2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

International football competition July 2023 The first round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the CONCACAF section featured the 22 teams ranked 14 to 35 on the FIFA ranking for CONCACAF as of May 2007. The teams ranked 14th to 24th were randomly drawn against the teams ranked 25th to 35th. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa. The top 13 CONCACAF teams received a bye and advanced directly to the second round. Format In this round, there were 12 sub-groups played as 11 ties of two teams, plus a bye for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The winners and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the second round to meet the highest ranked teams in their sub-groups, as determined by the preliminary draw. Further organisation was involved in the draw, with the 12 sub-groups drawn into three groups of four – each feeding into a separate third round group.https://web.archive.org/web/20080911123302/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010%5ffwc%5fpreliminary%5fdrawinformation%5fnorth%5fcentral%5famerica%5fcaribbean%5fe%5f28448.pdf Preliminary Draw Information - North, Central America and Caribbean], FIFA, retrieved 23 November 2007 All ties were played in home and away format, except for three: Puerto Rico–Dominican Republic, Grenada–U.S. Virgin Islands and Montserrat–Suriname were played over one leg in late March due to several Member Associations failing to meet the new FIFA Stadium standards and being unable to secure a home venue.New World fixtures firmed, FIFA; 11 January 2008. Teams Group 1Group 2Group 3DMA BRB TCA LCA BER CAY ARU ATGBLZ 1981 SKN BAH VGB PUR DOM VIN†GRN VIR MSR SUR SLV AIA NCA ANT † Placed in a first round sub-group, but received a bye to the second round. Group 1 DMA 1–2 BRB 1–1 0–1 TCA 2–3 LCA 2–1 0–2 BER 4–2 CAY 1–1 3–1 ARU 0–4 ATG 0–3 0–1 |} Group 1A Dominica v Barbados 6 February 2008 19:00 UTC-4 DMA BRB 1–1 Report Pacquette 21 Williams 43 Windsor Park, Roseau 4,200 Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) Barbados v Dominica 26 March 2008 16:00 UTC-4 BRB DMA 1–0 Report Stanford 80 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 4,150 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Barbados won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to play United States in the second round. Group 1B Turks and Caicos Islands v Saint Lucia 6 February 2008 19:45 UTC-5 TCA LCA 2–1 Report Lowery 31 G. Glinton 74 Nyhime 90+2 National Stadium, Providenciales 2,200 Alfredo Whittaker (Cayman Islands) Saint Lucia v Turks and Caicos Islands 26 March 2008 15:00 UTC-4 LCA TCA 2–0 Report McPhee 28 Elva 85 Vieux Fort National Stadium, Vieux Fort 1,200 Mark Forde (Barbados) Saint Lucia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Guatemala in the second round. Group 1C Bermuda v Cayman Islands 3 February 2008 15:00 UTC-4 BER CAY 1–1 Report Burgess 18 Grant 87 Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton 2,000 Mauricio Navarro (Canada) Cayman Islands v Bermuda 30 March 2008 20:00 UTC-5 CAY BER 1–3 Report M. Forbes 63 pen. DeGraff 18 25 Steede 52 Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town 3,200 Jair Marrufo (United States) Bermuda won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Trinidad and Tobago in the second round. Group 1D Aruba v Antigua and Barbuda 6 February 2008 20:00 UTC-4 ARU ATG 0–3 Report Dublin 23 Gregory 27 Sierra 40 o.g. Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad 250 Roberto Delgado (Cuba) Antigua and Barbuda v Aruba 26 March 2008 16:15 UTC-4 ATG ARU 1–0 Report Challenger 86 Antigua Recreation Ground, Saint John's 1,000 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) Antigua and Barbuda won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Cuba in the second round. Group 2 BLZ 1981 4–2 SKN 3–1 1–1 BAH 3–3 (a) VGB 1–1 2–2 DOM 0–1This tie was played as a one leg tie in Puerto Rico, as the Dominican Republic failed to meet FIFA's new stadium standards and was unable to secure a home venue. "note" PUR — 0–1 |} Group 2A Belize v Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 February 2008 15:00 UTC-6 BLZ 1981 SKN 3–1 Report McCauley 7 41 Roches 23 Williams 13 Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City (Guatemala)Belize moved their home leg to Guatemala. "note" 500 Howard Stennett (Jamaica) Saint Kitts and Nevis v Belize 26 March 2008 19:00 UTC-4 SKN BLZ 1981 1–1 Report Mitchum 84 Smith 39 Warner Park, Basseterre 2,000 Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) Belize won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Mexico in the second round. Group 2B Bahamas v British Virgin Islands 26 March 2008 19:00 UTC-4 BAH VGB 1–1 Report St. Fleur 47 Lennon 68 Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau 450 Roberto Moreno (Panama) British Virgin Islands v Bahamas 30 March 2008 15:00 UTC-4 VGB BAH 2–2 Report Williams 78 90 pen. Bethel 40 Mitchell 52 Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau (Bahamas)The British Virgin Islands elected to play their home leg in the Bahamas. The order of the legs (that is, which team was regarded as the "home team" in each match) was determined from the original draw. In the final event, this became crucial in determining the winner of the tie due to the application of the away goals rule. "note" 940 Felix Mercedes Suazo (Dominican Republic) 3–3 on aggregate. Bahamas advanced on the away goals rule to play Jamaica in the second round. Group 2C Puerto Rico v Dominican Republic 26 March 2008 20:00 UTC-4 PUR DOM 1–0 yes Report Villegas 96 pen. Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón 8,000 Mauricio Morales (Mexico) Puerto Rico advanced to play Honduras in the second round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Puerto Rico, as the Dominican Republic failed to meet FIFA's new stadium standards and was unable to secure a home venue. Group 2D Saint Vincent and the Grenadines received a bye and were drawn to play Canada in the second round. Group 3 VIR 0–10This tie was played as a one leg tie in Grenada, as the U.S. Virgin Islands failed to meet FIFA's new stadium standards and was unable to secure a home venue. "note" GRN — 0–10 SUR 7–1This tie was played as a one leg tie in Trinidad and Tobago, because neither side were able to provide a suitable venue according to FIFA's guidelines. "note" MSR — 7–1 SLV 16–0 AIA 12–0 4–0 NCA 0–3 ANT 0–1 0–2 |} Group 3A Grenada v U.S. Virgin Islands 26 March 2008 15:00 UTC-4 GRN VIR 10–0 Report Roberts 3 8 R. Charles 9 43 65 87 Rennie 22 Langiagne 56 Bubb 82 Ferguson 89 o.g. Grenada National Stadium, St. George's 3,000 Otis James (Guyana) Grenada advanced to play Costa Rica in the second round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Grenada, as the U.S. Virgin Islands failed to meet FIFA's new stadium standards and was unable to secure a home venue. Group 3B Montserrat v Suriname 26 March 2008 18:00 UTC-4 MSR SUR 1–7 Report Farrell 48 Christoph 36 56 Wondel 44 Valies 65 Huur 82 85 Schuurman 88 Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya (Trinidad and Tobago) 100 Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Suriname advanced to play Guyana in the second round. This tie was played as a one leg tie in Trinidad and Tobago, because neither side were able to provide a suitable venue according to FIFA's guidelines. Group 3C El Salvador v Anguilla 6 February 2008 19:30 UTC-6 SLV AIA 12–0 Report Martin 5 18 Corrales 31 33 54 65 68 Cerritos 47 77 84 Quintanilla 70 Umaña 80 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador 15,000 Javier Jauregui (Netherlands Antilles) Anguilla v El Salvador 26 March 2008 20:00 UTC-4 AIA SLV 0–4 Report Cerritos 7 Corrales 15 Monteagudo 22 Torres 36 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. (United States)Played in the United States, because Anguilla's stadium was not a suitable venue.Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington, USA Today; 22 January 2008. "note" 22,670 Valman Bedeau (Grenada) El Salvador won 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Panama in the second round. Group 3D Nicaragua v Netherlands Antilles 6 February 2008 15:00 UTC-6 NCA ANT 0–1 Report Jongsma 15 Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba 7,000 Walter Lopez (Guatemala) Netherlands Antilles v Nicaragua 26 March 2008 20:00 UTC-4 ANT NCA 2–0 Report Loran 42 Zimmerman 81 Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad 9,000 Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) Netherlands Antilles won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Haiti in the second round. Goalscorers 68 19 SLV Rudis Corrales SLV Ronald Cerritos GRN Ricky Charles BLZ 1981 Deon McCauley BER Devaun DeGraff VGB Anadale Williams SLV Shawn Martin GRN Jason Roberts SUR Kenzo Huur SUR Wensley Christoph ATG Gayson Gregory ATG George Dublin ATG Okeem Challenger BAH Demont Mitchell BAH Lesly St. Fleur BAH Michael Bethel BRB Dwayne Stanford BRB Rashida Williams BLZ 1981 Elroy Smith BLZ 1981 Harrison Roches BER Kwame Steede BER Tyrell Burgess VGB Rohan Lennon CAY Allean Grant CAY Marshall Forbes DMA Richard Pacquette SLV Carlos Monteagudo SLV Eliseo Quintanilla SLV Emerson Umaña SLV William Torres GRN Dorset Langiagne GRN Shane Rennie GRN Byron Bubb MSR Vladimir Farrell ANT Angelo Zimmerman ANT Anton Jongsma ANT Tyrone Loran PUR Petter Villegas SKN Gerard Williams SKN Orlando Mitchum LCA Gilbert Nyhime LCA Kenwin McPhee LCA Titus Elva SUR Cleon Wondel SUR Melvin Valies SUR Raydell Schuurman TCA David Lowery TCA Gavin Glinton ARU Dario Sierra (against Antigua and Barbuda) VIR Dwight Ferguson (against Grenada) Notes References External links FIFA.com (archived 29 November 2007) 1 World Cup