U17 Team Fled In New York

a Haitian national youth soccer team apparently deserted the squad during an airport stopover hours before a planned Wednesday trip to South Korea to prepare for the upcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

By Wednesday afternoon, five or six of the 13 missing players had returned to the airport and turned themselves in to team officials, said Felix Augustin, the Haitian consul in New York. It was unclear where the youngsters had been and why they had left the team, he said.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/soccer/06/13/bc.cb.spt.soc.haiti.u17.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

hey, I don't blame them. why pass up a chance to enjoy some luxury in America.