Posted on October 12, 2012

By Michael Lewis
TropiGol.com Editor

The U.S. has lost only one home game against Caribbean teams in World Cup qualifying since defeating Bermuda, 6-2, in Kansas City, Mo. in 1968.

The lone defeat was to Haiti, 1-0, in San Diego May 11, 1969.

The U.S. will visit Antigua & Barbuda Jamaica in a CONCACAF semifinal match at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Friday (beIN, 7 p.m. ET).

The Americans are 15-1-3 at home vs. Caribbean countries in CONCACAF qualifying. On the road, they’re 10-3-6.

The U.S. is 1-0-1 at neutral sites.

Here is how the U.S. has fared against Caribbean teams:

1950

Sept. 14, 1949 — U.S. 1, Cuba 1 (Mexico City)
Sept. 21, 1949 — U.S. 5, Cuba 2 (Mexico City)

1954

April 3, 1954 — U.S. 3, Haiti 1 (Port-au-Prince)
April 4, 1954 — U.S. 3, Haiti 0 (Port-au-Prince)

1970

Nov. 2, 1968 — U.S. 6, Bermuda 2 (Kansas City)
Nov. 10, 1968 — U.S. 2, Bermuda 0 (Hamilton, Bermuda)
April 20, 1969 — Haiti 2, U.S. 0 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
May 11, 1969 — Haiti 1, U.S. 0 (San Diego)

1986

Sept. 29, 1984 — U.S. 0, Netherlands Antilles 0 (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles)
Oct. 6, 1984 — U.S. 4, Netherlands Antilles 0 (St. Louis)
May 15, 1985 — U.S. 2, Trinidad & Tobago 1 (St. Louis)
May 2, 1985 — U.S. 1, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Torrance, Calif.)

1990

July 24, 1988 — U.S. 0, Jamaica 0 (Kingston, Jamaica)
Aug. 13, 1988 — U.S. 5, Jamaica 1 (St. Louis)
May 13, 1989 — U.S. 1, Trinidad & Tobago 1 (Torrance, Calif.)
Nov. 19, 1989 — U.S. 1, Trinidad Tobago 0 (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

1998

Nov. 10, 1996 — U.S. 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Richmond, Va.)
Nov. 24, 1996 — U.S. 1, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)
March 2, 1997 — U.S. 0, Jamaica 0 (Kingston, Jamaica)
Oct. 3, 1997 — U.S. 1, Jamaica 1 (Washington, D.C.)

2002

Aug. 16, 2000 — U.S. 7, Barbados 0 (Foxborough, Mass.)
Nov. 15, 2000 — U.S. 4, Barbados 0 (Waterford, Barbados)
June 16, 2001 — U.S. 0, Jamaica 0 (Kingston, Jamaica)
June 20, 2001 — U.S. 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Foxborough, Mass.)
Oct. 7, 2001 — U.S. 2, Jamaica 1 (Foxborough, Mass.)
Nov. 11, 2001 — U.S. 0, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)

2006

Aug. 18, 2004 — U.S. 1, Jamaica 1 (Kingston, Jamaica)
Nov. 17, 2004 — U.S. 1, Jamaica 1 (Columbus, Ohio)
Feb. 9, 2005 — U.S. 2, Trinidad & Tobago (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago)
Aug. 17, 2005 — U.S. 1, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (East Hartford, Conn.).

2010

June 15, 2008 — U.S. 8, Barbados 0 (Carson, Calif.)
June 22, 2008 — U.S. 1, Barbados 0 (Bridgetown, Barbados)
Sept. 6, 2008 — U.S. 1, Cuba 0 (Havana, Cuba)
Sept. 10, 2008 — U.S. 3, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Bridgeview, Ill.)
Oct. 11, 2008 — U.S. 6, Cuba 1 (Washington, D.C.)
Oct. 15, 2008 — Trinidad & Tobago 2, U.S. 1 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)
April 1, 2009 — U.S. 3, Trinidad & Tobago (Nashville, Tenn.)
Sept. 9, 2009 — U.S. 1, Trinidad & Tobago 0 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)

2014

June 8, 2012 — U.S. 3, Antigua & Barbuda 1 (Tampa, Fla.)
Sept. 7, 2012 — Jamaica 2, U.S. 1 (Kingston, Jamaica)

Photo: Clint Dempsey and the U.S. will visit Antigua and Barbuda on Friday night. Andy Mead/YCJ

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Categories: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Caribbean, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, North America, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S.A.
Tags: CONCACAF, World Cup qualifying

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