Saturday, July 27, 2024, on the lawn of the "Sergio León Chavez" stadium in Irapuato (Mexico), our Grenadiers for their third and final match of the qualifying phase for the FIFA World Cup Chile 2025, after 2 defeats, lost heavily against Guatemala [5-1].

Haiti - Guatemala Starting Lineup :

For the first time since the start of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF) U-20 Men's Championship, midfielder Kaief Tomlisson and forward Isaïe Louis were named in the starting lineup by coach Angelo Jean-Baptiste

#12 Jonah Carvin Mednard : Wake Forest University (USA)

#2 Shaun André Brun : FC Academy Rosters (USA)

#4 Mendell François : Union De Leiria (Portugal)

#5 Jaylen-Andre Vilsaint : Torreense Sport Club (Portugal)

#6 Belmar Jacob Joseph Jr. : Villanova University (USA)

#8 Julian Bretours Karhim : Atlanta United FC (USA)

#9 Isaie Louis : Athlone Town (Ireland)

#10 Bryan Destin : Inter De Miami (USA)

#11 Ricardo Sidney Markus Wagner : Offenheim (Germany)

#16 Déryl Noé Edmond : Paris FC (France)

#20 Kaief Astley Joffre Tomlison : Met Oval Academy (USA)

In the first half, our Grenadiers were completely overwhelmed by the Guatemalan players, who were largely superior and dominant and scored 4 goals...

At half-time, the score was [4-0] in favor of Guatemala, the fate of our Grenadiers was already sealed...

On returning from the locker room, Olger Escobar scored a hat-trick in this match, pushing the score in favor of Guatemala [5-0]. It was not until the 55th minute that a goal from Bryan Destin of Inter Miami, on a penalty, saved the honor of the Grenadiers [5-1], final score at the end of regulation time.

Goals :

Guatemala : Olger Escobar 17' [1-0], 26' [2-0], 48' [5-0] Matthew Evans 38' [3-0]

Marvin Ávila 45'+1 [4-0]

Haiti :

Bryan Destin 55' [5-1]

After this heavy defeat, Haiti is officially eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League U-20 men's championship, which is currently being played in Mexico. The Haitian team misses another opportunity to play in a FIFA World Cup in this category and goes out without honor, with 3 defeats, 10 goals conceded for 2 goals scored...

This Sunday, July 28, the delegation will leave their hotel in Irapuato by bus for Mexico City. From there, each member of the team will return home, taking with them regret and remorse for having missed the opportunity to take Haitian football to the top in this category.

Coach Angelo Jean Baptiste explains the elimination of the Grenadiers :

Coach Angelo Jean-Baptiste gives us his comments marked by disappointment and regret and also notes some points of satisfaction with promising players who could in the future be useful to Haitian football.

Group C Standings :

#1 Mexico: 7 points +5 goals

#2 Panama: 7 points +5 goals

#3 Guatemala: 3 points 0 goals

#4 Haiti: 0 points -10 goals

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42838-haiti-qualification-u-20-world-cup-chile-2025-our-grenadiers-bow-to-panama-[3-1]-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42816-haiti-qualification-u-20-world-cup-chile-2025-our-grenadiers-crushed-by-mexico-[4-0]-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42785-haiti-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-chile-2025-final-list-of-21-players-selected.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42776-here-haiti-u-20-world-cup-chile-2025-d-5-our-grenadiers-in-the-final-phase-of-preparation.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42770-haiti-preparation-u-20-world-cup-2025-the-3-starting-eleven-of-the-3-friendly-matches-won-by-our-grenadiers.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42762-haiti-preparation-u-20-world-cup-2025-3-test-matches-3-victories-for-haiti-video-of-the-coach.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42747-icihaiti-u-20-world-preparation-2nd-victory-in-a-friendly-match-for-our-grenadiers.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42744-icihaiti-u20-world-preparation-our-grenadiers-ready-for-their-2nd-friendly-match-despite-the-cold.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42730-icihaiti-u-20-world-cup-preparation-chile-2025-two-other-friendly-matches-calendar.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42724-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42717-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42703-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42695-icihaiti-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-chile-2025-grenadiers-training-camp-new-reduced-prelist.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42688-icihaiti-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-chile-2025-gathering-of-grenadiers-latest-information.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42592-haiti-u-20-world-cup-qualifiers-chile-2025-grenadiers-pre-list-+-calendar.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41765-haiti-flash-2025-world-cup-qualifiers-our-grenadiers-qualified-for-the-final-qualifying-phase-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41765-haiti-flash-2025-world-cup-qualifiers-our-grenadiers-qualified-for-the-final-qualifying-phase-video.html

BF/ HaitiLibre