# 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

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. 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.

## Teams

| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 |
| 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 |
$^†$ Placed in a first round sub-group, but received a bye to the second round.

## Group 1

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dominica | 1–2 | Barbados | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–3 | Saint Lucia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Bermuda | 4–2 | Cayman Islands | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Aruba | 0–4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0–3 | 0–1 |

### Group 1A

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

### Group 1B

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

### Group 1C

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

### Group 1D

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

## Group 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Belize | 4–2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Bahamas | 3–3 (a) | British Virgin Islands | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Dominican Republic | 0–1 | Puerto Rico | — | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |

### Group 2A

Belize won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Mexico in the second round.

### Group 2B

3–3 on aggregate. Bahamas advanced on the away goals rule to play Jamaica in the second round.

### Group 2C

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–10 | Grenada | — | 0–10 |
| Suriname | 7–1 | Montserrat | — | 7–1 |
| El Salvador | 16–0 | Anguilla | 12–0 | 4–0 |
| Nicaragua | 0–3 | Netherlands Antilles | 0–1 | 0–2 |

### Group 3A

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

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 won 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Panama in the second round.

### Group 3D

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

## Goalscorers

There were 68 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.
6 goals
* Rudis Corrales
4 goals
* Ronald Cerritos
* Ricky Charles
2 goals
* Deon McCauley
* Devaun DeGraff
* Anadale Williams
* Shawn Martin
* Jason Roberts
* Kenzo Huur
* Wensley Christoph
1 goal
* Gayson Gregory
* George Dublin
* Okeem Challenger
* Demont Mitchell
* Lesly St. Fleur
* Michael Bethel
* Dwayne Stanford
* Rashida Williams
* Elroy Smith
* Harrison Roches
* Kwame Steede
* Tyrell Burgess
* Rohan Lennon
* Allean Grant
* Marshall Forbes
* Richard Pacquette
* Carlos Monteagudo
* Eliseo Quintanilla
* Emerson Umaña
* William Torres
* Dorset Langiagne
* Shane Rennie
* Byron Bubb
* Vladimir Farrell
* Angelo Zimmerman
* Anton Jongsma
* Tyrone Loran
* Petter Villegas
* Gerard Williams
* Orlando Mitchum
* Gilbert Nyhime
* Kenwin McPhee
* Titus Elva
* Cleon Wondel
* Melvin Valies
* Raydell Schuurman
* David Lowery
* Gavin Glinton
1 own goal
* Dario Sierra (against Antigua and Barbuda)
* Dwight Ferguson (against Grenada)