# 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

The second round of qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup from the CONCACAF section featured the 13 top-ranked CONCACAF teams in the FIFA World Rankings as of May 2007, along with the 11 winning teams from the first round. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in Durban, South Africa.

## Format

In this round 12 of the remaining 24 teams would be eliminated. There were 12 ties and the winners advanced to the next round. All games were scheduled to be played in home and away format. Further organisation was involved in the draw, with the 12 ties grouped into three groups of four – each feeding into a separate third round group. Within each group of four ties, one tie included a team ranked 1–3, one included a team ranked 4–6 and two included teams ranked 7–12. The 13th ranked side (who received a bye in the first round), were ensured a tie against a team ranked 7–12. All other ties were against first round winners.

## Group 1

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| United States | 9–0 | Barbados | 8–0 | 1–0 |
| Guatemala | 9–1 | Saint Lucia | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3–2 | Bermuda | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 3–8 | Cuba | 3–4 | 0–4 |

### Group 1A

United States won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 1B

Guatemala won 9–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 1C

Trinidad and Tobago won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 1D

Cuba won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

## Group 2

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Belize | 0–9 | Mexico | 0–2 | 0–7 |
| Jamaica | 13–0 | Bahamas | 7–0 | 6–0 |
| Honduras | 6–2 | Puerto Rico | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–7 | Canada | 0–3 | 1–4 |

### Group 2A

Mexico won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 2B

Jamaica won 13–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 2C

Honduras won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 2D

Canada won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

## Group 3

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Grenada | 2–5 | Costa Rica | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Suriname | 3–1 | Guyana | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Panama | 2–3 | El Salvador | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Haiti | 1–0 | Netherlands Antilles | 0–0 | 1–0 |

### Group 3A

Costa Rica won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 3B

Suriname won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 3C

El Salvador won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

### Group 3D

Haiti won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

## Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.75 goals per match.
5 goals
* Luton Shelton
4 goals
* Ali Gerba
* Carlos Ruíz
3 goals
* Roberto Linares
* David Suazo
* Jared Borgetti
2 goals
* Kerry Skepple
* John Barry Nusum
* Dwayne De Rosario
* Jaine Valencia
* Eliseo Quintanilla
* Gonzalo Romero
* Abner Trigueros
* Wilson Palacios
* Deon Burton
* Carlos Vela
* Fernando Arce
* Clifton Sandvliet
* Stern John
* Brian Ching
* Clint Dempsey
1 goal
* Tyio Simon
* Issey Nakajima-Farran
* Álvaro Saborío
* Armando Alonso
* Bryan Ruiz
* Randall Azofeifa
* Victor Núñez
* Jaime Colomé
* Leonel Duarte
* Jeniel Márquez
* Luis Anaya
* Jason Roberts
* Patrick Modeste
* Mario Rafael Rodríguez
* Nigel Codrington
* Julio César de León
* Demar Phillips
* Ian Goodison
* Marlon King
* Omar Daley
* Ricardo Gardner
* Tyrone Marshall
* Andrés Guardado
* Luis Tejada
* José Luis Garcés
* Chris Megaloudis
* Petter Villegas
* Kenwin McPhee
* Marlon James
* Germaine van Dijk
* Darryl Roberts
* Eddie Johnson
* Eddie Lewis
* Landon Donovan
* Michael Bradley
1 own goal
* Daryl Ferguson (against United States)
* Tervor Lennen (against Mexico)
* Eugene Martha (against Haiti)