Feb. 14, 2000 SportsLine wire reports

MIAMI -- Peru and Haiti tied 1-1 in a first-round match of the 2000 Gold Cup Monday at the Orange Bowl.

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A goal by Peru's Ysrael Zuniga in the 69th minute erased a 1-0 Haitian lead. The Peruvians repeatedly attacked the Haitian goal the rest of the match but couldn't break the deadlock.

Zuniga nearly gave Peru the lead in the 85th minute but the reserve forward missed an uncontested shot on goal.

Haiti scored in the 61st minute, when Sebastien Vorbe drilled a point-blank shot past Peru's goalkeeper Oscar Ibanez.

Haiti finished the first round of the tournament with a 0-1-1 record and one point.

The only chance Haiti has for advancing to Saturday's quarterfinals is if Peru loses by four goals in its Wednesday match against the United States.