Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
The primary spherical of qualification within the qualifiers in the direction of the 2026 World Cup closed and international locations like Guatemala, Honduras and Panama began the primary matches on the proper foot, ending within the first group positions after the primary matches. A totally totally different case, since El Salvador was stopped by Puerto Rico, who confirmed that they may even battle for the ticket to the subsequent part.
Within the explicit case of group F, the place El Salvador is situated, after the primary video games, it ended with Suriname within the lead, acquiring six of six factors with two victories; Puerto Rico, with a victory and a draw with 4 items, within the second, El Salvador with the identical factors, however by purpose distinction within the third, and within the final positions Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Anguilla, each with zero factors .
All the pieces appeared that in group F the 2 tickets to the third part of the qualifying rounds could be contested between Suriname and El Salvador; Nevertheless, after the tie that was sealed on the Cuscatlán stadium between the blue and white and Puerto Rico, and with the current 8-0 win that the Caribbean workforce beat Anguilla, it put the Puerto Rican workforce in second place within the desk, to battle the Salvadorans for the ticket.
Though Puerto Rico jumped to place 2 within the desk, and El Salvador to 3rd, the Cuscatleco workforce nonetheless depends upon itself to hunt classification for the final two video games. Within the first occasion in opposition to Anguilla on June 7, 2025, as a customer, a match the place the workforce is predicted to seal the victory with out downside, and within the final match they’ll face Suriname, in Cuscatlán, on the tenth of the identical month, to outline their participation within the third spherical of the playoffs.
For its half, Puerto Rico, subsequent 12 months will begin in opposition to Suriname as a customer, one of many strongest within the group, and can finish in opposition to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the tenth of the identical month to resolve whether or not or not its participation within the subsequent part.
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El Salvador sealed a goalless draw in opposition to Puerto Rico, on the Cuscatlán stadium, a consequence that for a lot of meant an unsuccessful begin, in opposition to a really weak rival with whom the unfavorable streak that the Cuscatleco workforce was dragging may very well be damaged; Nevertheless, it was not till the second sport of the classification, in opposition to the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines workforce, as a customer, the place with a 1 to three the workforce put an finish to the 23-game drought.
CONCACAF qualifying positions heading to the World Cup
Group A: Honduras, Cayman Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cuba
B Group: Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Bahamas
Group C: Curacao, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Aruba, Barbados
Group D: Nicaragua, Panama, Guyana, Monserrat, Belize
Group E: Guatemala, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands
Group F: Suriname, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla
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