2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round
The first round of [[2013
FIFA World Cup qualification|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 2016. The teams ranked 14th to 24th were randomly drawn against the teams ranked 25th to 35th. The draw took place on 25 November 2017 in Durban, South Africa. The top 13 CONCACAF teams received a bye and advanced directly to the [[2018
FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round|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.
Teams
Group 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
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
No matches in this round. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were drawn to play Canada in the second round.
Group 3
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
A total of 68 goals were scored over 19 games, for an average of 3.58 goals per game.
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)
Notes
References
External links
FIFA.com (archived 29 November 2007)
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