2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

The second round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from the CONCACAF section featured the 13 top-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings as of May 2007, along with the 11 winning teams from the first round. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa.^[1]

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 was 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.^[2]

Group 1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United States	9–0	Barbados	8–0	1–0
Guatemala	9–1	Saint Lucia	6–0	3–1
Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	Bermuda	1–2	2–0
Antigua and Barbuda	3–8	Cuba	3–4	0–4

Group 1A

United States	8–0	Barbados
Dempsey 1', 63' Bradley 12' Ching 20', 89' Donovan 59' Johnson 82' Ferguson 86' (o.g.)	Report

15 June 2008

14:00 UTC−7

The Home Depot Center, Carson

Attendance: 11,476

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

Barbados	0–1	United States
	Report	Lewis 21'

22 June 2008

15:00 UTC−4

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

United States won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 1B

Guatemala	6–0	Saint Lucia
Rodríguez 6' Ruiz 36', 40', 58', 90+3' Trigueros 90+1'	Report

14 June 2008

20:00 UTC−6

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 24,600

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Saint Lucia	1–3	Guatemala
McPhee 45'	Report	Romero 24', 43' Trigueros 86'

21 June 2008

19:00 UTC−7

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (United States)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Guatemala won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 1C

Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	Bermuda
John 22'	Report	Nusum 8', 40'

15 June 2008

17:30 UTC−4

Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya

Attendance: 4,585

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Bermuda	0–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Roberts 9' John 66'

22 June 2008

19:30 UTC−3

Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Trinidad and Tobago won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 1D

Antigua and Barbuda	3–4	Cuba
Skepple 9', 13' Simon 81'	Report	Colomé 10', 74' Garfield Gonsalves 22' (o.g.) Duarte 85'

17 June 2008

19:00 UTC−4

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St. John's

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Cuba	4–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Linares 10', 45+2', 53' Márquez 69'	Report

22 June 2008

17:00 UTC−4

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Cuba won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belize	0–9	Mexico	0–2	0–7
Jamaica	13–0	Bahamas	7–0	6–0
Honduras	6–2	Puerto Rico	4–0	2–2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–7[note 2]	Canada	0–3	1–4

Group 2A

Belize	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Vela 66' Borgetti 90+2' (pen.)

15 June 2008

15:30 UTC−5

Reliant Stadium, Houston (United States)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 50,137

Referee: Javier Santillán (Netherlands Antilles)

Mexico	7–0	Belize
Vela 7' Guardado 33' Arce 45+1', 48' Borgetti 62', 90+4' Lennen 90+2' (o.g.)	Report

21 June 2008

21:00 UTC−5

Estadio Universitario, Monterrey

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

Mexico won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 2B

Jamaica	7–0	Bahamas
Gardner 17' Phillips 23' King 34' Shelton 51', 66' Goodison 75' Daley 89'	Report

15 June 2008

18:00 UTC−5

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Bahamas	0–6	Jamaica
	Report	Burton 29', 56' Shelton 35', 38' (pen.), 43' Marshall 40'

18 June 2008

16:00 UTC−5

Greenfield Stadium, Daniel Town (Jamaica)^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Benito Archundia (México)

Jamaica won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 2C

Honduras	4–0	Puerto Rico
de León 25' Palacios 51' Suazo 52', 90+2'	Report

4 June 2008

20:30 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Puerto Rico	2–2	Honduras
Megaloudis 32' Villegas 41'	Report	Suazo 23' Palacios 52'

14 June 2008

20:00 UTC−4

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Walter Lopez Castellanos (Guatemala)

Honduras won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 2D

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Canada
	Report	Nakajima-Farran 32' Gerba 43', 88'

15 June 2008

15:00 UTC−4

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Canada	4–1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
De Rosario 29', 50' Gerba 38', 63'	Report	James 76'

20 June 2008

19:30 UTC−4

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 11,502

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Canada won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grenada	2–5	Costa Rica	2–2	0–3
Suriname	3–1	Guyana	1–0	2–1
Panama	2–3	El Salvador	1–0	1–3
Haiti	1–0	Netherlands Antilles	0–0	1–0

Group 3A

Grenada	2–2	Costa Rica
P. Modeste 20' Roberts 27'	Report	Alonso 42' V. Núñez 75'

14 June 2008

16:00 UTC−4

Grenada National Stadium, St. George's

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Costa Rica	3–0	Grenada
Saborío 17' Ruiz 30' Azofeifa 89'	Report

21 June 2008

20:00 UTC−6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Costa Rica won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 3B

Suriname	1–0	Guyana
Sandvliet 52'	Report

14 June 2008

16:00 UTC−3

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jose Guerrero (Nicaragua)

Guyana	1–2	Suriname
Codrington 84'	Report	van Dijk 11' Sandvliet 36'

22 June 2008

15:30 UTC−4

Providence Stadium, Georgetown

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Suriname won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 3C

Panama	1–0	El Salvador
Tejada 21'	Report

15 June 2008

16:00 UTC−4

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Attendance: 22,150

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

El Salvador	3–1	Panama
Quintanilla 70', 83' (pen.) Anaya 87'	Report	Garcés 14'

22 June 2008

18:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 27,420

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

El Salvador won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Group 3D

Haiti	0–0	Netherlands Antilles
	Report

15 June 2008

15:00 UTC−4

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Netherlands Antilles	0–1	Haiti
	Report	Martha 77' (o.g.)

22 June 2008

18:00 UTC−4

Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Haiti won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.

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
• Álvaro Saborío
• 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 Luis Garcés
• Chris Megaloudis
• Petter Villegas
• Kenwin McPhee
• Marlon James
• Germaine van Dijk
• Darryl Roberts
• Eddie Johnson
• Eddie Lewis
• Landon Donovan
• Michael Bradley

1 own goal

• Daryl Ferguson (against United States)
• Tervor Lennen (against Mexico)
• Eugene Martha (against Haiti)

Notes

1. Saint Lucia elected to play their home leg in the United States.
2. Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
3. Belize elected to play their home leg in the United States.^[3]
4. The Bahamas elected to play their home leg in Jamaica.^[4]