CHESTER — It’s by way of understatement that Danley Jean Jacques, in his soft-spoken manner, uttered volumes Thursday.

“Representing Haiti means many things,” the Union midfielder said hours after returning to his club from international duty. “You have to give your heart.”

Representing Haiti, since 2021, means not being able to play home games. It means onerous restrictions on travel for a nation that became a meme for those hoping to score political points, more than a country with a rich culture. It means surmounting disasters both natural and man-made.

And for the first time since 1974, Jean Jacques and his teammates ensured Tuesday night, it means going to a World Cup.

Jean Jacques and Haiti’s men’s team qualified for the World Cup for just the second time in history, via a 2-0 wi

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