In the men's football tournament of the 2007 Pan American Games, the Pan American Sports Organisation expanded the number of participants from 8 to 12 and set the age limit to the Under-20 level. However, CONMEBOL, representing the South American nations, only accepted to play with Under-17 teams (who qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since Under-20 teams had to participate at the U-20 World Cup at the same time.Panamerican Games 2007 (Rio de Janeiro) by Marcelo Leme de Arruda of the RSSSF
The United States accepted to play with their Under-18 team. Finally, Peru declined to play because their U-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation for the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took their place.
In the final, Ecuador beat Jamaica to win their first gold medal.Ecuador, campeón panamericano on El Universo, 27 Jul 2007"Ecuador vence a Jamaica y gana el oro en el fútbol de los Panamericanos" at Keti & Rada's blogsite, Jul 29, 2007
Participants The participating nations were:
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
(replaced )
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Final round
Semifinals
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
GK 13 Duwayne Kerr DF 5 Ajuran Brown DF 10 Shavar Thomas DF 17 Norman Bailey MF 9 Keammar Daley MF 18 Damaine Thompson MF 11 Edward Campbell MF 19 Troy Smith MF 7 Ricardo Cousins FW 15 Dawyne Smith FW 12 Obrian WoodbineManager:Wendell Downswell
GK 1 Máximo Banguera DF 2 Wilson Folleco DF 3 Deison Méndez DF 4 Michael Castro DF 6 Hamilton Chasi MF 13 Carlos Delgado MF 16 Israel Chango MF 5 Jefferson Pinto MF 8 Jefferson Montero FW 9 Edmundo Zura FW 18 Pablo OchoaManager:Sixto Vizuete
Final ranking Place Team 4 5 6 7 7 9 10 11 12
Goalscorers
4 goals Keammar Daley Enrique Esqueda
References
External links Football at the Pan American Games (Rio 2007) (archived)