# Football at the 1991 Pan American Games

The eleventh edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from 4 August to 13 August 1991. After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.
Due to a conflict with CONCACAF, CONMEBOL boycotted the Games: South American teams, including title holder Brazil, did not participate in the competition.
The United States, coached by Lothar Osiander, won their first Pan American title. The United States included a number of players from the highly successful U-20 World Championship squad of 1989, including Brad Friedel, Joe-Max Moore, Steve Snow, Manny Lagos, Yari Allnutt, Kasey Keller, Mike Burns, Cobi Jones and Claudio Reyna.

## Participants

* Canada
* Cuba
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Suriname
* United States

## First round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 5 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Haiti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Suriname | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 August – Havana | 11 August – Havana |
| Mexico | 6 |
| Mexico | 6 | 13 August – Havana | 13 August – Havana |
| Honduras | 1 | 13 August – Havana | 13 August – Havana |
| Honduras | 1 | United States | 2 |
| 11 August – Havana | 11 August – Havana | | United States | 2 |
| 11 August – Havana | 11 August – Havana | Mexico | 1 |
| United States | 2 | Mexico | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 | | |
| Cuba | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 13 August – Havana | 13 August – Havana |
| | | Cuba | 1 |
| | | Honduras | 0 |

### Gold Medal match

Team details :
United States
Mexico :
* 1991 Pan American Games winners
* United States First title

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | United States 1. Kasey Keller 2. Cam Rast 3. Curt Onalfo 4. Michael Burns 5. Erik Imler 6. Dario Brose 7. Yari Allnutt 8. Michael Lapper 9. Dante Washington 10. Claudio Reyna 11. Manny Lagos 12. Cobi Jones 13. Joe-Max Moore 14. Eloy Salgado 15. Rhett Harty 16. Steve Snow 17. Brad Friedel 18. Alexi Lalas Lothar Osiander (coach) | Mexico 1. Sergio Bernal 2. Ricardo Cadena 3. Antonio Noriega 4. Rodolfo Sánchez 5. Joaquín Hernández 6. Agustín Valdez 7. Leopoldo Castañeda 8. Jorge Castañeda 9. Carlos Nápoles 10. Ramón Ramíres 11. Gerardo Mascareño 12. Alejandro Herrera 13. Camilo Romero 14. Salvador Mariscal 15. Felipe Peña 16. Ramiro Romero 17. Donato Castañeda 18. David Rangel Manuel Lapuente (coach) | Cuba 1. Elio Sánchez 2. Luis Elizalde 3. Alfredo Maury 4. Rafael Ayllon 5. Julio C. Díaz 6. Jorge Pérez 7. Maximiliano Sánchez 8. Alfredo González 9. Lázaro Darcourt 10. Manuel Bobadilla 11. Bernardo Rosette 12. Víctor Pérez 13. Juan C. Montalvo 14. Ariel Álvarez 15. Osmín Hernández 16. Alexis Guzmán 17. Pedro Báez 18. Wilfredo Carbo Giovanni Campari (coach) |

## Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
4 goals
* Leopoldo Castañeda
* Antonio Noriega
* Steve Snow
3 goals
* Jean Fleural
* Manuel Bobadilla
* Ramón Ramires
* Wilmer Neal
Source: PanamSports