2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round
Tournament details
Dates3 February – 30 March 2008
Teams23 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored68 (3.58 per match)
Attendance86,860 (4,572 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Rudis Corrales
(6 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 20 June 2021.


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 11 matches and the winners advanced to the second round. All games were played in home and away format, except three ties: Puerto Rico–Dominican Republic, Grenada–U.S. Virgin Islands and Montserrat–Suriname, which 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.[1]

Teams[]

Group A Group B Group C
 Dominica

 Barbados
 Turks and Caicos Islands
 Saint Lucia
 Bermuda
 Cayman Islands
 Aruba
 Antigua and Barbuda

 Belize

 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Bahamas
 British Virgin Islands
 Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

 Grenada

 U.S. Virgin Islands
 Montserrat
 Suriname
 El Salvador
 Anguilla
 Nicaragua
 Netherlands Antilles

Group 1[]

Group 1A[]

Dominica 1–1 Barbados
Pacquette Goal 21' Report Goal 43'
Attendance: 4,200
Barbados 1–0 Dominica
Goal 80' Report
Attendance: 4,150

Barbados won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to play United States in the Second Round.

Group 1B[]

Turks and Caicos Islands 2–1 Saint Lucia
Lowery Goal 31'
G. Glinton Goal 74'		 Report Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: (Cayman Islands)
Saint Lucia 2–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Goal 28'
Elva Goal 85'		 Report
Vieux Fort National Stadium, Vieux Fort
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: (Barbados)

Saint Lucia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Guatemala in the Second Round.

Group 1C[]

Bermuda 1–1 Cayman Islands
Burgess Goal 18' Report Goal 87'
Attendance: 2,000
Cayman Islands 1–3 Bermuda
M. Forbes Goal 63' (pen.) Report DeGraff Goal 18', 25'
Steede Goal 52'
Truman Bodden Stadium, George Town
Attendance: 3,200

Bermuda won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Trinidad and Tobago in the Second Round.

Group 1D[]

Aruba 0–3 Antigua and Barbuda
Report Dublin Goal 23'
Gregory Goal 27'
Goal 40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: (Cuba)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Aruba
Challenger Goal 86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Jamaica)

Antigua and Barbuda won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Cuba in the Second Round.

Group 2[]

Group 2A[]

Belize 3–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
McCauley Goal 7', 41'
Roches Goal 23'		 Report Williams Goal 13'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City (Guatemala)[note 1]
Attendance: 500
Referee: (Jamaica)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 Belize
Mitchum Goal 84' Report Smith Goal 39'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Trinidad and Tobago)

Belize won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Mexico in the Second Round.

Group 2B[]

Bahamas 1–1 British Virgin Islands
St. Fleur Goal 47' Report Goal 68'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
British Virgin Islands 2–2 Bahamas
Williams Goal 78', 90' (pen.) Report Bethel Goal 40'
Mitchell Goal 52'
Attendance: 940

3–3 on aggregate. Bahamas advanced on the away goals rule to play Jamaica in the Second Round.

Group 2C[]

Puerto Rico 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dominican Republic
Villegas Goal 96' (pen.) Report
Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón
Attendance: 8,000

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.[1]

Group 2D[]

No matches in this round. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were drawn to play Canada in the Second Round.

Group 3[]

Group 3A[]

Grenada 10–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
Roberts Goal 3', 8'
R. Charles Goal 9', 43', 65', 87'
S. Rennie Goal 22'
Goal 56'
Bubb Goal 82'
Goal 89' (o.g.)		 Report
Grenada National Stadium, St. George's
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (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.[1]

Group 3B[]

Montserrat 1–7 Suriname
Farrell Goal 48' Report Christoph Goal 36', 56'
Goal 44'
Goal 65'
Goal 82', 85'
Goal 88'
Attendance: 100

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.[1]

Group 3C[]

El Salvador 12–0 Anguilla
Martin Goal 5', 18'
Corrales Goal 31', 33', 54', 65', 68'
Cerritos Goal 47', 77', 84'
Quintanilla Goal 70'
Umaña Goal 80'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Javier Jauregui (Netherlands Antilles)
Anguilla 0–4 El Salvador
Report Cerritos Goal 7'
Corrales Goal 15'
Monteagudo Goal 22'
Torres Goal 36'
Attendance: 22,670
Referee: (Grenada)

El Salvador won 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Panama in the Second Round.

Group 3D[]

Nicaragua 0–1 Netherlands Antilles
Report Jongsma Goal 15'
Attendance: 7,000
Netherlands Antilles 2–0 Nicaragua
Loran Goal 42'
Zimmerman Goal 81'		 Report
Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Netherlands Antilles won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Haiti in the Second Round.

Goalscorers[]

A total of 68 goals were scored over 19 games, for an average of 3.58 goals per game.

6 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Aruba (against Antigua and Barbuda)
  • United States Virgin Islands (against Grenada)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Belize moved their home leg to Guatemala.[1]
  2. ^ 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.[1]
  3. ^ Played in the United States, because Anguilla's stadium is not a suitable venue.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f New World fixtures firmed, FIFA; 11 January 2008.
  2. ^ Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington, USA Today; 22 January 2008.

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