World Cup qualifying for the 2018 Russia tournament is starting for the CONCACAF region and the nations like the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago will be in action over the next week.
Qualifying for the tournament is in the fourth round and the end of group play through the year will see three teams automatically earn bids to the World Cup. Group A has Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada as the four nations and those games will start on November 13.
Mexico is playing El Salvador in Mexico City, while Canada will be playing Honduras at BC Place in Vancouver. Both matches will be on November 13. Honduras is playing against Mexico on November 17, while El Salvador and Canada will match up the same day from San Salvador. The matchups will pick up again in March and those have Canada playing Mexico and El Salvador facing off against Honduras.
Group B of this stage has Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti and Jamaica and the first set of games will be on November 13. Costa Rica will play against Haiti from the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, while Jamaica and Panama will play at Independence Park in Kingston. The second set of games will be on November 17 and has Haiti taking on Jamaica, while Panama will play against Costa Rica.
Group C has the United States, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Guatemala facing off and the first match has the US taking on St. Vincent. Jurgen Klinsmann and the USMNT will be favored in that game and that will be from Busch Stadium in St. Louis, while Guatemala plays against Trinidad & Tobago and that will be from the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. Those games will be on November 13, while the November 17 games have Trinidad & Tobago against the United States and St. Vincent & the Grenadines taking on Guatemala
Check here for the full schedule of games and the group standings.
