Evelyne Viens scored twice in front of her home crowd on Tuesday night.
Only it didn’t quite feel like a home game for Canada.
Viens had two first-half goals as Canada rolled to a two-game sweep over Haiti with a 3-1 win in a women’s international soccer friendly. The vast majority of the 18,321 rowdy spectators on hand at Stade Saputo, however, supported the visiting side.
“It was between pleasant and strange,” said Viens, a 28-year-old from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que. “It was a good crowd, and we hoped we’d get a better fan base for us, but still a good atmosphere.”
Fans from Montreal’s large Haitian community decked the stands in the country’s blue, red and white colours, chanted “Haiti! Haiti!” and cheered loudly at every touch of the ball — even a routine clearance.
When Haitian captain Melchie Dumornay scored on a penalty kick during first-half stoppage time, the building …