# Football at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games

Football was contested for men only at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. All matches took place at the newly constructed Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium.
The gold medal was won by Cuba for the second time, who defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the final on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's football | Cuba (CUB) | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Bermuda (BER) |

## Qualifying tournament

The 1973 Central American Games was the first of its kind and all games took place in Guatemala between 24 November and 2 December 1973, for U-21 teams. The tournament was won by Panama's U-21 side, with the second-placed team being Nicaragua, hence assuring qualification for the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games.

## Participants

* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic (Hosts)
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad and Tobago

## First stage
### Group A

A 2 point system used.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cuba | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 8 | Final stage |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 4 | Final stage |
| 3 | Barbados | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | Eliminated |
Does not include the annulled result between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, but Trinidad and Tobago still qualified on goal difference.

### Group 2

A 2 point system used.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Final stage |
| 2 | Bermuda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Final stage |
| 3 | Panama | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Bahamas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | Eliminated |
Mexico won the group by lot.

## Final stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 March | 10 March |
| Cuba | 2 |
| Cuba | 2 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Bermuda | 0 | 12 March | 12 March |
| Bermuda | 0 | Cuba (pen) | 1 (3) |
| 10 March | 10 March | | Cuba (pen) | 1 (3) |
| 10 March | 10 March | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (0) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 (0) |
| Mexico | 1 | | |
| Mexico | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 March | 12 March |
| | | Mexico | 0 |
| | | Bermuda | 3 |

### Final

* 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games
* Cuba 3rd title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.
9 goals
* Ralph Bean
7 goals
* Francisco Piedra
6 goals
* Noel Llewelyn
3 goals
* Francisco Fariñas
* Andrés Roldán
2 goals
* Francisco Ramírez
* Ramón Díaz
* Bardomiano Viveros
* José Luis Caballero
* Simeón Escobar
1 goal
* Luis Reynoso
* George Prescott
* Victor Clarke
* Victor Goddard
* Anthony Dill
* Winston Trott
* Dagoberto Lara
* José Luis Elejalde
* Luis Hernández
* Orestes Pérez
* Regino Delgado
* Roberto Pereira
* Dámaso García
* Víctor Rangel
* Oscar Padilla
* Daniel Báez
* Manuel Cuadra
* Víctor Manuel Granja
* Luis Vega
* Rafael Torres
* Godfrey Harris
* Peter Mitchell
* Raymond Roberts
* Selwyn Murren
* Ulric Haynes