# 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying

The 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Serving as the region's 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers, it was played by eight teams from 28 October to 8 November 2010 in Cancún, Mexico. For the second time in its history, it was won by Canada.
The United States, Canada and Mexico received byes into the tournament after taking the top three positions in the 2006 Gold Cup, while five other spots were determined through regional qualification.
Canada and Mexico, by virtue of their semi-final wins, qualified automatically for the 2011 Women's World Cup, while third-place USA advanced to a play-off against Italy for a further finals berth. Also, Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago qualified at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Canada won the tournament with a 1–0 win over Mexico in the Final. Just like during their 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship win, Canada did not concede a single goal against in the entire tournament. They scored 17 goals, while allowing none, to win their second CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifier. Contrasting Canada's success, the USA's semifinal loss to Mexico marked the first time ever that the USA did not win a World Cup qualifying match. It was also the second time that the USA failed to appear in a CONCACAF final match, though only because they did not participate in the 1998 Championship.

## Qualification
### North America

Direct entry:
* United States (Title Holder)
* Canada (Runner-up)
* Mexico (Host)

### Central America

Via qualification:
* Guatemala (Winner Central American Triangular A)
* Costa Rica (Winner Central American Triangular B)

### Caribbean

Via qualification:
* Trinidad and Tobago (Winner Caribbean qualifying Group F)
* Haiti (Winner Caribbean qualifying Group G)
* Guyana (Winner Caribbean play-off)

## Venues

On 11 October 2010, CONCACAF announced the tournament would be hosted in Mexico, with all matches scheduled to be played in Cancún.
| Cancún |
| Cancún | Cancún |
| Cancún | Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila | Estadio Quintana Roo |
| Cancún | Capacity: 9,500 | Capacity: 18,844 |

## Group stage

Matches were played at Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila and Estadio Quintana Roo in Cancún.
When teams finished level of points, the final order was determined according to:
* greater number of points in matches between tied teams
* superior goal difference in matches between tied teams
* greater number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
* superior goal difference in all group matches
* greater number of goals scored in all group matches
* better fair play record in all group matches (red & yellow cards)
* drawing of lots

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 |
| Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| 5 November | 5 November |
| Canada | 4 |
| Canada | 4 | 8 November | 8 November |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 8 November | 8 November |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Canada | 1 |
| 5 November | 5 November | | Canada | 1 |
| 5 November | 5 November | Mexico | 0 |
| United States | 1 | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | | |
| Mexico | 2 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 8 November | 8 November |
| | | Costa Rica | 0 |
| | | United States | 3 |

### Semifinals

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

### Third place play-off

Winner advanced to UEFA–CONCACAF play-off.

### Final

* 2010 CONCACAF champions
* Canada Second title

## Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.
8 goals
* Abby Wambach
6 goals
* Christine Sinclair
* Maribel Dominguez
4 goals
* Jonelle Filigno
* Amy Rodriguez
2 goals
* Josée Bélanger
* Raquel Rodríguez Cedeño
* Mariam El-Masri
* Dinora Garza
* Lauren Cheney
* Megan Rapinoe
1 goal
* Candace-Marie Chapman
* Christina Julien
* Kara Lang
* Melissa Tancredi
* Adriana Venegas
* Shirley Cruz Traña
* Kayla De Souza
* Adeline Saintilmond
* Guadalupe Worbis
* Candace Edwards
* Dernell Mascall
* Kennya Cordner
* Rhea Belgrave
* Alex Morgan
* Rachel Buehler
* Yael Averbuch
1 own goal
* Daniela Cruz (against Canada)

## References and notes

* ↑ Quintana Roo to share Women's WC Qualifying Archived 25 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, from www.concacaf.com, retrieved 19 October 2010
* ↑ "CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying, 2010 regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2019.