Haiti hosted Curacao knowing that a win would be needed to keep pace with Antigua and Barbuda. Curacao took the crowd out of the match very early on, scoring two goals in the first quarter hour to silence the Port-au-Prince faithful. Haiti pulled a goal back through a penalty kick midway through the period, but Curacao still held an unexpected 2-1 at the break.
Haiti were desperate to win the match knowing that if they failed, a single poor result against Antigua in the final two matchdays would see Haiti eliminated. After a quarter hour, Haiti had equalized, but it was not enough. A myriad of chances went begging, and Haiti stumbled at home 2-2, giving Curacao its first point of the tournament.
Antigua and Barbuda hosted the hapless U.S. Virgin Islands in North Sound. Tamarley Thomas crushed the Virgin spirits after just over five minutes had elapsed, a goal that was only the tip of the iceberg. Peter Byers knocked home a first-half hat trick, giving Antigua a 4-0 lead going into the break. Byers leads all scorers in the 2014 FIFA World Cup with eight, including two hat tricks against the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In the first thirty-five minutes of the second period, both Thomas and Randolph Burton scored two for Antigua, leaving Thomas with his own hat trick and Antigua with an 8-0 lead. The damage was not complete until two more Antigua players got on the scoresheet in the final five minutes, completing a 10-0 demolition.
Antigua 12 pts
Haiti 10 pts
Curacao OUT
USVI OUT
USVI OUT
Goals
Curacao
Richmar Siberie 7
Sendley Bito 14
Haiti
Jean-Eudes Maurice 25 PK
Jean Jacques Pierre 60
Antigua and Barbuda
Tamarley Thomas 6, 41, 78
Peter Byers 23, 30, 39
Randolph Burton 54, 66
Jamie Thomas 85
Kieran Murtagh 90
Match Reports:
Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnCnfxbzUco (Curacao v. Haiti)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8vnpRl6Yo (Antigua v. USVI)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM8vnpRl6Yo (Antigua v. USVI)
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