Caribbean qualifying for the CONCACAF Gold Cup will open August 18 in Antigua and Puerto Rico and finish with the Digicel Caribbean Championship final in Martinique on November 28, the CFU announced Tuesday.

Sixteen teams will open the competition in four groups of four at Puerto Rico, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados and the Dominican Republic with the group winners and two best runners-up advancing to a second round. They will join second-round hosts Guyana, Grenada and Guadeloupe as well as seeded sides Netherlands Antilles, eight-time champion Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti in three groups of four, from which the winners and runners-up will qualify for a final group stage.

Martinique and defending champion Jamaica will enter in the third round beginning November 19 in Martinique, making two groups of four that will produce four semifinalists -- the Caribbean representatives to next year's Gold Cup.

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Guyana qualified for the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup for the first time, rallying for a 3-1 victory over Cuba on Saturday and completing the eight-team field.

Midfielder Ashley Rodrigues scored her fourth goal in seven games and led the rally for the Lady Jaguars, who advanced 3-2 on aggregate in the two-leg Caribbean playoff.

Guyana joins fellow Caribbean qualifiers Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago, Central American sides Guatemala and Costa Rica, and North American teams Canada, Mexico and the United States in the Women's Gold Cup, set for late October and early November.

FIFA announced Sunday that Mexicans Armando Archundia and Marco Antonio Rodriguez are two of 10 referees in consideration to officiate either the World Cup final or the third-place match.

If Archundia is awarded either game he will equal France's Joel Quinou for the most World Cup matches with eight.

Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan was assigned to the semifinal match between Uruguay and the Netherlands, and Víktor Kassai of Hungary was given Wednesday's match between Germany and Spain.

CONCACAF has decided to withdraw its support from the men's and women's soccer competitions in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico due to a lack of suitable facilities.

After a review and analysis of commissioned inspection reports, it was decided that the facilities and conditions of the tournament to be held in Mayaguez do not meet the minimum standards required to conduct an international tournament.

CONCACAF therefore will not assist in the organization of the event by sending staff and match officials.

6.01.2010: Sion, Switzerland:

SWITZERLAND - COSTA RICA 0:1

6.02.2010: Zell am see, Austria:

HONDURAS - AZERBAIJAN 0:0

6.03.2010: Brussels, Belgium:

ITALY - MEXICO 1:2

6.05. 2010: Bratislava, Slovakia:

SLOVAKIA - COSTA RICA 3:0

6.05.2010: Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria

HONDURAS- ROMANIA 0:3

6.05.2010: Roodepoort, South Africa:

UNITED STATES - AUSTRALIA 3:1

08.10.2010: East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA:

UNITED STATES - BRAZIL

08.11.2010: Mexico City:

MEXICO - SPAIN

9.03.2010: Panama City, Panama:

PANAMA - COSTA RICA

9.04.2010: Montreal, Canada:

CANADA - HONDURAS

10.08.2010: TBD:

CANADA - UKRAINE

2010 FIFA World Cup

06.11.2010: Johannesburg, South Africa:

SOUTH AFRICA - MEXICO

1:1 06.12.2010: Rustenburg, South Africa:

ENGLAND - UNITED STATES

1:1 06.16.2010: Nelspruit, South Africa:

HONDURAS - CHILE 0:1

06.17.2010: Polokwane, South Africa:

FRANCE - MEXICO

0:2 06.18.2010: Johannesburg, South Africa:

SLOVENIA - UNITED STATES 2:2

06.21.2010: Johannesburg, South Africa:

SPAIN - HONDURAS 2:0

06.22.2010: Rustenberg, South Africa:

MEXICO - URUGUAY 0:1

06.23.2010: Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa:

UNITED STATES - ALGERIA

1:0 06.25.2010: Bloemfontein, South Africa:

HONDURAS - SWITZERLAND

0:0 06.26.2010: Rustenberg, South Africa:

UNITED STATES - GHANA 1:2 aet

06.27.2010: Johannesburg, South Africa:

ARGENTINA - MEXICO 1:3