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This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF fourth round, often referred to as "the hexagonal" or "the hex", matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. The three group winners and three runners-up from the third round contest this round.
In this round, the group winners and runners-up from the third round formed a single double-round-robin, home-and-away group. The top three teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fourth place team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | United States
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 20 | Qualification to 2010 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Mexico
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 19 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Honduras
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 16 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Costa Rica
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 16 | Advance to inter-confederation play-offs | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 5 | El Salvador
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 8 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago
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10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 6 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | — |
The allocation of teams in the draw took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 November 2008.[2]
| United States | 2–0 | Mexico |
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Bradley  43', 90+2' |
Report |
Attendance: 23,776
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
| El Salvador | 2–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Romero 82', 90+3' |
Report | Edwards 7' Yorke 26' (pen.) |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Honduras |
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| Furtado 48', 59' |
Report |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| Mexico | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Bravo 20' Pardo 52' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Honduras |
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| Hyland 90' |
Report | Pavón 51' |
Attendance: 23,500
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
| El Salvador | 2–2 | United States |
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| Quintanilla 15' Castillo 72' |
Report | Altidore 77' Hejduk 88' |
Attendance: 30,350
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| United States | 3–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Altidore 13', 71', 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 27,959
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
| Honduras | 3–1 | Mexico |
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| Costly 17', 79' Pavón 43' |
Report | Castillo 82' (pen.) |
Attendance: 28,000
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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| Centeno 69' |
Report |
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
| Costa Rica | 3–1 | United States |
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| Saborío 2' Borges 13' Herrera 69' |
Report | Donovan 90+2' (pen.) |
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–3 | Costa Rica |
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| Edwards 29' Samuel 63' |
Report | Saborío 40' Borges 52', 68' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
| United States | 2–1 | Honduras |
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| Donovan 43' (pen.) Bocanegra 68' |
Report | Costly 5' |
Attendance: 55,647
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)
| El Salvador | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Martínez 11' Quintanilla 86' (pen.) |
Report | Blanco 71' (pen.) |
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
| Honduras | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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| Pavón 13' |
Report |
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
| Mexico | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Franco 2' Rojas 48' |
Report | Tinto 45+1' |
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
| Mexico | 2–1 | United States |
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| Castro 19' Sabah 82' |
Report | Davies 9' |
Attendance: 104,499
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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| Glen 7' |
Report |
Attendance: 25,784
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)
| Honduras | 4–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Costly 30', 90+2' Pavón 51' M. Valladares 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
| United States | 2–1 | El Salvador |
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| Dempsey 41' Altidore 45+2' |
Report | Castillo 32' |
Attendance: 19,066
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
| Honduras | 4–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Pavón 20', 28' Guevara 62' Suazo 83' |
Report | Baptiste 86' |
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| Costa Rica | 0–3 | Mexico |
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| Report | Dos Santos 45+1' Franco 62'Guardado 71' |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1 | United States |
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| Report | Clark 62' |
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| El Salvador | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Corrales 90+1' |
Report |
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| Mexico | 1–0 | Honduras |
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| Blanco 76' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 97,897
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
| Mexico | 4–1 | El Salvador |
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| González 25' (o.g.) Blanco 71'Palencia 85' Vela 90' |
Report | Martínez 89' |
Attendance: 104,000
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
| Costa Rica | 4–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| James 26' (o.g.) Centeno 51'Saborío 61', 64' |
Report |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
| Honduras | 2–3 | United States |
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| de León 47', 78' |
Report | Casey 55', 66' Donovan 71' |
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
| El Salvador | 0–1 | Honduras |
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| Report | Pavón 64' |
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Baptiste 23' (pen.), 61' |
Report | Esqueda 57' Salcido 65' |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
| United States | 2–2 | Costa Rica |
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| Bradley 72' Bornstein 90+5' |
Report | Ruiz 21', 24' |
Attendance: 26,243
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
There were 88 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.93 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
Jozy Altidore4 goals
3 goals
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Kerry Baptiste Michael Bradley Landon Donovan2 goals
Andy Furtado Bryan Ruiz Cristian Castillo Julio Martínez Osael Romero Eliseo Quintanilla Julio César de León Guillermo Franco Carlos Edwards Conor Casey1 goal
Rudis Corrales Amado Guevara David Suazo Melvin Valladares Omar Bravo Nery Castillo Israel Castro Giovani dos Santos Enrique Esqueda Andrés Guardado Francisco Palencia Pável Pardo Óscar Rojas Miguel Sabah Carlos Salcido Carlos Vela Cornell Glen Khaleem Hyland Collin Samuel Hayden Tinto Dwight Yorke Carlos Bocanegra Jonathan Bornstein Ricardo Clark Charlie Davies Clint Dempsey Frankie Hejduk1 own goal
Marvin González (against Mexico) Julius James (against Costa Rica)| Team | Highest | Lowest | Average |
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| Costa Rica |
20,200 | 10,000 | 17,280 |
| El Salvador |
33,350 | 17,992 | 26,870 |
| Honduras |
38,000 | 28,000 | 33,760 |
| Mexico |
104,500 | 90,000 | 97,679 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
25,784 | 2,000 | 12,797 |
| United States |
55,647 | 19,066 | 30,538 |
