USMNT vs Haiti This Week: The Stars & Stripes Jersey's First Competitive Test
The US men's national team opens its post-World Cup life this week, and the shirts are part of the story. The USMNT meets Haiti in a two-leg Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal on Saturday, November 14 and Tuesday, November 17. If you collect jerseys, this is the first time since the summer that the national team's Nike kit gets a competitive run, and it is a good moment to look at what that jersey says. It is also the kind of match that turns a regular fan into someone hunting for a premium mystery soccer jersey to wear on game day.
The fixtures: Miami, then Cincinnati
Per U.S. Soccer, the first leg is Saturday, November 14 at Nu Stadium in Miami, kicking off at 4:30 p.m. ET. It is listed as a Haiti home match, but it was moved from Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica after the Haitian Football Federation asked Concacaf to relocate it over the ongoing security situation in Haiti. The second leg is Tuesday, November 17 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, kicking off at 7:00 p.m. ET.
MLSsoccer.com reports that the aggregate winner advances to the 2027 Concacaf Nations League Finals in March and books a direct place in the 2027 Gold Cup. It also notes the U.S. is chasing a fourth Nations League title after winning the first three editions, while Haiti is making its first Nations League quarterfinal appearance. English-language coverage is on TBS, truTV and HBO Max, with Spanish on Universo and Peacock.
The kit on the pitch: Stars & Stripes, by design
The jerseys behind this week's matches are the ones Nike and U.S. Soccer released on March 16, 2026. U.S. Soccer called them “our Stars & Stripes,” and NBC Sports reports that players had input into the design and colors. The home jersey is red and white; the away is dark blue with stars printed into the fabric. The same two designs are worn across all of the federation's national teams, so a USWNT fan and a USMNT fan are buying into one identity.
We are not going to guess which of the two the team pulls on in each leg. That is decided closer to kickoff, and it is worth checking the team's official channels on the day.
Why a one-design, all-teams jersey matters to collectors
For years US soccer fans carried one jersey for the men and another for the women, each with its own story. A shared design changes how a jersey ages. Whoever wore it, it is the same shirt, so a 2026 Stars & Stripes jersey ends up tied to the World Cup summer, to this November, and to whatever the national teams do next. That is what makes the shirt a keepsake rather than just merchandise.
Our take: the shirt you wear to a two-leg tie
Here is the Shirt in a Box angle. A two-legged qualifier is the least glamorous fixture on the national-team calendar, and that is exactly when fans show who they are. Nobody wears a jersey to Cincinnati on a Tuesday night in November because it is trendy. They wear it because it is theirs. The shirts that end up meaning the most in a collection are often from these ordinary nights, not the finals.
- Wear the current one. If you picked up the 2026 Stars & Stripes jersey, this is its first competitive run since the summer.
- Dig out the old one. Match nights are when older national-team shirts come out of the drawer, and a mix of eras in the stands is half the fun.
- Gift one. A jersey you did not pick for yourself still feels like yours once you wear it to a game, which is the whole idea behind a mystery jersey.
To be clear, our mystery jerseys are a surprise by design. We never promise a specific club or national team in any box. What we can say is that this week is a good reminder of why people collect.
What to watch for in the kits this week
Check which jersey the U.S. wears in Miami and which in Cincinnati, since the first leg is technically a Haiti home match played in an American stadium. Watch how the tone-on-tone stars on the away jersey read on a broadcast, and whether the red-and-white home design looks different under the lights at TQL Stadium. Those are small details, but they are the ones that decide whether a kit becomes a favorite.
The first leg is Saturday and the second is Tuesday. Whatever the result, a jersey from this window is one you will remember where you wore it.
