Honduras claimed the last guaranteed berth from CONCACAF in next year's World Cup on Wednesday (October 14), beating El Salvador 1-0 while Costa Rica was held to a 2-2 draw by the United States.

The results send los Catrachos to South Africa along with Mexico and the United States, which had claimed their places four days earlier. Honduras, which came into the final match day one point behind Costa Rica in fourth place, qualified for the World Cup for the second time in its history and first since 1982, beating its Central American rival at Estadio Cuscatlán on a header from Carlos Pavón.

Honduras wasn't assured of qualifying until American defender Jonathan Bornstein headed home a corner on the last play against Costa Rica five minutes into injury time to complete the United States' rally from a two-goal, first-half deficit.

Costa Rica can still qualify for the 2010 World Cup, but needs to win a two-game playoff against South American fifth-place finisher Uruguay. The matches will be held on November 14 in Uruguay's Estadio Centenario before switching to Costa Rica's Estadio Ricardo Saprissa November 18.

Pumas, Cruz Azul and Pachuca already have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, leaving the five remaining spots to be decided on the last match day of the Group Stage this week.

Pachuca claimed its place in the knockout round with a 1-0 victory at the Houston Dynamo on September 30. On Wedenesday (October 21), Arabe Unido travels to Hidalgo, Mexico, to face Pachuca while the Dynamo visits Metapan. Arabe Unido holds a three-point advantage over the Dynamo, yet Houston will advance if both teams finish with 10 points.

Despite having won four of five games, Toluca has yet to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing its last match to Marathon 2-0 in San Pedro Sula on October 1. Both spots in Group B will be decided between Toluca, first with 12 points, and Marathon and D.C., both of which have nine points. Toluca will win the group with a win or draw - and can even advance with a loss depending on the margin of victory in the group's final two matches. Toluca has a goal difference seven better than DC United and 15 over Marathon. On Tuesday (October 20), the Mexican club will host D.C. United while Marathon will face San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad two days later.

With Cruz Azul already advanced, second place in Group C will come down to the Columbus Crew and Saprissa, following their 1-1 draw in Columbus on September 29. Columbus, which has seven points, travels to face the already eliminated Puerto Rico Islanders on Tuesday (October 20), while Saprissa, in third place with five points, hosts Cruz Azul the same day. If the teams tie with eight points, the Crew will advance based on the head-to-head results.

While Pumas advanced out of Group D with a 2-1 win against W Connection on September 30, the three other teams all have a chance at the second berth. Comunicaciones and Real Espana each have six points while W Connection remains alive with four. On Wednesday (October 21), W Connection hosts Real Espana while a day later Comunicaciones hosts Pumas in Guatemala.

For more information on the possible outcomes of each group, please click here.

After a 1-0 loss to Brazil in the semifinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, Costa Rica lost on penalties to Hungary in the third-place match to match the best finish for a CONCACAF team at the event. The match finished 1-1 in regulation before los Ticos succumbed 2-0 on penalties.

After advancing out of Group E with the last of four berths for the best third-placed teams, Costa Rica upset host Egypt 2-0 on October 7 and then defeated the United Arab Emirates three days later 2-1 with a goal from Marcos Urena in the 122nd minute.

Costa Rican Esteban Alvarado received the adidas Golden Glove as the tournaments top goalkeeper.

Four CONCACAF teams will begin their participation in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria starting Saturday (October 24).

Honduras is in Group A along with Argentina, Nigeria and Germany and opens against Argentina on Saturday.

Mexico will play in Group B with Brazil, Switzerland and Japan and also will begin Saturday against the Swiss.

Costa Rica will play in Group D alongside Turkey, New Zealand and Burkina Faso. Los Ticos open against New Zealand on Sunday (October 25).

The United States is in Group E with United Arab Emirates, Malawi and Spain. The Americans begin against Spain on Monday (October 26).

The final will played on Sunday, November 15.

Jamaica claimed Group B title and advanced to the Caribbean Football Union Women's U-17 finals while the Dominican Republic finished second and earned a playoff for another berth. Jamaica completed its three-game sweep with a 16-0 victory over the Netherlands Antilles while the Dominican Republic beat Aruba 7-0.

The games were played in Willemstad, Curacao. Following the three rounds of matches in Willemstad, Curacao, Jamaica finished with nine points and advanced to the tournament finals in Trinidad and Tobago in November. The Dominican Republic finished second with six points and will play the second place team from Group A for the last spot in the finals. Aruba finished third with three points and the Netherlands Antilles was last with no points.

Group A, which features Bahamas, Haiti, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands will play November 2-6 in the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

On Saturday (October 17) Dr. Bryan Jimenez was elected President of the Guatemalan Football Federation (Fedefut).

Jimenez received the majority 23 votes needed and beat the challengers Alejandro Coronado and former national team player Martín Machón.

The new president will begin his term on December 7.

Final Round

06.03.2009: San José, COSTA RICA; Estadio Ricardo Saprissa (20:00)

COSTA RICA - USA 3:1 (2:0)

06.06.2009: San Salvador, EL SALVADOR; Estadio Cuscatlan (19:00)

EL SALVADOR - MEXICO 2:1 (1:0)

06.06.2009: Bacolet, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; Dwight Yorke Stadium (18:05)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - COSTA RICA 2:3 (1:1)

06.06.2009: Chicago, Illinois USA; Soldier Field (19:27)

USA - HONDURAS 2:1 (1:1)

06.10.2009: Ciudad de México, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca (20:00)

MEXICO - TRINIDAD &TOBAGO 2:1 (1:1)

06.10.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano (19:30)

HONDURAS - EL SALVADOR 1:0 (1:0)

08.12.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

HONDURAS - COSTA RICA 4:0 (1:0)

08.12.2009: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD; Hasely Crawford Stadium

TRINIDAD - EL SALVADOR 1:0 (1:0)

08.12.2009: Ciudad de Mexico, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca

MEXICO - USA 2:1 (1:1)

09.05.2009: San Jose, Costa Rica; Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

COSTA RICA - MEXICO 0:3 (0:1)

09.05.2009: Sandy, Utah USA; Rio Tinto Stadium

USA - EL SALVADOR 2:1 (2:1)

09.05.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

HONDURAS - TRINDAD 4:1 (2:0)

09.09.2009: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD; Hasely Crawford Stadium

TRINIDAD - UNITED STATES 1:0 (0:0)

09.09.2009: San Salvador, EL SALVADOR; Estadio Cuscatlan

EL SALVADOR - COSTA RICA 1:0 (0:0)

09.09.2009: Ciudad de Mexico, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca

MEXICO - HONDURAS 1:0 (0:0)

10.10.2009: Ciudad de Mexico, MEXICO; Estadio Azteca

MEXICO - EL SALVADOR 4:0 (1:0)

10.10.2009: San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

HONDURAS - UNITED STATES 3:2 (0:0)

10.10.2009: San Jose, Costa Rica; Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

COSTA RICA - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 0:4

(1:0) 10.14.2009: Port of Spain, TRINIDAD; Hasely Crawford Stadium

TRINIDAD - MEXICO 2:2 (1:0)

10.14.2009: San Salvador, EL SALVADOR; Estadio Cuscatlan

EL SALVADOR - HONDURAS 0:1 (0:0)

10.14.2009: Washington, D.C. USA; RFK Stadium

USA - COSTA RICA 2:2 (0:2)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Friendlies

06.06.2009: Kingston, JAMAICA; National Stadium

JAM AICA - PANAMA 3:2 (1:1)

06.19.2009: Port-Au-Prince, HAITI; Stade Sylvio Cator

HAITI - PANAMA 1:1 (0:0)

06.24.2009: Atlanta, Georgia USA; Georgia Dome (19:30)

MEXICO - VENEZUELA 0:0 (4:0)

06.27.2009: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Stade Saputo

HAITI - SYRIA 1:2 (1:2)

06.28.2009: San Diego, California USA; Qualcomm Stadium (17:30)

MEXICO - GUATEMALA 0:0 (0:0)

06.28.2009: St. George's, Grenada; National Stadium

GRENADA - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 2:2 (1:1)

06.28.2009: Cary, North Carolina, USA; WakeMed Soccer Park

PANAMA - HONDURAS 0:2 (0:1)

06.28.2009: George Town, Cayman Islands; Truman Bodden Stadium

CAYMAN ISLANDS - JAMAICA 1:4 (1:2)

06.30.2009: Oxnard, California, USA; Oxnard College

GUATEMALA - CANADA 0:3 (0:1)

07.12.2009: Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis; Warner Park

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 2:3 (0:2)

08.07.2009: Houston, Texas, USA; Robertson Stadium

EL SALVADOR - COLOMBIA 1:2 (0:1)

08.12.2009: East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Giants Stadium

JAMAICA - ECUADOR 0:0 (0:0)

08.16.2009: Bassaterre, St. Kitts and Nevis; Warner Park

JAMAICA - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS 1:0

(0:0) 09.30.2009: Dallas, Texas, USA; Cotton Bowl

MEXICO - COLOMBIA 1:2 (0:1)