Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Estadio Omnilife from 19 to 28 October 2011. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-22 national teams, with 3 no-age-limit players per team allowed. Ecuador were the defending champions from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeating Jamaica 2–1, but they were eliminated during the group stage.

For these Games, the men competed in an eight-team tournament, which is a drop from 12 at the 2007 games. Preliminary matches commenced on 19 October. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool advanced to a four-team single-elimination bracket.

Mexico won the gold medal for the fourth time in this competition, defeating six-time gold-medalists Argentina in the tournament's final. Uruguay took the bronze medal.

Qualification

 * The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region.
 * Guatemala later withdrew due to issues of discipline within the team. They were replaced by Trinidad and Tobago, after Honduras and Panama who finished ahead of Trinidad and Tobago declined to participate.

Squads
The men's tournament is a full international tournament with a U-22 age limit. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players September 2011. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.



Format

 * Eight teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
 * The third and fourth placed teams are eliminated from the competition.
 * In the semifinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B2 and B1 vs. A2
 * The winning teams from the semifinals play for the gold medal. The losing teams compete for the bronze medal.

Preliminary round
All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Group A

 * Match was moved to 25 October, because of a volcanic eruption spewed ash clouds in Chile which prevented the team from Uruguay to travel to Guadalajara in time.

Goalscorers

 * 6 goals
 * 🇲🇽 Oribe Peralta


 * 3 goals
 * Jonathan McDonald
 * 🇲🇽 Jerónimo Amione


 * 2 goals
 * 🇦🇷 Germán Pezzella
 * 🇧🇷 Henrique


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Sergio Araujo
 * 🇦🇷 Franco Fragapane
 * 🇦🇷 Lucas Kruspzky
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Laba
 * Danny Blanco
 * 🇪🇨 Luis Congo
 * 🇪🇨 Michael Quiñónez
 * 🇲🇽 Jorge Enríquez
 * 🇲🇽 Miguel Ángel Ponce
 * 🇲🇽 Jesús Zavala
 * Trevin Caesar
 * Jamal Gay
 * Shahdon Winchester
 * Mathías Abero
 * Facundo Píriz
 * Mauricio Prieto
 * Federico Puppo
 * Maximiliano Rodríguez
 * Gastón Silva