2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

The second round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 to 16 June 2015.^[1]^[2]

Format

A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 in the CONCACAF entrant list and seven first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the third round.

Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40 EST (UTC−5), at the W Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, United States.^[3]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).^[1]^[4] The 20 teams were seeded into four pots:

Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 8–10 (i.e., 16–18 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 11–13 (i.e., 19–21 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 1–7 (i.e., 9–15 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
Pot 6 contained the seven first round winners.

Each tie contained a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4 (first three ties), or a team from Pot 5 and a team from Pot 6 (last seven ties), with the order of legs decided by draw. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identities of teams in Pot 6 (first round winners) were not known at the time of the draw.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.

Pot 3	Pot 4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (134) Saint Lucia (138) Grenada (142)	Antigua and Barbuda (149) Guyana (153) Puerto Rico (155)
Pot 5	Pot 6
Canada (122) Cuba (124) Aruba (124) Dominican Republic (126) El Salvador (127) Suriname (131) Guatemala (134)	Saint Kitts and Nevis (159) Belize (162) Dominica (168) Barbados (169) Bermuda (173) Nicaragua (175) Curaçao (182)

Matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6–6 (a)	Guyana	2–2	4–4
Antigua and Barbuda	5–4	Saint Lucia	1–3	4–1
Puerto Rico	1–2	Grenada	1–0	0–2
Dominica	0–6^{[note 1]}	Canada	0–2	0–4
Dominican Republic	1–5	Belize	1–2	0–3
Guatemala	1–0	Bermuda	0–0	1–0
Aruba	3–2	Barbados	0–2	3–0^{[note 2]}
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–6	El Salvador	2–2	1–4
Curaçao	1–1 (a)	Cuba	0–0	1–1
Nicaragua	4–1	Suriname	1–0	3–1

10 June 2015 (2015-06-10)

15:30 UTC−4

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–2	Guyana
Stewart 51' Slater 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Beresford 27' Shakes 77'

Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Wilson Da Costa (Bahamas)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

19:00 UTC−4

Guyana	4–4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Welshman 40', 77' Danns 50' (pen.), 87'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Samuel 16' Slater 41', 58' Anderson 67'

Providence Stadium, Providence

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

6–6 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.

10 June 2015 (2015-06-10)

19:00 UTC−4

Antigua and Barbuda	1–3	Saint Lucia
Harriette 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Paul 26' Henry 61' Greenidge 90+1'

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound

Attendance: 1,800

Referee: Kimbett Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

19:00 UTC−4

Saint Lucia	1–4	Antigua and Barbuda
Frederick 81' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Parker 72', 90+3' Harriette 85' Tumwa 90+5'

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda)^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 700

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Antigua and Barbuda won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

20:00 UTC−4

Puerto Rico	1–0	Grenada
Bozkurt 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Attendance: 6,890

Referee: Christopher Reid (Belize)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)

15:30 UTC−4

Grenada	2–0	Puerto Rico
Morales 34' (o.g.) Ja. Charles 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

National Cricket Stadium, St. George's

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Adrian Skeete (Barbados)

Grenada won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)

19:00 UTC−4

Dominica	0–2	Canada
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Larin 5' Teibert 64' (pen.)

Windsor Park, Roseau

Attendance: 5,084

Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)

19:37 UTC−4

Canada	4–0	Dominica
Akindele 4' Larin 41' Ricketts 52', 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 9,749

Referee: Gianni Ascani (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Canada won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)

16:00 UTC−4

Dominican Republic	1–2	Belize
Lombardi 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	McCaulay 13', 88'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

16:00 UTC−6

Belize	3–0	Dominican Republic
Róchez 17' Kuylen 38' McCaulay 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

FFB Stadium, Belmopan

Attendance: 1,634

Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

Belize won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

20:06 UTC−6

Guatemala	0–0	Bermuda
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 5,279

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

15 June 2015 (2015-06-15)

19:30 UTC−3

Bermuda	0–1	Guatemala
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Cincotta 27'

Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire

Attendance: 3,747

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

Guatemala won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

10 June 2015 (2015-06-10)

20:00 UTC−4

Aruba	0–2	Barbados
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Boyce 17', 29'

Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

19:30 UTC−4

Barbados	0–3 Awarded^{[note 2]}	Aruba
Holligan 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Usain Bolt Sports Complex, Cave Hill

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

Aruba won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

11 June 2015 (2015-06-11)

20:00 UTC−4

Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–2	El Salvador
Mitchum 68' Sawyers 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Herrera 41' Bonilla 87'

Warner Park, Basseterre

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau (Canada)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)

19:00 UTC−6

El Salvador	4–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cerén 3' Bonilla 52', 80' Álvarez 62'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Harris 69'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 9,830^[7]

Referee: Óscar Dávila (Nicaragua)

El Salvador won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

10 June 2015 (2015-06-10)

20:00 UTC−4

Curaçao	0–0	Cuba
	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

16:00 UTC−4

Cuba	1–1	Curaçao
Márquez 5'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Merencia 16'

Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

1–1 on aggregate. Curaçao won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.

7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)

18:00 UTC−6

Nicaragua	1–0	Suriname
Chavarría 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Attendance: 8,010

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)

16:30 UTC−3

Suriname	1–3	Nicaragua
Fer 3'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF)	Leguías 27' Rosas 51' Chavarría 90+3'

André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Leo Clarke (Saint Lucia)

Nicaragua won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Goalscorers

There were 56 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Joan Morales (against Grenada)

Notes

^ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
^ ^a ^b FIFA awarded Aruba a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible player Hadan Holligan. Holligan failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the competition.^[5] The match originally ended 1–0 to Barbados.
^ Both legs were played in Antigua and Barbuda due to the unavailability of a suitable home venue for Saint Lucia.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
^ "USMNT to start 2018 World Cup qualifying in November of 2015". Sports Illustrated. 12 January 2015.
^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Russia 2018". CONCACAF.com. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014.
^ "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015.
^ "Saint Lucia set for FIFA World Cup qualifiers". St. Lucia News Online. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
^ "El Salvador 4–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis". Soccerway. 16 June 2015.