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Haiti win at CONCACAF Digicel Cup virtually guarantees second-round berth

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Jean Jacques Jamil and Jean Baptiste Fritzson scored twice each to give Haiti a 7-1 victory over St. Lucia on Friday and virtually guarantee it of a place in the second round of the Caribbean Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying.

In St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bermuda beat the Dominican Republic 3-1 to ensure itself of advancing, becoming the ninth team to move past the first round.

Haiti's victory gave it six points atop qualifying group D, having outscored its opponents 11-1 in two games.

Jamaica, with three points, played St. Vincent, which lost to Haiti in its opener, in a game later Friday. The top two teams from each of the six first-round groups advance.

Jamil scored in fourth and 14th minutes, the latter on a penalty, to put Haiti ahead 2-0, while Fritzson added his goals in the 17th and 82nd minutes.

Mones Chery scored in the 42nd minute, Fabrice Neol in 63rd and Josue Mayard in the 80th for the Haitians.

St. Lucia played with 10 men after the 14th minute when John-Perry Joseph was ejected for a foul on Fritzson that resulted in Jamil's penalty.

St. Lucia got a consolation goal in the 91st minute when Germal Valcin converted a penalty after Titus Elva was brought down in the area by Haitian goalkeeper Fenelon Gabart, who was red carded.

Bermuda assured itself of winning Group C with its second win in as many games and joined Guyana, Suriname, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Bahamas, Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Goals by Aljame Zuill in the 25th minute, Dennis Zuill in the 48th minute and Kivame Steeds in the 53rd minute put Bermuda comfortably ahead early in the second half.

The Dominicans hurt themselves with the 52nd-minute ejection of Freddy Medina, and simultaneous red cards to Bermuda's Kentoing Jennings and the Dominican Republic's Jonathan Fana in the 75th minute had the game finish with only 19 men