2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

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The third round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from the CONCACAF section featured the 12 winners from the second round. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa.

Format

In this round, the winners from the second round were placed into three groups of four teams, determined by the draw. Here, they played a double round robin home and away schedule. The top two teams from each group advanced to the fourth round.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States Trinidad and Tobago Guatemala Cuba
1  United States 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 3–0 2–0 6–1
2  Trinidad and Tobago 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 2–1 1–1 3–0
3  Guatemala 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5 0–1 0–0 4–1
4  Cuba 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3 0–1 1–3 2–1
Source: [1]
Cuba 1–3 Trinidad and Tobago
Márquez 85' Report Daniel 27', 61'
Glen 66'
Mexico
)
Guatemala 0–1 United States
Report Bocanegra 69'
Suriname
)

Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Guatemala
Daniel 84' Report
Gallardo
90'
Panama
)
Cuba 0–1 United States
Report Dempsey 40'
El Salvador
)

United States 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Bradley 9'
Dempsey 18'
Ching 57'
Report
Toyota Park, Bridgeview
Attendance: 11,452
)
Guatemala 4–1 Cuba
Rodríguez 85'
Contreras
90+1'
Report Linares 25'
México
)

United States 6–1 Cuba
Beasley 10', 30'
Donovan 48'
Ching 63'
Altidore 87'
Onyewu 89'
Report Muñoz 31'
Panama
)

Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 United States
Latapy 61'
Yorke 79' (pen.)
Report Davies 75'
Costa Rica
)

Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Cuba
Jones 67'
Yorke 69'
Daniel 89'
Report
Suriname
)
United States 2–0 Guatemala
Cooper 54'
Adu 69'
Report
Mexico
)

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Honduras Mexico Jamaica Canada
1  Honduras 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 1–0 2–0 3–1
2  Mexico 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 2–1 3–0 2–1
3  Jamaica 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 1–0 1–0 3–0
4  Canada 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2 1–2 2–2 1–1
Source: [1]
Canada 1–1 Jamaica
De Guzman 47' Report Williams 52'
Guatemala
)
Mexico 2–1 Honduras
Pardo 73', 75' Report De León 36'
El Salvador
)

Mexico 3–0 Jamaica
Guardado 3'
Arce 33'
Magallón 63'
Report
Attendance: 96,000
Canada 1–2 Honduras
Serioux 4' Report R. Núñez 47', 56'
Costa Rica
)

Mexico 2–1 Canada
Bravo 59'
Márquez 73'
Report Gerba 78'
Trinidad and Tobago
)
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica
R. Núñez 65'
Guevara 73' (pen.)
Report
Panama
)

Jamaica 1–0 Mexico
Fuller 34' Report

Jamaica 1–0 Honduras
Shelton 16' Report
Trinidad and Tobago
)
Canada 2–2 Mexico
Gerba 13'
Radzinski 50'
Report
Vuoso
64'
Suriname
)

Honduras 1–0 Mexico
Osorio 52' (o.g.) Report
Guatemala
)
Jamaica 3–0 Canada
Shelton 28'
King 58' (pen.)
Cummings 85'
Report
El Salvador
)

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Costa Rica El Salvador Haiti Suriname
1  Costa Rica 6 6 0 0 20 3 +17 18 1–0 2–0 7–0
2  El Salvador 6 3 1 2 11 4 +7 10 1–3 5–0 3–0
3  Haiti 6 0 3 3 4 13 −9 3 1–3 0–0 2–2
4  Suriname 6 0 2 4 4 19 −15 2 1–4 0–2 1–1
Source: [1]
Haiti 2–2 Suriname
Bertin 90'
Fucien 90+5'
Report Christoph 31', 46'
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Saborío 49' (pen.) Report
México
)

El Salvador 5–0 Haiti
Zelaya 7', 24', 53'
Larios 58'
Torres 79'
Report
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Costa Rica 7–0 Suriname
Ledezma 9', 41'
Alpízar 47'
Alonso 78'
Borges 79'
Solís 86'
Ruiz
88'
Report
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 11,000
)

Suriname 0–2 El Salvador
Report Martin 2'
Felter 12' (o.g.)
Mexico
)
Haiti 1–3 Costa Rica
Alcénat 40' Report Ruiz 12', 75'
Alpízar 86'
Guatemala
)

Haiti 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Trinidad and Tobago
)

Costa Rica 2–0 Haiti
Núñez
90+2'
Report
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José
Attendance: 5,500
)
El Salvador 3–0 Suriname
Zelaya 8'
Quintanilla 27'
Garden 81' (o.g.)
Report
Guatemala
)

Suriname 1–1 Haiti
Christoph 40' Report Saint-Preux 28'
México
)

Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b The two matches between Jamaica and Mexico had their playing dates reversed due to the Hurricane Gustav.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ Gustav strikes again! Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, the Jamaica Observer.

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