Goal and highlights: USMNT 1-0 Haiti in 2021 Gold Cup

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In its first match of the 2021 Gold Cup, the USA defeats Haiti by the minimum difference in Kansas City, with a goal by Sam Vines.

Three minutes are added.

Haiti also made some changes: Duckens Nazon and Martin Experience came off the field and Alex Christian and Ronaldo Damus joined the team.

The USMNT makes more moves: James Sands and Eryk Williamson come on in place of Nicholas Gioacchini and Shaq Moore.

The yellow cards continue! This time, it was Gyasi Zardes who received it. 

Kellyn Acosta joins the list of yellow cards. 

Almost there! Nicholas Gioacchini's shot crashes off Haiti's left post; the second U.S. goal looks close.

The USA makes a double move: Daryl Dike and Gianluca Busio come in for Jonathan Lewis and Jackson Yueill.

For the moment, the United States keeps possession of the ball and tries to generate danger through associative attacks; for its part, Haiti retreats and hopes to do some damage on a counterattack.

Martin Experiencie, an element of Haiti, becomes the first cautioned player of the match.

The match between the USA and Haiti resumes, corresponding to the first date of the Gold Cup.

After just over 45 minutes, the United States is defeating Haiti 1-0 with a goal by Sam Vines.

The U.S. team has been superior and has been able to control the tempo of the match; however, the Caribbean team had a couple of clear opportunities that they were unable to take advantage of.

Brian Sylvestre! Haiti's goalkeeper holds and saves Shaq Moore's shot; the U.S. second goal was close.

In the final minutes, the intensity of the match decreased, but the United States continued to outplay Haiti.

Close! Facing goal, Derrick Etienne misses his shot and misses an important opportunity to level the score.

First change for the United States: Nicholas Gioacchini replaces the injured Paul Arriola.

The match is stopped so that Paul Arriola can receive medical attention; it seems that he will not be able to continue due to a muscular discomfort.

With this score, the United States is defeating Haiti.  

GOAL! 🇺🇸 Sam Vines makes it 1-0 for the #USMNT!

First international goal for Vines! #GoldCup21 🏆#ThisIsOurs pic.twitter.com/As3a9D7on0

— Gold Cup (@GoldCup) July 12, 2021

Gyasi Zardes bites the ball into the box for Sam Vines to pop up and head home.

Brian Sylvestre! The Haiti goalkeeper dives to keep out Jonathan Lewis' shot and the United States are close to scoring.

A cross! Gyasi Zardes' shot hits the metal; Haiti is saved from conceding the first goal.

The United States and Haiti make their 2021 Gold Cup debut.

At this moment, the teams of the USA and Haiti are coming out onto the field for the protocol to be carried out and their match to begin shortly.

The USA team is already warming up. 

Hearing your home crowd welcome you on the field again is 💯! #USAvHAI | #GoldCup21 pic.twitter.com/3uA51H8O57

— U.S. Soccer MNT (@USMNT) July 12, 2021

The USA team has arrived at Children's Mercy Park. 

🇺🇸 @USMNT is here at Children’s Mercy Park for their debut in the #GoldCup21 🏆 #ThisIsOurs pic.twitter.com/7UKg2gwsH0

— Gold Cup (@GoldCup) July 12, 2021

The U.S. national team announced that Reggie Cannon will not be available for tonight's match, as the defender has been suffering from a right hamstring injury for the past few hours.

Meanwhile, Francois Dulysse, Alex Christian, Zacahary Herivaux, Dutherson Clerveaux, Ronaldo Ramus and Roberto Louima will be waiting for a chance on the bench for the Caribbean team.

These are the USMNT options for change: Sean Johnson, Brad Guzan, Donovan Pines, George Bello, James Sands, Gianluca Busio, Cristian Roldan, Eryk Williamson, Nicholas Gioacchini, Daryl Dike and Matthew Hoppe.

Meanwhile, Jean-Jacques Pierre's lineup to face the United States is as follows: Brian Sylvestre; Carlens Arcus, Ricardo Adé (C), Stephane Lambese, Martin Experience, Bryan Alceus, Derrick Etienne, Leverton Pierre, Duckens Nazon and Carnejy Antoine.

These are Gregg Berhalter's picks to face Haiti: Matt Turner; Shaq Moore, Sam Vines, Walker Zimmerman, Miles Robinson, Sebastian Lletget (C), Kelly Acosta, Jonathan Lewis, Paul Arriola and Gyasi Zardes.

This will be the fourth time the USA and Haiti have met in the Gold Cup; in the past three, the Americans have won twice and drawn once.

For its part, Haiti had to go through reclassification as one of the last places in League A of the CONCACAF Nations League.

In the first round of the playoffs, they eliminated St. Vincent and the Grenadines with a 6-1 win, and in the second round, they defeated Bermuda 4-1 to qualify for the 2021 Gold Cup.

The United States advanced directly to this group stage after being one of the leaders of the 2019-2020 CONCACAF Nations League A, a tournament they won after defeating Mexico.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting lineups for the USA vs Haiti live match, as well as the latest information from Sporting Park. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute live coverage of the match on VAVEL.

If you want to watch the game United States - Haiti live on TV, your options is: Univision, TUDN, FOX.

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This is how Haiti lined up a few days ago when they faced Bermuda, in a match corresponding to the reclassification for this tournament: B. Sylvestre; D. Nazon, B. Alceus, R. Adé, M. Experience, J. Geggrard, D. Etienne, L. Pierre, C. Arcus, C. Antoine and F. Pierrot.

This was the lineup used by the United States against Costa Rica in a friendly match played last month: E. Horvath; R. Cannon, M. McKenzie, T. Ream, A. Robinson, Y. Musah, T. Adams, S. Lletget, T. Weah, D. Dike and B. Aaronson.
 

The referee for this match will be Saíd Martínez; Walter López, first assistant; Geovany García, second assistant; Diego Motaño, fourth official; Erick Miranda, VAR; and León Barajas, AVAR.

For its part, the Haitian national team will be playing in the Gold Cup for the eighth time; its best participation in this CONCACAF tournament was in 2019, when it came in third place.

While they do not have a star-studded roster, it is clear that they could make things difficult for their opponents, especially given how well they looked in the run-up to this competition and the sporting development they have had lately.

This will be the sixteenth time that the United States competes in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a tournament it has won six times: 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2017.

For this tournament, even though they did not call up their best players, they will have the obligation to have a good participation because they will be at home, and it will also be a good test to continue demonstrating how much they have grown in recent years.

 

The USA and Haiti are in the second section of the competition, along with Martinique and Canada. 

The activity in this section will conclude on the 18th; the two teams that advance will face the first and second place teams in Group C.

The CONCACAF national team competition consists of 16 teams, which are divided into four sectors, each with four members.

The first phase will be the group stage, in which each team will face its three group rivals once; the first two places in each section will advance to the next round.

Subsequently, the other stages -which are direct elimination (quarterfinals, semifinals and final)- will be played in a single match; in the event of a tie after 90 minutes of regular time, overtime will be played, and if the match is still tied, everything will be decided in a penalty shootout.

This Sunday night, the United States and Haiti will make their debuts in the 2021 Gold Cup; in terms of current events and squad, they have different objectives, so the difference in expectations in terms of results in this competition are quite considerable between them.

The USA vs Haiti match will be played at the Sporting Park Stadium, in Kansas City, United States. The kick-off is scheduled at 8:30pm ET.

My name is Alan Rodriguez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.