2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

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
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'

20 August 2008

20:00 UTC-4

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Guatemala	0–1	United States
	Report	Bocanegra 69'

20 August 2008

20:10 UTC-6

Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Guatemala
Daniel 84'	Report	Gallardo 90'

6 September 2008

17:30 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Cuba	0–1	United States
	Report	Dempsey 40'

6 September 2008

20:10 UTC-4

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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United States	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Bradley 9' Dempsey 18' Ching 57'	Report

10 September 2008

19:10 UTC-5

Toyota Park, Bridgeview

Attendance: 11,452

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Guatemala	4–1	Cuba
Ruiz 38', 55' Rodríguez 85' Contreras 90+1'	Report	Linares 25'

10 September 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 19,750

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

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

11 October 2008

19:10 UTC-4

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington

Attendance: 20,249

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Guatemala	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report

11 October 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

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Cuba	2–1	Guatemala
Colomé 45' (pen.) Urgelles 90'	Report	Pappa 80'

15 October 2008

20:00 UTC-4

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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

15 October 2008

20:10 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Cuba
Jones 67' Yorke 69' Daniel 89'	Report

19 November 2008

21:10 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

United States	2–0	Guatemala
Cooper 54' Adu 69'	Report

19 November 2008

18:10 UTC-7

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City

Attendance: 9,303

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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'

20 August 2008

19:30 UTC-4

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Mexico	2–1	Honduras
Pardo 73', 75'	Report	De León 36'

20 August 2008

20:00 UTC-5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 81,100

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Mexico	3–0	Jamaica
Guardado 3' Arce 33' Magallón 63'	Report

6 September 2008

17:00 UTC-5
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Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 96,000

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (USA)

Canada	1–2	Honduras
Serioux 4'	Report	R. Núñez 47', 56'

6 September 2008

20:00 UTC-4

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 13,032

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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Mexico	2–1	Canada
Bravo 59' Márquez 73'	Report	Gerba 78'

10 September 2008

20:00 UTC-5

Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez

Attendance: 26,900

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Honduras	2–0	Jamaica
R. Núñez 65' Guevara 73' (pen.)	Report

10 September 2008

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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Jamaica	1–0	Mexico
Fuller 34'	Report

11 October 2008

19:00 UTC-5
^{[note 1]}

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Honduras	3–1	Canada
W. Martínez 9' Costly 65' Thomas 90'	Report	Hainault 54'

11 October 2008

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

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Jamaica	1–0	Honduras
Shelton 16'	Report

15 October 2008

19:00 UTC-5

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Canada	2–2	Mexico
Gerba 13' Radzinski 50'	Report	Salcido 35' Vuoso 64'

15 October 2008

19:00 UTC-6

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 14,145

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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Honduras	1–0	Mexico
Osorio 52' (o.g.)	Report

19 November 2008

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Jamaica	3–0	Canada
Shelton 28' King 58' (pen.) Cummings 85'	Report

19 November 2008

20:00 UTC-5

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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'

20 August 2008

17:00 UTC-5

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador
Saborío 49' (pen.)	Report

20 August 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

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El Salvador	5–0	Haiti
Zelaya 7', 24', 53' Larios 58' Torres 79'	Report

6 September 2008

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

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

6 September 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)

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Suriname	0–2	El Salvador
	Report	Martin 2' Felter 12' (o.g.)

10 September 2008

16:30 UTC-3

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Haiti	1–3	Costa Rica
Alcénat 40'	Report	Ruiz 12', 75' Alpízar 86'

10 September 2008

17:00 UTC-5

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 14,700

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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Suriname	1–4	Costa Rica
Sandvliet 48'	Report	Centeno 10' Borges 41' Alonso 47' Solís 78'

11 October 2008

16:30 UTC-3

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Haiti	0–0	El Salvador
	Report

11 October 2008

17:00 UTC-5

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Costa Rica	2–0	Haiti
Díaz 16' Núñez 90+2'	Report

15 October 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

El Salvador	3–0	Suriname
Zelaya 8' Quintanilla 27' Garden 81' (o.g.)	Report

15 October 2008

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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

19 November 2008

16:30 UTC-3

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 800

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

El Salvador	1–3	Costa Rica
Corrales 18'	Report	Myrie 24', 90+4' Fernández 30'

19 November 2008

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

• Rodolfo Zelaya
• Keon Daniel

3 goals

• Bryan Ruiz
• Ramón Núñez
• Wensley Christoph

2 goals

• Ali Gerba
• Armando Alonso
• Alejandro Alpízar
• Celso Borges
• Froylan Ledezma
• Roy Myrie
• Alonso Solís
• Carlos Ruíz
• Luton Shelton
• Pável Pardo
• Dwight Yorke
• DaMarcus Beasley
• Brian Ching
• Clint Dempsey

1 goal

• Julian de Guzman
• Andrew Hainault
• Tomasz Radzinski
• Adrian Serioux
• Álvaro Saborío
• Walter Centeno
• Júnior Díaz
• Freddy Fernández
• Victor Núñez
• Jaime Colomé
• Roberto Linares
• Yénier Márquez
• Jensy Muñoz
• Allianni Urgelles
• Rudis Corrales
• César Larios
• Shawn Martin
• Eliseo Quintanilla
• William Torres
• José Manuel Contreras
• Carlos Gallardo
• Marco Pappa
• Mario Rodríguez
• Jean Alcénat
• Frantz Bertin
• Brunel Fucien
• Leonel Saint-Preux
• Carlos Costly
• Amado Guevara
• Julio César de León
• Walter Martínez
• Hendry Thomas
• Omar Cummings
• Ricardo Fuller
• Marlon King
• Andy Williams
• Fernando Arce
• Omar Bravo
• Andrés Guardado
• Jonny Magallon
• Rafael Márquez
• Carlos Salcido
• Matías Vuoso
• Clifton Sandvliet
• Russell Latapy
• Cornell Glen
• Kenwyne Jones
• Freddy Adu
• Jozy Altidore
• Carlos Bocanegra
• Michael Bradley
• Kenny Cooper
• Landon Donovan
• Charlie Davies
• Oguchi Onyewu

1 own goal

• Ricardo Osorio (against Honduras)
• Marlon Felter (against El Salvador)
• Derrik Garden (against El Salvador)

Notes

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