From Potemaksonje@yahoo.com
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/01/25/bc.soc.caribbeancup.hai.ap/Haiti celebrates Caribbean Cup title
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Hundreds of fans welcomed home Haiti's national soccer team on Wednesday, a day after it won the Caribbean Cup for the first time.
Haiti defeated Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 in the final at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, its best result in the tournament's 18-year history.
About 100 supporters crowded around the squad's chartered plane and cheered as players emerged and held up the silver trophy. Hundreds more fans packed the airport's entrance, hoping for a glimpse of the team.
"Now we want to go to the World Cup in 2010. We have the means, we just proved it," Yves Jean Bart, president of the Haitian Football Federation, said as players toasted with champagne.
Haitians celebrated the win well into the night with fireworks and loud parties. Trinidad's team was weakened by the absence of many star players, who had club commitments.
Cuba defeated Guadeloupe 2-1 in the third-place game. All four nations qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the regional championship of soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region. That tournament will be played in the United States from June 6-24.
--------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.