Hexagonal: Costa Rica clinches thanks to stoppage-time equalizer

Costa Rica clinched the second berth in the 2018 World Cup from Concacaf thanks to a stoppage-time goal from the Vancouver Whitecaps' Kendall Waston that gave the Ticos a 1-1 tie with Honduras.

That result assured the USA of all but mathematically clinching third place on Tuesday with a win or tie at Trinidad & Tobago.

Hexagonal Results:
MATCHDAY 9
Friday, October 6
USA 4 Panama 0. Goals: Pulisic 8, Altidore 19, (pen.) 43, Wood 63.
USA -- Howard, Yedlin, Besler, Gonzalez, Villafana, Arriola, Bradley, Pulisic (McCarty, 56), Nagbe (Bedoya, 79), Wood, Altidore (Dempsey 71).
Panama -- Penedo, Torres, Baloy (Escobar 46), Ovalle, Murillo, Barcenas (Cooper, 26), Gomez, Quintero, Godoy, Torres, Perez (Arroyo, 60).

Friday, October 6
Mexico 3 Trinidad & Tobago 1. Goals: Lozano 78, Hernandez 88, Herrera 93+; Winchester 65.
Mexico -- Jesus Corona, Layun, Moreno, Reyes (Peralta 70), Salcedo, Guardado, Herrera, Jesus Manuel Corona, Aquino (Lozano, 56), G. Dos Santos (Vela, 61), Hernandez.
Trinidad & Tobago -- Fonchette, Moses, Villaroel, Cyrus, Hyland, Gonzales, Lewis, Garcia (J.Jones, 73), George, Paul (Molino, 60), Winchester (Caesar, 85).

MATCHDAY 9
Saturday, October 7
Costa Rica 1 Honduras 1. Goal: Waston 95+; Waston 66.
Costa Rica -- Navas; Gamboa, J.Acosta (Wallace 78), Gonzalez, Waston, Oviedo; Guzman, Borges, Bolanos (Colindres 73),  Ruiz; Urena (Venegas 74).
Honduras -- Escober; Beckeles, Figueroa, Palacios, Izaguirre; Acosta, Lopez (Pena 82), Mejia, Quioto; Elis (Castillo 79), Hernandez.

Hexagonal Schedule:
MATCHDAY 10
Tuesday, October 10

Trinidad & Tobago vs. USA, 8 pm ET, beIN Sports, Universo
Panama vs. Costa Rica, 8 pm ET, Telemundo Deportes
Honduras vs. Mexico, 8 pm ET Telemundo

Hexagonal Standings:
PTS TEAM W-T-L +/-
21 *Mexico 6-3-0 14/4
16 *Costa Rica 4-4-1 13/6
12 USA 3-3-3 16/11
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10 Panama 2-4-3 7/9
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10 Honduras 2-4-3 10/17
3 Trin. & Tobago 1-0-8 5/18
*Qualifies for World Cup 2018.

Hexagonal Leading Scorers:
4 Clint Dempsey (USA)
4 Christian Pulisic (USA)
3 Bobby Wood (USA)
3 Hirving Lozano (Mexico)
3 Romell Quioto (Honduras)
3 Marco Urena (Costa Rica)
2 Jozy Altidore (USA)
2 Michael Bradley (USA)
2 Christian Bolanos (Costa Rica)
2 Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)
2 Alberth Elis (Honduras)
2 Eddie Hernandez (Honduras)
2 Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
2 Kevin Molino (Trin. & Tobago)
2 Kendall Waston (Costa Rica)

Hexagonal Results:
MATCHDAY 8
Sept. 5 in San Pedro Sula
Honduras 1 USA 1. Goal: Quioto 27; Wood 85.
Honduras -- L.Lopez; Beckeles, H.Figueroa, M.Figueroa; Alvarado; Elis, Mejia, A.Lopez (Costly, 64), Claros, Quioto (Garcia, 66); Lozano (Palacios, 82).
USA -- Guzan; Zusi (Cameron, 63), Gonzalez, Besler, Beasley (Arriola, 62); Acosta, Bradley, Pulisic, Dempsey, Nagbe (Wood, 73); Morris.

Sept. 5 in Panama City
Panama 3 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: G.Torres 39, own goal 57, Arroyo 85.
Panama -- Calderon, Murillo, Escobar, R.Torres (Baloy 80), Ovalle, Quintero (Arroyo 70), Godoy, Gomez (Cooper 82), Barcenas, G.Torres, Perez.
Trinidad & Tobago -- Phillips, Bateau, Abu Bakr, Mitchell, Gonzales, M.Williams, J.Jones (Cato 63), Molino, George (Hyland 51), Plaza (Charles 77), Lewis.

Sept. 5 in San Jose
Costa Rica 1 Mexico 1. Goals: Urena 82; own goal 42.
Costa Rica -- Navas, Acosta, Waston, Calvo, Gamboa, Bolanos (Venegas 58), Borges, Guzman (Colindres 75), Oviedo (Wallace 59), Ruiz.
Mexico -- Ochoa, Alvarez, Reyes, Moreno, Gallardo, Guardado (Corona 63), J. dos Santos, Jimenez (Montes 79), Lozano, Pereira, G. dos Santos (Vela 72),

MATCHDAY 7
September 1

USA 0 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Urena 30, 82.
USA -- Howard, Zusi (Morris, 84), Ream, Cameron, Villafana (Dempsey, 65), Pulisic (Arriola, 87), Bradley, Nagbe, Johnson, Altidore, Wood.
Costa Rica -- Navas, Acosta, Calvo, Waston, Oviedo (Venegas, 78), Gamboa (Salvatierra, 71), Borges, Guzman, Ruiz, Bolanos (Umana, 71), Urena.

Trinidad & Tobago 1 Honduras 2. Goals: J.Jones pen.  67; A.Lopez 7, Elis 17.
Trinidad & Tobago -- Williams, David (A.Jones, 46), Bateau, Cyrus, Villaroel, J.Jones, Hyland, Molino, George, Cato (Lewis, 78), Boatswain (Plaza, 58).
Honduras -- L.Lopez, Izaguirre, H.Figueroa, M.Figueroa, Crisanto, Mejia, Claros, A.Lopez (Garcia, 78), Quioto, Elis (Palacios, 69), Lozano (Costly, 46).

Mexico 1 Panama 0. Goal: Lozano 51.
Mexico -- Ochoa; Araujo, Reyes, Ayala; Gallardo, Guardado, Herrera, Corona (Aquino 65); Hernandez, Vela (Montes 82), Damm (Lozano 51).
Panama -- Calderon; Baloy, Ovalle, Chen (Escobar 56), Davis (Quintero 27); Godoy, Machado, Gomez, Cooper;  Buitrago (G.Torres 65), Tejada.

MATCHDAY 6
June 11 in Mexico City

Mexico 1 USA 1. Goals: Vela 23; Bradley 6.
Mexico -- Ochoa, Salcedo, Reyes, Moreno, Alanis (Gallardo 32), Herrera, J. dos Santos (Pineda 77), Fabian (Aquino 53), Vela, Lozano, Hernandez.
USA -- Guzan, Yedlin, Gonzalez, Cameron, Ream, Beasley, Acosta, Bradley, Arriola (Nagbe 64), Wood (Altidore 79), Pulisic (Zusi 90+2).

June 13 in Panama City

Panama 2 Honduras 2. Goals: Perez 41, R.Torres 90; Quioto 5, Elis 66.
Panama -- Penedo; Murillo, R.Torres, Escobar, Davis, Godoy, Barcenas (Gomez 70), Cooper, Quintero, G.Torres (Diaz 69), Perez (L.Tejada 79).
Honduras -- Escober; M.Figueroa, H.Figueroa, Alvarado, Acosta, Izaguirre, Mejia, R.Martinez (A.Tejada 76), Quioto (Andino Portillo 81), Elis, Beckeles.

June 13 in San Jose
Costa Rica 2 Trinidad & Tobago 1. Goals: Calvo 1, Ruiz 44; Molino 35.
Costa Rica -- Navas, Waston (Umana 22), Calvo, Oviedo, Gamboa; Acosta, Borges, Ruiz; Venegas (Guzman 60), Campbell, Urena (Wallace 81).
Trinidad & Tobago -- J.-M. Williams, Gonzalez, Williams (Winchester 89), David, Bateau; J.Jones (Edwards 78), Cyrus, Molino, Arcia (Hyland 46), Lewis; Boatswain.

MATCHDAY 5
June 8 in Commerce City, Colorado

USA 2 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: Pulisic 52, 62.
USA -- Howard; Yedlin, Cameron, Brooks, Villafana; Bradley, Johnson (Bedoya 74), Pulisic, Nagbe, Dempsey (Acosta 61), Altidore (Wood 83).
Trinidad & Tobago -- J.-M. Williams; Edwards, Bateau, M.Williams, Cyrus; Molino, George, Hyland (Paul 76), J.Jones (Winchester 68); Lewis, Jones (Boatswain 82).

June 8 in San Jose
Costa Rica 0 Panama 0.
Costa Rica -- Navas; Gonzalez, Acosta, Waston, Oviedo, Gamboa; Azofeifa (Guzman 69), Borges, Bolanos (Campbell 46), Ruiz; Venegas (Urena 87).
Panama -- Penedo; Machado, R.Torres, Escobar, Ovalle; Gomez (Pimentel 79), Godoy, Cooper (Barcenas 62), Quintero; Diaz (Perez 75), Tejada.

June 8 in Mexico City
Mexico 3 Honduras 0. Goals: Alanis 35, Lozano 63, Jimenez 66.
Mexico -- Ochoa; Salcedo, Reyes, Alanis, Reyes; Herrera, J. dos Santos, Vela; Corona (Peralta 69), G. dos Santos (Lozano 57), Jimenez.
Honduras -- Escobar; Crisanto, Palacios, H.Figueroa, M. Figueroa; Izaguirre, Claros (Discua 71), Morazan, Martinez (Garcia 53); Andino (Quioto 57), Elis.

MATCHDAY 4
March 28 in Panama City
USA 1 Panama 1. Goals: Dempsey 39; Gomez 43.
USA -- Howard; Zusi, Gonzalez, Ream, Villafana; Pulisic, Bradley, Jones (Acosta, 75), Nagbe (Bedoya, 69); Dempsey, Altidore (Arriola, 82)
Panama -- Penedo, Machado; Baloy, R.Torres, Ovalle; Gomez (Henriquez, 80), Godoy, Cooper, Quintero (Barcenas, 75); G.Torres (Arroyo, 83), Tejeda.

March 28 in San Pedro Sula
Honduras 1 Costa Rica 1. Goals: Lozano 34; Waston 68.
Honduras -- Escober; Beckeles, H.Figueroa, M.Figueroa, Izaguirre; Najar (Andino 7; Garcia 72), Espinoza, Claros, Martinez (Discua 69); Elis, Lozano.
Costa Rica -- Navas; Gamboa, Waston, Gonzalez, Umana (Guzman 46); Campbell (Tejeda 81), Azofeifa (Bolanos 54), Borges, Oviedo; Ruiz, Urena.

March 28 in Port of Spain
Trin. & Tobago 0 Mexico 1. Goal: Reyes 58.
Trin. & Tobago -- J.M. Williams, Gonzales, M.Williams, David, Cyrus, J.Jones, Cato (Plaza 81), Hyland (Boucaud 65), Molino (Hector 80), George. K.Jones (Boatswain 66).
Mexico --
Talavera; Salcedo (Gallardo 68), Araujo, Moreno, Reyes (Pineda 75); Reyes, Layun, Molina, Herrera; Jimenez (Vela 57), Hernandez.

MATCHDAY 3

March 24 in San Jose
USA 6 Honduras 0. Goals: Lletget 5, Bradley 27, Dempsey 32, 49, 54, Pulisic 46.
USA -- Howard; Villafana, Gonzalez, Brooks (Ream, 70), Cameron (Zusi, 59); Bradley, Lletget (Bedoya, 18), Pulisic, Nagbe; Dempsey, Altidore.
Honduras -- Escober; Izaguirre, M.Figueroa, H.Figueroa, Alvarado, Beckeles; Claros, Espinoza; Quioto (Andino, 43), Najar (Morazan, 61), Elis.

March 24 in Port of Spain
Trin. & Tobago 1 Panama 0. Goal: Molino 37.
Trin. & Tobago -- J.M. Williams, Gonzales, M.Williams, Edwards, Cyrus, J.Jones, Cato (Garcia 65), Hyland, Molino (Hector 80), George. K.Jones (Boatswain 84).
Panama -- Penedo; Machado (Murillo 75), Baloy, R.Torres, Ovalle, Cooper, Henriquez, Godoy, Barcenas (G.Torres 64), Arroyo, Quintero (Tejada 59).

March 24 in Mexico City
Mexico 2 Costa Rica 0.
Goals: Hernandez 7, Araujo 45.
Mexico -- Ochoa, Moreno, Araujo, Salcedo, Layun, dos Santos, Herrera, Marquez (Molina 61), Vela, Hernandez (Jimenez 66), Peralta (Damm 46).
Costa Rica -- Navas, Calvo, Gonzalez, Acosta, Matarrita, Borges, Azofeifa (Guzman 61), Bolanos (Campbell 54), Ruiz. Venegas (Urena, 80).

MATCHDAY 2
Nov. 15 in San Jose
Costa Rica 4 USA 0. Goals: Venegas 44, Bolanos 68, Campbell 74, 78.
USA -- Guzan; Chandler, Gonzalez, Brooks, Besler; Johnson (Zusi, 77), Bradley, Jones (Kljestan, 74), Pulisic (Gooch, 70); Altidore, Wood.
Costa Rica -- Navas; Salvatierra, Waston, Acosta, Umana, Matarrita; Bolanos, Azofeifa (Tejeda, 70), Borges, Ruiz (Wallace, 84); Venegas (Campbell, 67).

Nov. 15 in Panama City

Panama 0 Mexico 0.
Panama -- Penedo; Machado, R.Torres, Escobar, Ovalle; Gomez (Godoy), Amilcar, Barcenas (Taylor 77), Quintero; Perez, G.Torres (Tejada 79).
Mexico -- Ochoa; Reyes (Duenas 46), Araujo, Moreno, Layun; J. dos Santos, Marquez (Herrera 74), Fabian; G. dos Santos (Lozano 60), Jimenez, Hernandez.

Nov. 15 in San Pedro Sula

Honduras 3 Trinidad & Tobago 1. Goals: Quioto 15, Izaguirre 18, Hernandez 80; Mitchell 50.
Honduras -- Escober; Izaguirre, H.Figueroa, M.Figueroa, Beckeles; Martinez (Discua 68), Espinoza, Claros, B.Garcia (Mejia 93+); Quioto (Hernandez 68), Elis.
Trinidad & Tobago -- J.M. Williams (Phillip 9); Bateau, Mitchell, Cyrus, David; George, Hyland, Cato, J.Jones (L.Garcia 71); K.Jones, Caesar (Plaza 75).

MATCHDAY 1
Nov. 11 in Columbus, Ohio
USA 1 Mexico 2.
Goals: Wood 49; Layun 20, Marquez 89.
USA --
Howard (Guzan, 40); Chandler (Yedlin 74), Gonzalez, Brooks, Besler (Orozco, 81); Johnson, Bradley, Jones; Pulisic, Altidore, Wood.
Mexico --
Talavera; Marquez, Reyes (Ayala, 46), Layun, dos Santos, Vela (Lozano, 73), Hernandez, Moreno, Herrera, Corona, Guardado (Salcedo, 28).
Att:
24,650.

Nov. 11 in San Pedro Sula
Honduras 0 Panama 1. Goal: Escobar 22.
Honduras -- Escober, M.Figueroa, H.Figueroa, Beckeles, Oseguera, Mejia (Discua 46), Martinez, Claros, Reyes (Hernandez 59), Quioto (Garcia 60), Elis.
Panama -- Penedo, Baloy, Escobar, Godoy (Henriquez 54), Barcenas, Ovalle (Miller 36), Gomez, Machado, Quintero, Cooper (G.Torres 90), Perez.

Nov. 11 in Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago 0 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Bolanos 65, Matarrita 90.
Trinidad & Tobago -- J.-M. Williams; Mitchell, Bateau, Cyrus, David, J.Jones, J.Williams (Boucaud 67), Hyland, Cato (Garcia 75), George, K.Jones (Plaza 79).
Costa Rica -- Navas; Acosta, Waston, Calvo (Umana 41), Matarrita, Azofeifa, Borges, Gamboa, Bolanos, Ruiz (Venegas 78), Urena (Campbell 58).
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