- 1949 NAFC Championship
Infobox International Football Competition
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country = Mexico
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num_teams = 3
confederations = 1
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champion = MEX
count = 2
second = USA
third = CUB
matches = 6
goals = 28
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top_scorer = flagicon|MEXHoracio Casarín (3)
flagicon|MEXLuis de la Fuente (3)
player = The North American Football Confederation (NAFC) Championship "(also known as the North American Nations Cup)" was the soccer championship for the North American Football Confederation. TheNAFC held this competition in 1947, 1949, 1989 and 1991. In 1949, the NAFC Championship served both as a regional championship as well as the regional qualification tournament for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and was held inMexico City . Four team were invited, Cuba, Mexico, Canada and the United States, but Canada did not send a team.Mexico easily topped the standings, going undefeated and outscoring the two other teams seventeen goals to two. The United States came in second and Cuba, winless in its four games, was third. As the top two teams qualified for the World Cup, Mexico and the U.S. went to the finals in
Brazil .Games
Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Felipe Zetter, Carlos Laviada(captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis "Pirata" de la Fuente, Carlos Septién
United States:
Frank Borghi ,Ben Wattman ,Manuel Martin ,Walter Bahr ,Charlie Colombo ,Bill Sheppell , Frank Wallace,Jack Hynes ,Pete Matevich ,John Souza ,Benny McLaughlin ----footballbox | date =September 11 ,1949
team1 = fb|MEX |score = 2-0|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|CUB |goals1 =Luis Luna 26’Horacio Casarín 57’|goals2 = |stadium = Mexico City
Attendance:
Referee:Prudencio García (USA)Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis "Pirata" de la Fuente, Carlos Septién
Cuba: Arozamena, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Fano, Gómez, Torres, Brioso----footballbox | date =
September 14 ,1949
team1 = fb|CUB |score = 1-1|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|USA |goals1 =José Gómez 28’ |goals2 = Frank Wallace 23’ |stadium =Estadío de los Deportes
Attendance: 8,000
Referee:Cuba: Rolando Aguilar, Jacinto Barquin, Bernardo Llerandi, José Minsal, Marcelino Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Clerch, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Vicente Pérez, Manuel Briso
United States: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, William Sheppell, Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Peter Matevich, John Souza, Ben McLaughlin----footballbox | date =
September 18 ,1949
team1 = fb|MEX |score = 6-2|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|USA |goals1 =Héctor Ortíz 14’Horacio Casarín 23’Horacio Casarín 41’Luis de la Fuente 47’Horacio Casarín 76’Mario Ochoa 89’ |goals2 =John Souza 52’Ben Wattman 90’ |stadium =Estadío de los Deportes
Attendance: 54,500
Referee:José Tapia (Cuba)Mexico: Melesio Osnaya, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada (captain), Héctor Ortíz, Mario Ochoa, José Antonio Roca, Antonio Flores, Francisco Hernández, Horacio Casarin, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septien
United States:
Frank Borghi ,Harry Keough ,Manuel Martin ,Bill Sheppell ,Charlie Colombo ,Walter Bahr , Frank Wallace,Jack Hynes ,Ben Wattman ,John Souza ,Benny McLaughlin ----footballbox | date =September 21 ,1949
team1 = fb|USA |score = 5-2|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|CUB |goals1 =Walter Bahr 16’John Souza 23’Pete Matevich 30’Pete Matevich 35’
Frank Wallace 48’|goals2 =Jacinto Barquin 42’Santiago Veiga 50’|stadium =Estadío de los Deportes
Attendance: 60,000
Referee:José Tapia (Cuba)United States:
Frank Borghi ,Harry Keough ,Manuel Martin ,Bill Sheppell ,Charlie Colombo ,Walter Bahr , Frank Wallace,Jack Hynes ,Pete Matevich ,John Souza ,Benny McLaughlin Cuba: Pedro Arosemana (Rolando Aguilar 40'), Jacinto Barquin, Bernardo Llerandi, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Santiago Veiga, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Angel Valdes, Manuel Brioso----footballbox | date =
September 25 ,1949
team1 = fb|MEX |score = 3-0|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|CUB |goals1 =José Naranjo 44’Antonio Flores 58’José Naranjo 88’|goals2 = |stadium =Estadío de los Deportes
Attendance:
Referee:Prudencio García (USA)Mexico: Melesio Osnaya, Felipe Zetter, Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez, Alfonso Montemayor (captain), Samuel Cuburu, Raúl Varela, Antonio Flores, José Naranjo, Mario "Flaco" Pérez, Luis Vázquez, Enrique Sesma
Cuba: Aguilar, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Pérez, Gómez, Torres, Valdés
Champion
corers
Four Goals
*flagicon|MEXHoracio Casarín
*flagicon|MEXLuis de la Fuente Two Goals
*flagicon|MEXAntonio Flores
*flagicon|MEXLuis Luna
*flagicon|MEXJosé Naranjo
*flagicon|USAPete Matevich
*flagicon|USAJohn Souza
*flagicon|USA Frank WallaceOne Goal
*flagicon|CUBJacinto Barquin
*flagicon|CUBJosé Gómez
*flagicon|CUBSantiago Veiga
*flagicon|MEXMario Ochoa
*flagicon|MEXHéctor Ortíz
*flagicon|MEXCarlos Septien
*flagicon|USAWalter Bahr
*flagicon|USABen Wattman Final Rankings
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/north-am-champ49.html Tournament results]
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