The CONCACAF region is still very close and all six remaining teams were in action on Saturday, October 10, 2009. The United States could clinch a spot with a win while Honduras and Costa Rica are in 3rd and 4th. Mexico will all but clinch a spot with a win as they have a better goal differential than Honduras and Costa Rica. Here’s a recap of all the matches in CONCACAF 2010 World Cup Qualifying along with video highlights.
USA beats Honduras 3-2 – Video Highlights
The United States scored 3 second half goals as they edged Honduras in a very frantic second half. All the goals came in the second half. Conor Casey had two and Landon Donovan scored the other for the USA. Honduras had a chance to tie it up at 3-3 but Carlos Pavon missed a penalty kick in the 87th minute.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Honduras | United States |
| Julio Leon (47) | Conor Casey (58) |
| Julio Leon (78) | Conor Casey (65) |
| Carlos Pavon (pen miss 87) | Landon Donovan (69) |
Mexico cruises past El Salvador 4-1 – Video Highlights
Mexico remained in 2nd place in the qualification table with a solid 4-1 win at home. The goals were from Blanco, Gonzalez, Vela, and Palencia. El Salvador would get one back in the 87th minute as Julio Martinez scored.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Mexico | El Salvador |
| Marvin Gonzalez (og 26) | Julio Martinez (87) |
| Cuauhtemoc Blanco (71) | |
| Juan Francisco Palencia (86) | |
| Carlos Vela (89) | |
Costa Rica shuts out Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 – Video Highlights
Costa Rica easily beat T&T on Saturday and moved into 3rd place in the qualification table. They had two goals from Alvaro Alberto Chaco Saborio, an own goal from T&T and the final from Walter Centeno.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Costa Rica | Trinidad & Tobago |
| Julius James (og 26) | |
| Walter Centeno (50) | |
| Alvaro Alberto Chacon Saborio (61) | |
| Alvaro Alberto Chacon Saborio (63) | |
| October 11, 2009Fourth Round Table | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Pts | ||||
| 1 | United States | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | Mexico | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 3 | Costa Rica | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Honduras | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | El Salvador | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 8 | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad & Tobago | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 5 | ||||
| Qualifies for the World Cup: 1st , 2nd , 3rd Play-off with a nation from CONMEBOL: 4th |






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