2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round

This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF fourth round, often referred to as "the hexagonal" or "the hex", matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The three group winners and three runners-up from the third round contest this round.

Costa Rica facing Honduras during the first matchday of the round

Format

In this round, the group winners and runners-up from the third round formed a single double-round-robin, home-and-away group. The top three teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fourth place team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	10	6	2	2	19	13	+6	20	Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–0
2	Mexico	10	6	1	3	18	12	+6	19			2–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1
3	Honduras	10	5	1	4	17	11	+6	16			2–3	3–1	—	4–0	1–0	4–1
4	Costa Rica	10	5	1	4	15	15	0	16	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs		3–1	0–3	2–0	—	1–0	4–0
5	El Salvador	10	2	2	6	9	15	−6	8			2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	—	2–2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	10	1	3	6	10	22	−12	6			0–1	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	—

Source: ^[1]

Results

The allocation of teams in the draw took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 November 2008.^[2]

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United States	2–0	Mexico
Bradley 43', 90+2'	Report

11 February 2009

19:00 UTC-5

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 23,776

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

El Salvador	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Romero 82', 90+3'	Report	Edwards 7' Yorke 26' (pen.)

11 February 2009

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Costa Rica	2–0	Honduras
Furtado 48', 59'	Report

11 February 2009

20:30 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Mexico	2–0	Costa Rica
Bravo 20' Pardo 52' (pen.)	Report

28 March 2009

17:00 UTC-6

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Hyland 90'	Report	Pavón 51'

28 March 2009

19:00 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 23,500

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

El Salvador	2–2	United States
Quintanilla 15' Castillo 72'	Report	Altidore 77' Hejduk 88'

28 March 2009

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 30,350

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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United States	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Altidore 13', 71', 89'	Report

1 April 2009

18:45 UTC-5

LP Field, Nashville

Attendance: 27,959

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Honduras	3–1	Mexico
Costly 17', 79' Pavón 43'	Report	Castillo 82' (pen.)

1 April 2009

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

Costa Rica	1–0	El Salvador
Centeno 69'	Report

1 April 2009

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 19,200

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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Costa Rica	3–1	United States
Saborío 2' Borges 13' Herrera 69'	Report	Donovan 90+2' (pen.)

3 June 2009

20:00 UTC-6
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Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 19,200

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Trinidad and Tobago	2–3	Costa Rica
Edwards 29' Samuel 63'	Report	Saborío 40' Borges 52', 68'

6 June 2009

18:05 UTC-4

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

United States	2–1	Honduras
Donovan 43' (pen.) Bocanegra 68'	Report	Costly 5'

6 June 2009

19:30 UTC-5

Soldier Field, Chicago

Attendance: 55,647

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

El Salvador	2–1	Mexico
Martínez 11' Quintanilla 86' (pen.)	Report	Blanco 71' (pen.)

6 June 2009

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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Honduras	1–0	El Salvador
Pavón 13'	Report

10 June 2009

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

Mexico	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Franco 2' Rojas 48'	Report	Tinto 45+1'

10 June 2009

20:30 UTC-5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 92,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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Mexico	2–1	United States
Castro 19' Sabah 82'	Report	Davies 9'

12 August 2009

15:00 UTC-5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 104,499

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	El Salvador
Glen 7'	Report

12 August 2009

19:30 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 25,784

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Honduras	4–0	Costa Rica
Costly 30', 90+2' Pavón 51' M. Valladares 89'	Report

12 August 2009

19:30 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

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United States	2–1	El Salvador
Dempsey 41' Altidore 45+2'	Report	Castillo 32'

5 September 2009

18:00 UTC-6

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy

Attendance: 19,066

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Honduras	4–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Pavón 20', 28' Guevara 62' Suazo 83'	Report	Baptiste 86'

5 September 2009

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Costa Rica	0–3	Mexico
	Report	Dos Santos 45+1' Franco 62' Guardado 71'

5 September 2009

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	United States
	Report	Clark 62'

9 September 2009

19:11 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 4,700

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

El Salvador	1–0	Costa Rica
Corrales 90+1'	Report

9 September 2009

19:00 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Mexico	1–0	Honduras
Blanco 76' (pen.)	Report

9 September 2009

20:00 UTC-5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 97,897

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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Mexico	4–1	El Salvador
González 25' (o.g.) Blanco 71' Palencia 85' Vela 90'	Report	Martínez 89'

10 October 2009

17:00 UTC-5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 104,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Costa Rica	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago
James 26' (o.g.) Centeno 51' Saborío 61', 64'	Report

10 October 2009

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Honduras	2–3	United States
de León 47', 78'	Report	Casey 55', 66' Donovan 71'

10 October 2009

20:00 UTC-6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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El Salvador	0–1	Honduras
	Report	Pavón 64'

14 October 2009

18:05 UTC-6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Trinidad and Tobago	2–2	Mexico
Baptiste 23' (pen.), 61'	Report	Esqueda 57' Salcido 65'

14 October 2009

20:05 UTC-4

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

United States	2–2	Costa Rica
Bradley 72' Bornstein 90+5'	Report	Ruiz 21', 24'

14 October 2009

20:05 UTC-4

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington

Attendance: 26,243

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.93 goals per match.

7 goals

• Carlos Pavón

5 goals

• Carlo Costly
• Jozy Altidore

4 goals

• Álvaro Saborío

3 goals

• Celso Borges
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Kerry Baptiste
• Michael Bradley
• Landon Donovan

2 goals

• Walter Centeno
• Andy Furtado
• Bryan Ruiz
• Cristian Castillo
• Julio Martínez
• Osael Romero
• Eliseo Quintanilla
• Julio César de León
• Guillermo Franco
• Carlos Edwards
• Conor Casey

1 goal

• Pablo Herrera
• Rudis Corrales
• Amado Guevara
• David Suazo
• Melvin Valladares
• Omar Bravo
• Nery Castillo
• Israel Castro
• Giovani dos Santos
• Enrique Esqueda
• Andrés Guardado
• Francisco Palencia
• Pável Pardo
• Óscar Rojas
• Miguel Sabah
• Carlos Salcido
• Carlos Vela
• Cornell Glen
• Khaleem Hyland
• Collin Samuel
• Hayden Tinto
• Dwight Yorke
• Carlos Bocanegra
• Jonathan Bornstein
• Ricardo Clark
• Charlie Davies
• Clint Dempsey
• Frankie Hejduk

1 own goal

• Marvin González (against Mexico)
• Julius James (against Costa Rica)

Attendances

Team	Highest	Lowest	Average
Costa Rica	20,200	10,000	17,280
El Salvador	33,350	17,992	26,870
Honduras	38,000	28,000	33,760
Mexico	104,500	90,000	97,679
Trinidad and Tobago	25,784	2,000	12,797
United States	55,647	19,066	30,538

Notes

1. Moved from original date of 10 June 2009 due to the United States' participation in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.