Sam Vines’s header lifts USA to win over Haiti in Concacaf Gold Cup opener

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Sam Vines’s header lifts USA to win over Haiti in Concacaf Gold Cup opener

  • USA win 1-0 over Haiti in Gold Cup opener on Vines’s goal
  • Canada beat Martinique 4-1 in other game of doubleheader

Sam Vines scored his first international goal on a header in the eighth minute, and a US team mostly of backup players opened the Concacaf Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti on Sunday night.

Shaq Moore’s cross bounced off two Haitans to Gyasi Zardes, who popped up the ball for Vines to head past goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre from six yards. Moore was making his sixth international appearance and Vines his fourth.

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