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 3 groups of 4 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.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up qualify for 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
2  Mexico 6 4 1 1 17 2 +15 13
3  Canada 6 1 2 3 1 8 7 5
4  Panama 6 0 1 5 1 16 15 1
Source:
Panama 0 - 1 Mexico
Report Zepeda  88'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Brian Hall (USA)
Canada 0 - 2 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Eve  43'
Yorke  73'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (SLV)

Panama 0 - 0 Canada
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Samuel Richard (DOM)
Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 0 Mexico
Latapy  86' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

Mexico 2 - 0 Canada
Abundis  48'
Fenwick  81' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: William Mattus (CRC)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 - 0 Panama
Rougier  2'
Dely Valdés  26' (o.g.)
Yorke  36',  61'
Eve  59'
Pierre  77'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Mexico 7 - 1 Panama
Ruiz  8' (p)
Abundis  36'
Zepeda  44'
Blanco  47',  90' (p)
Márquez  54'
Ramírez  75'
Report Dely Valdés  54'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Nelson Calix (HON)
Trinidad and Tobago 4 - 0 Canada
Latapy  28'
Carrington  30'
Mason  54'
Eve  90'
Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Olger Mejia (CRC)

Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco  20',  28' (p)
Borgetti  26',  30',  71'
Davino  66'
Ruiz  75' (p)
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Carlos Batros Gonzalez (GUA)
Canada 1 - 0 Panama
Brennan  82' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nery Alfaro Zepeda (SLV)

Panama 0 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Report Pierre  15' (p)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (SLV)
Canada 0 - 0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 6,564
Referee: Samuel Richard (DOM)

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
2  Jamaica 6 4 0 2 7 4 +3 12
3  El Salvador 6 3 0 3 13 13 0 9
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 0 0 6 2 25 23 0
Source:
El Salvador 2 - 5 Honduras
Montes  8'
Cienfuegos  89'
Report Caballero  12'
Turcios  37'
Pavón  42',  62'
Suazo  88'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 - 1 Jamaica
Report Lowe  23'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Noel Bynoe (TRI)

El Salvador 7 - 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Montes  19'
Castro  34'
Rivera  49',  60'
Arce  63',  83',  85'
Report Ballantyne  9'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Felipe De Jesús Ramos (MEX)
Jamaica 3 - 1 Honduras
Whitmore  27'
Lowe  69'
Burton  77'
Report Ramírez  2'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Timothy Weyland (USA)

Jamaica 1 - 0 El Salvador
Lowe  34' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edgar Rangel Pérez (Mexico)
Honduras 6 - 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pavón  5',  86'
Ramírez  19',  59'
Guevara  27'
Bengoché  88'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: José Farias Martínez (CAN)

Honduras 5 - 0 El Salvador
Pavón  20',  43',  58'
Suazo  47'
Caballero  84'
Report
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Fredy Burgos (GUA)
Jamaica 2 - 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Williams  45'
Lowe  50'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

Honduras 1 - 0 Jamaica
Turcios  90' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 - 2 El Salvador
James  79' Report Sagastizado  3'
Cubías  89'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Urvin Faneyte (ANT)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 - 7 Honduras
Report Ramírez  26',  31'
Velasquez  46'
C. Santamaría  52'
L. Santamaría  77'
Caballero  85'
Bengoche  89'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Noel Egan (ATG)
El Salvador 2 - 0 Jamaica
Padilla  17'
Rodríguez  24' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Saheli (USA)

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
2  Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
3  Guatemala 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
4  Barbados 6 1 0 5 3 20 17 3
Source:

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 who would advance to the Final Round.

Guatemala 1 - 1 United States
Ruíz  88' Report Razov  45'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Armando Archundia (MEX)
Barbados 2 - 1 Costa Rica
Riley  49'
Forde  89'
Report Madrigal  48'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (CAN)

Guatemala 2 - 0 Barbados
Ruíz  2'
García  83'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mike Seiffert (CAN)
Costa Rica 2 - 1 United States
Fonseca  9'
Medford  90+1' (pen.)
Report Stewart  66'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

Costa Rica 2 - 1 Guatemala
Wanchope  34', 58' Report Pezzarossi  68'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Argelio Sabillon (HON)
United States 7 - 0 Barbados
Pope  14'
McBride  28'
Moore  45',  82'
O'Brien  46'
Ramos  72'
Stewart  74'
Report
Attendance: 18,334
Referee: Jose Pineda Fernandez (HON)

Costa Rica 3 - 0 Barbados
Soto  35'
Fonseca  40'
Medford  54'
Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Eduardo Brizio (MEX)
United States 1 - 0 Guatemala
McBride  72' Report
Attendance: 51,996
Referee: Edgar Rangel (MEX)

Barbados 1 - 3 Guatemala
Riley  24' Report García  3'
Ruíz  10'
Acevedo  84'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (MEX)
United States 0 - 0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

Guatemala 2 - 1 Costa Rica
Ruíz  53',  87' Report Fonseca  71'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (MEX)
Barbados 0 - 4 United States
Report Mathis  63'
Stewart  73'
Jones  77'
Razov  90'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)

Play-off

Costa Rica 5 - 2 Guatemala
Wanchope  7'
Fonseca  43',  59'
Parks  58'
Soto  73'
Report Ruíz  4',  89' (pen.)
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (El Salvador)

Costa Rica qualified for the Final Round

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