2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF semi-finals

The CONCACAF Semi-final round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the 12 remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the Final round.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trinidad and Tobago	6	5	0	1	14	7	+7	15	Advance to the final round		—	1–0	4–0	6–0
2	Mexico	6	4	1	1	17	2	+15	13			7–0	—	2–0	7–1
3	Canada	6	1	2	3	1	8	−7	5			0–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Panama	6	0	1	5	1	16	−15	1			0–1	0–1	0–0	—

Source: ^[1]

Panama	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Zepeda 88'

16 July 2000

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Brian Hall (United States)

Canada	0–2	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Eve 43' Yorke 73'

16 July 2000

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (El Salvador)

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Panama	0–0	Canada
	Report

23 July 2000

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	Mexico
Latapy 86'	Report

23 July 2000

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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Mexico	2–0	Canada
Abundis 48' Fenwick 81' (o.g.)	Report

15 August 2000

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

Trinidad and Tobago	6–0	Panama
Rougier 2' Dely Valdés 26' (o.g.) Yorke 36', 61' Eve 59' Pierre 77'	Report

16 August 2000

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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Mexico	7–1	Panama
Ruiz 8' (pen.) Abundis 36' Zepeda 44' Blanco 47', 90' (pen.) Márquez 54' Ramírez 75'	Report	Dely Valdés 54'

3 September 2000

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Nelson Calix (Honduras)

Trinidad and Tobago	4–0	Canada
Latapy 28' Carrington 30' Mason 54' Eve 90'	Report

3 September 2000

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Olger Mejia (Costa Rica)

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Mexico	7–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Blanco 20', 28' (pen.) Borgetti 26', 30', 71' Davino 66' Ruiz 75' (pen.)	Report

8 October 2000

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Carlos Batros Gonzalez (Guatemala)

Canada	1–0	Panama
Brennan 82'	Report

9 October 2000

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Nery Alfaro Zepeda (El Salvador)

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Panama	0–1	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	Pierre 15' (pen.)

15 November 2000

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

Canada	0–0	Mexico
	Report

15 November 2000

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 6,564

Referee: Samuel Richard (Dominican Republic)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	6	5	0	1	25	5	+20	15	Advance to the final round		—	1–0	5–0	6–0
2	Jamaica	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	12			3–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	El Salvador	6	3	0	3	13	13	0	9			2–5	2–0	—	7–1
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	0	0	6	2	25	−23	0			0–7	0–1	1–2	—

Source: ^[1]

El Salvador	2–5	Honduras
Montes 8' Cienfuegos 89'	Report	Caballero 12' Turcios 37' Pavón 42', 62' Suazo 88'

16 July 2000

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Lowe 23'

16 July 2000

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Noel Bynoe (Trinidad and Tobago)

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El Salvador	7–1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Montes 19' Castro 34' Rivera 49', 60' Arce 63', 83', 85'	Report	Ballantyne 9'

23 July 2000

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Felipe De Jesús Ramos (Mexico)

Jamaica	3–1	Honduras
Whitmore 27' Lowe 69' Burton 77'	Report	Ramírez 2'

23 July 2000

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Timothy Weyland (United States)

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Jamaica	1–0	El Salvador
Lowe 34'	Report

16 August 2000

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Edgar Rangel Pérez (Mexico)

Honduras	6–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pavón 5', 86' Ramírez 19', 59' Guevara 27' Bengoché 88'	Report

16 August 2000

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: José Farías Martínez (Canada)

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Honduras	5–0	El Salvador
Pavón 20', 43', 58' Suazo 47' Caballero 84'	Report

2 September 2000

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Fredy Burgos (Guatemala)

Jamaica	2–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Williams 45' Lowe 50'	Report

3 September 2000

Independence Park, Kingston

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Honduras	1–0	Jamaica
Turcios 90'	Report

8 October 2000

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (United States)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–2	El Salvador
James 79'	Report	Velasquez 3' Cubías 89'

8 October 2000

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Urvin Faneyte (Netherlands Antilles)

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–7	Honduras
	Report	Ramírez 26', 31' Velásquez 46' C. Santamaría 52' L. Santamaría 77' Caballero 85' Bengoché 89'

14 November 2000

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Noel Egan (Antigua and Barbuda)

El Salvador	2–0	Jamaica
Padilla 17' Rodríguez 24' (pen.)	Report

15 November 2000

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca, San Salvador

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ali Saheli (United States)

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	6	3	2	1	14	3	+11	11	Advance to the final round		—	0–0	1–0	7–0
2	Costa Rica	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10[a]			2–1	—	2–1	3–0
3	Guatemala	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10[a]			1–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Barbados	6	1	0	5	3	20	−17	3			0–4	2–1	1–3	—

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

1. As Costa Rica and Guatemala finished level on points, goal differential, goals scored and head-to-head record, a play-off on neutral ground was played to determine second place. Costa Rica won the play-off 5–2 to finish second.

Guatemala	1–1	United States
Ruiz 88'	Report	Razov 45+1'

16 July 2000

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico)

Barbados	2–1	Costa Rica
Riley 49' Forde 89'	Report	Madrigal 48'

16 July 2000

Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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Guatemala	2–0	Barbados
Ruiz 2' García 83'	Report

22 July 2000

Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mike Seiffert (Canada)

Costa Rica	2–1	United States
Fonseca 10' Medford 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Stewart 65'

23 July 2000

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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Costa Rica	2–1	Guatemala
Wanchope 34', 58'	Report	Pezzarossi 68'

15 August 2000

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Argelio Sabillon (Honduras)

United States	7–0	Barbados
Pope 14' McBride 28' Moore 45', 82' O'Brien 46' Ramos 72' Stewart 74'	Report

16 August 2000

Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 18,334

Referee: Jose Pineda Fernandez (Honduras)

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Costa Rica	3–0	Barbados
Soto 35' Fonseca 40' Medford 54'	Report

3 September 2000

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Eduardo Brizio (Mexico)

United States	1–0	Guatemala
McBride 72'	Report

3 September 2000

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 51,996

Referee: Edgar Rangel (Mexico)

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Barbados	1–3	Guatemala
Riley 24'	Report	García 3' Ruiz 10' Acevedo 84'

8 October 2000

Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)

United States	0–0	Costa Rica
	Report

11 October 2000

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 24,430

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Guatemala	2–1	Costa Rica
Ruiz 53', 87'	Report	Fonseca 71'

15 November 2000

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)

Barbados	0–4	United States
	Report	Mathis 63' Stewart 73' Jones 77' Razov 90+2'

15 November 2000

Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Play-off

Costa Rica	5–2	Guatemala
Wanchope 7' Fonseca 43', 59' Parks 58' Soto 87'	Report	Ruiz 4', 89' (pen.)

6 January 2001

Miami Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Rodolfo Alexander Sibrian (El Salvador)

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 37 matches, for an average of 3.3 goals per match.

7 goals

• Carlos Ruiz
• Carlos Pavón

5 goals

• Rolando Fonseca
• Francisco Ramírez

4 goals

• Onandi Lowe
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco

3 goals

• Paulo Wanchope
• Raúl Díaz Arce
• Samuel Caballero
• Jared Borgetti
• Angus Eve
• Dwight Yorke
• Earnie Stewart

2 goals

• Llewellyn Riley
• Hernán Medford
• Jafet Soto
• Elías Montes
• Guillermo Rivera
• Freddy García
• Renán Bengoché
• David Suazo
• Danilo Turcios
• José Manuel Abundis
• Víctor Ruiz
• Miguel Zepeda
• Russell Latapy
• Nigel Pierre
• Brian McBride
• Joe-Max Moore
• Ante Razov

1 goal

• Michael Forde
• Jim Brennan
• Alejandro Madrigal
• Reynaldo Parks
• Carlos Castro Borja
• Mauricio Cienfuegos
• Jaime Vladimir Cubías
• Juan Carlos Padilla
• Jorge Rodríguez
• Daniel Velasquez
• Mario Acevedo
• Dwight Pezzarossi
• Amado Guevara
• Christian Santamaría
• Luis Santamaría
• Wilmer Velásquez
• Deon Burton
• Theodore Whitmore
• Andy Williams
• Duilio Davino
• Rafael Márquez
• Ramón Ramírez
• Jorge Dely Valdés
• Jamal Ballantyne
• Marlon James
• Reynold Carrington
• Stokely Mason
• Anthony Rougier
• Cobi Jones
• Clint Mathis
• John O'Brien
• Eddie Pope
• Tab Ramos

1 own goal

• Paul Fenwick (against Mexico)
• Jorge Dely Valdés (against Trinidad and Tobago)

References

1. "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup