2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round
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The second round of CONCACAF matches of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification took place during the months of June 2024 and June 2025.
Dates5 June 2024 – 10 June 2025
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed59
Goals scored216 (3.66 per match)
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| Dates | 5 June 2024 – 10 June 2025 |
| Teams | 30 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 216 (3.66 per match) |
| Attendance | 285,997 (4,847 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gervane Kastaneer Oalex Anderson(5 goals each) |
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Format
As Canada, Mexico, and the United States qualified for the final tournament as hosts, they did not take part in the qualification tournament. Thirty teams – the top twenty-eight from the December 2023 FIFA World Ranking and the two first round winners – were drawn into six groups of five teams each, and each team played each other team in their group once with two home matches and two away matches (one-off matches each). The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the third round.[1]
Seeding
The draw took place on 25 January 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.[2] Teams were seeded based on the FIFA Men's World Ranking of December 2023 (shown in parentheses).[3]
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- Winners of the first round, whose identities were not known at the time of the draw
Note: Bold indicates team advancing to the third round.
Schedule
The fixtures were predetermined based on the pots that the teams were drawn from.[3] CONCACAF confirmed the match dates on 29 January 2024, with fixtures to be played from 5–11 June 2024 and 4–10 June 2025.[5]
| Match | Date |
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| 2 v 4 | 5 June 2024 |
| 1 v 3 | 6 June 2024 |
| 5 v 2 | 8 June 2024 |
| 4 v 1 | 9 June 2024 |
| 3 v 5 | 11 June 2024 |
| 4 v 5 | 4 June 2025 |
| 2 v 3 | 6 June 2025 |
| 5 v 1 | 7 June 2025 |
| 3 v 4 | 10 June 2025 |
| 1 v 2 |
Groups
Group A
Antigua and Barbuda  | 1–1 |  Bermuda |
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Deterville  26' |
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Ming 90' |
Cayman Islands  | 1–0 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Campbell 90+1' |
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Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0–1 |  Cuba |
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Bravo 45+8' |
| Cayman Islands | 0–1 |  Honduras |
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Robinson  86' (o.g.) |
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
| Honduras | 2–0 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Costa Rica |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | — | |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 7 | — | — | 2–2 | 6–2 | — | ||
| 3 | Grenada |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 0–3 | — | — | — | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | — | — | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Bahamas |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | 0–8 | 1–7 | — | — | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Grenada |
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Hippolyte 24' (pen.), 28' |
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Attendance: 165
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava (Mexico)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6–2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2–3 | Grenada |
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Group C
| Curaçao | 4–1 |  Barbados |
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Reid-Stephen 90+2' (pen.) |
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
| Barbados | 1–3 |  Haiti |
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| Reid-Stephen 73' |
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Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Saint Lucia  | 2–2 |  Aruba |
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| Barbados | 1–1 | Aruba |
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| Leacock 7' (pen.) |
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Luydens 15' |
| Aruba | 0–5 | Haiti |
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| Saint Lucia | 2–1 | Barbados |
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| Elva 42' (pen.), 90' |
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Richards 12' |
| Haiti | 1–5 | Curaçao |
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Group D
Montserrat  | 1–0 |  Belize |
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| Rogers 2' |
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Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance: 93
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Guyana  | 3–0 | Montserrat |
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Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Jamaica |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Advance to third round | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Guatemala |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | — | — | 4–2 | 6–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Dominican Republic |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | — | — | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Dominica |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | 2–3 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | British Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
Attendance: 18,313
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)
| British Virgin Islands | 0–3 | Guatemala |
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Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Dominica | 2–3 | Jamaica |
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Attendance: 13,642
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)
| Dominican Republic | 5–0 | Dominica |
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Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Suriname |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to third round | — | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | |
| 2 | El Salvador |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Puerto Rico |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | — | — | — | 2–1 | 8–0 | ||
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | — | 1–3 | — | — | 6–0 | ||
| 5 | Anguilla |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hakeem Harvey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Referee: Randy Solano (Dominican Republic)
| El Salvador | 1–1 | Suriname |
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Goalscorers
There were 216 goals scored in 59 matches, for an average of 3.66 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Niall Reid-Stephen
Reggie Lambe- Zeiko Lewis
- Djair Parfitt
Manfred Ugalde- Álvaro Zamora
Juninho Bacuna
Troy Jules- Audel Laville
Rafael Núñez
Brayan Gil
Jermaine Francis- Myles Hippolyte
- Darius Johnson
Alejandro Galindo- Rubio Rubin
Deon Moore
Don Deedson Louicius- Duckens Nazon
Edwin Rodríguez
Bancy Hernández
José Luis Rodríguez
Leandro Antonetti- Jeremy de León
- Wilfredo Rivera
Tyrone Conraad- Justin Lonwijk
- Jaden Montnor
Levi García- Nathaniel James
- Reon Moore
- Duane Muckette
- Dante Sealy
- Malcolm Shaw
1 goal
Raheem Deterville
Walter Bennett- Diederick Luydens
- Isai Marselia
Wood Julmis- Omani Leacock
- Devonte Richards
Carlos Bernárdez- Julian Carpenter
- Kole Hall
- Sachiel Ming
Joshwa Campbell- Josimar Alcócer
- Alejandro Bran
- Alonso Martínez
- Jeyland Mitchell
- Joseph Mora
- Andy Rojas
- Gerald Taylor
Jorge Aguirre- Pedro Bravo
- Maikel Reyes
- Jeremy Antonisse
- Kevin Felida
- Kenji Gorré
- Jearl Margaritha
- Xander Severina
- Javid George
- Noah Dollenmayer
- Peter González
- Jimmy Kaparos
- Heinz Mörschel
- Edarlyn Reyes
- Elvin Alvarado
- Nelson Bonilla
- Jairo Henríquez
- Santos Ortíz
- Rafael Tejada
- Regan Charles-Cook
- Keishean Francois
- Kayden Harrack
- Joshua Isaac
- Saydrel Lewis
- Óscar Castellanos
- José Carlos Martínez
- José Morales
- José Carlos Pinto
- Nicolás Samayoa
- Allen Yanes
- Osaze De Rosario
- Nathan Ferguson
- Omari Glasgow
- Liam Gordon
- Jean-Kévin Duverne
- Danley Jean Jacques
- Bryan Labissiere
- Duke Lacroix
- Frantzdy Pierrot
- Ruben Providence
- Mondy Prunier
- Kervin Arriaga
- Rubilio Castillo
- Anthony Lozano
- Getsel Montes
- Andy Najar
- Bryan Róchez
- David Ruiz
- Alexy Vega
- Luis Vega
Kaheim Dixon- Jon Russell
Brandon Barzey- Mark Rogers
- Kaleem Simon
- Juan Barrera
- Harold Medina
- Jacob Montes
- Eric Davis
- Ismael Díaz
- Fidel Escobar
- José Fajardo
- Eduardo Guerrero
- Cristian Martínez
- Jovani Welch
- César Yanis
- Nicolás Cardona
- Steven Echevarría
- Darren Ríos
- Roberto Ydrach
G'Vaune Amory- Ethan Bristow
- Romaine Sawyers
- Tyreece Simpson
- Tiquanny Williams
Peter Pearson- Ridel Stanislas
Kyle Edwards- Kirtney Franklyn
- Micah Joseph
- Cornelius Stewart
- Sheraldo Becker
- Jeredy Hilterman
- Shaquille Pinas
- Ajani Fortune
- Alvin Jones
- Kevin Molino
- Ryan Telfer
1 own goal
Steven Austin (against Suriname)- Wesley Robinson (against Honduras)
- Donervon Daniels (against Nicaragua)
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:[7]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious infractions)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the second round:
| Team | Player | Infraction(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | Leroy Graham |  vs Cuba (6 June 2025) | vs Honduras (10 June 2025) |
| Aruba | Fernando Lewis |  vs Curaçao (8 June 2024) vs Saint Lucia (11 June 2024) | vs Barbados (4 June 2025) |
| Bahamas | Jean Tilo |  vs Saint Kitts and Nevis (11 June 2024) | vs Grenada (4 June 2025) |
| Barbados | Nicoli Brathwaite | vs Haiti (9 June 2024) vs Aruba (4 June 2025) | vs Saint Lucia (10 June 2025) |
| British Virgin Islands | Luka Chalwell | vs Guatemala (8 June 2024) vs Dominica (4 June 2025) | vs Jamaica (7 June 2025) |
| Dominican Republic | Jean Carlos López | vs Jamaica (6 June 2024) vs Guatemala (6 June 2025) | vs Dominica (10 June 2025) |
| Montserrat | Lenni Cirino | vs Nicaragua (5 June 2024) vs Belize (4 June 2025) | vs Guyana (10 June 2025) |
 Panama | José Córdoba | vs Guyana (6 June 2024) vs Belize (7 June 2025) | vs Nicaragua (10 June 2025) |
| José Luis Rodríguez | vs Guyana (6 June 2024) vs Belize (7 June 2025) | vs Nicaragua (10 June 2025) | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Lois Maynard | vs Costa Rica (6 June 2024) vs Bahamas (11 June 2024) | vs Trinidad and Tobago (6 June 2025) |
| Omari Sterling-James | vs Costa Rica (6 June 2024) vs Trinidad and Tobago (6 June 2025) | vs Grenada (10 June 2025) | |
| Saint Lucia | Melvin Doxilly | vs Haiti (6 June 2024) vs Aruba (11 June 2024) | vs Curaçao (6 June 2025) |
| Suriname | Stefano Denswil | vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 June 2024) vs Anguilla (8 June 2024) | vs Puerto Rico (6 June 2025) |