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Grassroots | A big day for Haiti, a big day for little Haitians (w/ multimedia)

Miami | Haiti past, present and future came together early in May on an urban oasis in Little Haiti. After 10 years of negotiation and bureaucratic delay, an all too rare inner-city, publicly funded, full-size soccer pitch opened on one-time industrial ground north of downtown. With multimedia and podcast.

Fields | A new place to play in Little Haiti

Miami, Feb 9 | A cultural renaissance in Miami’s La Petite Haiti (Little Haiti), the most populous Haitian neighborhood outside the Caribbean nation, continues as a community complex and soccer park conceived 10 years ago come to fruition.

A series of soccer games on 3 May will conclude two days of inaugural events, including an art exhibition at the nine-acre site at Northeast Second Avenue and 59th Street.

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Writes Eduardo Galeano of the new collection from The Global Game | Writers on SoccerUniversity of Nebraska Press, The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, "At the end, soccer believers will confirm ... that they have never been alone. And pagans will be converted." Go to website »

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