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 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.[1]

Group 1

Group 1A
Dominica 1–1 Barbados
Pacquette  21' Report Williams  43'
Attendance: 4,200
Barbados 1–0 Dominica
Stanford  80' Report
Attendance: 4,150

Barbados won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to play USA in the Second Round.

Group 1B
Turks and Caicos Islands 2–1 Saint Lucia
Lowery  31'
G. Glinton  74'		 Report Nyhime  90+2'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Alfredo Whittaker (Cayman Islands)
Saint Lucia 2–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
McPhee  28'
Elva  85'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

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

Group 1C
Bermuda 1–1 Cayman Islands
Burgess  18' Report Grant  87'
Attendance: 2,000
Cayman Islands 1–3 Bermuda
M. Forbes  63' (pen.) Report Degraff  18', 25'
Steede  52'
Attendance: 3,200

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

Group 1D
Aruba 0–3 Antigua and Barbuda
Report Dublin  23'
Gregory  27'
Sierra  40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Roberto Delgado (Cuba)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Aruba
Challenger  86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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

Group 2

Group 2A
Belize 3–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis
McCauley  7', 41'
Roches  23'		 Report Williams  13'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Howard Stennett (Jamaica)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1 Belize
Mitchum  84' Report Smith  39'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Belize won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Mexico in the Second Round.

Group 2B
Bahamas 1–1 British Virgin Islands
St. Fleur  47' Report Lennon  68'
Attendance: 450
British Virgin Islands 2–2 Bahamas
Williams  78', 90' (pen.) Report Bethel  40'
Mitchell  52'
Attendance: 940
Referee: Felix Mercedes Suazo (Dominican Republic)

3–3 on aggregate. Bahamas advanced on the away goals rule to play Jamaica in the Second Round.

Group 2C
Puerto Rico 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dominican Republic
Villegas  96' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

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.[1]

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 10–0 U.S. Virgin Islands
Roberts  3', 8'
R. Charles  9', 43', 65', 87'
S. Rennie  22'
Langiagne  56'
Bubb  82'
Ferguson  89' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Otis James (Guyana)

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.[1]

Group 3B
Montserrat 1–7 Suriname
Farrell  48' Report Christoph  36', 56'
Wondel  44'
Valies  65'
Huur  82', 85'
Schuurman  88'
Attendance: 100

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.[1]

Group 3C
El Salvador 12–0 Anguilla
Martin  5', 18'
Corrales  31', 33', 54', 65', 68'
Cerritos  47', 77', 84'
Quintanilla  70'
Umaña  80'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Anguilla 0–4 El Salvador
Report Cerritos  7'
Corrales  15'
Monteagudo  22'
Torres  36'
Attendance: 22,670
Referee: Valman Bedeau (Grenada)

El Salvador won 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Panama in the Second Round.

Group 3D
Nicaragua 0–1 Netherlands Antilles
Report Jongsma  15'
Attendance: 7,000
Netherlands Antilles 2–0 Nicaragua
Loran  42'
Zimmerman  81'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000

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
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes
  1. Belize moved their home leg to Guatemala.[1]
  2. The British Virgin Islands elected to play their home leg in the Bahamas. The order of the legs (that is, which team was regarded as the "home team" in each match) was determined from the original draw. In the final event, this became crucial in determining the winner of the tie due to the application of the away goals rule.[1]
  3. Played in the United States, because Anguilla's stadium is not a suitable venue.[2]

References
  1. New World fixtures firmed, FIFA; 11 January 2008.
  2. Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington, USA Today; 22 January 2008.
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