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Video Clip of Haitians United in action available with this interview.

Haitiwebs Soccer visited Haitians United FC of Tampa, FL on Sunday October 1st, 2006. HUFC were the first to join our "Haitians Soccer in the USA" gallery and the team is having a great start in their first season in division 1A of the Florida Suncoast Soccer League, www.fssl.com. Haitiwebs had the pleasure of interviewing coach Gino Felix and team Manager/player Lucito Cesar after the game.

Recent Results:

Game 1: Haitians United FC 6:3 Club Lakeland Location: Land O' Lakes Sun 9/10/06

Game 2: Dunedin Stirling 3:8 Haitians United FC Location: Jerry Lake Sun 9/17/06

Game 3: Haitians United FC 2:0 West Pasco Thunder Location: Land O' Lakes Sun 10/1/06

Interview with Coach Felix:

Pano (Haitiwebs): "What are your goals this season?

Coach Gino Felix: "First we want to positively represent our home country and our local Haitian Community on the field. We plan on doing this by showing discipline, respect and fairplay throughout the season. Proudly including our heritage on our team name will give our team the extra motivation needed to give our best in the competitions."

Pano (Haitiwebs): " I see you have many young players in this team, what do you hope they'll get out of this experience?"

Coach Gino Felix: " I want them to understand the value of teamwork. We want to win and lose as team. What?s important is that we give our best efforts every week. We won our first three games and this team has a lot of potential. I expect them to get better every week."

Pano (Haitiwebs): Thank you Coach, good luck this season.

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Interview with Lucito Cesar

Pano(Haitiwebs): You scored the second goal against West Pasco, great goal! and 5 goals in three games in the league. Tell us about your soccer background.

Lucito (HUFC): I started my soccer carrer very early with the youth squad of Racing Club Haitien in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I captained the Junior squad of RCH. In 1994 I was loaned to AS Grand Goave for one season, in 1995 I was still with the Junior team of RCH. In 1996 and 1997 I was a regular starter with Racing Club Haitien in Haiti 1st Division. I left Haiti and continued to play soccer at Essex Community College where I won regionional championship in season 2000/2001. In 2001 I was selected as an All American Striker for the NJCAA (National Junior College Athlete Association).

Pano(Haitiwebs): What are your expectations this season?

Lucito (HUFC): I expect our team to win the league this season. If we do win the league I will request promotion to the FSSL Premier next season.

Pano(Haitiwebs): Thank you and good luck this season.