Para pemain berharap sepak bola bisa menjadi jalan keluar positif bagi generasi muda di Haiti agar terhindar dari lingkaran kekerasan geng bersenjata.

"You're not obligated to take weapons. You're not obligated to go with gangs or to deal or smoke drugs.

There are so many ways to get out of the struggle," kata Duckens Nazon.

Pengamat sepak bola Pierre Richard Midy menyatakan bahwa pelatih Sebastien Migne memiliki kemampuan magis dalam memotivasi para pemainnya untuk bermain dengan seluruh kemampuan terbaik.

"He plays with instinct because he learned early that hesitation costs you everything," ujar Pierre Richard Midy, jurnalis Haiti.

Kehadiran Woodensky di dalam tim nasional dianggap membawa pesan berharga bahwa bakat dan harapan masyarakat Haiti tetap hidup di tengah krisis.

"He is precious for Haitian people because we think he's the one to say, 'we are not dead, we have talent here'.

He always says, 'I'm not only carrying the ball, I'm carrying the hopes where I come from'," ucap Pierre Richard Midy.

Gaya kepelatihan Migne yang menyentuh hati para pemain menjadi kunci utama kekompakan tim diaspora ini di lapangan.

"He's a magical coach," tutur Pierre Richard Midy.

Midy menambahkan bahwa sang pelatih selalu merendah dan mengembalikan seluruh kredit penampilan apik tim kepada kerja keras para pemain sendiri.

"When I'm watching the games of Haiti, I cannot explain how he does it. I asked him, he said, 'It's not me, it's the players.

I don't have no secret. I just tell them put your heart in it'," kata Pierre Richard Midy.