NAFC Championship 1947

NAFC Championship 1947

Tournament details
Host country	Cuba
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	16 (5.33 per match)

The North American Football Confederation (NAFC) Championship (also known as the North American Nations Cup) was the football (soccer) championship for the North American Football Confederation.

The first tournament came soon after the founding of the NAFC. Cuba hosted the tournament which included the host national team, Mexico and the United States. Rather than forming a team for the competition, the United States Football Soccer Federation chose to send Ponta Delgada S.C., an amateur team from Fall River, Massachusetts. Ponta Delgada had won both the National Challenge Cup and National Amateur Cup, but was unable to compete with Mexico and Cuba. Mexico easily handled both the U.S. and Cuba, defeating the first 5-0 and the second 3-1. Cuba took second place with a 5-2 victory over the U.S.

The NAFC held this competition in 1947, 1949; the North American zone (CONCACAF era) continued the tournament in 1990 and 1991. While Canada was a founding member of the NAFC, it did not participate in the first two championships.

Games

July 13, 1947	Mexico	5-0	United States	Estadío Tropical Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)
	Adalberto López 3’ Adalberto López 35’ Angel Segura 53’ Rodrigo Ruíz 78’ Adalberto López 85’	(Report)

Mexico: Raúl Landeros, Alberto Medina, Sergio Bravo, Alfonso Montemayor (captain); Rodrígo Ruíz, Salvador Arizmendi, Antonio Flores, Julián Durán, Adalberto López, Angel Segura, Carlos Septién

United States: Walter Romanowicz, Joe Machado, Manuel Martin, Joseph Rego-Costa, Joe Ferreira, Jesse Braga, Frank Moniz, Ed Souza, Ed Valentine, John Souza, John Travis

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July 17, 1947	Cuba	1-3	Mexico	Estadío Tropical Referee: Sam Galin (USA)
	Pico 42’	(Report)	Carlos Septién 30' Angel Segura 53' Adalberto López 83'

Mexico: Raúl Landeros, Alberto Medina, Sergio Bravo, Alfonso Montemayor (captain), Rodrígo Ruíz, Salvador Arizmendi, Javier de la Torre, Max Prieto, Adalberto López, Angel Segura, Carlos Septién

Cuba: Ayra, Barquín, Enrique, Ovide, Minsal, Alvarez; Roure, Pico, Villalón, Brioso, Blexadero

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July 20, 1947	Cuba	5-2	United States	Estadío Tropical
		(Report)	Ed Souza Ed Valentine

Cuba:

United States: Walter Romanowicz, Joe Machado, Manuel Martin, Joseph Rego-Costa, Joseph Michaels, Jesse Braga, Frank Muniz, Ed Souza, Ed Valentine, John Souza, John Travis

Champion

NAFC Championship: Mexico First title

Scorers

Four Goals

• Adalberto López

Two Goals

• Angel Segura

One Goal

• Carlos Septién
• Rodrigo Ruíz
• Ed Souza
• Ed Valentine

Final Rankings

Team		Pts	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Dif
1	Mexico	4	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
2	Cuba	2	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1
3	United States	0	2	0	0	2	2	10	-8

External links

• Tournament results