2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round

The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, nicknamed the Octagonal (for the eight teams participating),^[1] was played from September 2021 to March 2022.^[2] Canada (qualifying for the first time since 1986), Mexico, and the United States qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while Costa Rica advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. Panama, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Honduras were eliminated in this round.

The match on 16 November 2021 between Canada and Mexico, held in Edmonton, marked the coldest match played in Mexican football history, kicking off at −9 °C (16 °F) with a heavy snowstorm the day before.^[3][4] The match was seen by 2.1 million viewers in the United States on the day of its original broadcast, becoming Telemundo's most-watched sporting event since the 2019 Copa América final.^[5]

Format

Eight teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 1 to 5 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020, and the three winners of the second round) played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 14 matches per team. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, while the fourth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs to get one of the last 2 places in the tournament.^[6][7][8]

Schedule

The third round was originally scheduled to begin in June 2021, but was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] The full schedule for the third round was announced on 16 June 2021,^[10] and confirmed on 9 August 2021.^[11]

Matchday	Dates	Matches	Original dates
Matchday 1	2 September 2021	1 v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6, 7 v 8	June 2021
Matchday 2	5 September 2021	4 v 1, 3 v 2, 6 v 7, 8 v 5
Matchday 3	8 September 2021	1 v 3, 2 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8
Matchday 4	7 October 2021	7 v 1, 2 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8
Matchday 5	10 October 2021	8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4	September 2021
Matchday 6	13 October 2021	1 v 5, 2 v 8, 3 v 7, 4 v 6
Matchday 7	12 November 2021	1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 8, 4 v 7	October 2021
Matchday 8	16 November 2021	1 v 7, 6 v 2, 5 v 3, 8 v 4
Matchday 9	27 January 2022	2 v 1, 4 v 3, 6 v 5, 8 v 7	November 2021
Matchday 10	30 January 2022	1 v 4, 2 v 3, 7 v 6, 5 v 8
Matchday 11	2 February 2022	3 v 1, 4 v 2, 7 v 5, 8 v 6	January 2022
Matchday 12	24 March 2022	6 v 1, 5 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4
Matchday 13	27 March 2022	1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5	March 2022
Matchday 14	30 March 2022	5 v 1, 8 v 2, 7 v 3, 6 v 4

Qualified teams

The top five teams based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses) received a bye to the third round.^[12] For consistency, the three winners of the second round are shown with their FIFA rankings as of July 2020.^[12]

Bye to third round	Second round winners
Mexico (11)  United States (22)  Costa Rica (46)  Jamaica (48)  Honduras (62)	El Salvador (69)  Canada (73)  Panama (81)

Draw

The draw for the third round was held, along with the draw for the first round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.^[13]

Teams were drawn from a single pot, and then were allocated a position (from 1 to 8) to determine the match schedule. The identity of the three second round winners was not known at the time of the draw.^[14]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Costa Rica advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Draw position	Team
1	Canada [a]
2	Honduras
3	El Salvador [a]
4	United States
5	Panama [a]
6	Costa Rica
7	Mexico
8	Jamaica

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	14	8	4	2	23	7	+16	28	2022 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1
2	Mexico	14	8	4	2	17	8	+9	28			1–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
3	United States	14	7	4	3	21	10	+11	25			1–1	2–0	—	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
4	Costa Rica	14	7	4	3	13	8	+5	25	Inter-confederation play-offs		1–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
5	Panama	14	6	3	5	17	19	−2	21			1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	1–1
6	Jamaica	14	2	5	7	12	22	−10	11			0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	1–1	2–1
7	El Salvador	14	2	4	8	8	18	−10	10			0–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
8	Honduras	14	0	4	10	7	26	−19	4			0–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

Matchday 1

Canada	1–1	Honduras
Larin 66' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	A. López 40' (pen.)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:05 UTC−4

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 14,822

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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Panama	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:05 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

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Mexico	2–1	Jamaica
Vega 50' Martín 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Nicholson 65'

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

21:00 UTC−5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 0^[15][16]

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

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El Salvador	0–0	United States
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)

20:05 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Matchday 2

Jamaica	0–3	Panama
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Andrade 14' Blackburn 39' Waterman 82'

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)

17:00 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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El Salvador	0–0	Honduras
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)

17:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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Costa Rica	0–1	Mexico
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Pineda 45+1' (pen.)

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)

17:00 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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United States	1–1	Canada
Aaronson 55'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Larin 62'

5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)

19:00 UTC−5

Nissan Stadium, Nashville

Attendance: 43,028

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Matchday 3

Canada	3–0	El Salvador
Hutchinson 6' David 11' Buchanan 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)

19:30 UTC−4

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

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Panama	1–1	Mexico
Blackburn 28'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Corona 76'

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)

19:05 UTC−5^[b]

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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Costa Rica	1–1	Jamaica
Marín 3'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Nicholson 47'

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

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Honduras	1–4	United States
Moya 27'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	A. Robinson 48' Pepi 75' Aaronson 86' Lletget 90+3'

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08)

20:30 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

Matchday 4

United States	2–0	Jamaica
Pepi 49', 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

18:30 UTC−5

Q2 Stadium, Austin

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

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Honduras	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

18:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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Mexico	1–1	Canada
Sánchez 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Osorio 42'

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

20:40 UTC−5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 61,200

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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El Salvador	1–0	Panama
Hernández 37'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)

20:05 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Matchday 5

Jamaica	0–0	Canada
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)

17:00 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 0

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

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Costa Rica	2–1	El Salvador
Ruiz 52' Borges 58' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Henríquez 12'

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)

16:00 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

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Panama	1–0	United States
Godoy 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)

17:00 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

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Mexico	3–0	Honduras
Córdova 18' Funes Mori 76' Lozano 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)

18:00 UTC−5

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Matchday 6

United States	2–1	Costa Rica
Dest 25' Moreira 66' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Fuller 1'

13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)

19:00 UTC−4

Lower.com Field, Columbus

Attendance: 20,165

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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Canada	4–1	Panama
Murillo 28' (o.g.) Davies 66' Buchanan 71' David 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Blackburn 5'

13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)

19:30 UTC−4

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 26,622

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

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Honduras	0–2	Jamaica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Roofe 38' Fisher 79'

13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)

18:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

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El Salvador	0–2	Mexico
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Moreno 30' Jiménez 90+3' (pen.)

13 October 2021 (2021-10-13)

20:05 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Matchday 7

Honduras	2–3	Panama
Elis 30' Moya 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Waterman 77' Yanis 81' Davis 85'

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)

19:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

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El Salvador	1–1	Jamaica
Roldan 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Antonio 82'

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)

20:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

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Canada	1–0	Costa Rica
David 57'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)

19:05 UTC−7

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 48,806

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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United States	2–0	Mexico
Pulisic 74' McKennie 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)

21:10 UTC−5

TQL Stadium, Cincinnati

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Matchday 8

Jamaica	1–1	United States
Antonio 22'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Weah 11'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

17:00 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras
Duarte 20' Torres 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Quioto 35'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

19:05 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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Panama	2–1	El Salvador
Waterman 50' Góndola 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Henríquez 1'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

20:05 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

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Canada	2–1	Mexico
Larin 45+2', 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Herrera 90'

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)

19:05 UTC−7

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 44,212

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Matchday 9

United States	1–0	El Salvador
A. Robinson 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:00 UTC−5

Lower.com Field, Columbus

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

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Jamaica	1–2	Mexico
Johnson 50'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Martín 82' Vega 83'

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:00 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

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Honduras	0–2	Canada
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Maldonado 10' (o.g.) David 73'

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica	1–0	Panama
Ruiz 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

20:05 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Matchday 10

Canada	2–0	United States
Larin 7' Adekugbe 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

15:05 UTC−5

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

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Panama	3–2	Jamaica
Brown 43' (o.g.) Davis 51' Ariano 69'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Antonio 5' (pen.) Gray 87'

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

17:05 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 0

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

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Mexico	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

17:00 UTC−6

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

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Honduras	0–2	El Salvador
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Bonilla 35' Cerén 90+2'

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

18:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Matchday 11

Jamaica	0–1	Costa Rica
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Campbell 62'

2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

19:00 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 0

Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)^[c]

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United States	3–0	Honduras
McKennie 8' Zimmerman 37' Pulisic 67'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

18:30 UTC−6

Allianz Field, Saint Paul

Attendance: 19,202

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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El Salvador	0–2	Canada
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Hutchinson 66' David 90+3'

2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

20:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

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Mexico	1–0	Panama
Jiménez 80' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

21:00 UTC−6

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Matchday 12

Jamaica	1–1	El Salvador
Gray 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Zavaleta 21'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

18:05 UTC−5^[d]

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)

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Panama	1–1	Honduras
Blackburn 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	K. López 65'

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:05 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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Mexico	0–0	United States
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:00 UTC−6

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 47,000

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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Costa Rica	1–0	Canada
Borges 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)

20:05 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 34,000

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Matchday 13

Canada	4–0	Jamaica
Larin 13' Buchanan 44' Hoilett 83' Mariappa 88' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)

16:05 UTC−4

BMO Field, Toronto^[22]

Attendance: 29,122

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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El Salvador	1–2	Costa Rica
Gil 31'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Contreras 30' Campbell 45+1'

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)

15:05 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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United States	5–1	Panama
Pulisic 17' (pen.), 45+4' (pen.), 65' Arriola 23' Ferreira 27'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Godoy 86'

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)

19:00 UTC−4

Exploria Stadium, Orlando^[23]

Attendance: 25,022

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

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Honduras	0–1	Mexico
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Álvarez 70'

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)

17:05 UTC−6

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 0

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Matchday 14

Panama	1–0	Canada
Torres 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

20:05 UTC−5

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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Jamaica	2–1	Honduras
Bailey 39' (pen.) Morrison 45+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Tejeda 18' (pen.)

30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

20:05 UTC−5

National Stadium, Kingston

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

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Mexico	2–0	El Salvador
Antuna 17' Jiménez 43' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

19:05 UTC−6

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 65,200

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica	2–0	United States
Vargas 51' Contreras 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

30 March 2022 (2022-03-30)

19:05 UTC−6

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 2.11 goals per match.

6 goals

• Cyle Larin

5 goals

• Jonathan David
• Christian Pulisic

4 goals

• Rolando Blackburn

3 goals

• Tajon Buchanan
• Michail Antonio
• Raúl Jiménez
• Cecilio Waterman
• Ricardo Pepi

2 goals

• Atiba Hutchinson
• Celso Borges
• Joel Campbell
• Anthony Contreras
• Bryan Ruiz
• Jairo Henríquez
• Brayan Moya
• Andre Gray
• Shamar Nicholson
• Henry Martín
• Alexis Vega
• Eric Davis
• Aníbal Godoy
• Brenden Aaronson
• Weston McKennie
• Antonee Robinson

1 goal

• Sam Adekugbe
• Alphonso Davies
• Junior Hoilett
• Jonathan Osorio
• Óscar Duarte
• Keysher Fuller
• Jimmy Marín
• Gerson Torres
• Juan Pablo Vargas
• Nelson Bonilla
• Darwin Cerén
• Cristian Gil
• Enrico Hernández
• Alex Roldan
• Eriq Zavaleta
• Alberth Elis
• Alexander López
• Kevin López
• Romell Quioto
• Ángel Tejeda
• Leon Bailey
• Oniel Fisher
• Daniel Johnson
• Ravel Morrison
• Kemar Roofe
• Edson Álvarez
• Uriel Antuna
• Sebastián Córdova
• Jesús Corona
• Rogelio Funes Mori
• Héctor Herrera
• Hirving Lozano
• Héctor Moreno
• Orbelín Pineda
• Jorge Sánchez
• Andrés Andrade
• Azmahar Ariano
• Freddy Góndola
• Gabriel Torres
• César Yanis
• Paul Arriola
• Sergiño Dest
• Jesús Ferreira
• Sebastian Lletget
• Timothy Weah
• Walker Zimmerman

1 own goal

• Leonel Moreira (against United States)
• Denil Maldonado (against Canada)
• Javain Brown (against Panama)
• Adrian Mariappa (against Canada)
• Michael Amir Murillo (against Canada)

Awards

Best XI

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the third round of qualifying after the conclusion of the campaign.^[24]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Keylor Navas	César Montes Francisco Calvo Walker Zimmerman	Christian Pulisic Edson Álvarez Stephen Eustáquio Héctor Herrera	Joel Campbell Cyle Larin Jonathan David

Notes

1. Identity of the team unknown at the time of the draw.
2. The Panama v Mexico match was originally scheduled on 8 September 2021, 20:05 local time,^[11] but was re-scheduled to 19:05 local time since Panama maintained a midnight curfew as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]
3. Referee Jair Marrufo from United States, who was originally assigned to the Jamaica v Costa Rica match,^[18] was replaced by Marco Ortíz from Mexico.^[19]
4. The Jamaica v El Salvador match was originally scheduled on 24 September 2021, 19:00 local time,^[20] but was rescheduled to 18:05 local time.^[21]