58 years ago, Haiti beat the United States 5-2 at Sylvio Cator

The Grenadiers face the United States on Saturday, November 14, in Miami. Fifty-eight years ago, on October 21, 1968, Haiti beat the U.S. team 5-2 at the Sylvio Cator stadium in a friendly that has stayed in the history books.

That day, Hugues "Jacquot" Guillaume scored three goals in ten minutes, in the 34th, 40th and 44th minutes.

Revenge the very next day

The Americans had come to Haiti for a series of three friendlies. They had already beaten Haiti twice in Port-au-Prince in April 1954, in qualifying for the World Cup in Switzerland (3-2 and 3-0).

The first match, on October 20, 1968, again went the visitors' way (6-3). But the very next day, Antoine Tassy's men took their revenge.

Jean Reynold Saint-Surin opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Jacquot, who played for Aigle Noir, then completed his hat trick before halftime, and Joseph "Zocil" Obas added the fifth goal in the 57th minute. Siegfried Stritzl and Peter Millar scored for the United States.

According to Le Grenadier, Jacquot's hat trick is still the only one scored by a Haitian player against the U.S. team. Two days later, on October 23, Haiti won again, 1-0, thanks to Guy Saint-Vil.

A fine run, then nothing since 1973

Haiti then beat the United States twice in qualifying for the 1970 World Cup: 2-0 in Port-au-Prince on April 20, 1969, then 1-0 in the United States on May 11. The Grenadiers won two more friendlies, both 1-0, in November 1973.

Haiti has not beaten the United States since. Most recent meetings have come at the Gold Cup, and the latest, on June 22, 2025, ended in a 2-1 U.S. win.

Saturday's match kicks off at 4:30 p.m. in Miami.