Overview:
After a 10-month wait, the second version of the Haitian Soccer Particular Championship lastly started. It actually turned heads with its twists and turns, together with late equalizers, an unbelievable comeback victory, and a controversial 97th-minute tying aim.
Soccer followers endured 10 month look forward to the Haitian League to renew, and the season lastly kicked off final Sunday. It was well worth the wait.
The primary day of the 2025-26 Particular Championship featured 5 extremely entertaining video games, three featured equalizers within the dying seconds and one featured an unbelievable 3-2 comeback victory.
The three-2 comeback victory was due to none aside from Soccer Membership Juventus des Cayes, the 18-year-old staff that didn’t even make the playoffs final yr. Juventus achieved the comeback win towards Cavaly Affiliation Sportive, a membership with 49 years of expertise, making the thrilling win even sweeter for the Les Cayes-based staff.
Juventus, nicknamed Solo, additionally achieved the notable feat away from house at Parc Gerard Christophe in Léogâne.
Elistin rode his former staff, the Cavaly, round
Cavaly held a two-goal lead at halftime, due to targets from Kervenson Louissaint and Anderson Joseph. Onelson Dorante narrowed Cavaly’s result in one earlier than Eddyson Elistin equalized with a penalty kick. Elistin, a former Cavaly participant, celebrated regardless of his previous with the staff
The 21-year-old midfielder celebrated by hopping on high of a teammate to fake to journey a horse. Cavaly’s nickname is Cheval Rouge, French for Pink Horse, so Elistin’s celebration was to ridicule his former membership. Evidently, Elistin’s celebration was the picture of the primary day of the season.
Synvilcat Guetz scored the profitable aim for Juventus.
Joseph’s late aim: Skillful play or handball?
Over within the Artibonite Division, Tempête Soccer Membership’s substitute Peterson Joseph Jr. netted a 90+Seventh-minute controversial tying aim towards Triomphe Athletic Membership at Parc Antoine Levelt in Saint-Marc.
It appeared as if the 29-year-old ahead dealt with the ball within the field as a result of he flicked it as much as himself to get previous a defender earlier than capturing.
“Persons are saying the ball hit my hand, however no,” Joseph advised The Haitian Instances on Monday evening in a telephone interview. “There’s no digicam behind the aim, so you’ll be able to’t correctly see the play… However in case you’re taking a look at me from behind, it appeared like a handball.”
Triomphe’s head coach, Dextra Nicolson, was livid, insisting it was a handball.
“A catastrophe occurred right now at Parc Levelt,” Nicolson advised Monde Info 509 after the sport. “Tempête is an enormous staff, and beating Tempête would’ve meant quite a bit to me, however what hurts is that the referee took the sport away from us… The aim was a catastrophe, there was a handball.”
Regardless of his controversial aim, Joseph was happy to attain the equalizer. He was subbed in about 10 minutes into the second half and utterly modified the sport, creating a number of possibilities.
“It felt like a win for me as a result of we scored very late,” Joseph mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘We cannot lose this sport, even when it’s a draw, we have now to get it.’ I gave my all on the finish of the sport so we might discover the equalizer.”
Earlier than Joseph’s aim, Michel Schwetskov gave Triomphe the lead within the 14th minute.
Late drama unfolded within the Haitian capital, too
Don Bosco Membership de Pétion-Ville additionally drew their encounter after scoring a aim within the sport’s dying moments, tying with Violette Athletic Membership of Port-au-Prince 1-1. Monpoint Chris Wadel netted the tying aim within the ninety fifth minute at Parc Saint Therèse in Pétion-Ville.
As for Violette, Haiti’s under-20 participant, Clifford Jean, scored the opener within the 62nd minute.
This sport was the primary skilled match performed in Port-au-Prince since 2020 as a result of ongoing gang violence. Throughout their inaugural season final yr, the Particular Championship didn’t have video games in Port-au-Prince.
Defending champs stumble in season opener
Within the north, champions Actual Hope Soccer Academy drew with Affiliation Sportive Capoise 2-2. This sport additionally had last-second drama. Jeff Alcimé tied it up within the ninetieth minute, seven minutes after getting subbed on. Ralph Charles scored ASC’s different aim within the twenty second minute.
As for Actual Hope, Mackenson Fénélon bagged a double, scoring within the ninth and forty third minutes. Fénélon was the one participant who shook the online twice, making him the highest scorer after Day 1.
Actual Hope is lacking a number of key gamers from final season as a result of some are within the U.S., together with star winger Rapha Intervil and Steve Mondestin. In January, these gamers obtained U.S. visas for his or her Concacaf Champions Cup two-game sequence towards Mexican aspect Cruz Azul in February. They misplaced the sequence 7-0.
Intervil is now sporting the colours of Kalonji Soccer Academy, an newbie membership in Georgia.
Ouanaminthe begins season on an off observe
Within the different sport within the northern area, Soccer Inter Membership Affiliation (FICA) received one of the best of final yr’s runner-ups Ounaminthe Soccer membership 2011, beating the northeastern membership 3-1.
Kedjon Colas, Augustin Patrickson and Jacob Jevely have been heading in the right direction for FICA. Wilinx ‘Dewoule” Joseph netted Ounaminthe’s lone aim.
After this riveting first day, the league will return to motion on Thursday to shut the primary spherical of play with three video games. Cavaly will hope to shrug off their heartbreaking loss on Sunday in an away sport towards America des Cayes at Land des Gabions in Les Cayes, about 130 miles south of Port-au-Prince.
Baltimore Sportif Membership will welcome Triomphe at Parc Levelt at 5:00 p.m. and Don Bosco will conflict with Racing Membership Haitien at 4:00 p.m. at Parc Saint Therèse.