Impressive Haiti could still qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals and should take plenty of confidence into their final group game against Honduras.
Despite sitting last in Group A heading into the final round of group fixtures, Haiti could still finish second and qualify automatically for the last eight and, based on their form, that outcome deserves to be rated at least a 50-50 prospect.
Marc Collat's Haiti dominated the highly fancied home side, finishing the game with 15 shots to five, although USA skipper Clint Dempsey secured victory with a second-half strike.
"Huge compliment to Haiti for how they played this game," USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann said afterwards, according to Yahoo.com.
"It was a very tense game that could have changed any second."
Collat's post-match comments underlined how well Haiti had played: "We're disappointed. I think over the 90 minutes we could have hoped for more.
"The Americans created fewer chances than we did but they were more effective."
Honduras - for their part - have not been eliminated at the group stage of CONCACAF's premier event since 2003, while they have reached the semi-finals in four of the past five editions, including the last three.
Jorge Luis Pinto's team have not won in five games.
