The last time Haiti played a World Cup qualifying match on their own soil Boris Johnson was easing covid restrictions across the UK and Steven Gerrard’s Rangers were champions of Scotland. On the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital city, gang violence was posing a bigger menace to society than a world pandemic.
Travelling to the Stade Sylvio Cator for the first leg of their World Cup play-off in June 2021 management and players of Canada were protected by special security measures. Nothing offered much guarantee of safety.
