The CONCACAF preliminary round of qualifiers for the 2023 Women’s World Cup has begun. Each team played two of their four matches WED 16-TUE 22 FEB 2022.

Results have followed the form book to date, as the higher seed has won all 30 matches played so far. Mexico’s convincing victories over Suriname and Antigua-Barbuda have them sitting atop Group A, ahead of Puerto Rico on goal difference.

Panama’s Lineth CEDENO and El Salvador’s Mara RODRIGUEZ each registered hat tricks against Belize. Their teams are joint leaders of Group D, with Panama narrowly ahead on goal difference.

Group E sees Cuba and Haiti leading the way, both with two victories, seventeen goals scored, and zero goals conceded. Yeranis LEE of Cuba scored seven goals in two matches, and Roselord BORGELLA of Haiti logged five of her own.

Each team’s remaining two matches are to be played WED 06-TUE 12 APR 2022. The first placed team in each group advances to the CONCACAF W Championship.