In the CONCACAF Fourth Round of qualification for the

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, the United States,

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, and

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finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of Panama after the United States scored two goals against Panama in stoppage time in the final match of qualifying; had Panama retained its 2–1 lead, they would have finished in fourth place and eliminated Mexico on goals scored, who had qualified for the previous five World Cups.

Format

The fourth round saw the three group winners and the three group runners-up from the third round compete in a single group of six teams. This stage is referred to as the ''Hexagonal'' or ''Hex'', and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the

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. The matches were played from 6 February to 15 October 2013. The top three teams advanced to the World Cup finals tournament in Brazil, and the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers.

Qualified teams

The qualifiers for this round were determined by 16 October 2012.

Standings

Matches

The representative from the six national associations met together on 19 October 2012, but could not agree on the schedule for the fourth round. The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in

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Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 30 games, for an average of 2.1 goals per game. ;4 goals * Jerry Bengtson *

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* Jozy Altidore ;3 goals * Clint Dempsey * Oribe Peralta * Bryan Ruiz * Luis Tejada ;2 goals * Celso Borges * Álvaro Saborío * Javier Hernández *

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* Graham Zusi ;1 goal * Jhonny Acosta *

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* Joel Campbell * Roy Miller *

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* Maynor Figueroa * Juan Carlos García * Óscar García * Wilson Palacios * Roger Rojas *

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* Jermaine Beckford *

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* Raúl Jiménez * Aldo de Nigris * Roberto Chen * Blas Pérez * Román Torres *

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* Brad Evans *

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;1 own goal *

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(against Jamaica)

Notes

References

External links

Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)Results and schedule (CONCACAF.com version)
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