In its first competitive matches since the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the U.S. men’s soccer team will play its two-legged fixture against Haiti next month without having to leave home.
On Thursday, Concacaf announced that the USA will open the “away” leg of the two-game, total-goals-wins encounter in the quarterfinals of its 2026-27 Nations League tournament against Haiti Nov. 14 at Nu Stadium in Miami. The decisive rematch follows three days later at Cincinnati’s TQL Park, with the series winner advancing to the four-team Nations League finals in Los Angeles next March.
With Haiti unable to host the game on home soil because of ongoing security concerns in the country, the first match between the USMNT and Les Grenadiers was originally scheduled for the same Saturday in Kingston, Jamaica. Following an appeal from the Haitian Football Federation, Concacaf — the sport’s governing body in North and Central America and the Caribbean — granted the FHF an exemption to host the match in South Florida, home to the largest Haitian expat population in the United States.
| vs. Haiti (1st Leg) | Nov. 14 | Nu Stadium (Miami) |
| vs. Haiti (2nd Leg) | Nov. 17 | TQL Park (Cincinnati) |
Under FIFA rules, two-legged competitive international matches cannot usually be played within the borders of one of the competing nations. Concacaf pointed out the unique challenges in Haiti in explaining its decision in a press release.
“Under this extraordinary arrangement, the FHF may be allowed to play its designated home in Concacaf-conciliation competitions in the territory of its opponents, rather than being limited to the Caribbean region under current regulations,” it read. “This flexibility will remain in place as long as the security situation in Haiti persists.”
Nu Stadium, the 1 billion home of Lionel Messi’s sparkling Inter Miami, opened earlier this year. Stars and Stripes will meet there in a Haitian side that is making its first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in more than half a century. Drawn into a group that contains Scotland, 2022 semifinalists Morocco and five-time champion Brazil, Les Grenadiers lost all three games.
However, the 84th-ranked FIFA province was never an easy opponent for the No. It was 16 for the US, while the USA won each of the last three meetings between the teams — including the first round of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup — and each was by one goal.