World Cup 2010 Qualifying Groups: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

World Cup 2010 Qualifying Fixtures, Results & Table: North, Central America & Caribbean CONCACAF

The North, Central America & Caribbean Zone has 4.5 spots for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

There are four rounds of qualifying to determine the eventual qualifying teams. Mexico, USA and Costa Rica are fancied to progress.

Round One

First the 35 Participating Member Associations (PMAs) were seeded based on the FIFA ranking of May 2007. The 23 PMAs ranked from 13 to 35 took part in 11 home-and-away matches and one bye - St. Vincent & The Grenadines. The winners and St. Vincent & The Grenadines progressed to Round Two.

Round Two

The 24 remaining teams play in 12 home-and-away matches. The winners advance to Round Three.

Round Three

The 12 remaining teams are placed in 3 groups of 4 teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to Round Four.

Group 1

19 November, 2008

USA 2 v Guatemala 0
A second-string USA ended Guatemala's involvement in qualifying for South Africa 2010 with a 2-0 win in Commerce City. Kenny Cooper and Freddy Adu did the damage for the hosts. The Americans finish top of the section and will be joined in the last round by runners-up Trinidad and Tobago, who beat Cuba 3-0 in Port of Spain thanks to goals from Kenwyne Jones, just back from injury, Dwight Yorke and Keon Daniel.

Trinidad & Tobago 3 v Cuba 0

11 October, 2008

USA 6 v Cuba 1
DaMarcus Beasley with a brace, Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Villarreal's Jozy Altidore, and Oguchi Onyewu got the goals that secured the USA's place in the next qualifying round. Jenzy Munoz scored Cuba's goal when the score was 2-0.

10 September, 2008

USA 3 v Trinidad & Tobago 0
Bradley, Dempsey, and Ching score.

Guatemala 0 v Cuba 0

6 September, 2008

Cuba 0 v USA 1
Clint Dempsey earns the points for the USA in an historic game.

Trinidad & Tobago 1 v Guatemala 1

20 August, 2008

Cuba 1 v Trinidad & Tobago 3

Guatemala 0 v USA 1

Group 2

19 November, 2008

Jamaica 3 v Canada 0
Jamaica, who could only beat Canada 3-0 in Kingston, go out on goal difference despite a run of three straight
wins.

Honduras 1 v Mexico 0
In a tension-fuelled final matchday of the penultimate round of North, Central American and Caribbean Zone qualifying, Honduras beat Mexico 1-0 (thanks to a Ricardo Osorio own goal) to put both teams through to the final 'hexagonal' round.

11 October, 2008

Jamaica 1 v Mexico 0
Eriksson's Mexico shocked by the Reggae Boyz.

10 September, 2008

Honduras 2 v Jamaica 0

Mexico 2 v Canada 1

6 September, 2008

Honduras 2 v Canada 1

Mexico 3 v Jamaica 0

20 August, 2008

Canada 1 v Jamaica 1

Mexico 2 v Honduras 1

Group 3

19 November, 2008

Suriname 1 v Haiti 1
In the night's early game, Suriname and Haiti drew 1-1 in Paramaribo in a game that meant nothing to either eliminated team.

El Salvador 1 v Costa Rica 3
Costa Rica defeated El Salvador 3-1 at the Cuscatlan in the late game, with a brace from Roy Myrie and a goal from Jose Fernandez. Both sides were already guaranteed of first and second place respectively in Group 3, and progression.

11 October, 2008

Suriname 1 v Costa Rica 4

10 September, 2008

Suriname 0 v El Salvador 2

Haiti 1 v Costa Rica 3

6 September, 2008

Costa Rica 7 v Suriname 0

El Salvador 5 v Haiti 0

20 August, 2008

Costa Rica 1 v El Salvador 0

Haiti 2 v Suriname 2

Round Four

The remaining six teams play off in a home-and-away group. The top 3 teams qualify for South Africa. The 4th placed team enters a home-and-away playoff with the 5th placed South American team.

2006 World Cup North American Qualifying Zone

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