Sunday, June 19, our Grenadiers U-20 under the direction of Haitian coach Angelo Jean Baptiste, in the qualifying phase of the Confederation of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) [June 18 to July 3 ] counting for the Men's U-20 World Cup Indonesia 2023 and also for the Paris 2024 Olympics faced the Soca Warriors of Trinidad and Tobago on the lawn of the "General Francisco Morazàn" stadium in San Pedro Sula in Honduras,

The Soca Warriors only took 2 minutes to score a first goal in favor of Trinidad thanks to a shot from Nathaniel James [0-1], Watz-Landy Leazard restores equality for Haiti at 30' [1-1].

Throughout this jagged match, the teams went blow for blow, the Soca Warriors slightly dominated possession of the ball (51% against 49% for the Grenadiers) who, on the other hand, dominated on shots (17 including 6 on target against 10 and 5 on target for Trinidad)

Goals of the match :

Trinidad: Nathaniel James 2' [0-1]

Haiti Watz-Landy Leazard 30' [1-1]

Trinidad Kaihim Torell Thomas Torell 43' [1-2]

Haiti Stevenson Jeudy: 45 +1' [2-2]

Haiti Stevenson Jeudy: 53' (double) [3-2]

Nathaniel James: 72' (double) [3-3]

Trinidad: Real Gill 70' [3-4]

Haiti: Bryan Destin 90' [4-4]

The rest promises to be uncertain for coach Jean-Baptiste and the next two games against Suriname and Mexico promise to be decisive. Remember that only the first 3 teams will go from the Group will go to the second round, our young Grenadiers will have to pull out the big game!

Group F standings :

1 Mexico: 3 points

2 Haiti: 1 point

3 Trinidad & Tobago: 1 point

4 Suriname: 0 point (beaten by Mexico [6-0]

Match schedule :

Stadium: General Francisco Morazán (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 6:00 p.m.

Haiti vs Suriname

Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:30 p.m.

Haiti - Mexico

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36942-haiti-football-u-20-qualifiers-for-the-indonesia-2023-world-cup-list.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36923-haiti-flash-flip-flop-haiti-will-finally-participate-in-the-qualifiers-for-the-u-20-world-cup-indonesia-2023.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36819-icihaiti-flash-the-grenadiers-u-20-will-not-participate-in-the-2023-indonesia-world-cup-qualifiers.html

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