Soccer at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The thirteenth edition of the Men's Football Tournament (soccer) at the Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from July 23 to August 7, 1999. Since this edition, U-23 teams competed, with title defender Argentina missing.^[1] Mexico won their 3rd. gold medal after beating Honduras 3–1 in the final.^[2]

Football (Soccer) – Men's tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games
Venue	Winnipeg Soccer Complex
Dates	23 July – 7 August
Medalists
Mexico    Honduras    United States
«1995 2003»

For the first time there was also a Women's Football Tournament included in the Pan Am Games.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8	Semifinals
2	Canada	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8
3	Costa Rica	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
4	Guatemala	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Mexico and Canada qualified to semifinals.

July 24, 1999 (1999-07-24)

Canada	1–1	Costa Rica
De Rosario 34'		Bryce 75'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Neftalí Recinos (SLV)

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July 24, 1999 (1999-07-24)

Mexico	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Ortiz 3' Mendoza 21'		Pierre 11'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Owen Powell (JAM)

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July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)

Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
De Rosario 39', 71'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

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July 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)

Guatemala	1–3	Mexico
Rivera 19'		Mendoza 22', 24', 38'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

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July 28, 1999 (1999-07-28)

Canada	2–1	Guatemala
Kindel 32' Mathot 67' (pen.)		C. Ruiz 90'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Richard Grady (USA)

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July 28, 1999 (1999-07-28)

Costa Rica	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Bryce 14' Bolaños 32'		Peters 9'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Neftalí Recinos (SLV)

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July 30, 1999 (1999-07-30)

Guatemala	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
W. Alegria 58' Rivera 78'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Owen Powell (JAM)

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July 30, 1999 (1999-07-30)

Costa Rica	2–2	Mexico
Bolaños 15' (pen.) Bryce 84'		J. Rodríguez 27' Mendoza 71'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: José Farías (CAN)

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August 1, 1999 (1999-08-01)

Costa Rica	0–0	Guatemala

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

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August 1, 1999 (1999-08-01)

Canada	0–0	Mexico

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Richard Gray (USA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	4	4	0	0	10	3	+7	12	Semifinals
2	United States	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
3	Jamaica	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
4	Cuba	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	3
5	Uruguay	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Honduras and USA qualified to semifinals.

July 23, 1999 (1999-07-23)

Cuba	0–1	United States
	Report	Vagenas 57'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Olger Mejias (CRC)

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July 23, 1999 (1999-07-23)

Jamaica	2–0	Uruguay
Green 11' (pen.) Fuller 67'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Alejandro Cruz (MEX)

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July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)

Honduras	2–1	United States
J. Martínez 15' Ramírez 78'	Report	Vagenas 56'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

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July 25, 1999 (1999-07-25)

Cuba	3–1	Uruguay
A. Martínez 27', 74' Lay 34'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

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July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)

Honduras	4–1	Uruguay
J. Martínez 2' 69' de León 39' (pen.) Izaguirre 46'		G. Rodríguez 27'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Olger Mejias (CRC)

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July 27, 1999 (1999-07-27)

Cuba	0–2	Jamaica
		L. Ruíz 24' (o.g.) Williams 88'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Jose Farias (CAN)

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July 29, 1999 (1999-07-29)

Cuba	0–2	Honduras
		Pavón 6' Pineda 79'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Peter Prendergast (JAM)

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July 29, 1999 (1999-07-29)

Jamaica	1–2	United States
Fuller 57'	Report	Victorine 37' Twellman 75'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

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July 31, 1999 (1999-07-31)

United States	0–0	Uruguay
	Report

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Alejandro Cruz (MEX)

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July 31, 1999 (1999-07-31)

Honduras	2–1	Jamaica
Rosales 13' Ramírez 56'		Griffiths 88'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Olger Mejias (CRC)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 4 – Winnipeg
	Mexico	4
					August 7 – Winnipeg
	United States	0
					Mexico	3
	August 4 – Winnipeg
					Honduras	1
	Honduras	2
	Canada	0
					Third place
					August 6 – Winnipeg
					United States	2
					Canada	1

Semi finals

August 3, 1999 (1999-08-03)

Canada	0–2	Honduras
		Turcios 59' Ramírez 89'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Referee: Olger Mejia (CRC)

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August 4, 1999 (1999-08-04)

Mexico	4–0	United States
Ortiz 7', 19' Mora 43' Mendoza 84'	Report

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Bronze medal match

August 6, 1999 (1999-08-06)

Canada	1–2	United States
Pozniak 84'	Report	Bocanegra 6' Donovan 59'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Alejandro Cruz (MEX)

Gold Medal match

August 7, 1999 (1999-08-07)

Mexico	3–1	Honduras
Altamirano 7' Mora 55', 75'		Francisco Pavón 41'

Winnipeg Soccer Complex, Winnipeg

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Team details
Mexico Honduras

1999 Pan American Games winners
Mexico Third title

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Mexico [3]	Honduras	United States

Goalscorers

There were 60 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.31 goals per match.

6 goals

• Jesús Mendoza

3 goals

• Dwayne De Rosario
• Steven Bryce
• Jairo Martínez
• Luis Ramírez
• Emilio Mora
• Álvaro Ortiz

2 goals

• Jonathan Bolaños
• Ángel Martínez
• Andrés Rivera
• Francisco Pavón
• Ricardo Fuller
• Peter Vagenas

1 goal

• Steve Kindel
• Jason Mathot
• Chris Pozniak
• Rudy Lay
• Wálter Alegria
• Carlos Ruiz
• Julio César de León
• Júnior Izaguirre
• Reynaldo Pineda
• Jaime Rosales
• Danilo Turcios
• Steve Green
• Winston Griffiths
• Andy Williams
• Héctor Altamirano
• Juan Pablo Rodríguez
• Joseph Peters
• Nigel Pierre
• Carlos Bocanegra
• Landon Donovan
• Taylor Twellman
• Sasha Victorine
• Gerardo Rodríguez

1 own goal

• Lázaro Ruíz (against Jamaica)