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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 — 3–0 2–0 6–1
 Trinidad and Tobago 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 2–1 — 1–1 3–0
 Guatemala 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5 0–1 0–0 — 4–1
 Cuba 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3 0–1 1–3 2–1 —
Source:
Cuba 1–3 Trinidad and Tobago
Márquez  85' Report Daniel  27', 61'
Glen  66'
Attendance: 4,000
Guatemala 0–1 United States
Report Bocanegra  69'
Attendance: 26,000
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Guatemala
Daniel  84' Report Gallardo  90'
Attendance: 9,500
Cuba 0–1 United States
Report Dempsey  40'
Attendance: 12,000
United States 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Bradley  10'
Dempsey  18'
Ching  57'		 Report
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Guatemala 4–1 Cuba
Ruiz  38', 55'
Rodríguez  85'
Contreras  90+1'		 Report Linares  25'
Attendance: 19,750
United States 6–1 Cuba
Beasley  11', 31'
Donovan  48'
Ching  63'
Altidore  87'
Onyewu  90'		 Report Muñoz  32'
Attendance: 20,249
Guatemala 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Report
Attendance: 29,000
Cuba 2–1 Guatemala
Colomé  45' (pen.)
Urgelles  90'		 Report Pappa  80'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 United States
Latapy  60'
Yorke  79' (pen.)		 Report Davies  74'
Attendance: 19,000
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Cuba
Jones  67'
Yorke  69'
Daniel  89'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
United States 2–0 Guatemala
Cooper  53'
Adu  68'		 Report
Attendance: 9,303

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 — 1–0 2–0 3–1
 Mexico 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 2–1 — 3–0 2–1
 Jamaica 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 1–0 1–0 — 3–0
 Canada 6 0 2 4 6 13 −7 2 1–2 2–2 1–1 —
Source:
Canada 1–1 Jamaica
de Guzmán  47' Report Williams  52'
Attendance: 22,000
Mexico 2–1 Honduras
Pardo  73', 75' Report de León  36'
Attendance: 81,100
Mexico 3–0 Jamaica
Guardado  3'
Arce  33'
Magallón  63'		 Report
Attendance: 96,000
Canada 1–2 Honduras
Serioux  4' Report R. Núñez  47', 56'
Attendance: 13,032
Mexico 2–1 Canada
Bravo  59'
Márquez  73'		 Report Gerba  78'
Attendance: 26,900
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica
R. Núñez  65'
Guevara  73' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 39,000
Jamaica 1–0 Mexico
Fuller  34' Report
Attendance: 27,000
Honduras 3–1 Canada
W. Martínez  9'
Costly  65'
Thomas  90'		 Report Hainault  54'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Jamaica 1–0 Honduras
Shelton  16' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada 2–2 Mexico
Gerba  13'
Radzinski  50'		 Report Salcido  35'
Vuoso  64'
Attendance: 14,145
Honduras 1–0 Mexico
Osorio  52' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 45,000
Jamaica 3–0 Canada
Shelton  28'
King  58' (pen.)
Cummings  85'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 6 6 0 0 20 3 +17 18 — 1–0 2–0 7–0
 El Salvador 6 3 1 2 11 4 +7 10 1–3 — 5–0 3–0
 Haiti 6 0 3 3 4 13 −9 3 1–3 0–0 — 2–2
 Suriname 6 0 2 4 4 19 −15 2 1–4 0–2 1–1 —
Source:
Haiti 2–2 Suriname
Bertin  90'
Brunel  90+5'		 Report Christoph  31', 46'
Attendance: 7,800
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Saborío  49' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 27,000
El Salvador 5–0 Haiti
Zelaya  7', 24', 53'
Larios  58'
Torres  79'		 Report
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
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Steven Depiero (Canada)
Suriname 0–2 El Salvador
Report Martin  2'
Felter  12' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Haiti 1–3 Costa Rica
Alcénat  40' Report Ruiz  12', 75'
Alpízar  86'
Attendance: 14,700
Suriname 1–4 Costa Rica
Sandvliet  48' Report Centeno  10'
Borges  41'
Alonso  47'
Solís  78'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Haiti 0–0 El Salvador
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Costa Rica 2–0 Haiti
Díaz  16'
Núñez  90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)
El Salvador 3–0 Suriname
Zelaya  8'
Quintanilla  27'
Garden  81' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Suriname 1–1 Haiti
Christoph  40' Report Saint-Preux  28'
Attendance: 800
El Salvador 1–3 Costa Rica
Corrales  18' Report Myrie  24', 90+4'
Fernández  30'
Attendance: 20,000

Goalscorers

A total of 103 goals were scored over 36 games, for an average of 2.86 goals per game.

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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

References
  1. Gustav strikes again! Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, the Jamaica Observer.
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