Guided under Antoine Tassy, in West Germany World Cup 74 tournament, they be drawn in an extremely tough group with Italy, Argentina and Poland.
However, they surprised the football world in their debut game when star forward Emmanuel Sanon scored to give Haiti a lead over Italy, at the same time ending Dino Zoff's still standing record run of 1142 minutes without conceding a goal in international matches. They eventually lost 1-3, and would lose to Poland (0-7) and Argentina (1-4), but their brave display against Italy is forgotten by few.
Haitian last match against Argentina 23 June 1974, at the Olympiastadion, Munich, the team heavily beaten 4-1 was worn with the Adidas v-neck short sleeve without team badge.
