A friendly held at Downing Stadium, New York City in July 1973 between Haiti and Millonarios of Colombia was delayed for more than two hours and forty five minutes by Haitian exiles protesting against the regime.
He later made a call to Haitian Football Federation president Claude Raymond who told him to resume the match, if possible.
[7] Tassy was described in a February 1974 Observer article by Hugh McIlvanney as a "short, thickly built man" and as a "48 year-old Negro who is director of sport in Haiti and coach of the national team".
[8] Looking forward to the World Cup first round match versus Italy later that year, Tassy was quoted as saying in the Observer piece that "we know the Italians will not play their usual game against us...they will not be as cautious as they normally are.
[8] Haiti shocked Italy in their opening match of the tournament by taking a lead in the 46th minute through Emmanuel Sanon from a quick counter attacking pass by Philippe Vorbe.