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The third round of [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualifying matches]] for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] from the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF section]] featured the 12 winners from the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round|second round]]. The draw took place on 25 November 2007 in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].

== Format ==
In this round, the winners from the second round were placed into three groups of four teams, determined by the draw. Here, they played a double round robin home and away schedule. The top two teams from each group advanced to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round|fourth round]].

==Group 1==
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|team1=USA|name_USA={{fb|USA}}|short_USA={{fbicon|USA}}
|team2=TRI|name_TRI={{fb|TRI}}|short_TRI={{fbicon|TRI}}
|team3=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}|short_GUA={{fbicon|GUA}}
|team4=CUB|name_CUB={{fb|CUB}}|short_CUB={{fbicon|CUB}}
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|win_TRI=3|draw_TRI=2|loss_TRI=1|gf_TRI=9|ga_TRI=6
|win_GUA=1|draw_GUA=2|loss_GUA=3|gf_GUA=6|ga_GUA=7
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|match_CUB_GUA=[[#Cuba v Guatemala|2–1]]
|match_CUB_TRI=[[#Cuba v Trinidad and Tobago|1–3]]
|match_CUB_USA=[[#Cuba v United States|0–1]]

|match_GUA_CUB=[[#Guatemala v Cuba|4–1]]
|match_GUA_TRI=[[#Guatemala v Trinidad and Tobago|0–0]]
|match_GUA_USA=[[#Guatemala v United States|0–1]]

|match_TRI_CUB=[[#Trinidad and Tobago v Cuba|3–0]]
|match_TRI_GUA=[[#Trinidad and Tobago v Guatemala|1–1]]
|match_TRI_USA=[[#Trinidad and Tobago v United States|2–1]]

|match_USA_CUB=[[#United States v Cuba|6–1]]
|match_USA_GUA=[[#United States v Guatemala|2–0]]
|match_USA_TRI=[[#United States v Trinidad and Tobago|3–0]]

|update=complete|source=<ref name="soccer365 CONCACAF 2010">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/738/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>
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{{football box
|id=Cuba v Trinidad and Tobago
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121111192018/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053872/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Yénier Márquez|Márquez]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Keon Daniel|Daniel]] {{goal|27||61}}<br />[[Cornell Glen|Glen]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee = [[Benito Archundia]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Guatemala v United States
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:10 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140108215502/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053871/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Carlos Bocanegra|Bocanegra]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores|Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance = 26,000
|referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinaamse Voetbal Bond|Suriname]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Trinidad and Tobago v Guatemala
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 17:30 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630224647/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053870/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Keon Daniel|Daniel]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Carlos Eduardo Gallardo|Gallardo]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|attendance = 9,500
|referee = [[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Cuba v United States
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 20:10 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804061734/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053869/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Clint Dempsey|Dempsey]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]]
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=United States v Trinidad and Tobago
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 19:10 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 3–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130804061723/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053868/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Bradley]] {{goal|9}}<br /> [[Clint Dempsey|Dempsey]] {{goal|18}}<br /> [[Brian Ching|Ching]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Toyota Park (Bridgeview)|Toyota Park]], [[Bridgeview, Illinois|Bridgeview]]
|attendance = 11,452
|referee = [[Courtney Campbell (referee)|Courtney Campbell]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])}}

{{football box
|id=Guatemala v Cuba
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 4–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630225610/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053867/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)|Ruiz]] {{goal|38||55}} <br>[[Mario Rafael Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] {{goal|85}} <br> [[José Manuel Contreras|Contreras]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = [[Roberto Linares|Linares]] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores|Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance = 19,750
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|México]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=United States v Cuba
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 19:10 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 6–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804061712/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053865/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[DaMarcus Beasley|Beasley]] {{goal|10||30}}<br /> [[Landon Donovan|Donovan]] {{goal|48}}<br /> [[Brian Ching|Ching]] {{goal|63}}<br /> [[Jozy Altidore|Altidore]] {{goal|87}}<br /> [[Oguchi Onyewu|Onyewu]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Jensy Muñoz|Muñoz]] {{goal|31}}
|stadium = [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]
|attendance = 20,249
|referee = [[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Guatemala v Trinidad and Tobago
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630223744/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053866/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores|Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance = 29,000 
|referee = [[Silviu Petrescu]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Cuba v Guatemala
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630230731/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053863/report.html Report] 
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Jaime Colomé|Colomé]] {{goal|45|pen.}} <br /> [[Allianni Urgelles|Urgelles]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Marco Pappa|Pappa]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Pedro Marrero]], [[Havana]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = [[Courtney Campbell (referee)|Courtney Campbell]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Trinidad and Tobago v United States
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 20:10 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630211436/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053864/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Russell Latapy|Latapy]] {{goal|61}} <br /> [[Dwight Yorke|Yorke]] {{goal|79|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Charlie Davies|Davies]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|attendance = 19,000
|referee = [[Wálter Quesada]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Trinidad and Tobago v Cuba
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 21:10 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630230954/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053862/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
|goals1 = [[Kenwyne Jones|Jones]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Dwight Yorke|Yorke]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Keon Daniel|Daniel]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|attendance = 18,000
|referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinaamse Voetbal Bond|Suriname]]) }}

{{football box
|id=United States v Guatemala
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 18:10 [[UTC-7]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022052149/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053861/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Kenny Cooper|Cooper]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|69}} 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Dick's Sporting Goods Park]], [[Commerce City, Colorado|Commerce City]]
|attendance = 9,303
|referee = [[Benito Archundia]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}

== Group 2 ==
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|section=Group 2
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|team1=HON|name_HON={{fb|HON|1949}}|short_HON={{fbicon|HON|1949}}
|team2=MEX|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}|short_MEX={{fbicon|MEX}}
|team3=JAM|name_JAM={{fb|JAM}}|short_JAM={{fbicon|JAM}}
|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{fb|CAN}}|short_CAN={{fbicon|CAN}}
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|win_MEX=3|draw_MEX=1|loss_MEX=2|gf_MEX=9|ga_MEX=6
|win_JAM=3|draw_JAM=1|loss_JAM=2|gf_JAM=6|ga_JAM=6
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|result1=A|result2=A

|match_CAN_HON=[[#Canada v Honduras|1–2]]
|match_CAN_JAM=[[#Canada v Jamaica|1–1]]
|match_CAN_MEX=[[#Canada v Mexico|2–2]]

|match_HON_CAN=[[#Honduras v Canada|3–1]]
|match_HON_JAM=[[#Honduras v Jamaica|2–0]]
|match_HON_MEX=[[#Honduras v Mexico|1–0]]

|match_JAM_CAN=[[#Jamaica v Canada|3–0]]
|match_JAM_HON=[[#Jamaica v Honduras|1–0]]
|match_JAM_MEX=[[#Jamaica v Mexico|1–0]]

|match_MEX_CAN=[[#Mexico v Canada|2–1]]
|match_MEX_HON=[[#Mexico v Honduras|2–1]]
|match_MEX_JAM=[[#Mexico v Jamaica|3–0]]

|update=complete|source=<ref name="soccer365 CONCACAF 2010">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/738/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>
}}</onlyinclude>
{{football box
|id=Canada v Jamaica
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220031438/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053884/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Julian de Guzman|De Guzman]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = [[Andy Williams (Jamaican footballer)|Williams]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium = [[BMO Field]], [[Toronto]]
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = [[Carlos Batres]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Mexico v Honduras
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630124426/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053883/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
|goals1 = [[Pável Pardo|Pardo]] {{goal|73||75}}
|goals2 = [[Julio César de León|De León]] {{goal|36}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 81,100
|referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Mexico v Jamaica
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 17:00 [[UTC-5]]<br>{{#tag:ref|The two matches between Jamaica and Mexico had their playing dates reversed due to the [[Hurricane Gustav]].<ref>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20080901T230000-0500_139731_OBS_GUSTAV_STRIKES_AGAIN_.asp Gustav strikes again!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120084323/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20080901T230000-0500_139731_OBS_GUSTAV_STRIKES_AGAIN_.asp |date=2008-11-20 }}, the Jamaica Observer.</ref>|group="note"|name="gustav"}}
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220031956/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053878/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Andrés Guardado|Guardado]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Fernando Arce|Arce]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Jonny Magallón|Magallón]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]]
|attendance = 96,000
|referee = [[Baldomero Toledo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Canada v Honduras
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630125045/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053881/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
|goals1 = [[Adrian Serioux|Serioux]] {{goal|4}}
|goals2 = [[Ramón Núñez|R. Núñez]] {{goal|47||56}}
|stadium = [[Saputo Stadium]], [[Montreal]]
|attendance = 13,032
|referee = [[Wálter Quesada]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Mexico v Canada
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 2–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131204071434/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053879/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = [[Omar Bravo|Bravo]] {{goal|59}} <br /> [[Rafael Márquez|Márquez]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Gerba|Gerba]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna]], [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]]
|attendance = 26,900
|referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Honduras v Jamaica
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131220031633/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053880/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JAM}}
|goals1 = [[Ramón Núñez|R. Núñez]] {{goal|65}} <br /> [[Amado Guevara|Guevara]] {{goal|73|pen.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]]
|attendance = 39,000
|referee = [[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Jamaica v Mexico
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 19:00 [[UTC-5]]<br><ref group="note" name="gustav" />
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220031539/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053882/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Ricardo Fuller|Fuller]] {{goal|34}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance = 27,000
|referee = [[Wálter Quesada]] ([[Federación Costarricense de Fútbol|Costa Rica]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Honduras v Canada
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630133753/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053877/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = [[Walter Julián Martínez|W. Martínez]] {{goal|9}} <br />[[Carlos Costly|Costly]] {{goal|65}}<br />[[Hendry Thomas|Thomas]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Andrew Hainault|Hainault]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]]
|attendance = 36,000
|referee = [[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Jamaica v Honduras
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 19:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220031440/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053876/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
|goals1 = [[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Canada v Mexico
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 19:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140117022544/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053875/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Ali Gerba|Gerba]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[Tomasz Radzinski|Radzinski]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2 = [[Carlos Salcido|Salcido]] {{goal|35}}<br /> [[Vicente Matías Vuoso|Vuoso]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]], [[Edmonton]]
|attendance = 14,145
|referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinaamse Voetbal Bond|Suriname]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Honduras v Mexico
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 19:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131204055043/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053873/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Ricardo Osorio|Osorio]] {{goal|52|o.g.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Carlos Batres]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Jamaica v Canada
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131204042039/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053874/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
|goals1 = [[Luton Shelton|Shelton]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Marlon King|King]] {{goal|58|pen.}}<br />[[Omar Cummings|Cummings]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]]) }}

== Group 3 ==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group 3
|show_matches = yes
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=

|team1=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}|short_CRC={{fbicon|CRC}}
|team2=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}|short_SLV={{fbicon|SLV}}
|team3=HAI|name_HAI={{fb|HAI}}|short_HAI={{fbicon|HAI}}
|team4=SUR|name_SUR={{fb|SUR}}|short_SUR={{fbicon|SUR}}
|win_CRC=6|draw_CRC=0|loss_CRC=0|gf_CRC=20|ga_CRC=3
|win_SLV=3|draw_SLV=1|loss_SLV=2|gf_SLV=11|ga_SLV=4
|win_HAI=0|draw_HAI=3|loss_HAI=3|gf_HAI=4|ga_HAI=13
|win_SUR=0|draw_SUR=2|loss_SUR=4|gf_SUR=4|ga_SUR=19

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A

|match_CRC_SLV=[[#Costa Rica v El Salvador|1–0]]
|match_CRC_HAI=[[#Costa Rica v Haiti|2–0]]
|match_CRC_SUR=[[#Costa Rica v Suriname|7–0]]

|match_SLV_CRC=[[#El Salvador v Costa Rica|1–3]]
|match_SLV_HAI=[[#El Salvador v Haiti|5–0]]
|match_SLV_SUR=[[#El Salvador v Suriname|3–0]]

|match_HAI_CRC=[[#Haiti v Costa Rica|1–3]]
|match_HAI_SLV=[[#Haiti v El Salvador|0–0]]
|match_HAI_SUR=[[#Haiti v Suriname|2–2]]

|match_SUR_CRC=[[#Suriname v Costa Rica|1–4]]
|match_SUR_SLV=[[#Suriname v El Salvador|0–2]]
|match_SUR_HAI=[[#Suriname v Haiti|1–1]]

|update=complete|source=<ref name="soccer365 CONCACAF 2010">{{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2010, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/738/2010/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref>
}}</onlyinclude>
{{football box
|id=Haiti v Suriname
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 17:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130326091231/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053895/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = [[Frantz Bertin|Bertin]] {{goal|90}}<br />[[Brunel Fucien|Fucien]] {{goal|90+5}}
|goals2 = [[Wensley Christoph|Christoph]] {{goal|31||46}}
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 7,800
|referee = [[Mauricio Navarro]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Costa Rica v El Salvador
|date = 20 August 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630224107/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053896/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Álvaro Saborío|Saborío]] {{goal|49|pen.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|attendance = 27,000
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|México]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=El Salvador v Haiti
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206091850/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053894/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
|goals1 = [[Rodolfo Zelaya|Zelaya]] {{goal|7||24||53}}<br />[[César Larios|Larios]] {{goal|58}}<br />[[William Torres (footballer, born 1976)|Torres]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]]
|attendance = 21,000
|referee = [[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Costa Rica v Suriname
|date = 6 September 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 7–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630225855/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053893/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = [[Froylan Ledezma|Ledezma]] {{goal|9||41}}<br />[[Alejandro Alpízar|Alpízar]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Armando Alonso|Alonso]] {{goal|78}}<br />[[Celso Borges|Borges]] {{goal|79}}<br />[[Alonso Solís|Solís]] {{goal|86}}<br />[[Bryan Ruiz|Ruiz]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|attendance = 11,000
|referee = [[Steven Depiero]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Suriname v El Salvador
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 16:30 [[UTC-3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 0–2
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131231141908/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053892/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Shawn Martin|Martin]] {{goal|2}} <br />[[Marlon Felter|Felter]] {{goal|12|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]]
|attendance = 4,500
|referee = [[Benito Archundia]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Haiti v Costa Rica
|date = 10 September 2008
|time = 17:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
|score = 1–3
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110424182854/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=250468/match=300053891/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Jean Sony Alcénat|Alcénat]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = [[Bryan Ruiz|Ruiz]] {{goal|12||75}}<br />[[Alejandro Alpízar|Alpízar]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 14,700
|referee = [[Carlos Batres]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Suriname v Costa Rica
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 16:30 [[UTC-3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 1–4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630233646/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053889/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Clifton Sandvliet|Sandvliet]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2 = [[Walter Centeno|Centeno]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Celso Borges|Borges]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Armando Alonso|Alonso]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Alonso Solís|Solís]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]]
|attendance = 3,000
|referee = [[Courtney Campbell (referee)|Courtney Campbell]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]]) }}

{{football box
|id=Haiti v El Salvador
|date = 11 October 2008
|time = 17:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130109100509/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053890/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]], [[Port-au-Prince]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Costa Rica v Haiti
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630232733/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053887/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
|goals1 = [[Júnior Díaz|Díaz]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Victor Nunez|Núñez]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|attendance = 5,500
|referee = [[Ricardo Salazar]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|USA]]) }}

{{football box
|id=El Salvador v Suriname
|date = 15 October 2008
|time = 20:00 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131231142112/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053888/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SUR}}
|goals1 = [[Rodolfo Zelaya|Zelaya]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Eliseo Quintanilla|Quintanilla]] {{goal|27}} <br /> [[Derrik Garden|Garden]] {{goal|81|o.g.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Carlos Batres]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id=Suriname v Haiti
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 16:30 [[UTC-3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUR}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207074947/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053885/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
|goals1 = [[Wensley Christoph|Christoph]] {{goal|40}} 
|goals2 = [[Leonel Saint-Preux|Saint-Preux]] {{goal|28}}
|stadium = [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]]
|attendance = 800
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|México]]) }}

{{football box
|id=El Salvador v Costa Rica
|date = 19 November 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC-6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630233020/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round%3D250468/match%3D300053886/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Rudis Corrales|Corrales]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Roy Myrie|Myrie]] {{goal|24||90+4}}<br />[[Freddy Fernández (footballer)|Fernández]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Silviu Petrescu]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]]) }}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=103 |matches=36

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[Rodolfo Zelaya]]
*{{fbicon|TRI}} [[Keon Daniel]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Bryan Ruiz]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Ramón Núñez]]
*{{fbicon|SUR}} [[Wensley Christoph]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|CAN}} [[Ali Gerba]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Armando Alonso]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Alejandro Alpízar]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Celso Borges]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Froylan Ledezma]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Roy Myrie]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Alonso Solís]]
*{{fbicon|GUA}} [[Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)|Carlos Ruíz]]
*{{fbicon|JAM}} [[Luton Shelton]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Pável Pardo]]
*{{fbicon|TRI}} [[Dwight Yorke]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[DaMarcus Beasley]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Brian Ching]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Clint Dempsey]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|CAN}} [[Julian de Guzman]]
*{{fbicon|CAN}} [[Andrew Hainault]]
*{{fbicon|CAN}} [[Tomasz Radzinski]]
*{{fbicon|CAN}} [[Adrian Serioux]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Álvaro Saborío]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Walter Centeno]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Júnior Díaz]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Freddy Fernández (footballer)|Freddy Fernández]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Victor Nunez|Victor Núñez]]
*{{fbicon|CUB}} [[Jaime Colomé]]
*{{fbicon|CUB}} [[Roberto Linares]]
*{{fbicon|CUB}} [[Yénier Márquez]]
*{{fbicon|CUB}} [[Jensy Muñoz]]
*{{fbicon|CUB}} [[Allianni Urgelles]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[Rudis Corrales]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[César Larios]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[Shawn Martin]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[Eliseo Quintanilla]]
*{{fbicon|SLV}} [[William Torres (footballer, born 1976)|William Torres]]
*{{fbicon|GUA}} [[José Manuel Contreras]]
*{{fbicon|GUA}} [[Carlos Eduardo Gallardo|Carlos Gallardo]]
*{{fbicon|GUA}} [[Marco Pappa]]
*{{fbicon|GUA}} [[Mario Rafael Rodríguez|Mario Rodríguez]]
*{{fbicon|HAI}} [[Jean Sony Alcénat|Jean Alcénat]]
*{{fbicon|HAI}} [[Frantz Bertin]]
*{{fbicon|HAI}} [[Brunel Fucien]]
*{{fbicon|HAI}} [[Leonel Saint-Preux]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Carlos Costly]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Amado Guevara]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Julio César de León]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Walter Julián Martínez|Walter Martínez]]
*{{fbicon|HON|1949}} [[Hendry Thomas]]
*{{fbicon|JAM}} [[Omar Cummings]]
*{{fbicon|JAM}} [[Ricardo Fuller]]
*{{fbicon|JAM}} [[Marlon King]]
*{{fbicon|JAM}} [[Andy Williams (Jamaican footballer)|Andy Williams]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Fernando Arce]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Omar Bravo]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Andrés Guardado]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Jonny Magallon]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Márquez]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Salcido]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Vicente Matías Vuoso|Matías Vuoso]]
*{{fbicon|SUR}} [[Clifton Sandvliet]]
*{{fbicon|TRI}} [[Russell Latapy]]
*{{fbicon|TRI}} [[Cornell Glen]]
*{{fbicon|TRI}} [[Kenwyne Jones]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Freddy Adu]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Jozy Altidore]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Carlos Bocanegra]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Kenny Cooper]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Landon Donovan]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Charlie Davies]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Oguchi Onyewu]]

|1 own goal=
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Ricardo Osorio]] (against Honduras)
*{{fbicon|SUR}} [[Marlon Felter]] (against El Salvador)
*{{fbicon|SUR}} [[Derrik Garden]] (against El Salvador)
}}

==Notes==
<references group="note" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205133/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html FIFA.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080913214518/http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=233 CONCACAF.com]

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