Overview:
Violette Athletic Membership reached the Haitian Soccer League remaining after ending atop its southern playoff group with 4 straight wins, persevering with a dominant run this season. The reigning champions dominated the playoffs, outscoring their opponents 12-2. Le Vieux Tigre is now awaiting the winner of the northern playoff group, in opposition to whom it is going to defend its title.
CAP-HAÏTIEN — Reigning Ligue Haïtienne de Soccer champions Violette Athletic Membership secured a spot within the league remaining for the second consecutive time after a dominant 5-0 win over America des Cayes on April 23, on the sports activities advanced Land des Gabions in Les Cayes.
The Port-au-Prince-based membership swept the southern playoff group, incomes 12 factors from 4 matches and outscoring opponents 12-2. Violette clinched its spot within the remaining with two video games remaining, rendering the ultimate group matches pointless.
The southern group additionally included Don Bosco de Pétion-Ville and Juventus des Cayes.
Violette’s playoff outcomes
- April 8: Violette 3, America des Cayes 2
- April 13: Violette 3, Juventus des Cayes 0
- April 19: Violette 1, Don Bosco de Pétion-Ville 0
- April 23: Violette 5, America des Cayes 0
Nicknamed Le Vieux Tigre — the Outdated Tiger — Violette has been dominant all through the season. The membership completed first in its regular-season group with a 3-1-1 file and has misplaced just one match heading into the ultimate.
Northern group stays tight, Violette’s dominant run continues
Whereas Violette cruised by the southern bracket, the northern playoff group stays aggressive. Soccer Inter Membership Affiliation (FICA), Baltimore Sportif Membership and Tempête Soccer Membership are tied on the prime with two matches remaining.
Baltimore at present leads on objective differential. The Saint-Marc-based membership misplaced 2-1 to Violette in February’s opening collection remaining.
FICA, based mostly in Cap-Haïtien, is taken into account a robust contender to succeed in the ultimate. The group options the league’s prime scorer, Sandinho Saint-Jean, who netted 5 objectives in the course of the common season.
Violette is broadly considered essentially the most constant Haitian membership over the previous few years. The group has received two league titles this decade, together with in 2021, and captured the 2022 CONCACAF Caribbean Membership Championship.
League format and regular-season logistics
The 2026 closing season started Feb. 28 with 14 groups break up into two teams — eight within the north and 6 within the south. Groups performed a single round-robin inside their teams.
The highest 4 groups in every group superior to the playoffs, the place groups face one another twice. The highest two groups from every group advance to the ultimate, which is performed over two legs.
Whereas Violette topped the southern group in the course of the common season, FICA additionally completed first within the north.
Key gamers driving Violette’s success
Midfielder Woodensky Pierre has been central to Violette’s success. The 21-year-old is the one domestically based mostly participant known as up throughout Haiti’s current nationwide group preparations for the 2026 World Cup and made his debut March 31 in a 1-1 pleasant in opposition to Iceland.
Pierre scored the profitable objective in a 1-0 playoff victory over Don Bosco, serving to safe Violette’s place within the remaining.
Forwards Miche-Naider Chéry and Elyvens Dejean have additionally performed key roles. Dejean was a standout performer within the 2022 Caribbean Membership Championship, whereas Chéry completed as one of many competitors’s prime scorers and later had a quick stint with Oakland Roots SC within the United Soccer League (USL).
The Haitian league has not but introduced the date for the ultimate.
In the meantime, northern playoff motion continues. FICA will face Racing Membership des Gonaïves at Parc Vincent, whereas Tempête will play Baltimore on April 26.