The United States will open World Cup qualifying in November in a four-nation group that includes Trinidad and Tobago. The other opponents in Group C will be either Guatemala or Antigua and Barbuda, as well as Aruba or St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Mexico is in Group A with Honduras, Canada or Belize, and El Salvador or Curacao. Costa Rica got the toughest draw in potentially deadly Group B with Panama, Jamaica or Nicaragua, and Haiti or Grenada. The top two nations in each group advance to the six-team final round, known as the Hexagonal. The top three qualify, and the fourth meets an Asian opponent in a playoff for another berth. CONCACAFTHIRD ROUND Third round: Ties to be played September 2015: FOURTH ROUND
Ties to played between November 2015 and September 2016. The winners and runners-up advance into Round Five.
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