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Gold Cup: Haiti knocks off Costa Rica

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Haiti won its group in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time, getting an 81st-minute tiebreaking goal from Djimy Bend Alexis to earn a 2-1 win over Costa Rica on Monday at Harrison, N.J.

Thanks to a three-game sweep in Group B, Haiti earned a quarterfinal matchup with Canada on Saturday in Houston. Costa Rica (2-1-0) wound up second in Group B and will meet Mexico in the other Saturday quarterfinal in Houston.

Costa Rica grabbed a lead in the 14th minute thanks to an Alexis own goal, but Duckens Nazon evened the score in the 57th minute on a penalty kick.

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On the decisive play, Derrick Etienne drove the ball down the left flank. He sent a short pass to Alex Christian, whose cross went untouched to the far side of the penalty area, where Alexis fired in a 10-foot shot in the top right corner of the net.

Earlier Monday in Harrison, LeJuan Simmons and Nahki Wells scored second-half goals, and Bermuda recorded its first-ever CONCACAF Gold Cup win, beating Nicaragua 2-0.

The game was merely a battle for third place in Group B, with both Costa Rica and Haiti having already defeated both Bermuda and Nicaragua.

Simmons opened the scoring in the 60th minute, and Wells added to the lead in the 71st. Bermuda was appearing in the Gold Cup for the first time.

–Field Level Media

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