1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

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The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows:

  • Caribbean Zone: The 20 teams played in three rounds of knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine four winners advancing to the semi-finals.
  • Central American Zone: The four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round.

In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify.

Contents

Preliminary round [edit]

Group A [edit]

March 24, 1996
 Dominican Republic  3 – 2  Aruba Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Saint Lucia Timothy Joseph
Rodríguez Goal 28'
Mariano Goal 50'
Peca Goal 73'		 (report) Davellar Goal 60'
Malmberg Goal 84'
March 31, 1996
 Aruba  1 – 3  Dominican Republic Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad
Attendance: 1,137
Referee: Mexico Gilberto Alcalá Pineda
Davelaar Goal 38' (report) Rodríguez Goal 5'
Aquino Goal 62'
Queliz Goal 87'

Dominican Republic won 6-3 on aggregate.

Group B [edit]

March 29, 1996
 Guyana  1 – 2  Grenada Bourda Cricket Ground, Georgetown
Referee: Suriname Christiaan Eiloof
Joseph Goal 13' (report) Charles Goal 54'
Otis Roberts Goal 63'
April 7, 1996
 Grenada  6 – 0  Guyana Grenada National Stadium, Saint George's
Referee: Dominica Billy Doctrove
Charles Goal 33'
François Goal 40', 47'
Fletcher Goal 48', 71', 82'		 (report)

Grenada won 8-1 on aggregate.

Group C [edit]

The Bahamas withdrew, so Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the first round automatically.

Group D [edit]

March 10, 1996
 Dominica  3 – 3  Antigua and Barbuda Windsor Park, Roseau
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Dominique Goal 8'
Dangler Goal 42'
Marshall Goal 89'		 (report) Clarke Goal 15'
Edwards Goal 28', 75'
March 31, 1996
 Antigua and Barbuda  1 – 3  Dominica Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's
Attendance: 900
Referee: Guyana Evaroy Babb
Edwards Goal 59' (report) Greenaway Goal 23'
Morancie Goal 60'
Edmond Goal 66'

Dominica won 6-4 on aggregate.

First round [edit]

Group 1 [edit]

May 4, 1996
 Dominican Republic  2 – 1  Netherlands Antilles Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: El Salvador Victorino Rodríguez Portillo
Jiménez Goal 35'
Zapata Goal 68'		 (report) Gersley Goal 40'
May 11, 1996
 Netherlands Antilles  0 – 0  Dominican Republic Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad
Attendance: 1,111
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Mendizabal Euceda
(report)

Dominican Republic won 2-1 on aggregate.

Group 2 [edit]

May 12, 1996
 Haiti  6 – 1  Grenada Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince
Attendance: 5500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray
Wilson Chevalier Goal 11'
Golman Pierre Goal 35', 58'
Isaac Chauvet Goal 62', 64', 73'		 (report) Patrick Modeste Goal 85'
May 18, 1996
 Grenada  0 – 1  Haiti Queen's Park (Grenada), St. George's
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Barbados Victor Moore
(report) Golman Pierre Goal 49'

Haiti won 7-1 on aggregate.

Group 3 [edit]

May 12, 1996
 Cayman Islands  0 – 1  Cuba Truman Bodden, George Town
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Honduras Argelio Sabillon
(report) Lázaro Dalcourt Goal 10'
May 14, 1996
 Cuba  5 – 0  Cayman Islands Truman Bodden, George Town
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Mexico Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas
Alexander Cruzata Goal 19'
Cebranco Rodríguez Goal 63'
Lázaro Dalcourt Goal 68', 81'
Lester Moré Goal 83'		 (report)

Note:Both matches were played in Cayman Islands.

Cuba won 6-0 on aggregate.

Group 4 [edit]

May 5, 1996
 Saint Kitts and Nevis  5 – 1  Saint Lucia Warner Park, Basseterre
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Robin Murray
Dwight Allers Kelley Goal 5', 86'
Vernon Sargeant Goal 22', 44'
Keith Gumbs Goal 41'		 (report) Earl Jean Goal 51'
May 19, 1996
 Saint Lucia  0 – 1  Saint Kitts and Nevis Mindoo Philip Park, Castries
Attendance: 500
Referee: Netherlands Antilles Harry Leocadio Davelaar
(report) Dwight Allers Kelley Goal 50'

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6-1 on aggregate.

Group 5 [edit]

May 4, 1996
 Puerto Rico  1 – 2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estadio Efrain Carcayo Alicea, Bayamón
Referee: Aruba Manuel Villar
Lugris Goal 70' (pen.) (report) Huggins Goal 18'
Hinds Goal 58'
May 12, 1996
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  7 – 0  Puerto Rico Amos Vale Stadium, Kingston
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Jamaica Lancelotte Livingston
Jack Goal 3', 13', 25'
Mussenden Goal 35' (o.g.)
Hinds Goal 37', 59'
Charles Goal 64'		 (report)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate.

Group 6 [edit]

May 12, 1996
 Dominica  0 – 1  Barbados Windsor Park, Roseau
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Jamaica Charles Barrett
(report) Roger Proverbs Goal 63'
May 12, 1996
 Barbados  1 – 0  Dominica Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown
Attendance: 2500
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Austin Eric Harewood
Gregory Goodridge Goal 67' (report)

Barbados won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 7 [edit]

March 31, 1996
 Suriname  0 – 1  Jamaica Flora Stadion, Paramaribo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Antigua and Barbuda Vanroy Burnes
(report) Whitmore Goal 56'
April 21, 1996
 Jamaica  1 – 0  Suriname Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Costa Rica Ronald Gutíerrez Castro
P. Davis Goal 73' (report)

Jamaica won 2-0 on aggregate.

Group 8 [edit]

Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.

Second round [edit]

Caribbean Zone [edit]

Group A [edit]

June 23, 1996
 Cuba  6 – 1  Haiti Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Guatemala Mario Efrain Escobar
Eduardo Sebrango Goal 18'
Mario Pedraza Goal  44'
Lazaro Dalcourt Goal 61', 70', 71'
Lester More Goal 81'		 (report) Rosemond Pierre Goal 84'

This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Cuba.

June 30, 1996
 Haiti  1 – 1  Cuba Stade Capois, Cap Haitien
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Costa Rica Ramon Luis Mendez Vega
Isaac Chauvet Goal 1' (report) Armando Cruz Goal 1'

Cuba won 7-2 on aggregate.

Group B [edit]

June 15, 1996
 Dominican Republic  1 – 4  Trinidad and Tobago Estadio Olímpico, Santo Domingo
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mexico Arturo Brizio Carter
Alberto Jimenez Goal 59' (report) Russell Latapy Goal 37'Goal 67'
Pedro Aquino Goal 39' (o.g.)
Angus Eve Goal 84'
June 23, 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago  8 – 0  Dominican Republic Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Costa Rica Rodrigo Badilla
Stern John Goal 1'Goal 23' Goal 80'
Dwight York Goal 8'
Angus Eve Goal 16' Goal 42'
Anthony Rougier Goal 19'
Russell Latapy Goal 90'		 (report)

Trinidad and Tobago won 12-1 on aggregate.

Group C [edit]

June 23, 1996
 Barbados  0 – 1  Jamaica Barbados National Stadium, bridgetown
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: United States Arturo Angeles
(report) Walter Boyd Goal 90'
June 30, 1996
 Jamaica  2 – 0  Barbados Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Ramesh Ramdhan
Theodore Whitmore Goal 23'
Walter Boyd Goal 72'		 (report)

Jamaica won 3-0 on aggregate.

Group D [edit]

June 23, 1996
 Saint Kitts and Nevis  2 – 2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Warner Park, Basseterre
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Keith Gumbs Goal 38'
Larrymore Bedford Goal 88'		 (report) Andre Hinds Goal 12'
Kendall Velox Goal 35'
June 30, 1996
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 – 0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Amos Vale Stadium, Kingston
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jamaica Peter Prendergast
(report)

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule.

Central American Zone [edit]

Group E [edit]

May 5, 1996
 Nicaragua  0 – 1  Guatemala Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: United States Tim Wayland
(report) Juan Carlos Plata Goal 27'
May 10, 1996
 Guatemala  2 – 1  Nicaragua Guatemala City
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Canada Dino Bucci
Juan Carlos Plata Goal 62' Goal 67' (report) Ezequiel Jerez Goal 87'

Guatemala won 3-1 on aggregate.

Group F [edit]

June 2, 1996
 Belize  1 – 2  Panama National Stadium, Belize City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez Medina
David McCauley Goal 28' (report) Ruebn Guevara Goal 57'
Julio Dely Valdes Goal 61'
June 9, 1996
 Panama  4 – 1  Belize Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Nicaragua Donald Campos
Julio Dely Valdes Goal 14' Goal 46' Goal 61'
Victor Mendieta Goal 88'		 (report) Denmark Casey Goal 60'

Panama won 6-2 on aggregate.

Third round [edit]

Group 1 [edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 6 4 1 1 10 5 5 13
2  Costa Rica 6 4 0 2 9 5 4 12
3  Guatemala 6 2 2 2 6 9 -3 8
4  Trinidad and Tobago 6 0 1 5 3 9 -6 1

The United States and Costa Rica advanced to the final round. Guatemala played their home games in Los Angeles and San Salvador instead of at home due to FIFA stadium standards.

September 1, 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 1  Costa Rica Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Honduras Oscar Bardalez
(report) Ronald Gomez Goal 54'
October 6, 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 1  Guatemala Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
Jerren Nixon Goal 37' (report) Rudy Ramirez Goal 22'
November 3, 1996
 United States  2 – 0  Guatemala RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Attendance: 30,082
Referee: Jamaica Charles Barrett
Eric Wynalda Goal 54'
Brian McBride Goal 87'		 (report)
November 10, 1996
 United States  2 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond
Attendance: 19,312
Referee: Mexico Arturo Brizio Carter
Thomas Dooley Goal 53'
Eric Wynalda Goal 84'		 (report)
November 10, 1996
 Costa Rica  3 – 0  Guatemala Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Honduras Argelio Sabillon
Javier Delgado Goal 53'
Hernan Medford Goal 74'
Ronald Gomez Goal 78'		 (report)
November 24, 1996
 Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 1  United States Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Barbados Mark Forde
(report) Joe-Max Moore Goal 36'
November 24, 1996
 Guatemala  1 – 0  Costa Rica Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 22,697
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez
Juan Carlos Plata Goal 34' (report)
December 1, 1996
 Costa Rica  2 – 1  United States Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jamaica Peter Prendergast
Paulo Wanchope Goal 39'
Wilmer Lopez Goal 84'		 (report) Cobi Jones Goal 89'
December 8, 1996
 Guatemala  2 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Canada William Laidlaw
Julio Rodas Goal 26' Goal 67' (report) Angus Eve Goal 30'
December 14, 1996
 United States  2 – 1  Costa Rica Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 40,527
Referee: Mexico León Padro Borja
Brian McBride Goal 16'
Roy Lassiter Goal 60'		 (report) Ronald Gomez Goal 74'
December 21, 1996
 Costa Rica  2 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago Cartago, Costa Rica
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mexico Pascual Rebolledo Cárdenas
Paulo Wanchope Goal 44' Goal 60' (report) Jerren Nixon Goal 7'
December 21, 1996
 Guatemala  2 – 2  United States Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Canada Mike Seifert
Juan Funes Goal 9'
Juan Carlos Plata Goal 44'		 (report) Predrag Radosavljević Goal 7'
Frankie Hejduk Goal 48'

Group 2 [edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Canada 6 5 1 0 10 1 9 16
2  El Salvador 6 3 1 2 12 6 6 10
3  Panama 6 1 2 3 8 11 -3 5
4  Cuba 6 1 0 5 4 16 -12 3

Canada and El Salvador advanced to the final round.

Cuba played all their matches away from home.

August 30, 1996
 Canada  3 – 1  Panama Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 5,255
Referee: Honduras Jose Emiliano Ramirez Suazo
Geoff Aunger Goal 40'
Paul Peschisolido Goal 42'
Carlo Corazzin Goal 87'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés Goal 49'
September 8, 1996
 Cuba  0 – 5  El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Honduras Gerardo Enrique Mejia Centeno
(report) José Carlos Rivera Goal 22' Goal 80'
Raúl Díaz Arce Goal 49' Goal 72'
Mauricio Cienfuegos Goal 83'
September 22, 1996
 Cuba  3 – 1  Panama Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Costa Rica Olger Mejias Ovares
Eduardo Sebrango Goal 42' Goal 70'
Manuel Bobadilla Goal 88'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés Goal 55'
October 6, 1996
 Panama  1 – 1  El Salvador Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Antigua and Barbuda Vanroy Burnes
Juan Carlos Cubillas Goal 43' (report) Raúl Díaz Arce Goal 51'
October 10, 1996
 Canada  2 – 0  Cuba Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Ramesh Ramdhan
Alex Bunbury Goal 29'
Paul Peschisolido Goal 53'		 (report)
October 13, 1996
 Cuba  0 – 2  Canada Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Mendizabal Euceda
(report) Paul Peschisolido Goal 15'
Nick Dasovic Goal 79'
October 27, 1996
 Panama  0 – 0  Canada Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 7,388
Referee: Guatemala Carlos Batres
(report)
November 3, 1996
 Canada  1 – 0  El Salvador Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 6,858
Referee: Costa Rica Ronald Gutiérrez
Alex Bunbury Goal 65' (report)
November 10, 1996
 El Salvador  3 – 2  Panama Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 25,832
Referee: United States Zimmerman Boulos
Raúl Díaz Arce Goal 43'
Wilfredo Iraheta Goal 68'
Giovanni Trigueros Goal 88'		 (report) Jorge Dely Valdés Goal 11' Goal 86'
December 1, 1996
 El Salvador  3 – 0  Cuba Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 23,510
Referee: United States Arturo Angeles
William Renderos Iraheta Goal 3'
Raúl Díaz Arce Goal 30'
Jorge Rodríguez Goal 49'		 (report)
December 15, 1996
 Panama  3 – 1  Cuba Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City
Attendance: 0
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Wayne Caesar
Víctor Mendieta Goal 15'
Rubén Guevara Goal 55'
Jorge Dely Valdés Goal 58'		 (report) Lester Moré Goal 67'
December 15, 1996
 El Salvador  0 – 2  Canada Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Attendance: 15233
Referee: Mexico Brizio Carter
(report) Mark Watson Goal 62'
Alex Bunbury Goal 66'

Group 3 [edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Jamaica 6 4 1 1 12 3 9 13
2  Mexico 6 4 0 2 14 6 8 12
3  Honduras 6 3 1 2 18 11 7 10
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 0 0 6 6 30 -24 0

Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final round.

September 15, 1996
 Jamaica  3 – 0  Honduras Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Costa Rica Ramón Luis Méndez Vega
Walter Boyd Goal 14' Goal 53'
Theodore Whitmore Goal 42'		 (report)
September 15, 1996
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 – 3  Mexico Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: El Salvador Rafael Rodriguez Medina
(report) Ricardo Peláez Goal 15' Goal 51'
Damián Álvarez Goal 89'
September 21, 1996
 Honduras  2 – 1  Mexico Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 19,120
Referee: United States Raul Dominguez
Carlos Pavón Goal 50'
Eduardo Bennett Goal 82'		 (report) Ramón Ramírez Goal 63'
September 23, 1996
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1 – 2  Jamaica Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Suriname George Richenel Cameron
Christopher Harry Goal 82' (report) Paul Young Goal 20' Goal 41'
October 13, 1996
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  1 – 4  Honduras Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Canada Jose Farias
James Chewitt Goal 62' (report) Suazo Velázquez Goal 7' Goal 62'
Christian Santamaria Goal 23' Goal 42'
October 16, 1996
 Mexico  2 – 1  Jamaica Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Trinidad and Tobago Ramesh Ramdhan
Zague Goal 44'
Carlos Hermosillo Goal 55'		 (report) Walter Boyd Goal 70'
October 27, 1996
 Honduras  0 – 0  Jamaica Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 20,928
Referee: United States Raul Dominguez
(report)
October 30, 1996
 Mexico  5 – 1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Canada René Parra
Benjamín Galindo Goal 20' Goal 29'
Zague Goal 48'
Carlos Hermosillo Goal 70'
Dexter Walker Goal 88' (o.g.)		 (report) Kendall Velox Goal 88'
November 6, 1996
 Mexico  3 – 1  Honduras Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 105,000
Referee: Costa Rica Rodrigo Badilla
Benjamín Galindo Goal 32'
Carlos Hermosillo Goal 35'
Zague Goal 45'		 (report) Enrique Reneau Goal 69'
November 10, 1996
 Jamaica  5 – 0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 0
Referee: United States Tim Weyland
Theodore Whitmore Goal 10' Goal 13'
Paul Young Goal 64'
Peter Cargill Goal 66'
Stephen Malcolm Goal 84'		 (report)
November 17, 1996
 Jamaica  1 – 0  Mexico Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Guatemala Mario Efrain Escobar López
Ian Goodison Goal 82' (report)
November 17, 1996
 Honduras  11 – 3  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 4,378
Referee: Costa Rica Victor Hugo Rodriguez Ugalde
Barrios Zapata Goal 3'
Suazo Velázquez Goal 11' Goal 38' Goal 50'
Arnold Cruz Goal 19'
Carlos Pavón Goal 30'
Enrique Reneau Goal 48'
Merlyn Membreño Goal 65'
Milton Núñez Goal 67' Goal 84'
Eduardo Bennett Goal 77'		 (report) Rodney Jack Goal 37'
Alwyn Guy Goal 62'
Everad Sam Goal 75'

Fourth round [edit]

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 10 4 6 0 23 7 16 18
2  United States 10 4 5 1 17 9 8 17
3  Jamaica 10 3 5 2 7 12 –5 14
4  Costa Rica 10 3 3 4 13 12 1 12
5  El Salvador 10 2 4 4 11 16 –5 10
6  Canada 10 1 3 6 5 20 –15 6
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