2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

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 the three runners-up from the Third Round contest this round.

Contents

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

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
 Mexico 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19
 Honduras 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16
 Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16
 El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 8
 Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 3 6 10 22 −12 6
 
Costa Rica  – 1–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 3–1
El Salvador  1–0 – 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2
Honduras  4–0 1–0 – 3–1 4–1 2–3
Mexico  2 –0 4–1 1–0 – 2–1 2–1
Trinidad and Tobago  2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 – 0–1
United States  2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 –

Results

The allocation of teams in the draw took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 November 2008.[1]

11 February 2009
19:00 UTC-5
 United States  2 – 0  Mexico Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 23,776
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Bradley  43', 90+2' Report
11 February 2009
19:00 UTC-6
 El Salvador  2 – 2  Trinidad and Tobago Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Romero  82', 90+3' Report Edwards  7'
Yorke  26' (pen.)
11 February 2009
20:30 UTC-6
 Costa Rica  2 – 0  Honduras Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Furtado  48', 59' Report
28 March 2009
17:00 UTC-6
 Mexico  2 – 0  Costa Rica Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Bravo  20'
Pardo  52' (pen.)		 Report
28 March 2009
19:00 UTC-4
 Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 1  Honduras Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Hyland  90' Report Pavón  51'
28 March 2009
19:00 UTC-6
 El Salvador  2 – 2  United States Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 30,350
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Quintanilla  15'
Castillo  72'		 Report Altidore  77'
Hejduk  88'
1 April 2009
18:45 UTC-5
 United States  3 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago LP Field, Nashville
Attendance: 27,959
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Altidore  13', 71', 89' Report
1 April 2009
19:30 UTC-6
 Honduras  3 – 1  Mexico Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Costly  17', 79'
Pavón  43'		 Report Castillo  82' (pen.)
1 April 2009
20:00 UTC-6
 Costa Rica  1 – 0  El Salvador Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Centeno  69' Report
3 June 2009
20:00 UTC-6
[note 1]
 Costa Rica  3 – 1  United States Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Saborío  2'
Borges  13'
Herrera  68'		 Report Donovan  90+2' (pen.)
6 June 2009
18:05 UTC-4
 Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 3  Costa Rica Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Edwards  29'
Samuel  63'		 Report Saborío  40'
Borges  52', 68'
6 June 2009
19:30 UTC-5
 United States  2 – 1  Honduras Soldier Field, Chicago
Attendance: 55,647
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)
Donovan  43' (pen.)
Bocanegra  68'		 Report Costly  5'
6 June 2009
19:00 UTC-6
 El Salvador  2 – 1  Mexico Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Martínez  11'
Quintanilla  86' (pen.)		 Report Blanco  71' (pen.)
10 June 2009
19:30 UTC-6
 Honduras  1 – 0  El Salvador Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Pavón  13' Report
10 June 2009
20:30 UTC-5
 Mexico  2 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)
Franco  2'
Rojas  48'		 Report Tinto  45+1'
12 August 2009
15:00 UTC-5
 Mexico  2 – 1  United States Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 104,499
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Castro  19'
Sabah  82'		 Report Davies  9'
12 August 2009
19:30 UTC-4
 Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 0  El Salvador Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,784
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Glen  7' Report
12 August 2009
19:30 UTC-6
 Honduras  4 – 0  Costa Rica Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
Costly  30', 90+2'
Pavón  51'
M. Valladares  89'		 Report
5 September 2009
18:00 UTC-6
 United States  2 – 1  El Salvador Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
Attendance: 19,066
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Dempsey  41'
Altidore  45+2'		 Report Castillo  31'
5 September 2009
19:00 UTC-6
 Honduras  4 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Pavón  20', 28'
Guevara  62'
Suazo  83'		 Report Baptiste  86'
5 September 2009
20:00 UTC-6
 Costa Rica  0 – 3  Mexico Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Report dos Santos  45+1'
Franco  62'
Guardado  71'
9 September 2009
19:11 UTC-4
 Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 1  United States Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Report Clark  61'
9 September 2009
19:00 UTC-6
 El Salvador  1 – 0  Costa Rica Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Corrales  90+1' Report
9 September 2009
20:00 UTC-5
 Mexico  1 – 0  Honduras Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 97,897
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Blanco  76' (pen.) Report
10 October 2009
17:00 UTC-5
 Mexico  4 – 1  El Salvador Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 104,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
González  25' (o.g.)
Blanco  71'
Palencia  85'
Vela  90'		 Report Martínez  89'
10 October 2009
20:00 UTC-6
 Costa Rica  4 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
James  26' (o.g.)
Centeno  51'
Saborío  61', 64'		 Report
10 October 2009
20:00 UTC-6
 Honduras  2 – 3  United States Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
de León  47', 78' Report Casey  50', 66'
Donovan  71'
14 October 2009
18:05 UTC-6
 El Salvador  0 – 1  Honduras Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
Report Pavón  64'
14 October 2009
20:05 UTC-4
 Trinidad and Tobago  2 – 2  Mexico Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Baptiste  23' (pen.), 61' Report Esqueda  57'
Salcido  65'
14 October 2009
20:05 UTC-4
 United States  2 – 2  Costa Rica Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington
Attendance: 26,243
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Bradley  71'
Bornstein  90+4'		 Report Ruiz  20', 23'

Goalscorers

88 goals were scored at 30 games, for an average of 2.93 goals per game.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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 104,499 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.

References

  1. ^ CONCACAF Final Round Qualifying Draw to Take Place on Nov. 22 in Johannesburg, Chicago: United States Soccer Federation, 7 November 2008, http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_11206657.html, retrieved 26 March 2009 

External links

AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
First Round · Second Round · Third Round · Fourth Round
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
Play-offs