1961 Mexico "B" 1962 Vancouver Firefighters 1963 Mexico "B" 1964 Mexico "B" 1965 Mexico "B" 1966 Vancouver Firefighters 1967 Victoria O'Keefe's Number of Wins (7). 4 Mexico "B" 2 Vancouver Firefighters 1 Victoria O'Keefe's
Rancho Ciénega Stadium, Los Angeles (7000) Semifinals [May 28] Westminster Royals 3-0 San Francisco Scots [Coyle 17, James 53, Crisp 61] Los Angeles St. Stephens 1-2 Mexico Selects [Helmut Bicek 73; Carlos Zapata 47, 81] Third Place Match [May 30] Los Angeles St. Stephens 1-1 San Francisco Scots NB: Third place shared Final [May 30] Mexico Selects 3-0 Westminster Royals [Carlos Zapata 3, Armando Garrido 23, 29] Mexico - Luis Septién, Antonio Zamano, Everardo Aceves, Alberto Heredia, Raúl Chanes, Alfredo Echavarri, Daniel López, Armando Garrido, Carlos Calderón, Catarino Tafoya, Carlos Zapata Canada - Schweitzer, Stothard, Roy Cairns, Cowie, Green, Paton, Coyle, Crossan, Crisp, Stewart, James
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles (5000) Semifinals [May 27] Mexican Selects 5-3 San Francisco Scots [aet] [Armando Garrido (2), Carlos Calderón (2), Carlos Zapata; Wallen (2), Fraser] Vancouver Firefighters 4-4 Los Angeles Kickers [aet; 3-1pen] x x-The Firefighters vs. Kickers game was tied at 3-3 after the regular game. Two 30 minute overtimes were played at it was still 3-3. Another 15 minute over was played and it was tied 4-4. In the penalty kicks Vancouver took all three and scored all three. Then LA took one and missed. Third Place Match [May 30] Los Angeles Kickers 2-2 San Francisco Scots NB: Third place shared Final [May 30] Vancouver Firefighters 2-1 Mexican Selects [Kruger 75, Bishop 79; Ceballos 86] Post exhibition match (for the "Friendship Cup") [Jun 3] San Francisco Stars 1-2 Mexican Selects
East L.A. College Stadium, Monterey Park, Los Angeles
NB: Mexican Selects were the Mexico 2nd Division XI (Selección de la Segunda División)
reinforced with 4 top players from the 1st division: Raúl Cárdenas, Pedro Nájera,
Carlos González and Ernesto Cisneros.
Semifinals
[May 26]
Vancouver Canadians 3-0 San Francisco Teutonia [aet]
[McEachnie, Ferrier, Coyle]
Mexican Selects 2-0 Los Angeles Kickers-Victoria
[Carlos González 12, Francisco Arredondo 83]
[Mexican Selects: Iniestra; Crespo, Núñez, Cárdenas; Nájera, Millán;
S.Cisneros, Pulido, E.Cisneros, González, Arredondo.]
Third Place Match
[May 30]
Los Angeles Kickers-Victoria 4-1 San Francisco Teutonia
[Tony Helle (2), Royal Mata, Eberhard Herz; Albert Korbus]
Final
[May 30]
Mexican Selects 3-0 Vancouver Canadians
[Carlos González 13, 14, Ernesto Cisneros 48]
[Mexican Selects: Iniestra; Crespo, Ceballos, Núñez; Nájera, Cárdenas;
S.Cisneros, Pulido, E.Cisneros, González, Arredondo]
Most valuable player: Francisco Arredondo (Mexico)
Post Exhibition matches
Balboa Stadium, San Francisco
[Jun 2] (for the "Friendship Cup")
San Francisco United 0-3 Méxican Selects 3
[Francisco Arredondo 21, Ernesto Cisneros 51, 86]
[Mexican Selects: Iniestra; Crespo, Ceballos, Cárdenas; Nájera, Millán;
S.Cisneros, Martínez, E.Cisneros, González, Arredondo;
9 S.F. United players were on strike, so the home team was actually a
combination of United and Teutonia.]
[Jun 9]
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Mexico Selects
[Ted Farmer 11, Chris Crowe 16, Terry Wharton 90]
[Mexican Selects: Iniestra; Crespo, Ceballos, Millán; Cárdenas, Núñez;
Aussin, Nájera, González, Flores, Arredondo.]
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Semifinals [Apr 25] Mexican Selects 5-0 San Francisco [Francisco Arredondo 4, Carlos González 43, 62, Mauro Franco 76, Porfirio Gutiérrez 83] Vancouver British Columbia 3-2 Los Angeles Third Place Match [Apr 26] Los Angeles 5-2 San Francisco Final [Apr 26] Mexican Selects 4-3 Vancouver British Columbia [Carlos González 30, Francisco Arredondo 43, Everardo Aceves 47, Mauro Franco; Steve Djorich 10, Art Hughes, Carlos Franco]
Unidad Deportiva Casa de la Juventud (INJM), Tijuana, Mexico (6000) Round 1 [May 1] San Francisco 0-4 Mexican Selects [Carlos González 19, 75, Francisco Arredondo 52, Genaro Torres] Los Angeles Kickers 3-1 Baja California All-Stars Vancouver Firefighters bye Round 2 [May 2] Vancouver Firefighters 6-0 San Francisco [Prischwe 4, Hughes 42, Smith 53, 63, McCnand 56, Boyd 78pen] Mexican Selects 1-1 Los Angeles Kickers [Juan González 8; Hamid Shirisigdian 70] Baja California All-stars bye Round 3 [May 3] Los Angeles Kickers 4-4 San Francisco [Ralph Mosikian 13, Hamid Shirisigdian 18, Roberto Sotomayor 36, Warren Mata 75; John Broadie 4, 65, Al Korbus 35, Mike O’Brien 48] Vancouver Firefighters 1-0 Baja California All-stars [Hughes 6] Mexican Selects bye Round 4 [May 4] Mexican Selects 2-0 Vancouver Firefighters [Álvaro del Peral, Carlos González] San Francisco 5-3 Baja California All-Stars [Jan Frazer, Henry Camacho, Mike O’Brien, John Broadie (pen), Al Korbus; Mario Bobadilla (2), Zirilo López] Los Angeles Kickers bye Round 5 [May 5] Mexican Selects 6-0 Baja California All-Stars [Heraclio Martínez (2), Carlos González, Juan González, Álvaro del Peral, Rogelio González] Los Angeles Kickers 1-0 Vancouver Firefighters [Fred Cameron] San Francisco bye Final Table Mexican Selects 4 3 1 0 13: 1 +12 7 Los Angeles All-Stars 4 1 3 0 9: 7 +2 5 Vancouver Firefighters 4 2 1 1 8: 3 +5 5 San Francisco 4 1 1 2 9:17 -8 3 Baja California All-stars 4 0 0 4 4:15 -11 0
Held in San Francisco, California
NB: Mexican Selects did not enter due to its participation in X. Central American and
Caribbean Games, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, replaced by a team from El Salvador.
Semifinals
[May 7]
Vancouver Firefighters 3-0 San Francisco
Los Angeles Selects 2-0 Universidad de El Salvador
Third Place Match
[May 8]
San Francisco 2-1 Universidad de El Salvador
Final
[May 8]
Vancouver Firefighters 6-0 Los Angeles Selects
NB: On December 2, 1966, Mexican FA announced the return of Mexican team for 1967 edition.
Empire Stadium, Vancouver, Canada Semifinals [May 6] Victoria O'Keefe's 3-1 Los Angeles All-Stars Mexico Selects 1-1 San Francisco [Mexico won on penalty kicks] Third Place Match [May 7] Los Angeles All-Stars 0-0 San Francisco NB: Third place shared Final [May 7] Victoria O'Keefe's 2-1 Mexico Selects [Bob Smith (pen), Joe Alexis 82; Jesús Arzate 89]
Sources included: "Year in American Soccer" (Steve Holroyd, Dave Litterer)
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