CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Continues This Week

World Cup Qualifying continues this week with games on Saturday, September 5 and Wednesday, September 9.  An extremely close chase is on in CONCACAF, where three bids will be awarded to the 2010 World Cup.  A fourth bid may be won with the fourth place team in CONCACAF facing off with the fifth place team in CONMEBOL (South America).

CONCACAF Final Round

Group	GP	W	D	L	+/-	PTS
Costa Rica	6	4	0	2	9:9	12
Honduras	6	3	1	2	10:6	10
USA	6	3	1	2	11:8	10
Mexico	6	3	0	3	8:9	9
El Salvador	6	1	2	3	6:8	5
Trinidad & Tobago	6	1	2	3	7:11	5

Games kickoff tonight with USA hosting El Salvador.  If USA wants to assure itself in the top three of the group, this is a must-win match.

Trinidad & Tobago travel to Honduras and group leader Costa Rica plays host to Mexico in the other September 5 match-ups.

September 9 schedule:

Costa Rica at El Salvador

USA at Trinidad & Tobago

Honduras at Mexico

The final two match dates of qualifying are October 10 and 14.