Information checked November 15, 2026 at 01:09 UTC (UTC+00:00). Match result is based on contemporary postmatch accounts; as of this check, the retrieved Concacaf match page had not populated its final-score field.
The United States men's national team beat Haiti 6-0 on Saturday, November 14, 2026, in the opening leg of their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal at Nu Stadium in Miami. Christian Pulisic scored twice, while Auston Trusty, Julian Hall, Weston McKennie and Folarin Balogun supplied the other goals, according to match reports. The emphatic result puts the Americans in a commanding position ahead of the return leg on Tuesday, November 17, in Cincinnati. The tie is not officially finished until the second match is played.
The opening game kicked off at 4:30 p.m. in Miami, Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−05:00), equivalent to 21:30 UTC on November 14. Haiti was designated the home team even though the game took place in Florida after Concacaf approved an exceptional venue change. The Concacaf venue announcement confirms why this fixture moved from Jamaica to Miami.
Highlights
The first-leg result reported after the final whistle was Haiti 0–6 United States. A six-goal advantage across a two-leg knockout series is significant, but the second leg remains scheduled and no semifinal berth should be described as finalized before the aggregate outcome is settled. The official Concacaf first-leg fixture page independently identifies the date and venue, although it did not display the final score in the version retrieved during this check.
Postmatch accounts credited Auston Trusty with an early opening goal, followed by Julian Hall after halftime. Captain Christian Pulisic then struck twice in quick succession, including a penalty. Weston McKennie added another goal and Folarin Balogun completed the scoring later in the second half. The scoring sequence turned what had been a relatively narrow halftime advantage into a decisive first-leg margin.
Pulisic's two goals are the most eye-catching individual contribution, but the variety of scorers matters. A defender, a young forward, an established attacking leader, a midfielder and a substitute striker all found the net. That spread of goals gives the United States more than one route to attack and provides useful evidence of depth ahead of the rematch. It is still one game, however, and a single high-scoring performance cannot establish how the team will fare against other opponents.
Trusty's opener gave the United States control of the scoreline early. Hall's second-half goal then created separation, before Pulisic's rapid double effectively removed the prospect of a routine Haitian comeback on the night. McKennie and Balogun added to the margin. Accounts of the match also described goals ruled out after video review; those efforts did not count toward the final score. Readers looking for footage should use official U.S. Soccer or Concacaf channels rather than treating unrelated clips as footage from this match.
The U.S. produced an unusually large winning margin in a competitive regional knockout match. For Haiti, the result is a setback after a productive group phase. Concacaf's official first-leg preview recorded Haiti's three wins and one loss in the group stage and identified Wilson Isidor as a key attacking contributor. That background is important: the score does not erase Haiti's earlier progress, but it leaves the side with an extremely difficult task in Cincinnati.
Although Haiti had the home designation for the first leg, the match was moved to Nu Stadium in Miami. Concacaf said Haiti's federation requested a special hosting arrangement, and the confederation approved the move from the originally planned Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. U.S. Soccer also cited security concerns in Haiti. The arrangement did not make the United States the formally designated home team for the first leg. This distinction matters when reading fixture listings and interpreting home-and-away competition rules.
The return leg is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Cincinnati, Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−05:00), at TQL Stadium. That is 00:00 UTC on Wednesday, November 18. Both cities were on standard time on the relevant November dates; U.S. daylight saving time had already ended. The Concacaf second-leg fixture page confirms the stadium, while U.S. Soccer’s official match information supplies the television schedule.
For U.S. viewers, U.S. Soccer listed TBS, truTV, HBO Max, Universo and Peacock for the second leg. Match access can depend on subscription and carriage arrangements. The fixture is the decisive match in the series; the winner on aggregate advances to the 2027 Nations League Finals, and Concacaf says the four quarterfinal winners also qualify directly for the 2027 Gold Cup.
The six-goal lead means the United States enters the Cincinnati leg as the clear favorite to advance. That is an assessment based on the score, not a claim that qualification has already been formally awarded. Coaching decisions, squad availability and tactics for the return game still require confirmation from the teams. Even if the U.S. progresses, the semifinal opponent and the outcome of the 2027 finals cannot be inferred from this match alone.
The series also takes place amid a leadership transition. U.S. Soccer announced Mauricio Pochettino's departure in the days before the fixture, adding another layer of interest to the team's final performances under his guidance. Fans should separate officially announced personnel changes from speculation about any successor, and check federation releases for subsequent developments.
Yes. Contemporary postmatch reports give the November 14, 2026 first-leg final score as United States 6, Haiti 0.
Yes. Match reports credit Pulisic with two goals in the first-leg win, one of them a penalty.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 7 p.m. in Cincinnati (EST, UTC−05:00), equivalent to 00:00 UTC on November 18, at TQL Stadium.
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