Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

was contested for men only at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in

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. All matches took place at the newly constructed

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. The gold medal was won by

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for the second time, who defeated

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in the final on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

Qualifying Tournament

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's U-21 side, with the second-placed team being

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, hence assuring qualification for the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games.

First stage

Group A

A 2 point system used. 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. Mexico won the group by lot.

Final stage

Semi-finals

Third-place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

External links

* 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games

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