Sunday, February 21 in New York took place the draw of the Copa America Centenario, that will brings together in the United States, 16 national football teams of the American continent, to celebrate the 100 years of the Copa America.

Following the draw, Haiti who qualified by beating Trinidad & Tobago (1-0) in playoff January 8 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16273-haiti-flash-the-grenadiers-qualified-for-the-copa-america-centenario.html is found in Group B where the Grenadiers will face Brazil among others.

group A

USA

Colombia

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Group B

Brazil

Ecuador

Haiti

Peru

Group C

Mexico

Uruguay

Jamaica

Venezuela

Group D

Argentina

Chile

Panama

Bolivia

Let's recall that the Group Stage of the tournament will take place from June 3rd-14 across 10 U.S. cities. Each group will conduct a round robin format, with each team playing each other once. A win earns a team 3 points, a draw gets 1 point, and a loss is worth 0 points. The top two teams of each group move on to the Quarterfinals.

Haiti will meet Peru on June 4 at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA; June 8 Haiti will face Brazil at the Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, FL; and on June 12, the Haitian team will play against Ecuador at MetLife Stadium, East Ruthrford, NJ.

Patrice Neveu, the new French coach of the Haitian National Selection, who was present at the draw declared "[...] It's been two months since I took over the national team. I think that in the next three months, we still have the means, the opportunity to increase the potential of the team and find a bit of complementarity [...] in relation to draw and the opponents [... ] which are hierarchically superior at football level, we will attempt to give a good image of football and the people of Haiti through this Copa America.

This is a great event provided to be at the height of the event and is the coaching staff and players who will have to work hard to be ready the D-day [...] we should not be only spectators [...] we will have to fight firmly on the ground but I really rely on my players to be up. Each opponent has its specificities, but as an experienced coach I will try to outsmart our opponents at the maximum to get the best possible result."

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16642-icihaiti-football-patrice-neveu-met-reginal-goreux-in-belgium.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16605-icihaiti-football-patrice-neveu-met-arcus-carlens.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16507-icihaiti-football-patrice-neveu-in-europe.html

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