A few days after having drawn against Bermuda (0-0), the Haitian soccer team raised its head a little by beating Montserrat with a score of (3-2), Tuesday during the second day of the CONCACAF Nations League, League B and Group B, at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium. A success due in large part to the trio Carnejy – Mondy – Saba

For their second outing in the CONCACAF Nations League, the Grenadiers reacted with a difficult victory against the Montserratian team (3-2) after the small 0-0 obtained against Bermuda last Saturday.

Mondy Prunier was the first to shine in his first game and first start, the FC Rouen striker opened the scoring right from the start of the game following a pass in the penalty area from Derrick Etienne Jr. (4′, 1-0). A few minutes later, Carnejy Antoine, planted the second Haitian goal in the 9th minute (2-0) before Kaleem Strawbridge-simon reduced the score, taking advantage of a penalty kick pushed by Johnny Placide (19′, 2-1). The men of Jean Jacques Pierre did not delay to put the 3-1 on a beautiful left foot shot, signed Steven Saba before the second quarter of an hour (25′). It is on this score of 3-1 that the two teams return to the locker room.

Despite a slight domination in the second half and several changes made by Jean Jacques Pierre, the Haitian soccer team did not manage to score another goal. And it is the Montserratians against all odds who ended up reducing the score in the 92nd minute on a penalty kick through Lyle James Alfred Taylor, after a tackle of the Haitian captain Ricardo Adé.

With 4 points, the Grenadiers are 2nd in Group B behind English Guyana with 6 points. Haiti will play its third game against the leader English Guyana on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 4:00 pm to try to take the first place, the Montserratians, themselves, will host the Bermudian selection of soccer at 7:30 pm the same day.