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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 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. [1] 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. [2]

Teams

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

  Dominica
  Barbados
  Turks and Caicos Islands
  Saint Lucia
  Bermuda
  Cayman Islands
  Aruba
  Antigua and Barbuda

  Belize
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Bahamas
  British Virgin Islands
  Puerto Rico
  Dominican Republic
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines†

  Grenada
  U.S. Virgin Islands
  Montserrat
  Suriname
  El Salvador
  Anguilla
  Nicaragua
  Netherlands Antilles

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

Group 1

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dominica  1–2   Barbados 1–1 0–1
Turks and Caicos Islands  2–3   Saint Lucia 2–1 0–2
Bermuda  4–2   Cayman Islands 1–1 3–1
Aruba  0–4   Antigua and Barbuda 0–3 0–1

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 United States in the second round.

Group 1B

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

Group 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Belize  4–2   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3–1 1–1
Bahamas  3–3 ( a)   British Virgin Islands 1–1 2–2
Dominican Republic  0–1 [note 1]   Puerto Rico — 0–1 ( a.e.t.)

Group 2A

Belize 3–1  Saint Kitts and Nevis
McCauley 7', 41'
Roches 23'		 Report Williams 13'
Attendance: 500
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–1  Belize
Mitchum 84' Report Smith 39'
Attendance: 2,000

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

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

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. [2]

Group 2D

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

Group 3

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
U.S. Virgin Islands  0–10 [note 4]   Grenada — 0–10
Suriname  7–1 [note 5]   Montserrat — 7–1
El Salvador  16–0   Anguilla 12–0 4–0
Nicaragua  0–3   Netherlands Antilles 0–1 0–2

Group 3A

Grenada 10–0  U.S. Virgin Islands
Roberts 3', 8'
R. Charles 9', 43', 65', 87'
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. [2]

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. [2]

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

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

There were 68 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 3.58 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ 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. [2]
  2. ^ Belize moved their home leg to Guatemala. [2]
  3. ^ 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. [2]
  4. ^ 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. [2]
  5. ^ 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. [2]
  6. ^ Played in the United States, because Anguilla's stadium was not a suitable venue. [3]

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. ^ a b c d e f g h i New World fixtures firmed, FIFA; 11 January 2008.
  3. ^ Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington, USA Today; 22 January 2008.

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