The United States and Mexico claimed their places in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa with victories on Saturday (October 10). Mexico qualified with a 4-1 victory over El Salvador at the Estadio Azteca that also ended the Salvadoran's slim hopes.

Later that night, the United States traveled to San Pedro Sula and handed Honduras its first home loss of qualifying with a 3-2 win.

Costa Rica climbed past Honduras into third place by beating Trinidad 4-0 in San Jose. Costa Rica improved to 15 points, two more than Honduras in fourth place. T

he top three finishers in the CONCACAF final round qualify directly to the 2010 World Cup while the fourth-placed team plays a two-game series against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL.

Pumas, Cruz Azul and Pachuca already have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, leaving the five remaining spaots to be decided on the last match day of the Group Stage next week. In Group A, Pachuca claimed its place in the knockout round with a 1-0 victory at the Houston Dynamo, while Arabe Unido routed Metapan 6-0. On 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.

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 tie or even if it loses, on goal difference since it holds a lead of 7 goals over DC United and 15 over Marathon. On October 20, the Mexican club will host D.C. United while Marathon will face San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad two days later in the group's final match.

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. Columbus, who has seven points, travels to face the already eliminated Puerto Rico Islanders on October 20, while Saprissa, in third place with five points, hosts Cruz Azul the same day. If the teams tie on 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 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 an impressive run in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, Costa Rica fell 1-0 to Brazil in the Semifinal match on Tuesday.

After advancing out of Group E with the last of four berths for the top third-place teams, los Ticos upset host Egypt 2-0 on Wednesday (October 7) and then defeated the United Arab Emirates three days later 2-1 with a goal from Marcos Urena in the 122nd minute. The final will be played on Friday, October 16.

Trinidad & Tobago beat St. Lucia 16-1 on aggregate over two legs to advance to the Caribbean Football Union U-20 Championship finals.

Trinidad joins Jamaica, St. Kitts and Cuba in the final four to be played in Trinidad & Tobago November 18-22. The top three teams will advance to the CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship in Guatemala - January 18-31, 2010.

Play in Group B in the Caribbean Football Union Women's U-17 began this past Monday (October 12) as the Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands Antilles 4-0 and Jamaica knocked off Aruba 8-0. The games were played in Otrabanda, Curacao.

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

Both Group winners qualify to the CONCACAF U-17 women's finals to be played in Costa Rica in March of 2010. The two runners up will meet in a playoff to decide the third and final CFU representative.

CONCACAF Futsal champion Guatemala beat Uruguay 4-3 Sunday (October 11) to conclude the Alfateh Futsal Continental Cup in Tripoli, Libya.

Los Chapines opened the five-team tournament with losses to Asian champion Iran 4-2 on October 6 and 3-2 two days later to Libya. Guatemala then held Oceania champion Solomon Islands to a 6-6 draw on Friday (October 9).

The six youth players chosen by Liverpool legend Ian Rush from the Digicel Kick Start Clinics in Central America two months ago have returned from a week-long training camp at English Premier League club, Manchester City.

Dylan Florez and Jose Alberto Mora Munoz of Costa Rica, Kevin Mendoza of El Salvador, Oscar Salas of Honduras and Panama's Kevin Melgar and Julio Segundo were selected following clinics in each of their home countries in August.

In addition to training with Manchester City coaches, the youngsters were able to tour the club's City of Manchester Stadium and witness a match between Manchester City and Blackburn.

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: 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)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Friendlies

06.06.2009: Kingston, JAMAICA; National Stadium

JAMAICA - 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)