2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and the Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible – only Puerto Rico declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup.

The qualification process was divided in three stages. In the first stage, the 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of three teams each and two groups of two teams each. Groups with three teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.

The 12 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage, where they were divided into three groups of four teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the Final Round.

In the third stage, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off against the winner of a play-off between third placed teams in the Third Round of Asia.

Format

The First and Second Rounds reduced the 34 entrants to 24 and 12 teams, respectively. The remaining 12 teams were then placed into three Third Round groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Fourth and final qualification group. The Third Round began in August 2004 and ended in November 2004. The top three teams from the Fourth Round group of six (held from February 2005 to October 2005) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fourth-placed team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-placed team from Asia.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grenada	8–1	Guyana	5–0	3–1
Bermuda	20–0	Montserrat	13–0	7–0
Haiti	7–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	5–0	2–0
British Virgin Islands	0–10	Saint Lucia	0–1	0–9
Cayman Islands	1–5	Cuba	1–2	0–3
Aruba	2–10	Suriname	1–2	1–8
Antigua and Barbuda	2–3	Netherlands Antilles	2–0	0–3
Dominica	4–2	Bahamas	1–1	3–1
U.S. Virgin Islands	0–11	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–4	0–7
Dominican Republic	6–0	Anguilla	0–0	6–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United States	6–2	Grenada	3–0	3–2
El Salvador	4–3	Bermuda	2–1	2–2
Haiti	1–4	Jamaica	1–1	0–3
Panama	7–0	Saint Lucia	4–0	3–0
Cuba	3–3 (a)	Costa Rica	2–2	1–1
Suriname	2–4	Guatemala	1–1	1–3
Netherlands Antilles	1–6	Honduras	1–2	0–4
Canada	8–0	Belize	4–0	4–0
Dominica	0–18	Mexico	0–10	0–8
Barbados	2–5	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–2	2–3
Dominican Republic	0–6	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	0–4
Nicaragua	3–6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–2	1–4

Third round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 6 3 3 0 13 3 +10 12  Panama 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 8  Jamaica 6 1 4 1 7 5 +2 7  El Salvador 6 1 1 4 2 11 −9 4   El Salvador  – 0–3 2–1 0–2 Jamaica  0–0 – 1–2 1–1 Panama  3–0 1–1 – 1–1 United States  2–0 1–1 6–0 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10  Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10  Honduras 6 1 4 1 9 7 +2 7  Canada 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5   Canada  – 1–3 0–2 1–1 Costa Rica  1–0 – 5–0 2–5 Guatemala  0–1 2–1 – 1–0 Honduras  1–1 0–0 2–2 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Mexico 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18  Trinidad and Tobago 6 4 0 2 12 9 +3 12  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 6  Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22 0

Mexico  – 8–0 7–0 3–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–5 – 0–3 1–2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0–1 1–0 – 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago  1–3 5–1 2–1 –

Fourth round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 10 7 1 2 16 6 +10 22  Mexico 10 7 1 2 22 9 +13 22  Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16  Trinidad and Tobago 10 4 1 5 10 15 −5 13  Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 11  Panama 10 0 2 8 4 21 −17 2

Costa Rica  – 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 Guatemala  3–1 – 0–2 2–1 5–1 0–0 Mexico  2–0 5–2 – 5–0 2–0 2–1 Panama  1–3 0–0 1–1 – 0–1 0–3 Trinidad and Tobago  0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 – 1–2 United States  3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 –

• Mexico, United States and Costa Rica advanced to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
• Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the AFC-CONCACAF play-off.

AFC–CONCACAF play-off

The Fourth Round winner then played the fifth-placed team of the AFC qualifying group, Bahrain, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	Bahrain	1–1	1–0

As a result, Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

14 goals

• Jared Borgetti

12 goals

• Stern John

11 goals

• Jaime Lozano

10 goals

• Carlos Ruiz

9 goals

• Francisco Fonseca

8 goals

• Paulo Wanchope

7 goals

• John Barry Nusum
• Ian Lake
• Landon Donovan
• Eddie Johnson

6 goals

• Marlon King
• Roberto Brown

5 goals

• Carlos Hernández
• Lester Moré
• Luis Ernesto Pérez
• Julio Dely Valdés

4 goals

Damon Ming Dwayne De Rosario Amado Guevara David Suazo Dwight Pezzarossi

Adolfo Bautista Sergio Santana Luis Tejada George Isaac

Shandel Samuel Marlon Felter DaMarcus Beasley Brian McBride

3 goals

Ralph Bean Khano Smith Rónald Gómez

Álvaro Saborío Vincent Casimir Johnny Descouines

Héctor Altamirano Zinha Errol McFarlane

2 goals

Maurice Escalona Shannon Burgess Jim Brennan Tomasz Radzinski Walter Centeno Roy Myrie Juan Contrera Kervin Severino Alfredo Pacheco Víctor Velásquez Ricky Charles Jason Roberts

Juan Carlos Plata Guillermo Ramírez Gonzalo Romero Jean-Philippe Peguero Jesús Arellano Rafael Márquez Daniel Osorno Brutil Hosé Emilio Palacios Keith Gumbs Calum Willock Titus Elva

Sheldon Emmanuel Earl Jean Jarvin Skeete Renson Haynes Kendall Velox Gordon Kinsaini Patrick Zinhagel Angus Eve Brian Ching Eddie Lewis Steve Ralston

1 goal

Quentin Clarke Winston Roberts Damani Horton Gregory Goodridge Kenroy Skinner Nesley Jean Clevon Hill Rohann Simons Otis Steede Meshach Wade Jason de Vos Atiba Hutchinson Kevin McKenna Paul Peschisolido Thomas Elliot Rolando Fonseca Andy Herron Douglas Sequeira Alonso Solís William Sunsing Whayne Wilson Alain Cervantes Luis Marten Kelly Peters José Martínez Jorge Humberto Rodríguez Anthony Augustine Nigel Bishop Byron Bubb Anthony Modeste Kennedy Phillip

Dennis Rennie Freddy García Élmer Ponciano Selvin Poniciano Mario Rafael Rodríguez Edwin Villatoro Carey Harris Loimera Roody Corriolan Wadson Edgar Álvarez Julio César de León Ivan Guerrero Saul Martínez Carlos Pavón Danilo Turcios Ian Goodison Micah Hyde Damani Ralph Theodore Whitmore Andy Williams Duilio Davino Guillermo Franco Ramón Morales David Oteo Francisco Palencia Pavel Pardo Eugene Martha Rocky Siberie Rudel Calero Felipe Baloy

Alberto Blanco José Luis Garcés Ricardo Phillips Darryl Gomez Austin Huggins Adam Newton Andy Baptiste Elijah Joseph Rodney Jack Marlon James Gino Brandon Carlos Loswijk Dennis Purperhart Clifton Sandvliet Marvin Andrews Carlos Edwards Cornell Glen Russell Latapy Dennis Lawrence Jerren Nixon Hector Sam Jason Scotland Scott Sealy Densill Theobald Carlos Bocanegra Cobi Jones Kyle Martino Taylor Twellman Greg Vanney Josh Wolff

Own goals

Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera (playing against Mexico) Carlos Alonso (playing against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Felipe Baloy (playing against Guatemala)

José Anthony Torres (playing against USA) Alexander Riley (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)

Marvin Andrews (playing against Guatemala) Lawrence Harvey (playing against Haiti)