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 |  |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
Source:
| Guatemala | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Bocanegra  |
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | |
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| Daniel |
Report | Gallardo |
| Cuba | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Dempsey |
| United States | 3–0 | |
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| Bradley Dempsey Ching |
Report |
| Guatemala | 4–1 | |
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| Ruiz Rodríguez Contreras |
Report | Linares |
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 19,750
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)
| United States | 6–1 | |
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| Beasley Donovan Ching Altidore Onyewu |
Report | Muñoz |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–1 | |
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| Latapy Yorke |
Report | Davies |
| United States | 2–0 | |
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| Cooper Adu |
Report |
Group 2
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source:
| Mexico | 2–1 | |
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| Bravo Márquez |
Report | Gerba |
Attendance: 26,900
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |  |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 18 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 | 1–3 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | |
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Source:
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | |
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| Saborío |
Report |
| Haiti | 1–3 | |
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| Alcénat |
Report | Ruiz Alpízar |
| Haiti | 0–0 | |
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| Report |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | |
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| Díaz Núñez |
Report |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | |
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| Zelaya Quintanilla Garden |
Report |
| Suriname | 1–1 | |
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| Christoph |
Report | Saint-Preux |
| El Salvador | 1–3 | |
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| Corrales |
Report | Myrie Fernández |
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
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- 1 goal
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- 1 own goal
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Notes
- The two matches between Jamaica and Mexico had their playing dates reversed due to the Hurricane Gustav.[1]
References
- Gustav strikes again! Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, the Jamaica Observer.
External links
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