2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round

This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The 13 top-ranked teams from the FIFA ranking for CONCACAF in May 2007 competed, along with the 11 winning teams from the First Round. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa.

Format

In this round 12 of the remaining 24 teams would be eliminated. There were 12 ties and the winners advanced to the next round. All games were scheduled to be played in home and away format. Further organisation were involved in the draw, with the 12 ties grouped into three groups of four - each feeding into a separate Third Round group. Within each group of four ties, one tie included a team ranked 1-3, one included a team ranked 4-6 and two included teams ranked 7-12. The 13th ranked side (who received a bye in the first round), were ensured a tie against a team ranked 7-12. All other ties were against First Round Winners.

Group 1

Group 1A

15 June 2008 14:00 UTC-7	United States	8 – 0	Barbados	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 11,476 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)
	Dempsey  1', 63' Bradley  12' Ching  20', 89' Donovan  59' Johnson  82' Ferguson  86' (o.g.)	Report

22 June 2008 15:00 UTC-4	Barbados	0 – 1	United States	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
		Report	Lewis  21'

United States won 9 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 1B

14 June 2008 20:00 UTC-6	Guatemala	6 – 0	Saint Lucia	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City Attendance: 24,600 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Rodríguez  6' Ruíz  36', 40', 58', 90+3' Trigueros  90+1'	Report

21 June 2008 19:00 UTC-7	Saint Lucia	1 – 3	Guatemala	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (United States)[note 1] Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	McPhee  45'	Report	Romero  24', 43' Trigueros  86'

Guatemala won 9 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 1C

15 June 2008 17:30 UTC-4	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 2	Bermuda	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya Attendance: 4,585 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
	John  22'	Report	Nusum  8', 40'

22 June 2008 19:30 UTC-3	Bermuda	0 – 2	Trinidad and Tobago	Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
		Report	Roberts  9' John  66'

Trinidad and Tobago won 3 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 1D

17 June 2008 19:00 UTC-4	Antigua and Barbuda	3 – 4	Cuba	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St. John's Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Skepple  9', 13' Simon  81'	Report	Colomé  10', 74' Garfield Gonsalves  22' (o.g.) Duarte  85'

22 June 2008 17:00 UTC-4	Cuba	4 – 0	Antigua and Barbuda	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
	Linares  10', 45+2', 53' Márquez  69'	Report

Cuba won 8 – 3 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

Group 2

Group 2A

15 June 2008 15:30 UTC-5	Belize	0 – 2	Mexico	Reliant Stadium, Houston (United States)[note 2] Attendance: 50,137 Referee: Javier Santillán (Netherlands Antilles)
		Report	Vela  66' Borgetti  90+2' (pen.)

21 June 2008 21:00 UTC-5	Mexico	7 – 0	Belize	Estadio Universitario, Monterrey Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)
	Vela  7' Guardado  33' Arce  45+1', 48' Borgetti  62', 90+4' Lennen  90+2' (o.g.)	Report

Mexico won 9 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 2B

15 June 2008 18:00 UTC-5	Jamaica	7 – 0	Bahamas	Independence Park, Kingston Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)
	Gardner  17' Phillips  23' King  34' Shelton  51', 66' Goodison  75' Daley  89'	Report

18 June 2008 16:00 UTC-5	Bahamas	0 – 6	Jamaica	Greenfield Stadium, Daniel Town (Jamaica)[note 3] Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Benito Archundia (México)
		Report	Burton  29', 56' Shelton  35', 38' (pen.), 43' Marshall  40'

Jamaica won 13 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 2C

4 June 2008 20:30 UTC-6	Honduras	4 – 0	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	de León  25' Palacios  51' Suazo  52', 90+2'	Report

14 June 2008 20:00 UTC-4	Puerto Rico	2 – 2	Honduras	Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Walter Lopez Castellanos (Guatemala)
	Megaloudis  32' Villegas  41'	Report	Suazo  23' Palacios  52'

Honduras won 6 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 2D

15 June 2008 15:00 UTC-4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0 – 3	Canada	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
		Report	Nakajima-Farran  32' Gerba  43', 88'

20 June 2008 19:30 UTC-4	Canada	4 – 1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saputo Stadium, Montreal Attendance: 11,502 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	De Rosario  29', 50' Gerba  38', 63'	Report	James  76'

Canada won 7 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

Group 3

Group 3A

14 June 2008 16:00 UTC-4	Grenada	2 – 2	Costa Rica	Grenada National Stadium, St. George's Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	P. Modeste  20' Roberts  27'	Report	Alonso  42' V. Núñez  75'

21 June 2008 20:00 UTC-6	Costa Rica	3 – 0	Grenada	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
	Saborio  17' Ruiz  30' Azofeifa  89'	Report

Costa Rica won 5 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 3B

14 June 2008 16:00 UTC-3	Suriname	1 – 0	Guyana	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jose Guerrero (Nicaragua)
	Sandvliet  52'	Report

22 June 2008 15:30 UTC-4	Guyana	1 – 2	Suriname	Providence Stadium, Georgetown Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
	Codrington  84'	Report	Van Dijk  11' Sandvliet  36'

Suriname won 3 – 1 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 3C

15 June 2008 16:00 UTC-4	Panama	1 – 0	El Salvador	Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City Attendance: 22,150 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
	Tejada  21'	Report

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC-6	El Salvador	3 – 1	Panama	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Attendance: 27,420 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)
	Quintanilla  70', 83' (pen.) Anaya  87'	Report	Garcés  14'

El Salvador won 3 – 2 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

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Group 3D

15 June 2008 15:00 UTC-4	Haiti	0 – 0	Netherlands Antilles	Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report

22 June 2008 18:00 UTC-4	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 1	Haiti	Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
		Report	Martha  77' (o.g.)

Haiti won 1 – 0 on aggregate and advanced to the Third Round.

Goalscorers

Bold indicates a player whose team advanced to the Third Round. A total of 90 goals were scored over 24 games, for an average of 3.75 goals per game.

5 goals

• Luton Shelton

4 goals

Ali Gerba

Carlos Ruíz

3 goals

Roberto Linares

David Suazo

Jared Borgetti

2 goals

Kerry Skepple John Barry Nusum Dwayne De Rosario Jaine Valencia Eliseo Quintanilla

Gonzalo Romero Abner Trigueros Wilson Palacios Deon Burton Carlos Vela

Fernando Arce Clifton Sandvliet Stern John Brian Ching Clint Dempsey

1 goal

Tyio Simon Issey Nakajima-Farran Alvaro Saborio Armando Alonso Bryan Ruiz Randall Azofeifa Victor Núñez Jaime Colomé Leonel Duarte Jeniel Márquez Luis Anaya Jason Roberts

Patrick Modeste Mario Rafael Rodríguez Nigel Codrington Julio César de León Demar Phillips Ian Goodison Marlon King Omar Daley Ricardo Gardner Tyrone Marshall Andrés Guardado Luis Tejada

José Garcés Chris Megaloudis Petter Villegas Kenwin McPhee Marlon James Germaine Van Djik Darryl Roberts Eddie Johnson Eddie Lewis Landon Donovan Michael Bradley

Own goals

Daryl Ferguson (for United States)

Tervor Lennen (for Mexico)

Eugene Martha (for Haiti)

Notes

1. ^ Saint Lucia elected to play their home leg in the United States.
2. ^ Belize elected to play their home leg in the United States.^[1]
3. ^ The Bahamas elected to play their home leg in Jamaica.^[2]

References

1. ^ Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston, SI.com; 15 April 2008.
2. ^ Jamaica to host both legs of WC Qualifier against The Bahamas, Jamaica Observer; 11 April 2008.

External links

• FIFA.com

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