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Haiti to host US Nations League quarter-final in Miami
Haiti will host the United States in Miami on 14 November in the first leg of their Concacaf Nations League quarter-final.
The match was originally scheduled for Kingston, Jamaica, but Concacaf approved Haiti’s request to move it to Nu Stadium.
Haiti has been unable to play at home since July 2021 because of the country’s security situation.
Gang violence has displaced people and taken control of the country’s national stadium, according to the sources.
Miami offers a venue in the United States, where a large Haitian community lives.
The second leg is scheduled for 17 November in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Haiti will need separate approval for future matches played in the territory of its opponents, and Concacaf says the arrangement will continue while security conditions persist.
Concacaf approved Haiti’s request to move its Nations League quarter-final home leg against the United States from Kingston, Jamaica, to Miami.
The match will be played at Nu Stadium on Nov. 14, with the second leg scheduled for Cincinnati three days later.
Haiti cannot host matches within its borders because of the country’s security situation.
The approval allows Haiti to play designated home matches in opponents’ territory, subject to separate approval for each match.
- Who
- Haiti and the United States men’s national team.
- What
- Haiti’s Nations League quarter-final home leg against the United States was moved to Miami.
- When
- Nov. 14, 2026. The second leg is scheduled for Nov. 17.
- Where
- Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida; the second leg is in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Why
- Haiti cannot host matches within its borders because of security concerns.
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Haiti became unable to play home games within its borders.
Gangs overtook Haiti’s national stadium, the Stade Sylvio Cator.
Haiti hosted Nations League group-stage matches against Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica in Kingston, Jamaica.
Concacaf approved Haiti’s request to move its quarter-final home leg against the United States to Miami.
Haiti is scheduled to play the first leg against the United States at Nu Stadium in Miami.
The second leg is scheduled to take place in Cincinnati.
- First leg
- Nov. 14, 2026
- First-leg venue
- Nu Stadium, Miami
- Second leg
- Nov. 17, 2026
- Second-leg venue
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Original first-leg venue
- Kingston, Jamaica
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What people are saying
Under this exceptional arrangement, the FHF may be permitted to play its designated home matches in Concacaf-sanctioned competitions in the territory of its opponents, rather than being limited to the Caribbean region as required under the current regulations
this flexibility will remain in place for as long as the security situation in Haiti persists