Monterrey, Mexico – The second match of the second round of Group A in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship in Monterrey ended with Haiti downing Mexico 3-0 on Thursday night at the Estadio BBVA.
This result also means that the United States cannot finish lower than second place in the group and has officially qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The match started on a high for Haiti. In the 13’, Mexico’s Stephany Mayor committed a foul in her own area and the referee whistled a penalty in favor of Haiti. Roselord Borgella calmly made the shot, scoring the first goal for Haiti in this CWC.
Haiti kept pushing and in the 29’, Borgella scored what seemed to be the second goal for her
team but, after a VAR review, the referee Marianela Araya ruled that Borgella was in an offside position.
Mexico looked to respond and in the 38’ they had a dangerous free kick, but DF Rebeca Bernal’s shot hit the wall, keeping the score in favor for Haiti.
The second half started, and Haiti wanted to add to their lead. In the 65’ GK Emily Alvarado committed a foul and, after receiving a yellow card, the referee whistled another penalty to Haiti. This time, the always ready Nerilia Mondesir was the one who took the ball, scoring the second goal for her team.
Mexico’s comeback task got tougher in the 77’ when DF Greta Espinoza saw a yellow card, but then after a VAR review, the foul resulted in a red card.
A minute later, Sherly Jeudy scored the third one for Haiti from a free kick that went into the top left corner of goal. Haiti’s 3-0 win makes it the first time that the Caribbean side has beaten Mexico in a CWC match.
The next game for Mexico will be against the now-qualified U.S., while Haiti will take the
pitch against Jamaica for the second place in Group A.
