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Haiti’s U-17 ladies’s workforce improved to 2-0 within the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with a dominant 5-0 win over Saint Lucia, remaining on high of Group C after back-to-back lopsided victories.
Haiti’s under-17 ladies’s workforce earned a second straight win within the 2026 FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup qualifiers, cruising previous Saint Lucia 5-0 at Rignaal “Jean” Francisca Stadium in Willemstad, Curaçao.
Haitians in Curaçao gathered outdoors the stadium after the Jan. 27 match, dancing and celebrating the lopsided victory.
Followers additionally took to social media to reward the younger Grenadières following their second consecutive win.
“These younger women will make an amazing technology of soccer,” David Antoine stated in a Facebook comment. “Let’s keep watch over them — they’re onto one thing.”
With the win, Haiti remained atop Group C with six factors and a 2-0-0 report. The workforce opened group play with a 6-1 rout of Antigua and Barbuda on Jan. 25. Solely the top-seeded workforce in every group advances to the subsequent spherical of qualifying.
Haiti has two matches remaining within the first spherical. Les Grenadières face the Cayman Islands on Jan. 31 earlier than closing group play in opposition to Guatemala on Feb. 2. Guatemala, additionally unbeaten, is taken into account Haiti’s hardest remaining opponent, and the matchup may decide which workforce advances.
Kyrah Lormil scored twice in opposition to Saint Lucia, whereas Krystel Châtelain, Keisha Gué and Rosalie Saint-Louis every added a objective. Lormil and Gué lead Haiti with three objectives apiece by the 2 matches. Kerdina Lamour has scored twice within the event.
Regardless of the workforce’s dominant scorelines, some followers stay skeptical and say Haiti’s weaknesses could possibly be uncovered in opposition to stronger opponents.
“We’re beating straightforward groups,” Steeve Sene commented on a Facebook post. “If we make the World Cup, we’ll lose all three video games. We’re not that good.”
Some followers pointed to poor shot placement and restricted energy, arguing Haiti benefited from weak goalkeeping by its opponents.
Haiti’s match in opposition to the Cayman Islands kicks off at 6 p.m. ET on Jan. 31 at Rignaal “Jean” Francisca Stadium.