(Port-au-Prince) A goal scored early in the game by Cyle Larin helped Canada beat Haiti 1-0 on Saturday.
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This duel was the first game in a two-way series, in the second round of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.
The second leg will be held Tuesday at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, a suburb of Chicago.
The winner of this series will advance to the final qualifying round for CONCACAF, which covers North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Canada has not reached this final round of qualifying for CONCACAF since 1998, when it obtained its ticket for the World Cup presented in France.
Larin gave Canada the lead in the 14e minute.
Mark-Anthony-Kaye started the streak by handing the ball to Jonathan Osorio on the right flank. Osorio served a pass that slipped between three defenders as well as goalkeeper Johny Placide towards Larin.
Larin only had to push the ball into the net to secure his sixth goal of qualifying.
Canada is still undefeated in qualifying.
In the group stage, he had defeated Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Aruba and Suriname.
Haiti suffered a first setback.
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