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FC Dallas Hosts Haitian National Team Friday; Aids Relief Effort

Published on April 19, 2010 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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FRISCO, Texas (April 19, 2010) - While the Haitian senior national team was training on its home pitch during the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake, the group's headquarters collapsed killing 30 Fédération Hatienne de Football staff members.

FC Dallas will play the Haitian side on Pizza Hut Park's Field 4 at 7 p.m. Friday night. While there is no charge for admission to the friendly, the team will be accepting donations to help Haiti rebuild its federation. The group also is accepting donations online at http://sanantoniosports.org/haiti.htm through the San Antonio Sports Foundation, which is financing the Haitian team's stay in Texas.

Today, the field that kept the Haitian players safe from harm is home to some of the half-million homeless in Haiti who are living in tents in the national soccer stadium. Last week, the team traveled to San Antonio to begin training for a May 5th game against the Argentine national team.

The team is spending two and a half weeks at the T Bar M Resort and Conference Center in New Braunfels and training at the local high school stadium.

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