time of crisis (and to use that word for Haiti is an understatement) it is necessary to find something that will put a smile on your face because the psychological turmoil of it all can render you completely helpless.  Finding an outlet to yet yourself be you, to smile and play and laugh and put all of the horrors aside for a while, is not escapism.  It is a way to recharge, refocus, and take a nice deep breath before plunging in to it all over again.  For those Haitian youths, it was the first time that they could be without hunger and experience a new world that they may never have had the chance to see.  God only knows what seeds are being planted in their hearts to help change their own country in the future.