2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

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

Format

The third round saw the teams ranked 1–6 joined by the 6 group winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.[1]

The matches were played from 8 June to 16 October 2012. The top two teams from each group advanced to the fourth round.

Seeding

The draw for the third round was held before the second round matches were played, so only the six teams with byes to the round were known at the time of the draw. Teams were seeded into three pots, with Pot 1 containing the top 3 seeds, Pot 2 seeds 4 to 6, and Pot 3 the 6 (unknown) group winners from the second round (designated Winner A to Winner F). Each third round group will contain one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 United States
 Mexico
 Honduras

 Jamaica
 Costa Rica
 Cuba

 El Salvador (Group A)
 Guyana (Group B)
 Panama (Group C)
 Canada (Group D)
 Guatemala (Group E)
 Antigua and Barbuda (Group F)

Note: The identity of teams in Pot 3 (second round winners) were not known at the time of the draw.

Groups

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13 Advance to fourth round — 1–0 3–1 3–1
 Jamaica 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 2–1 — 2–1 4–1
 Guatemala 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 1–1 2–1 — 3–1
 Antigua and Barbuda 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source:
United States 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Bocanegra  8'
Dempsey  44' (pen.)
Gomez  72'		 Report Byers  65'
Attendance: 23,971
Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)
Jamaica 2–1 Guatemala
Phillips  40'
Johnson  46'		 Report Pezzarossi  90+2'
Attendance: 14,000
Antigua and Barbuda 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Guatemala 1–1 United States
Pappa  81' Report Dempsey  39'
Attendance: 18,000
Jamaica 2–1 United States
Austin  24'
Shelton  61'		 Report Dempsey  1'
Attendance: 25,000
Guatemala 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda
C. Ruiz  60', 79'
Pezzarossi  90+1'		 Report Byers  39'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 Guatemala
Report C. Ruiz  26'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)
United States 1–0 Jamaica
Gomez  55' Report
Attendance: 23,881
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
Antigua and Barbuda 1–2 United States
Blackstock  25' Report E. Johnson  20', 90'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Guatemala 2–1 Jamaica
Figueroa  15'
C. Ruiz  85'		 Report Shelton  60' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,717
Jamaica 4–1 Antigua and Barbuda
Phillips  16'
Nosworthy  18'
Richards  77', 88'		 Report Griffith  61'
Attendance: 8,000
United States 3–1 Guatemala
Bocanegra  10'
Dempsey  18', 36'		 Report C. Ruiz  5'
Attendance: 16,947

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Mexico 6 6 0 0 15 2 +13 18 Advance to fourth round — 1–0 2–0 3–1
 Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 14 5 +9 10 0–2 — 2–2 7–0
 El Salvador 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 5 1–2 0–1 — 2–2
 Guyana 6 0 1 5 5 24 −19 1 0–5 0–4 2–3 —
Source:
Mexico 3–1 Guyana
Salcido  10'
dos Santos  15'
Rodrigues  51' (o.g.)		 Report Moreno  62' (o.g.)
Attendance: 80,401
Costa Rica 2–2 El Salvador
Saborío  10'
Campbell  15'		 Report Gutiérrez  23'
Romero  53'
Attendance: 23,701
Guyana 0–4 Costa Rica
Report Saborío  20', 26', 52'
Campbell  72'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)
El Salvador 1–2 Mexico
Pacheco  64' Report Zavala  60'
Moreno  82'
Attendance: 29,712
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
El Salvador 2–2 Guyana
Gutiérrez  3'
Romero  28'		 Report Bobb  16', 53'
Attendance: 24,000
Costa Rica 0–2 Mexico
Report Salcido  44'
Zavala  52'
Attendance: 32,500
Guyana 2–3 El Salvador
Richardson  1'
Nurse  62'		 Report Romero  13'
Alas  51'
Burgos  77'
Attendance: 4,141
Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica
J. Hernández  61' Report
Attendance: 44,007
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Guyana 0–5 Mexico
Report Guardado  78'
Peralta  79'
Pollard  82' (o.g.)
J. Hernández  84'
Reyna  86'
Attendance: 12,115
El Salvador 0–1 Costa Rica
Report Cubero  31'
Attendance: 35,082
Costa Rica 7–0 Guyana
Brenes  10', 48'
Gamboa  14'
Saborío  51' (pen.), 77'
Bolaños  61'
Borges  70'		 Report
Attendance: 27,500
Mexico 2–0 El Salvador
Peralta  64'
J. Hernández  85'		 Report
Attendance: 26,333
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Honduras 6 3 2 1 12 3 +9 11 Advance to fourth round — 0–2 8–1 1–0
 Panama 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 11 0–0 — 2–0 1–0
 Canada 6 3 1 2 6 10 −4 10 0–0 1–0 — 3–0
 Cuba 6 0 1 5 1 10 −9 1 0–3 1–1 0–1 —
Source:
Cuba 0–1 Canada
Report Occean  54'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Honduras 0–2 Panama
Report Pérez  65', 80'
Attendance: 28,215
Canada 0–0 Honduras
Report
Attendance: 16,132
Panama 1–0 Cuba
Barahona  57' Report
Attendance: 21,000
Cuba 0–3 Honduras
Report Bengtson  32'
Bernárdez  62'
Chávez  90+3'
Attendance: 8,000
Canada 1–0 Panama
De Rosario  77' Report
Attendance: 17,586
Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)
Panama 2–0 Canada
Blackburn  22'
Pérez  57'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Honduras 1–0 Cuba
Bengtson  33' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Canada 3–0 Cuba
Ricketts  14'
Johnson  73'
Edgar  78'		 Report
Attendance: 17,712
Panama 0–0 Honduras
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Cuba 1–1 Panama
Gómez  37' Report Barahona  77'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)
Honduras 8–1 Canada
Bengtson  7', 17', 83'
Costly  29', 49', 88'
Martínez  33', 61'		 Report Hume  77'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Goalscorers

There were 100 goals scored in 36 games, for an average of 2.78 goals per game.

6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes
  1. Guyana played its home World Cup qualifier against Mexico at BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, citing a conflict with the originally announced venue of Providence Stadium, Providence.[2]

References
  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  2. "Guyana-Mexico qualifier moved to Houston". CONCACAF. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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