1949 NAFC Championship

The 1949 NAFC Championship was the second edition of the association football championship for the North American Football Confederation.

1949 NAFC Championship
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Dates4 – 25 September
Teams3 (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 played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Horacio Casarín (4)
Luis de la Fuente (4)

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.

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
Source: rsssf
(C) Champion.
United States 0–6 Mexico
Flores  20'
Luna  30'
de la Fuente  37', 55', 58'
Septién  85'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: José Tapia (Cuba)

Mexico: Raúl Córdoba, Felipe Zetter, Carlos Laviada (captain), José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, 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

Mexico 2–0 Cuba
Luna  26'
Casarín  57'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)

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

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

Cuba 1–1 United States
Gómez  28' Wallace  23'
Attendance: 8,000

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

Mexico 6–2 United States
Ortíz  14'
Casarín  23', 41', 76'
de la Fuente  47'
Ochoa  89'		 Souza  52'
Wattman  90'
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 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

United States 5–2 Cuba
Bahr  16'
Souza  23'
Matevich  30', 35'
Wallace  48'		 Barquín  42'
Veiga  50'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nieto Lara (Mexico)

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

Mexico 3–0 Cuba
Naranjo  44'
Flores  58'
Naranjo  88'
Referee: Prudencio García (United States)

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, Granado, Fano

 1949 NAFC Championship 

Mexico
Second title

Scorers

Four goals

Two goals

One goal

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