Rebecca Henriquez
@DiarioCoLatino
Looking ahead to the start of the qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup, La Selecta recalled the path it must travel in search of the World Cup dream that will begin in June of this year and end in June 2025. New players have joined this contest talents.
The national team will prepare for one of the most important tests of Salvadoran soccer, in search of the World Cup dream that will begin on June 6 of this year at the Cuscatlán stadium, against the Puerto Rico team, which is also focused on a single objective. They will seek victory at all costs against the Cuscatleco team.
Subsequently, in the second and last match of 2024, El Salvador will visit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a match that will set the tone until 2025 where the national team will play its second match as a visitor against Anguilla, the last team that joined the group. from the painting by David Dóniga.
The team will finish the qualifying match at home on June 10, 2025 against Suriname.
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier 2026
It must be remembered that the qualifying round began with the first round in March of this year, with four member associations that fought the playoffs, to include the 30 member associations of the second round.
The second round will be played with all 30 associations that will be divided into six groups of five teams, where each one will play against everyone, with a total of four games, two at home and two away. Of these teams, the first and second places in the groups, that is, 12 in total, will advance to the final round.
In the final round it will be divided into three groups of four teams, which will play each other round-trip with a total of six matches, the winners of the three groups will qualify directly for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Apart from those who qualified directly, the two best second places will qualify for an intercontinental repechage with the possibility of getting a ticket to the World Cup event.
The three host countries that are part of CONCACAF, in this case Canada, Mexico and the United States, will automatically qualify for the final competition. In addition, three direct places and two places for intercontinental playoffs were assigned, which means that there could be eight tickets to the 2026 World Cup in the area.
Registration in La Selecta
The Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT) confirmed that the son of a Nicaraguan mother and Salvadoran father, Francis Castillo, was approved by FIFA to represent El Salvador in international competitions, a new addition that the Salvadoran team could add and that could also play the matches in the eliminatory.
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