The Association football competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games were set to start 21 July, although qualification took take place beforehand.

[2] On 13 July 2010, the organizing committee for the games (Comaz) announced that the event would not be held because CONCACAF had threatened to sanction countries that participated.

"[4] They did not announce or inform this directly to the organizing committee, instead it was through the Costa Rica Football Federation's Web Page.

[7] The Organizing Committee offered various options including moving some of the games to the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium and asked the Concacaf to reconsider its position, to no avail.

[8][9] On 13 July 2010 Felipe Perez announced that the event would not be held because CONCACAF had threatened to sanction countries that participated.

[3] On 14 July 2010 Felipe Perez announced to the press that Comaz was evaluating with their legal counsel the possibility of suing Concacaf in the next couple of days.