The national soccer teams from Curaçao and Haiti will observe a moment of silence before their match Tuesday night in memory of Curaçao’s backup goalie, who died suddenly on Monday.
Jarzinho Pieter, 31, died of heart failure the morning before the match at the team’s hotel in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
Haitian Sports Minister Edwin Charles wrote on Twitter that .
The match will go on as scheduled, with kickoff set for 6 p.m., in Petion-Ville, according to Concacaf, soccer’s governing body for the Americas and Caribbean.
“The thoughts and prayers of our Concacaf family are with his loved ones, the Curaçao Football Federation and his team at this difficult time,” the organization said in a statement.