From the international scene, Mr Anderson's Spanish side didn't play, but Switzerland's scoreless draw against Georgia was enough to see Spain through to qualification.
gaz1185's Brazil are keeping things uncomfortable close. After drawing 2-2 with Morocco, they're sitting on 10 points with two matches remaining, while Macedonia and Morocco, who both hope to upset one of football's top nations, have 13 and 12 points respectively with one match to go, neither against Brazil, nor each other.
Adam118's Germany all but qualified with a 3-0 win against South Korea. The Koreans need to win two games and make up 9 goals difference just to draw level.
Maniak's Portugal lost rather embarrassingly three-nil to Peru, but they're still in pole position to qualify, needing just one win in their last two matches.
Xipro's didn't play today, but the Chilean players figured it was probably just as well, as Italy and Montenegro have wrapped up qualification out of this group.
Urbanned's Dutch side needed a win against Hungary to wrap up qualification, but they didn't get it, drawing one-all. They've got 13 points, with one match against the United States remaining, while USA and Hungary (on 14 and 11 points, respectively,) have two matches left.
With Rooney absent to injury, goals from Gerrard and Young in the final 20 minutes of the game brought England back from behind to beat a game Jamaican side 2-1, securing qualification for the 2012 World Cup.
Big Red's Ireland were off today. They're currently top of their group, meaning it'll be interesting to see how they manage to lose this one.