1947 NAFC Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
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country = Cuba
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num_teams = 3
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champion = MEX
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second = CUB
third = USA
matches = 3
goals = 16
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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. The NAFC held this competition in 1947, 1949, 1990 and 1991. The first tournament came soon after the founding of the NAFC. While Canada was a founding member of the NAFC, it did not participate in the first two championships. Instead, 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.

Games

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----footballbox | date = July 17, 1947
team1 = fb|CUB |score = 1-3|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|MEX |goals1 = Pico 42’|goals2 = Carlos Septién 30'
Angel Segura 53'
Adalberto López 83'|stadium = Estadío Tropical
Attendance:
Referee: Sam Galin (USA)

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----footballbox | date = July 20, 1947
team1 = fb|CUB |score = 5-2|report= (Report) |team2 = fb|USA |goals1 = |goals2 = Ed Souza
Ed Valentine |stadium = Estadío Tropical
Attendance:
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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

corers

Four Goals
*flagicon|MEX Adalberto López

Two Goals
*flagicon|MEX Angel Segura

One Goal
*flagicon|MEX Carlos Septién
*flagicon|MEX Rodrigo Ruíz
*flagicon|USA Ed Souza
*flagicon|USA Ed Valentine

Final Rankings

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/north-am-champ47.html Tournament results]