As the standings were shaken up today, you might wonder if some of the nations fighting for a World Cup Qualifying spot in CONCACAF are taking things a bit too much for granted. They shouldn’t.
In today’s 6th round of matches, all the home teams won. Now only 3 points separate the top 4 teams. The bottom two teams, for their part, are only 4 points from the 4th place spot. All teams still have a solid hope of qualifying and no nation can be sure of qualifying for at least a couple more rounds.
Consider that table topping Costa Rica, who beat the US 3-1 at home, was just schooled by Honduras 4-0 away. El Salvador previously drew the US 2-2 and table bottom Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) at home, but T&T beat El Salvador today 1-0 in the land of steel drums.
There is no clearly dominate team in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying so far; instead it seems the home field advantage is much the deciding factor.
Here are today’s results
| Home | Mexico | 2 | Trinidad & Tobago |
1 | Honduras | 4 | ||
| Away | United States | 1 | El Salvador | 0 | Costa Rica | 0 |
And here are the current standings
| Current Points |
Max Possible | ||
| Costa Rica | 12 | W-L-W-W-W-L | 24 |
| United States | 10 | W-D-W-L-W-L | 22 |
| Honduras | 10 | L-D-W-L-W-W | 22 |
| Mexico | 9 | L-W-L-L-W-W | 21 |
| El Salvador | 5 | D-D-L-W-L-L | 17 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 5 | D-D-L-L-L-W | 17 |
You’ll notice that if Trinidad & Tobago were to go on a tear for the next 4 games they could top the table. It’s all still to play for.
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