Haiti vs New Zealand
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Haiti run four past New Zealand in dominant friendly at Chase Stadium.
Providence opened the scoring in the 12th minute to set the tone, and Haiti never relinquished control. The lead held through halftime before Joseph added a second in the 51st minute, shortly after coming on as a substitute. Pierrot made it three in the 62nd minute, and Lacroix completed the rout with a fourth in the 87th. New Zealand generated moments of their own — 12 shots and 8 corners — but converted none of them, finishing with just 3 of those attempts on target. Haiti were sharper when it mattered: 7 shots on target from 13 attempts, with four finding the net across four different scorers.
With no standings or bracket implications attached to this friendly, the scoreline itself is the substance of what the result means — and a 4-0 margin, built across four different goalscorers, points to genuine offensive cohesion rather than a single moment of fortune. The spread of contributors — Providence in the first half, Joseph and Pierrot early in the second, Lacroix deep into stoppage time — suggests Haiti maintained attacking intent and personnel depth through heavy rotation. New Zealand held nearly even possession at 49 percent and produced the higher corner count, but the inability to convert any of their 12 shots leaves the performance hard to take positives from in terms of finishing, whatever the context.
