Our U-20 Grenadières qualified for the U-20 Women's World Cup (FIFA) France 2018, as part of their preparations have participated since Tuesday in Salon-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhone) to the important tournament "Sud Ladies Cup" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23827-haiti-preparation-france-2018-our-grenadieres-u-20-invited-to-participate-in-a-major-tournament.html

Our Grenadières who left Haiti on May 27 did not have time to prepare well for this tournament, consequence, Tuesday, June 5 at 7:45 pm, our Grenadières faced France who largely dominated the game with 61% possession of the ball , forcing our girls to bow [5-0]. Émeline Laurent scored a double to 21' and 33', Kelly Gago 28', Maelle Lakrar 72' and Oceania Ringenbach 84'.

At the end of the match, Yves Jean-Bart, the President of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) who attended the meeting said "[...] given our work plan to have a competitive team before August, it remain us enough time to correct our shortcomings and with the recovery of the 6 missing players, including Corventina and Tabita, we hope to have a good tournament at the World Cup. Unlike our opponents in the Sud Ladies Cup tournament, our girls are out of touch in Europe [...]"

Thursday at 5:00 pm, our Grenadières after a missed entry in this tournament, were sprayed [7-0] by the United States which they had however held in check [1-1] during the final phase of the eliminations of the France 2018 World https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23391-icihaiti-world-cup-u-20-last-chance-for-our-grenadieres-defeated-by-the-usa.html . Very early, Sophia Smith opened the scoring for the USA at 14 ', Ashley Sanchez would double the bet 29' before offering a hat-trick (29 ', 35', 45' + 1) and before the 45' break Sophia Smith scored her double.

Despite 5 goals conceded in the first period, our brave Grenadières returned more combative without being able to avoid 2 more goals Hocking at 52 'and VillaCorta at 67'.

At the end of this bitter defeat, Haiti occupies the last place in the ranking of the tournament "Sud Ladies Cup" with 0 points for a difference of (-12). Our Grenadières will face Sunday, June 10 at 3:00 pm Germany, one of their future opponent of the World Cup. (Group D: China, Nigeria and Germany)

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24500-icihaiti-france-2018-350-000-dollars-for-the-preparation-of-our-grenadieres.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24491-haiti-world-cup-d-11-moise-hands-the-flag-to-our-grenadieres-u-20.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23987-haiti-world-cup-we-will-fight-we-are-not-afraid-of-anyone-dixit-nerigol.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23827-haiti-preparation-france-2018-our-grenadieres-u-20-invited-to-participate-in-a-major-tournament.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23783-haiti-france-2018-our-grenadieres-in-a-group-of-difficult-opponents.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23407-haiti-wc-france-2018-rain-of-congratulations-over-our-grenadieres.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23406-haiti-flash-our-grenadieres-u-20-qualified-for-the-world-cup-france-2018.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23391-icihaiti-world-cup-u-20-last-chance-for-our-grenadieres-defeated-by-the-usa.html

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