2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

Format

In this round, there were 12 sub-groups played as 11 ties of two teams, plus a bye for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The winners and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the second round to meet the highest ranked teams in their sub-groups, as determined by the preliminary draw. Further organisation was involved in the draw, with the 12 sub-groups drawn into three groups of four – each feeding into a separate third round group. All ties were played in home and away format, except for three: Puerto Rico–Dominican Republic, Grenada–U.S. Virgin Islands and Montserrat–Suriname 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

Placed in a first round sub-group, but received a bye to the second round.

Group 1

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Group 1A

Barbados won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to play United States in the second round.

Group 1B

G. Glinton

Elva Saint Lucia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Guatemala in the second round.

Group 1C

Steede Bermuda won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Trinidad and Tobago in the second round.

Group 1D

Gregory
Sierra

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

Group 2

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Group 2A

Roches

Belize won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to play Mexico in the second round.

Group 2B

Mitchell 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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines received a bye and were drawn to play Canada in the second round.

Group 3

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Group 3A

R. Charles
Rennie
Langiagne
Bubb
Ferguson 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

Wondel
Valies
Huur
Schuurman 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

Corrales
Cerritos
Quintanilla
Umaña

Corrales
Monteagudo
Torres El Salvador won 16–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Panama in the second round.

Group 3D

Zimmerman Netherlands Antilles won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to play Haiti in the second round.

Goalscorers

• Rudis Corrales

• Ronald Cerritos

• Ricky Charles

• Deon McCauley

• Devaun DeGraff

• Anadale Williams

• Shawn Martin

• Jason Roberts

• Kenzo Huur

• Wensley Christoph

• 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

• Dario Sierra (against Antigua and Barbuda)

• Dwight Ferguson (against Grenada)

Notes

References

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080911123302/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010%5ffwc%5fpreliminary%5fdrawinformation%5fnorth%5fcentral%5famerica%5fcaribbean%5fe%5f28448.pdf Preliminary Draw Information - North, Central America and Caribbean], [[FIFA]], retrieved 23 November 2007
2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080113121258/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=670749.html#new+world+fixtures+firmed New World fixtures firmed], FIFA; 11 January 2008.
3. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-01-22-1578071612_x.htm Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington], USA Today; 22 January 2008.