1949 NAFC Championship

1949 NAFC Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	4 – 25 September
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	28 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Horacio Casarín (4) Luis de la Fuente (4)
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The 1949 NAFC Championship was the second edition of the association football championship for the North American Football Confederation.

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 in Mexico City. Four teams 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.

Venues[]

Mexico City
	Mexico City
	Estadio de los Deportes
	Capacity: 33,000

Results[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mexico (C)	4	4	0	0	17	2	+15	8
2	United States	4	1	1	2	8	15	−7	3
3	Cuba	4	0	1	3	3	11	−8	1

Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Felipe Zetter, (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, , Horacio Casarín, Luis 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

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Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Jorge Romo, (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, , Horacio Casarín, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septién

Cuba: Arozamena, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Fano, Gómez, Torres, Brios, Granado

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Cuba: Rolando Aguilar, Jacinto Barquin, Bernardo Llerandi, José Minsal, Marcelino Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Clerch, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Vicente Pérez, Manuel Briso, A. Granado

United States: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, Bill Sheppell, Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Pete Matevich, John Souza, Benny McLaughlin

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Mexico: , Jorge Romo, (captain), Héctor Ortíz, Mario Ochoa, José Antonio Roca, Antonio Flores, Francisco Hernández, Horacio Casarín, Luis de la Fuente, Carlos Septién

United States: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, Bill Sheppell, Charlie Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Ben Wattman, John Souza, Benny McLaughlin

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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, Armando Granado

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Mexico: , Felipe Zetter, Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez, Alfonso Montemayor (captain), Samuel Cuburu, , Antonio Flores, José Naranjo, Mario "Flaco" Pérez, , Enrique Sesma

Cuba: Aguilar, Barquín, Llerandi, Ovide, J.Minsal, Torrent, Veiga, Pérez, Gómez, Torres, Valdés, Granado, Fano

1949 NAFC Championship
Mexico Second title

Scorers[]

Four goals

• Horacio Casarín
• Luis de la Fuente

Two goals

• Antonio Flores
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• José Naranjo
• Pete Matevich
• John Souza
• Frank Wallace

One goal

• Jacinto Barquín
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• Mario Ochoa
• Héctor Ortíz
• Carlos Septién
• Walter Bahr
• Ben Wattman

External links[]

• Tournament results