There were thousands to have made the trip for this third and final game of the young grenadier against the team of the Dominican Republic, of the first phase of qualifiers for the World Cup U-17 men's FIFA.

Under the eyes of President Michel Martelly and his wife Sophia Martelly, who had come support our young hopefuls, Jean Wisner Dérival opened the score against the Dominicans (1-0), from the first minute of match...

Score at halftime Haiti 1 - Dominican Republic: 0

In the second period, the Haitian team has quickly dominated the visitors. Therson Philippe (67') [substitute of Stevenson Frédéric] increased the gap by scoring, followed by a third goal 8 minutes later (75') of Jean Wisner Dérival (3-0) who scored his second goal of the match.

Carried by the wind of victory, the Haitian defense less concentrated, has allowed to the attacker Quesada, of the Dominican team to score (80') on a free kick, allowing visitors to save their honor (3-1).

3 wins, 10 goals scored against two received [Curacao and the Dominican Republic] the Haitian selection qualifies and gets their ticket for the second round.

However, if the talent is there, our youth need grenadiers need, before the second round of the playoffs, to gain experience in order to keep the hope of a qualification to the World Cup 2013, by participating in other regional competitions, against stronger teams than St. Lucia, Curacao and the Dominican Republic. To this end, Maximus Augustus, the coach asks the Haitian authorities to allow the selection of U17 to travel to Argentina for a better preparation.

Recall that the group winners [whose Haiti] and the best second-place team will advance to a final round of qualifying August 19-30 at a venue to be determined later to decide the Caribbean's five berths in the CONCACAF finals, set for April 6-19 in Panama.

The World Cup U-17 men's will be held in United Arab Emirates, from October 17 to November 8, 2013.

Stade Sylvio Cator - Match schedule :

Thursday, July 5, 2012 :

5:00 pm: Dominican Republic - Curacao (2-2)

7:00 pm: Haiti - St. Lucia (3-0)

Saturday, July 7, 2012 :

5:00 pm: St. Lucia - Dominican Republic (2-3)

7:00 pm: Haiti - Curacao (4-1)

Monday, July 9, 2012 :

5:00 pm: St. Lucia - Curacao (1-4)

7:00 pm: Haiti - Dominican Republic (3-1)

Ranking :

Haiti: 9 points

Curacao: 4 points

Dominican Republic: 4 points

St Lucia: 0 points

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6088-haiti-u17-football-haiti-won-4-1-against-curacao.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6072-haiti-u17-football-the-young-grenadiers-won-against-saint-lucia-3-0.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6036-haiti-football-start-of-the-first-phase-of-qualifiers-for-the-u17-world-cup.html

BF/ HaitiLibre