1947 NAFC Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Cuba |
Dates | 13 – 20 July |
Teams | 3 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | Estadio La Tropical Havana, Cuba |
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) |
Attendance | 39,400 (13,133 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Adalberto López (4) |
The 1947 NAFC Championship was the first association football championship for the North American Football Confederation (NAFC).
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 United States. All matches were held at La Tropical Stadium.[1]
Venues[]
Havana |
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Estadio La Tropical |
Capacity: 30,000 |
Results[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mexico (C) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 4 |
2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 2 |
3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
Mexico | 5–0 | United States |
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López 3', 35', 85' Segura 53' 78' (pen.) |
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
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: Juan Ayra, Jacinto Barquín, Enrique Martinez, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Alvarez, Roure, Antonio Mederos, Antonio Villalón, Manuel Briso, Buxadera.
Cuba | 5–2 | United States |
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Villalon 22', 28' Gironella 61' Mederos 68' Veiga 70' |
Souza Valentine |
Cuba: Juan Ayra, Jacinto Barquín, Enrique Martinez, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Alvarez, Santiago Veiga, Antonio Mederos, Antonio Villalón, Luis Gironella, Buxadera
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
1947 NAFC Championship |
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Mexico First title |
Scorers[]
Four goals
Two goals
One goal
References[]
- ^ "Mexico wins 1947 NAFC title". CONCACAF Retro. CONCACAF. 2012-07-14. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
External links[]
- NAFC Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Cuba
- Ponta Delgada S.C.
- 1947 in Cuban sport
- 1947–48 in American soccer
- 1947–48 in Mexican football
- 1947 in North American sport