World Cup 2010 Qualifying Groups: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
ConcacafThe 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.
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.
The 24 remaining teams play in 12 home-and-away matches. The winners advance to Round Three.
The 12 remaining teams are placed in 3 groups of 4 teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to 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.
Play off
14 November, 2009
Costa Rica 0 Uruguay 1
A first half goal from Diego Lugano gave Uruguay the edge going
in to the second leg. Costa Rica were reduced to 10 men in the second
half with the sending off of Randall Azofeifa.
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14 October 2009
Trinidad & Tobago 2 v Mexico 2
Kerry Baptiste scores twice to earn a draw for Trinidad & Tobago.
USA 2 v Costa Rica 2
A goal in the waning seconds of injury time from Jonathan Bornstein pulled the USA even - and denies Costa Rica the third qualification spot in the region. In spite of two goals from Brian Ruiz - and being seconds from an automatic trip to South Africa - the Ticos must now go into a playoff round with Uruguay.
El Salvador 0 v Honduras 1
A win for Honduras puts it through to the World Cup. Joy in Tegucigalpa.
10 October 2009
Mexico 4 v El Salvador 1
Cuauhtémoc Blanco pulled the strings at the Azteca as Mexico qualified for South Africa. Blanco scored one, pressurized Marvin Gonzalez into an own goal with Palencia and Vela adding the other Mexican goals. Julio Martinez scored the consolation for El Salvador.
Honduras 2 v USA 3
In an exciting match Landon Donovan's 71st minute goal sent the USA to the finals in South Africa. Julio Cesar de Leon had a brace
for Honduras as did Conor Casey for the USA. Carlos Pavon missed
a penalty at the death for Honduras, blasting over Tim Howard's
bar after Jonathan Spector's handball. All the goals came in the
second half and the late penalty miss was enough to send the USA
to its 6th successive World Cup.
Costa Rica 4 v Trinidad & Tobago 0
Costa Rica leap-frogged Honduras into the 3rd automatic qualifying
spot with a demolition job on T&T. Alvaro Saborio was the man-of-the-match with a brace and an assist.
9 September 2009
Trinidad & Tobago 0 v USA 1
Ricardo Clark scores for the US.
Mexico 1 v Honduras 0
Big, big win at home for Mexico. Cuauhtemoc Blanco converts a 75th
minute penalty.
El Salvador 1 v Costa Rica 0
5 September 2009
USA 2 v El Salvador 1
Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore score for the USA.
Honduras 4 v Trinidad & Tobago 0
Honduras is in sole possession of the top spot - for now.
12 August 2009
Mexico 2 v USA 1
Mexico comes back at home to win, keeping alive its hopes of qualifying. Charlie Davis was impressive for the US, scoring early. Miguel Sabah hit a bullet in the 82nd minute to seal the win.
Trinidad & Tobago 1 v El Salvador 0
Cornell Glen scores the only goal of the match.
Honduras 4 v Costa Rica 0
Carlos Pavon scores a brace as Honduras crushes the Ticos.
10 June 2009
Mexico 2 v Trinidad & Tobago 1
Franco and Rojas score but Mexico struggles to win.
Honduras 1 v El Salvador 0
Carlos Pavon scores in the 13th minute, and that seals the win.
6 June 2009
Trinidad & Tobago 2 v Costa Rica 3
A Celso Borges' brace secures the points and top place on the group
for the Ticos.
USA 2 v Honduras 1
Goals from Landon Donovan (43" pen) and Carlos Bocanegra (68") cancelled out an early Carlos Costly strike for the visitors.
El Salvador 2 v Mexico 1
Disaster for new coach Javier Aguirre who can do no better than Sven-Goran Eriksson. The Aztecas have not missed a World Cup since Italia 90 but are in danger of doing so again. Julio Martinez (11)
opened the scoring for the hosts before substitute Cuauhtemoc Blanco equalized from the spot. Eliseo Quintanilla won the match with another,
late penalty.
3 June 2009
Costa Rica 3 v USA 1
1 April 2009
USA 3 v Trinidad & Tobago 0
Jozy Altidore nails a hat trick.
Honduras 3 v Mexico 1
Carlos Costly scores twice. Mexico can only find the net on a penalty
in the 80th minute, at that point down 3-0. Sven may be out of work soon.
Costa Rica 1 v El Salvador 0
28 March 2009
Mexico 2 v Costa Rica 0
Bravo and Pardo score at the Azteca.
El Salvador 2 v USA 2
Shock draw.
Trinidad & Tobago 1 v Honduras 1
11 February 2009
USA 2 v Mexico 0
Michael Bradley scores twice to lead the US at home over rival Mexico at Columbus Crew Stadium. Mexico captain Rafael Marquez sent off with a red card in the 65th minute.
Costa Rica 2 v Honduras 2
El Salvador 2 v Trinidad & Tobago 2
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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
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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 in Toronto.
Mexico 2 v Honduras 1 at the Estadio Azteca.
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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
2006 World Cup North American Qualifying Zone
