# 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF semi-finals

The CONCACAF Semi-final round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the 12 remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the Final round.

## Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to the final round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Mexico | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | Advance to the final round | 7–0 | — | 2–0 | 7–1 |
| 3 | Canada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Panama | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Honduras | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 15 | Advance to the final round | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Jamaica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to the final round | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | El Salvador | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | | 2–5 | 2–0 | — | 7–1 |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | | 0–7 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |

## Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | United States | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | Advance to the final round | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to the final round | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Guatemala | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Barbados | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 As Costa Rica and Guatemala finished level on points, goal differential, goals scored and head-to-head record, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine second place. Costa Rica won the play-off 5–2 to finish second.

### Play-off
## Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 37 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.
7 goals
* Carlos Ruiz
* Carlos Pavón
5 goals
* Rolando Fonseca
* Francisco Ramírez
4 goals
* Onandi Lowe
* Cuauhtémoc Blanco
3 goals
* Paulo Wanchope
* Raúl Díaz Arce
* Samuel Caballero
* Jared Borgetti
* Angus Eve
* Dwight Yorke
* Earnie Stewart
2 goals
* Llewellyn Riley
* Hernán Medford
* Jafet Soto
* Elías Montes
* Guillermo Rivera
* Freddy García
* Renán Bengoché
* David Suazo
* Danilo Turcios
* José Manuel Abundis
* Víctor Ruiz
* Miguel Zepeda
* Russell Latapy
* Nigel Pierre
* Brian McBride
* Joe-Max Moore
* Ante Razov
1 goal
* Michael Forde
* Jim Brennan
* Alejandro Madrigal
* Reynaldo Parks
* Carlos Castro Borja
* Mauricio Cienfuegos
* Jaime Vladimir Cubías
* Juan Carlos Padilla
* Jorge Rodríguez
* Daniel Velasquez
* Mario Acevedo
* Dwight Pezzarossi
* Amado Guevara
* Christian Santamaría
* Luis Santamaría
* Wilmer Velásquez
* Deon Burton
* Theodore Whitmore
* Andy Williams
* Duilio Davino
* Rafael Márquez
* Ramón Ramírez
* Jorge Dely Valdés
* Jamal Ballantyne
* Marlon James
* Reynold Carrington
* Stokely Mason
* Anthony Rougier
* Cobi Jones
* Clint Mathis
* John O'Brien
* Eddie Pope
* Tab Ramos
1 own goal
* Paul Fenwick (against Mexico)
* Jorge Dely Valdés (against Trinidad and Tobago)