2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round

This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the ten lowest seeded teams were drawn into 5 home-and-away ties.[1][2]

The matches were scheduled to be held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Originally, the first legs were scheduled for 3 June 2011 and the second legs on 7 June. However, the matches were postponed to scattered days in June and July, between 15 June and 17 July.[3] The five winners advanced to the second round of the CONCACAF qualifiers.[4]

Participating teams

Results
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Montserrat  3–8  Belize 2–5 1–3
Anguilla  0–6  Dominican Republic 0–2 0–4
U.S. Virgin Islands  4–1  British Virgin Islands 2–0 2–1
Aruba  6–6 (4–5 p)  Saint Lucia 4–2 2–4 (a.e.t.)
Turks and Caicos Islands  0–10[note 1]  Bahamas 0–4 0–6
Montserrat 2–5 Belize
Hodgson  44', 86' Report McCaulay  24', 75', 83'
Róches  50'
Kuylen  53'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua and Barbuda)
Belize 3–1 Montserrat
Jiménez  23'
McCaulay  59'
Méndez  61'		 Report Hodgson  58'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Belize won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Anguilla 0–2 Dominican Republic
Report Peralta  7'
Faña  42'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Dominican Republic 4–0 Anguilla
Navarro  18', 42'
Sánchez  27'
Faña  58'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

Dominican Republic won 6–0 on aggregate and advances to the Second Round.

British Virgin Islands 1–2 U.S. Virgin Islands
Peters  38' Report Thomas  2'
Klopp  90+3'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

U.S. Virgin Islands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Aruba 4–2 Saint Lucia
Santos de Gouveia  13'
Escalona  48'
Gomez  76'
D. Abdul  85'		 Report Edward  20'
Valcin  46'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nolan Foster (Cayman Islands)
Saint Lucia 4–2 (a.e.t.) Aruba
J. Joseph  14', 29', 71'
Frederick  74'		 Report Gomez  44'
Barradas  76'
Penalties
Pierre
Justin
Frederick
Edward
Williams 		5–4 Bergen
Baten
Barradas
Gomez
Cruden
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

6–6 on aggregate. Saint Lucia won the penalty shoot-out 5–4 and advanced to the Second Round.

Turks and Caicos Islands 0–4 Bahamas
Report Jean  32', 61'
Hepple  36' (pen.)
Louis  90+2'
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Bahamas 6–0 Turks and Caicos Islands
Gibson  4' (o.g.)
St. Fleur  17', 64', 73', 84', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Bahamas won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.

Goalscorers

There were a total of 44 goals scored over 10 games, for an average of 4.4 goals per game.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes
  1. Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
  2. As Montserrat had no facilities on the island that meet international standards, they elected to play their home tie in Trinidad and Tobago.[5]
  3. The second leg was originally scheduled to be played on 19 June 2011 at FFB Field, Belmopan, but it was postponed as the FIFA Emergency Committee suspended the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) on 17 June due to severe governmental interference.[6] The match had to be rescheduled no later than 10 July, provided that the situation is back to normal regarding the FFB and the suspension has been lifted by that date; if not, Belize would be excluded from the qualifying competition.[7] On 7 July, FIFA announced that the suspension was provisionally lifted and the match will take place before 17 July outside of Belize.[8] The FFB secured the qualifier to be played at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.[9]
  4. As Anguilla had no facilities on the island that meet international standards, they elected to play their home tie in the Dominican Republic.[10]

References
  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  2. "Play-off matches in CONCACAF". FIFA. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  3. "Montserrat-Belize to open World Cup qualifying". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  4. "Concacaf Fixtures". FIFA. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. "Minnows take marks on the road to Rio". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  6. Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize
  7. Belize-Montserrat qualifier postponed Archived 19 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize provisionally lifted
  9. Belize to play home qualifier in Honduras Archived 19 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Eliminatorias al mundial 8 y 10 de julio en el Estadio Panamericano" (in Spanish). Balompie Dominicano. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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