Gold Cup 2009

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
22	D. Escober (GK)
5	E. Norales
11	M. Acevedo
2	O. Chávez		53'
16	N. Medina
14	C. Palacios
23	R. Espinoza
18	M. Valladares
13	C. Costly	76'
15	W. Martínez
8	A. Lalin		1'
Coach: R. Rueda

#	Player	Disciplinary
18	D. Jean-Zéphirin (GK)
6	F. Bertin
	P. Bruny
3	F. Gilles
15	E. Raymond	30'
7	B. Fucien
12	J. Marcelin
20	J. Alexandre
19	V. Sirin	16'
11	F. Noel
9	L. Saint-Preux
Coach: J. Ríos

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
24	G. Welcome for A. Lalin 61'
10	M. Chávez for R. Espinoza 67'
17	M. Castillo for M. Valladares 82'

#	Player	Goals	Disciplinary
8	J. Aveska for V. Sirin 50'
16	M. Sampeur for J. Alexandre 61'
10	R. Jerome for F. Noel 79'

Minute		Description
90' +4		Full time and Honduras open their campaign with a hard fought 1-0 victory.
90' +3		'Les Grenadiers' need something here at the death, slight hint of a hand ball for Haiti, nothing doing though from the officials.
90' +2		Corner to Haiti, results in open play
90' +1		3 minutes of added time
90'		Last chance saloon for Haiti as we enter added time.
87'		Foul on Haiti's Fucien, a weak cross ends in a long range effort from Bruny.
83'		Costly is clean through but he gets his feet tangled and can only get a weak effort off which the keeper gathers easily.
82'		M. Castillo enters the game and replaces M. Valladares.
82'		Haiti has been finally showing some of their precocious talent in recent years. They have reached the group stages in 2000, 2007 and their best ever finish was in 2002 when they reached the quarter final losing to Costa Rica 2-1 in extra time.
80'		Cleared off the line by Haiti, they survive a real scare as the keeper is lobbed and its cleared by Bruny.
79'		F. Noel is substituted out.
79'		R. Jerome is substituted in.

Minute		Description
78'		What have Haiti left in the locker, they need some inspiration from somewhere.
76'		C. Costly has scored a goal for Honduras! Assist by W. Martínez.
76'		Foul for Honduras, cross comes in and Costly meets the ball with a deft header and Honduras has scored. That could prove costly for Haiti.
73'		Honduras reached the Semi Finals in 2005 once again falling to the USA 2-1; a quarter final in 2007 saw them fall to the surprise package of that tournament Guadeloupe.
71'		A shout for a penalty for Haiti's Fucieni, nothing doing though from the officials
68'		Corner Honduras, it's taken short and results in a second corner, defended well by Haiti.
67'		M. Chávez enters the game and replaces R. Espinoza.
65'		Somewhat of a stalemate at this juncture, Haiti still with the edge regarding possession in this half.
64'		Corner to Haiti, Escober catches well.
63'		Foul to Haiti, results in open play.
62'		Corner to Haiti, results in open play.
61'		A. Lalin is substituted out.
		G. Welcome is substituted in.
		J. Alexandre is substituted out.
		M. Sampeur is substituted in.
60'		Corner to Honduras, substitution first though, Lalin goes off and Welcome comes on. Corner is taken and results in open play.
57'		Haiti still look busy in this second half, but the final ball is still lacking.
53'		O. Chávez gets yellow.
53'		Chavez mistimes a tackle and brings down Noel unceremoniously, that's a yellow and no complaints.
52'		Saint-Preux has a long range effort that results in a corner, nothing doing though for Haiti.
51'		Of course just as i mention no substitutions there is action on the sidelines, Sirin limps off and Aveska comes on for Haiti.
50'		J. Aveska enters the game and replaces V. Sirin.
49'		Honduras reached the Quarter Finals in 2000 eventually going out 5-3 to invited South American guest Peru.
48'		No half time substitutions to talk about.
46'		Haiti get the second half underway.
45' +1		Honduras having a fine finish to the half, the Haiti defenders look stretched -Medina shoots from 35-yards and Zephirin makes a fantastic save, diving high and to his right to parry the ball away for a corner, that was destined for the top right hand corner, corner comes in and after some mayhem in the area the referee blows for half time.
44'		Free kick to Honduras, Martinez takes and once again the Haiti keeper catches well.
41'		Honduras coming back into this game as we enter the final five minutes.
40'		Free kick Haiti - cross is met with a weak punch from Escober and Honduras clear.
37'		Corner comes in and well defended by Haiti, ball comes straight back in and Martinez finds himself some room and shoots and the keeper makes a save down low with his legs, resulting corner comes to nothing.
32'		Free kick to Haiti as Marcelin is brought to the ground, the resulting free kick falls to Noel and his long range effort just misses Escobers post, good effort.
30'		E. Raymond gets yellow.
30'		And that's a stamp on the foot from Raymond and that's a yellow, no complaints from the Haiti camp.
29'		A long range effort from a fully 30-yards is way over the bar from Acevedo of Honduras
28'		The field, although artificial, is playing extremely well, congratulations to the ground staff for an excellent looking field.
25'		Haiti still pressing forward, not much penetration in the final third of the field though.
24'		Honduras reached the final in 1991 losing a heart-breaker to the dreaded penalty shoot-out 4-3 after a goalless match with the USA.
22'		Honduras beginning to put together some passes, signs of settling down from the Central Americans.
19'		Haiti come close with a cross come shot, keeper gathers well under pressure.
16'		V. Sirin gets yellow.
16'		That's a bad challenge from Haiti's Sirin and that's a deserved yellow, a scything tackle on Espinoza
14'		Honduras just can't get anything going, Haiti are playing the ball around with confidence.
13'		Haiti look real busy here, another attack ends in the ball going out for a goal kick
11'		Corner Haiti, it's played short and Fucien lays the ball to Raymond who blazes over the bar, some encouragement for Haiti here.
10'		Haiti having some nice possession, play taking place mostly in the Honduran half.
8'		Corner comes in and well defended by Honduras
7'		Free kick to Haiti, cross comes in and results in a corner for Haiti
6'		This is an artificial pitch by the way, so plenty of carpet burns tonight
5'		Not much competition to report regarding Head to Head statistics for these two, just two matches since 2007 has honors even with 3-1 friendly victories for both countries.
3'		Free kick to Honduras - about 30-yards out, a long range effort is held well by Zephirin in the Haiti goal.
1'		A. Lalin gets yellow.
1'		Referee for tonight’s clash is Marco Rodriguez from Mexico and he blows his whistle and Honduras get the first half underway. and a yellow card straight away for Lalin of Honduras.
		Welcome to Qwest field in Seattle, Washington for tonight’s CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B match between Honduras and Haiti, game time temperatures around the 83 degree Fahrenheit mark with fair conditions.

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	Honduras	Haiti
Shots on goal	5	3
Shots wide	0	6
Fouls	13	14
Corner Kicks	7	7
Offsides	6	1
Possession	51%	49%

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