# Football at the 1987 Pan American Games

The tenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held at the William Kuntz Soccer Center in Indianapolis, United States from August 9 to August 21, 1987. Twelve teams competed, with title defender Uruguay missing. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.

## Participating teams

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Mexico
* Paraguay
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |

### Group B

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Chile | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Cuba | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |

### Group C

| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1 | Mexico | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| August 18 – Indianapolis | August 18 – Indianapolis |
| Chile | 3 |
| Chile | 3 | August 21 – Indianapolis | August 21 – Indianapolis |
| Argentina | 2 | August 21 – Indianapolis | August 21 – Indianapolis |
| Argentina | 2 | Brazil | 2 |
| August 18 – Indianapolis | August 18 – Indianapolis | | Brazil | 2 |
| August 18 – Indianapolis | August 18 – Indianapolis | Chile | 0 |
| Brazil | 1 | Chile | 0 |
| Mexico | 0 | | |
| Mexico | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | August 20 – Indianapolis | August 20 – Indianapolis |
| | | Argentina | 0 (5) |
| | | Mexico | 0 (4) |

### Gold Medal match

* 1987 Pan American Games winners
* Brazil Fourth title

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Brazil Luís Carlos Valdo Pita André Cruz Ademir Nelsinho João Paulo Edu Marangon Douglas Pereira Raí Evair Geraldão Ricardo Gomes Ricardo Rocha Washington Careca Claudio Taffarel Carlos Alberto Silva (coach) | Chile Miguel Ardiman Luis Ceballos Nelson Enríquez [es] Claudio Figueroa Eduardo Fournier Héctor Francino [es] Osvaldo Gómez [es] Aníbal González Juan González Francisco Hörmann [es] Fernando Medina Jorge Pérez [es] Germán Pino René Pinto Marco Tamayo Claudio Tello Patricio Toledo Iván Zamorano Eugenio Jara (coach) | Argentina Gustavo Acosta Oscar Acosta Mauro Airez Favio Almirón Jorge Bartero Fabián Basualdo Fabián Cancelarich Oscar Dertycia Gustavo Dezotti Néstor Fabbri José Fantaguzzi Blas Giunta Humberto Gutiérrez Carlos Mac Allister Víctor Marchesini Alejandro Russo Darío Siviski Jorge Theiler Carlos Pachamé (coach) |

## Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.41 goals per match.
4 goals
* Oscar Dertycia
3 goals
* Gustavo Dezotti
* Humberto Gutiérrez
* Evair
* Jorge Pérez
* Juan Hernández
2 goals
* Washington
* William Domazetis
* Francisco Javier Cruz
* Ted Hantak
1 goal
* Néstor Fabbri
* André Cruz
* Careca
* João Paulo
* Nelsinho
* Neil Wilkinson
* Aníbal González
* Germán Pino
* Marco Tamayo
* Wilson Manuel Rodriguez
* Carlos Gonzalez
* Jorge Maya
* Jorge Rivero
* Luis Mauricio Perla
* Jorge Aníbal Vargas
* Juan Manuel Funes
* Edwin Westphal
* Félix Cruz
* Benjamín Galindo
* Sergio Lira
* Fernando Quirarte
* Eumelio Palacios
* Philibert Jones
* Frank Klopas
Source: RSSSF