Thesecond round ofCONCACAF matches for2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 to 16 June 2015.[1][2]
A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 in theCONCACAF entrant list and sevenfirst round winners) played home-and-away overtwo legs. The ten winners advanced to thethird round.
The draw for the second round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40EST (UTC−5), at the W Hotel atMiami Beach, Florida, United States.[3]
The seeding was based on theFIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).[1][4] The 20 teams were seeded into four pots:
Each tie contained a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4 (first three ties), or a team from Pot 5 and a team from Pot 6 (last seven ties), with the order of legs decided by draw. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identities of teams in Pot 6 (first round winners) were not known at the time of the draw.
Note:Bolded teams qualified for thethird round.
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| Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | 6–6 (a) |  Guyana | 2–2 | 4–4 |
Antigua and Barbuda  | 5–4 |  Saint Lucia | 1–3 | 4–1 |
Puerto Rico  | 1–2 |  Grenada | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Dominica  | 0–6[note 1] |  Canada | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Dominican Republic  | 1–5 |  Belize | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Guatemala  | 1–0 |  Bermuda | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Aruba  | 3–2 |  Barbados | 0–2 | 3–0[note 2] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis  | 3–6 |  El Salvador | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Curaçao  | 1–1 (a) |  Cuba | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Nicaragua  | 4–1 |  Suriname | 1–0 | 3–1 |
6–6 on aggregate.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on theaway goals rule and advanced to thethird round.
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–3 | Saint Lucia |
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| Saint Lucia | 1–4 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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Antigua and Barbuda won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
Grenada won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
Canada won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
Belize won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
Guatemala won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
| Aruba | 0–2 | Barbados |
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| Barbados | 0–3 Awarded[note 2] | Aruba |
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Aruba won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2–2 | El Salvador |
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El Salvador won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
1–1 on aggregate.Curaçao won on theaway goals rule and advanced to thethird round.
Nicaragua won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to thethird round.
There were 56 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Aaron TumwaHadan Holligan Elroy KuylenHarrison RóchezTesho AkindeleRussell TeibertYénier MárquezPapito MerenciaGeremy LombardiArturo ÁlvarezDarwin CerénIrvin HerreraJamal CharlesStefano CincottaBrandon BeresfordRicky ShakesRaúl LeguíasManuel RosasDeniz BozkurtAtiba Harris Orlando MitchumRomaine SawyersKurt Frederick Troy Greenidge David HenryTremain PaulOalex AndersonMyron SamuelCornelius StewartRoxey Fer1 own goal
Joan Morales (against Grenada)