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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States (Q) 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20 — 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0
 Mexico (Q) 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1
 Honduras (Q) 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16 2–3 3–1 — 4–0 1–0 4–1
 Costa Rica (A) 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16 3–1 0–3 2–0 — 1–0 4–0
 El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 8 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 — 2–2
 Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 3 6 10 22 −12 6 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 —
Source:
(Q) The United States, Mexico and Honduras qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup; (A) Costa Rica advanced to the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF play-off.

Results

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

United States 2–0 Mexico
Bradley  43', 90+2' Report
Attendance: 23,776
El Salvador 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
Romero  82', 90+3' Report Edwards  7'
Yorke  26' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Costa Rica 2–0 Honduras
Furtado  48', 59' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Mexico 2–0 Costa Rica
Bravo  20'
Pardo  52' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Honduras
Hyland  90' Report Pavón  51'
Attendance: 23,500
El Salvador 2–2 United States
Quintanilla  15'
Castillo  72'		 Report Altidore  77'
Hejduk  88'
Attendance: 30,350
United States 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Altidore  13', 71', 89' Report
Attendance: 27,959
Honduras 3–1 Mexico
Costly  17', 79'
Pavón  43'		 Report Castillo  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Centeno  69' Report
Attendance: 19,200
Costa Rica 3–1 United States
Saborío  2'
Borges  13'
Herrera  68'		 Report Donovan  90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–3 Costa Rica
Edwards  29'
Samuel  63'		 Report Saborío  40'
Borges  52', 68'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
United States 2–1 Honduras
Donovan  43' (pen.)
Bocanegra  68'		 Report Costly  5'
Attendance: 55,647
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)
El Salvador 2–1 Mexico
Martínez  11'
Quintanilla  86' (pen.)		 Report Blanco  71' (pen.)
Attendance: 33,000
Honduras 1–0 El Salvador
Pavón  13' Report
Attendance: 28,000
Mexico 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Franco  2'
Rojas  48'		 Report Tinto  45+1'
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Mexico 2–1 United States
Castro  19'
Sabah  82'		 Report Davies  9'
Attendance: 104,499
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 El Salvador
Glen  7' Report
Attendance: 25,784
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
Honduras 4–0 Costa Rica
Costly  30', 90+2'
Pavón  51'
M. Valladares  89'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
United States 2–1 El Salvador
Dempsey  41'
Altidore  45+2'		 Report Castillo  31'
Attendance: 19,066
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Honduras 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Pavón  20', 28'
Guevara  62'
Suazo  83'		 Report Baptiste  86'
Attendance: 38,000
Costa Rica 0–3 Mexico
Report dos Santos  45+1'
Franco  62'
Guardado  71'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 United States
Report Clark  61'
Attendance: 4,700
El Salvador 1–0 Costa Rica
Corrales  90+1' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Mexico 1–0 Honduras
Blanco  76' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 97,897
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Mexico 4–1 El Salvador
González  25' (o.g.)
Blanco  71'
Palencia  85'
Vela  90'		 Report Martínez  89'
Attendance: 104,000
Costa Rica 4–0 Trinidad and Tobago
James  26' (o.g.)
Centeno  51'
Saborío  61', 64'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Honduras 2–3 United States
de León  47', 78' Report Casey  50', 66'
Donovan  71'
Attendance: 37,000
El Salvador 0–1 Honduras
Report Pavón  64'
Attendance: 28,000
Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Mexico
Baptiste  23' (pen.), 61' Report Esqueda  57'
Salcido  65'
Attendance: 2,000
United States 2–2 Costa Rica
Bradley  71'
Bornstein  90+5'		 Report Ruiz  20', 23'
Attendance: 36,243

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
1 own goal

Attendances
Team Highest Lowest Average
 Costa Rica20,20010,00017,280
 El Salvador33,35017,99226,870
 Honduras38,00028,00033,760
 Mexico104,50090,00097,679
 Trinidad and Tobago25,7842,00012,797
 United States55,64719,06630,538

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, archived from the original on 12 December 2008, retrieved 26 March 2009
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