2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round

In the Fourth Round of CONCACAF, the six remaining teams from the Third Round were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

. The fourth-placed team advanced to the AFC-CONCACAF playoff against the winner of the Fourth Round

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round

The AFC Fourth Round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification was held on 8 and 12 October 2005 between the two teams that finished third in the third round....

of Asia.

Fourth round

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San José

San José, Costa Rica

San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

|attendance = 22,000|referee = Carlos Batres

Carlos Batres

Carlos Alberto Batres González is a Guatemalan football referee. He has refereed FIFA World Cup qualification and final tournament matches, and at Olympic tournaments....

(Guatemala

Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

The Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , also known by the former acronym FENAFUTG, is the governing body of Football in Guatemala. It organizes the football league, Liga Nacional de Guatemala, Primera División de Ascenso, Segunda División de Ascenso, the Copa Centenario and the Guatemala...

) }}

Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

, Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

|attendance = 20,000|referee = Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast (referee)

Peter Prendergast is a football referee from Jamaica. A FIFA referee since January 1, 1994, his first international match was USA against Ireland, on June 9, 1996...

(Jamaica

Jamaica Football Federation

The Jamaica Football Federation is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national team and the Jamaican National Premier League.- History :...

) }}

Lewis

Eddie Lewis (soccer)

Edward James "Eddie" Lewis is a former American soccer player.During his 14-year professional career he played extensively in both the United States and England, notably for San Jose Clash, Preston North End, Leeds United and Los Angeles Galaxy...

|stadium = Queen's Park Oval

Queen's Park Oval

Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the largest capacity cricket ground in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It also hosted a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is privately owned by the...

Port of Spain

Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

|attendance = 11,000|referee = Benito Archundia

Benito Archundia

Benito Armando Archundia Téllez is a retired Mexican football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his FIFA referee permission since 1993...

(Mexico) }}
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Ruiz
Pezzarossi
|goals2 = Edwards

Carlos Edwards

Akenhaton Carlos Edwards , more commonly known as Carlos Edwards, is a Trinidadian footballer who plays for Ipswich Town as a midfielder.-Club career:...

|stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores

Estadio Mateo Flores

The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon...

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

|attendance = 22,506|referee = Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott is a soccer referee from the United States of America. He has been a FIFA referee since 1995. Stott was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany....

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

The United States Soccer Federation is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional soccer, including the men's, women's, youth, futsal...

) }}

Myrie

Roy Myrie

Roy Myrie Medrano is a Costa Rican professional football defender who currently plays for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian First Division....

|goals2 = Brown

Roberto Brown

Roberto Brown is a Panamanian footballer currently playing for Panama's San Francisco F.C..-Club:Brown spent the majority of his early career playing for numerous teams in Central America and Europe...

|stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José

San José, Costa Rica

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

|attendance = 0 (banned)|referee = Marco Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno is a Mexican football referee. In his homeland, he is commonly nicknamed "Chiquidrácula" due to his resemblance to a Mexican TV character of child Count Dracula, portrayed by Carlos Espejel...

(Mexico) }}

Zinha

Ântonio Naelson

Antônio Naelson Matias , also known simply as Sinha is a Mexican football midfielder, who plays for Club Toluca in the Mexican First Division.-Biography:...

|goals2 = Lewis

Eddie Lewis (soccer)

|stadium = Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

|attendance = 110,000|referee = Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) }}
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Panama City

Panama City

, Panama

Panama

|attendance = 13,000|referee = Jose Pineda (Honduras

Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras

The Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras is the official football organization in Honduras and is in charge of the Honduran national team. FENAFUTH was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in the same year. Ten years later it joined CONCACAF.-External links:* at FIFA site*...

) }}

Ralston

Steve Ralston

Steve Ralston is a retired American soccer player and a current assistant coach for the Houston Dynamo.-Professional:...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Legion Field

Legion Field

Legion Field is a large stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but is occasionally used for other large outdoor events. The stadium is named in honor of the American Legion, a U.S. organization of military veterans. At its peak...

Birmingham, AL, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|attendance = 31,624|referee = Ramesh Ramdhan

Ramesh Ramdhan

Ramesh Ramdhan is a football referee from Trinidad and Tobago, best known for supervising one match during the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France.-References:*...

(Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation is the governing body of football in Trinidad and Tobago. It is based in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football and including the men's and women's national teams...

) }}

Port of Spain

Port of Spain

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

|attendance = 8,000|referee = Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro is a Canadian football referee. Navarro was born in Chile but moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen....

(Canada

Canadian Soccer Association

The Canadian Soccer Association is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides...

) }}
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Lawrence

Dennis Lawrence

Dennis Lawrence is a former Trinidad and Tobago football player who is currently part of the coaching staff for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League.- Club career :...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Hasely Crawford Stadium

Hasely Crawford Stadium

The Hasely Crawford Stadium, located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is named after Hasely Crawford, the first person from Trinidad and Tobago to win an Olympic gold medal. Originally built as the National Stadium in 1980, the stadium was re-named to honour Crawford in 2001. The stadium...

Port of Spain

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

|attendance = 18,000|referee = Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast (referee)

Peter Prendergast is a football referee from Jamaica. A FIFA referee since January 1, 1994, his first international match was USA against Ireland, on June 9, 1996...

(Jamaica

Jamaica Football Federation

The Jamaica Football Federation is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national team and the Jamaican National Premier League.- History :...

) }}

McBride

Brian McBride

Brian Robert McBride is a retired American soccer player who finished his career for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer , but spent the majority of his time in MLS playing for the Columbus Crew. For much of his career he played in Europe, notably for Fulham in the English Premier League...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Rice-Eccles Stadium

Rice-Eccles Stadium

Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Pacific-12 Conference...

Salt Lake City, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|attendance = 40,586|referee = Carlos Batres

Carlos Batres

Carlos Alberto Batres González is a Guatemalan football referee. He has refereed FIFA World Cup qualification and final tournament matches, and at Olympic tournaments....

(Guatemala

Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

)) }}

Cabrera
|stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores

Estadio Mateo Flores

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

|attendance = 19,000|referee = Brian Hall

Brian Hall (referee)

Brian Hall is a former American soccer referee from northern California. He was a FIFA referee from 1992 until he retired in 2007 at the mandatory retirement age of 45. He refereed two games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He has also been named MLS Referee of the Year in 2003, 2005 2006, and 2007...

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

) }}
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Gomez
Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope

Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...

|goals2 = Villatoro

Edwin Villatoro

Edwin Roberto Villatoro Acevedo is a Guatemalan football forward who currently plays for CD Suchitepéquez in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.-Club career:...

Rodríguez

Mario Rafael Rodríguez

Mario Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He currently plays for the local club CSD Municipal....

|stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José

San José, Costa Rica

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

|attendance = 10,500|referee = Benito Archundia

Benito Archundia

(Mexico) }}

Donovan

Landon Donovan

Landon Timothy Donovan is an American soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer in the United States. He usually plays as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing....

McBride

Brian McBride

|stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Estadio Rommel Fernández is a multi-purpose stadium located in Panama City, It is used for different sports, and mainly for the conduct of games football. It was inaugurated February 6 of 1970. It was designed to accommodate the XI Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970...

Panama City

, Panama

Panama

|attendance = 17,000|referee = Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro is a Canadian football referee. Navarro was born in Chile but moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen....

(Canada

Canadian Soccer Association

) }}

Pérez

Luis Ernesto Pérez

Luis Ernesto Pérez Gómez is a Mexican international footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for CF Monterrey in the Primera División de México...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Universitario

Estadio Universitario

The Estadio Universitario – nicknamed El Volcán is a stadium property of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, located in its premises in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León in Mexico.-Sports:...

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

, Mexico

Mexico

|attendance = 32,833|referee = Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott is a soccer referee from the United States of America. He has been a FIFA referee since 1995. Stott was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany....

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

) }}
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Fonseca

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca

Mexico City

, Mexico

Mexico

|attendance = 27,000|referee = Jose Pineda (Honduras

Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras

) }}

East Hartford, CT, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|attendance = 25,488|referee = Marco Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez

(Mexico) }}

Romero

Gonzalo Romero

Gonzalo Antonio Romero Paz is a Guatemalan football midfielder who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division.-International career:...

|goals2 = Valdés

Jorge Dely Valdés

Jorge Luis Dely Valdés is a Panamanian football player. He is a twin brother of Julio Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés....

|stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores

Estadio Mateo Flores

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

|attendance = 24,000|referee = Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) }}
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Centeno

Walter Centeno

Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the...

Gomez
|stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Estadio Rommel Fernandez

Panama City

, Panama

Panama

|attendance = 21,000|referee = Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott

Kevin Stott is a soccer referee from the United States of America. He has been a FIFA referee since 1995. Stott was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany....

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

) }}

John

Stern John

Stern John is a Trinidadian football player currently playing for North East Stars in Trinidad. He played for a number of high profile English football clubs that included Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City and Coventry City.-Early Career in US:John moved to the United States to attend Mercer...

|goals2 = Andrews

Marvin Andrews

Marvin Andrews is a Trinidadian football defender. He currently plays for Scottish Junior Club side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy....

Romero

Gonzalo Romero

Gonzalo Antonio Romero Paz is a Guatemalan football midfielder who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division.-International career:...

|stadium = Hasely Crawford Stadium

Hasely Crawford Stadium

Port of Spain

, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

|attendance = 15,000|referee = Benito Archundia

Benito Archundia

(Mexico) }}

Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley

DaMarcus Lamont Beasley is an American soccer player who plays for Puebla of the Mexican Primera División. He plays mainly as a winger on the left side of the midfield, but has also been used as a forward and fullback...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Columbus Crew Stadium

Columbus Crew Stadium

Columbus Crew Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Columbus, Ohio and the home stadium of Major League Soccer club, Columbus Crew. Built in 1999, Crew Stadium was the first soccer-specific stadium built for a professional soccer team in the second pro era of American soccer...

Columbus, OH, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|attendance = 24,685|referee = Carlos Batres

Carlos Batres

Carlos Alberto Batres González is a Guatemalan football referee. He has refereed FIFA World Cup qualification and final tournament matches, and at Olympic tournaments....

(Guatemala

Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

) }}
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Centeno

Walter Centeno

|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José

San José, Costa Rica

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

|attendance = 17,000|referee = Carlos Batres

Carlos Batres

Carlos Alberto Batres González is a Guatemalan football referee. He has refereed FIFA World Cup qualification and final tournament matches, and at Olympic tournaments....

(Guatemala

Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala

) }}

Márquez

Rafael Márquez

Rafael Márquez Álvarez is a Mexican footballer who plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and the Mexico national team. He plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder....

Borgetti

Jared Borgetti

Jared Francisco Borgetti Echavarría is a retired Mexican footballer. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national team, with 46 goals. A prolific goal scorer at both club and national level, Borgetti was renowned for his heading ability...

Fonseca

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

Pardo

Pavel Pardo

Pável Pardo Segura , is a Mexican international footballer, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.- Biography :...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca

Mexico City

, Mexico

Mexico

|attendance = 40,000|referee = Brian Hall

Brian Hall (referee)

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

) }}

Guatemala City

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

|attendance = 27,000|referee = Marco Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez

(Mexico) }}
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Hernández
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José

San José, Costa Rica

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

|attendance = 30,000|referee = Benito Archundia

Benito Archundia

(Mexico) }}

Fonseca

Francisco Fonseca

José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán is a Mexican football striker. He currently plays for Atlante F.C..-Career:...

|goals2 = Ruiz
Poniciano
|stadium = Estadio Alfonso Lastras

Estadio Alfonso Lastras

Estadio Alfonso Lastras is a multi-use unfinished stadium in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and also music concerts, it is the home stadium of San Luis F.C. The stadium holds 35,000 people and was built in 2002. It is named after the late Alfonso...

San Luis Potosi

San Luis Potosí

San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....

, Mexico

Mexico

|attendance = 30,000|referee = Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast (referee)

Peter Prendergast is a football referee from Jamaica. A FIFA referee since January 1, 1994, his first international match was USA against Ireland, on June 9, 1996...

(Jamaica

Jamaica Football Federation

The Jamaica Football Federation is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national team and the Jamaican National Premier League.- History :...

) }}

Panama City

Panama City

, Panama

Panama

|attendance = 1,000|referee = Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro

Mauricio Navarro is a Canadian football referee. Navarro was born in Chile but moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen....

(Canada

Canadian Soccer Association

) }}
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Twellman

Taylor Twellman

Taylor Twellman is a retired American soccer player who currently works as a television analyst for the Philadelphia Union and ESPN soccer.-Youth and College:Taylor was raised in St...

|goals2 =
|stadium = Gillette Stadium

Gillette Stadium

Gillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...

Foxboro, MA, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|attendance = 9,192|referee = Gilberto Alcala (Mexico) }}

Port of Spain

Port of Spain

, Trinidad & Tobago|attendance = 23,000|referee = Jose Pineda (Honduras

Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras

) }}

García

Fredy García

Freddy Alexander García Carrera is a Guatemalan professional football midfielder who plays for local club CD Suchitepéquez in the Guatemala's top division.-Club career:...

Ruiz
|goals2 = Myrie

Roy Myrie

Roy Myrie Medrano is a Costa Rican professional football defender who currently plays for K.A.A. Gent in the Belgian First Division....

|stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores

Estadio Mateo Flores

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

, Guatemala

Guatemala

|attendance = 23,912|referee = Brian Hall

Brian Hall (referee)

(United States

United States Soccer Federation

) }}

Fourth round

See also