They drove for an hour and thirty minutes, covering about sixty kilometers, braving traffic jams, to come support the Haitian U17 women's team staying in Toluca, a city perched at 2,668 meters above sea level southwest of Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Some are football enthusiasts or former professional footballers in Haiti. It was football that brought them to Mexico. This is the case for Camy Marcelin, former goalkeeper of Arcahaie Football Club. He had come to Mexico in 2021 with his club to compete in the Concacaf Champions League. He and some of his former teammates had decided not to return to Haiti amid the political and security crisis. Football remains his passion, but today Camy, a tall figure, ventures into other fields. "I'm into modeling, cinema, and sometimes I do a bit of advertising," says Camy, originally from Desras, a neighborhood in Fort-Liberté in the North-East.

Him and a few of his friends did not miss any of the five Grenadières matches in Toluca despite the distance. "Football remains my main passion. My dream is to find an opportunity to play football at a professional level again. I train with second-division clubs. The problem is, many foreigners cannot play in the second division or in the first division here, according to the championship regulations," says Camy, who lives in Mexico City. Three years later, he has integrated well into Mexican culture. "I gradually adapted here. The first thing I did was to learn the language. Friends welcomed me warmly. With Spanish, everything is easier. Many Haitians don't learn the language, it's more complicated for them," explains the former U20 national team player.