2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round
Football tournament qualifying stage
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In the CONCACAF fourth round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of Panama after the United States scored two goals against Panama in stoppage time in the final match of qualifying; had Panama retained its 2–1 lead, they would have finished in fourth place and eliminated Mexico on goals scored, who had qualified for the previous five World Cups.[1]
Format
The fourth round saw the three group winners and the three group runners-up from the third round compete in a single group of six teams.[2] This stage is referred to as the Hexagonal or Hex, and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
The matches were played from 6 February to 15 October 2013. The top three teams advanced to the World Cup finals tournament in Brazil, and the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers.
Qualified teams
The qualifiers for this round were determined by 16 October 2012.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | United States |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 22 | Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Costa Rica |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 18 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Honduras |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 15 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Mexico |
10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 11 | Advance to inter-confederation play-offs | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| 5 | Panama |
10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 8 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | Jamaica |
10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
The representative from the six national associations met together on 19 October 2012, but could not agree on the schedule for the fourth round.[4] The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in Miami Beach, Florida.[5][6]
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Jamaica |
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Umaña  22'Calvo 82' |
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| Costa Rica | 1–0 | Honduras |
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| Miller 25' |
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| Mexico | 0–0 | Costa Rica |
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| United States | 2–0 | Panama |
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| Altidore 36' E. Johnson 53' |
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| United States | 1–0 | Honduras |
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| Altidore 73' |
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| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Panama |
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| Ruiz 49' Borges 52' |
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| Costa Rica | 3–1 | United States |
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| Acosta 2' Borges 9'Campbell 75' |
Report | Dempsey 43' (pen.) |
| Jamaica | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Anderson 90+2' |
Report | Brenes 74' |
| United States | 2–0 | Mexico |
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| E. Johnson 49' Donovan 78' |
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| Honduras | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Bengtson 64' |
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| United States | 2–0 | Jamaica |
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| Zusi 77' Altidore 81' |
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| Panama | 2–3 | United States |
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| G. Torres 18' Tejada 83' |
Report | Orozco 64' Zusi 90+2'Jóhannsson 90+3' |
Goalscorers
There were 63 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.1 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Jhonny Acosta- Randall Brenes
- Diego Calvo
- Joel Campbell
- Roy Miller
- Michael Umaña
Maynor Figueroa- Juan Carlos García
- Óscar García
- Wilson Palacios
- Roger Rojas
Jermaine Anderson- Rodolph Austin
- Jermaine Beckford
- Marvin Elliott
Raúl Jiménez- Aldo de Nigris
Roberto Chen- Blas Pérez
- Román Torres
Landon Donovan- Brad Evans
- Aron Jóhannsson
- Michael Orozco
1 own goal
- Jorge Claros (against Jamaica)
Notes
- The fixture Jamaica v Mexico on 18 June was moved to 4 June to allow Mexico to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[6]