Soccer-Haiti beat Canada 3-2 with remarkable second-half comeback

Haiti came back from two goals down at halftime to score three times in a superb second half and knock Canada out of the Gold Cup 3-2 on Saturday. Jonathan David and Lucas Cavallini, who between them had scored nine goals in their last three games, added another one each in the first half as Canada dominated the quarter-final in Houston, Texas.

But the Haitians, who had won all three of their group games, moved into the semi-finals with a blistering second-half performance. The comeback began five minutes after the break when Dickens Nazon took advantage of a poor pass back from Marcus Godinho to score and then Herve Bazile equalised from the spot after 70 minutes.

Wilde-Donald Guerrier completed the turnaround six minutes later when he latched onto a lovely pass from Nazon and superbly beat the goalkeeper. Haiti, who last won the forerunner to this tournament in 1973, will face either Mexico or Costa Rica in the semi-final on July 2 in Glendale, Arizona.

Mexico plays Costa Rica in their quarter-final later on Saturday.