MIAMI – The Final Round of the Concacaf Qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues with Haiti hosting Nicaragua in Group C on Tuesday at Stadion Ergilio Hato in Willemstad, Curaçao.
Haiti (2-2-1) is fighting for direct qualification but will need to match or better Honduras on goal difference, in the scenario that both wins. Les Grenadiers can also qualify with a win and a Honduras loss or draw. The nation is coming off a 1-nil victory over Costa Rica to fuel its World Cup hopes. Frantzdy Pierrot scored the winning goal while Johny Placide was integral with six saves and the clean sheet.
Nicaragua (1-1-3) delivered a stunning 2-nil victory over Honduras but the result was not enough to halt elimination. Bancy Hernández and Jaime Moreno will look to continue scoring as La Azul y Blanco ends its campaign.
Historical Post-Match Data
Haiti 1–0 Costa Rica
Haiti breaks through against Costa Rica
Haiti’s 1-0 victory over Costa Rica brought them closer to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and marked their first-ever win against the Ticos in World Cup Qualifying, ending a 5-match winless streak (L-4, D-1). It was also the first time Haiti kept a clean sheet against Costa Rica in qualifying.
Costa Rica saw its run of 15 straight matches without defeat in World Cup Qualifying come to an end (11 wins, 4 draws).
Miguel Herrera becomes First Mexican manager to lose to Haiti
Miguel Herrera became the first Mexican-born manager to lose to Haiti, ending a 7-match unbeaten run by Mexican coaches against the Haitians (W-4, D-3).
Nicaragua 2–0 Honduras
Nicaragua defeats Honduras for the first time in WCQ
Nicaragua recorded its first-ever victory over Honduras in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers, ending an 18-match winless run against the Catrachos in all competitions (L-15, D-3). Nicaragua had not defeated Honduras since March 12, 1965, when it claimed a 2-0 win (goals by Pedro “Peche” Jirón and Gerardo Barrios) in the Concacaf Nations Championship. The win also snapped Nicaragua’s streak of five WCQ matches without a victory.
End of Honduras’s unbeaten and shutout streaks
The loss ended Honduras’s 8-match unbeaten run in World Cup Qualifying (W-6, D-2), as well as its streak of 6 straight clean sheets. It was Honduras’s 51st loss in WCQ history: the 33rd away from home, the 18th against a Central American opponent, and the 51st overall.
For head coach Reinaldo Rueda, the defeat ended his personal unbeaten run of 9 matches in charge of Honduras (W-7, D-2).
