Complex sentence: Following the Haitian team's exist from the competition, sixteen members of the national football team sought political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain on 14 April, they were told by embassy officials to apply from Haiti or the United States.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the Haitian team's exit from the competition, sixteen members of the national football team sought political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain on 14 April. They were told by embassy officials to apply from Haiti or the United States.