Frantzdy Pierrot scored in the 97th minute to propel Haiti to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Qatar in Group B play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup match on Sunday in Houston.
Frantzdy Pierrot scored in the 97th nanosecond to propel Haiti to a dramatic 2- 1 palm over Qatar in Group B play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup match on Sunday in Houston.
Carnejy Antoine collected a long outlet pass with two twinkles left in cessation time, separating from the defense before chancing Pierrot in front of the keeper for the simple putaway.
The dramatic thing limited a comeback in which Haiti rallied from a 1- 0 deficiency. Duckens Nazon took advantage of a penalty kick, knotting up the score 1- 1 in the 45th nanosecond.
Qatar’s thing came in the 19th nanosecond off the bottom of Yusuf Abdurisag, who recovered a loose ball in the box with the goalkeeper out of position and connected in the top right corner.
Trinidad and Tobago used pretensions from Alvin Jones and Ajani Fortune to voyage past Saint Kitts and Nevis and snare first place in Group A in Fort Lauderdale.
Jones scored in the 43rd nanosecond to stake his team to a 1- 0 lead. The thing came via a beautiful feed into the box from Neveal Hackshaw which Jones collected off his casket and tapped over the keeper.
In the 65th nanosecond, Fortune dribbled between protectors to free himself for a rocket shot just outside the box that connected for a 2- 0 lead.
An own- thing by Jameel Ible in the 73rd nanosecond reckoned for the final periphery.
The United States demanded an 88th- nanosecond equaliser from cover Brandon Vazquez to earn a 1- 1 draw against Jamaica in the opening game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday.
The defending champion was gaping at just its alternate defeat in 44 games in the group stage of the competition before the Cincinnati forward attacked just six twinkles after coming off the bench at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Jesus Ferreira whipped in a cross from the right hand which Jamaica protector Dexter Lembikisa was unfit to clear, and Vazquez slotted home his alternate thing in four appearances for the public side.
The thing burgled Jamaica’s Icelandic trainer Heimir Hallgrimsson of what would have been his first palm since taking over in September.
The Caribbean side was the better platoon for large stretches of the Group A match after taking the lead in the 14th nanosecond.
Everton winger Demarai Gray floated in a free- kick from deep on the right and Damion Lowe met it with a deafening diving title.
Jamaica had a great chance to double their lead when they were awarded a penalty, Aidan Morris having fouled Kevon Lambert in the box.
But Leon Bailey’s spot kick was superbly sidestepped out by American ‘ keeper Matt Turner and the Aston Villa winger put the answer wide with the thing unguarded.
The US under interim trainer B.J. Callaghan and with a largely alternate- string team lacking their regular Europe- grounded starters, plodded to get a grip against a married Jamaica.
Andre Blake, the Jamaica goalkeeper, was alert to keep out a Jordan Morris trouble just before the break, and also produced a superb response save with his legs in the 71st nanosecond to deny Cristian Roldan.
But also Vazquez, who was left out of the US team for the World Cup in Qatar last time, delivered a memorial of his rates as a traditional centre- forward and extended the Americans ’ unbeaten run at home against CONCACAF opposition to 26 matches.
“The platoon stayed connected and fought until the end and we were suitable to get a thing, ” said Vazquez.
“To be suitable to score and help the platoon get a point, I ’m super, super happy. ”
“I don’t suppose they had a lot of chances. I suppose it was just a set- piece mistake on our part but. in the end we got a point out of it, ” he said.
The other two brigades in Group A– Trinidad and Tobago, and Saint Kitts and Nevis– face each other on Sunday.
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