Still a shutout, but a 5 goal swing as Haiti wins on the strength of Etienne

By Sean McCaffery, November 18, 2018

From last year and a 3-0 loss to this year, a 2-0 win, mostly played with 10 men, but a lead, Haiti made quite the turn around facing Nicaragua. It was foul filled, with cards given later in the game and saw this tiny caribbean nation dominate a game start to finish. The boisterous crowd in Managua did little to deter the visitors or engergize the home team.  It was not replayed much but the Haitian player who was sent off seemed to strike his adversary in the throat and then he himself fell?  The stricken player stayed on. There were a few skirmishes throught the game but Haiti did more than hold on as Derrick Etienne of the New York Red Bulls nodded in the 2nd goal, a drilled cross ball into the back of the net to seal the deal with much more time to play. He attributed his being able to do so to both his father a Red Bull before him, Derrick Etienne and the goal scoring machine on his club team, Bradely Wright-Phillips. Neither team really established a style of play other than kicking the other, each team had its far runs with the ball.

 Not so sure what we heard more of, the ref whistle or the horns of the fans in the stands. In the end the better team on the day did prevail and they did have the better of play with far fewer bad fouls. Pictured, Derrick after his goal v NYCFC on May 5, 2018.

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