Haitians’ relationship with their national football team, the famed Grenadiers, often seems to hinge on the extremes. We tend to give in to euphoria after a victory or descend into cynicism after a defeat. The popular adage, “Don’t get too high, don’t get too low”, doesn’t seem to apply to us. Part of this extreme behavior can be attributed to the fact that we are a nation of very savvy football fans. The team’s elimination from the FIFA World Cup 2014 at the hands of Antigua in November 2011 was one of the lowest points for most Haitian football fans. We could not fathom losing to a country of traditional cricket lovers with a population amounting to a third of Pétion-Ville’s.