4- 9 USA 0-6 Mexico [Antonio Flores 20, Luis Luna 30, Luis De la Fuente 37, 55, 58, Carlos Septién 85] 11- 9 Mexico 2-0 Cuba [Luis Luna 26, Horacio Casarín 57] 14- 9 Cuba 1-1 USA [José Gómez 28; Frank Wallace 23] 18- 9 Mexico 6-2 USA [Héctor Ortiz 14pen, Horacio Casarín 23, 41, 76, Luis De la Fuente 47, Mario Ochoa 89; John Souza 52, Benjamin Watman 90] 21- 9 USA 5-2 Cuba [Walter Bahr 16, John Souza 23, Pete Matevich 30, 35, Frank Wallace 48; Jacinto Barquín 42, Santiago Veiga 50] 25- 9 Cuba 0-3 Mexico [José Naranjo 41', 88', Antonio Flores 58'] 1.Mexico 4 4 0 0 17- 2 8 2.USA 4 1 1 2 8-15 3 3.Cuba 4 0 1 3 3-11 1 NB: tournament also was qualifying section for the 1950 World Cup.
Estadio Olímpico de la Ciudad de los Deportes, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal (September 4-25, 1949) MATCH 1 Sunday, September 4th, 1949; 12:00h, att: 60,000 USA 0-6 MEXICO (HT: 0:3) [Antonio Flores 20', Luis Luna 30', Luis De la Fuente 37', 55', 58', Carlos Septién 85'] USA: Frank Borghi, Benjamin Watman, Manuel Martin, Walter Bahr ©, Charles Colombo, William Sheppel, Frank Wallace, Ben Hynes, Peter Matevich, John Souza, Bernard McLaughlin. TD: Walter Giesler. MEX: Raúl Córdoba, Felipe Zetter, Carlos Laviada ©, José Antonio Roca, Mario Ochoa, Héctor Ortíz, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis De la Fuente, Carlos Septién. TD: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. Referee: José Tapia (CUB) A1: Prudencio García (USA) A2: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) NB: Héctor Ortiz missed a penalty kick at 53 (saved by GK Frank Borghi). MATCH 2 Sunday, September 11th, 1949; 12:00h, att: 60,000 MEXICO 2-0 CUBA (HT: 1:0) [Luis Luna 26', Horacio Casarín 57'] MEX: Raúl Córdoba, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada, Héctor Ortiz, Mario Ochoa, José Antonio Roca, Antonio Flores, Luis Luna, Horacio Casarín, Luis De la Fuente, Carlos Septién. TD: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. CUB: Pedro Arozamena, Jacinto Barquín, Bernardo Llerandi, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Santiago Veiga, Valeriano Fano, José Gómez. Ricardo Torres, Manuel de Jesús Brioso. TD: Marcelino Minsal. Referee: Prudencio García (USA) A1: José Tapia (CUB) A2: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) MATCH 3 Wednesday, Septermber 14th, 1949; 20:30h, att: 8,000 CUBA 1-1 USA (HT: 1:1) [José Gómez 28'; Frank Wallace 23'] CUB: Rolando Aguilar, Jacinto Barquín, Bernardo Llerandi, Marcelino Minsal, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Miguel Clerch, José Gómez, Vicente Pérez, Ricardo Torres, Manuel de Jesús Brioso. TD: Marcelino Minsal. USA: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, William Shepell, Charles Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Peter Matevich, John Souza, Bernard McLaughlin. TD: Walter Giesler Referee: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) A1: Prudencio García (USA) A2: José Tapia (CUB) MATCH 4 Sunday, September 18th, 1949; 12:00h, att: 30,000 MEXICO 6-2 USA (HT: 4:0) [Héctor Ortiz 14' pen, Horacio Casarín 23', 41', 76', Luis De la Fuente 47', Mario Ochoa 89'; John Souza 52', Benjamin Watman 90'] MEX: Melesio Osnaya, Jorge Romo, Carlos Laviada ©, Héctor Ortiz, Mario Ochoa, José Antonio Roca, Antonio Flores, Francisco Hernández, Horacio Casarín, Luis De la Fuente, Carlos Septién. TD: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. USA: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, Walter Bahr ©, Charles Colombo, William Sheppel, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Benjamin Watman, John Souza, Bernard McLaughlin. TD: Walter Giesler. Referee: José Tapia (CUB) A1: Prudencio García (USA) A2: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) MATCH 5 Wednesday, September 21th, 1949; 20:30h, att: 5,000 USA 5-2 CUBA (HT: 4:1) [Walter Bahr 16, John Souza 23, Pete Matevich 30, 35, Frank Wallace 48; Jacinto Barquín 42, Santiago Veiga 50] USA: Frank Borghi, Harry Keough, Manuel Martin, William Shepell, Charles Colombo, Walter Bahr, Frank Wallace, Jack Hynes, Peter Matevich, John Souza, Bernard McLaughlin. TD: Walter Giesler. CUB: Pedro Arosemena (Rolando Aguilar 40'), Jacinto Barquín, Marcelino Minsal, Bernardo Llerendi, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Santiago Veiga, Vicente Pérez, Ricardo Torres, Reinaldo Valdés, Manuel de Jesús Brioso. TD: Marcelino Minsal. Referee: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) A1: Prudencio García (USA) A2: José Tapia (CUB) MATCH 6 Sunday, September 25; 12:00h, att: 35,000 CUBA 0-3 MEXICO (HT: 0:1) [José Naranjo 41', 88', Antonio Flores 58'] CUB: Rolando Aguilar, Jacinto Barquín, Bernardo Llerandi, José Ovide, José Minsal, Francisco Torrent, Santiago Veiga, Vicente Pérez, José Gómez, Ricardo Torres, Reinaldo Valdés. TD: Marcelino Minsal. MEX: Melesio Osnaya, Felipe Zetter, Gregorio Gómez, Alfonso Montemayor ©, Raúl Varela, Samuel Cuburu, Antonio Flores, José Naranjo, Mario Pérez, Luis Vázquez, Enrique Sesma. TD: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. Referee: Prudencio García (USA) A1: José Tapia (CUB) A2: Gabriel Nieto (MEX) NB: Gregorio Gómez left the match at 50'. FINAL TABLE MÉXICO 4 4 0 0 17 2 8 USA 4 1 1 2 8 15 3 Cuba 4 0 1 3 3 11 1 México and USA qualified to FIFA World Cup 1950. SQUADS CUBA AGUILAR, Rolando “Tarzán” GK Puentes Grandes AROZEMENA, Pedro Pablo “Empanada” GK Juventud Asturiana BARQUÍN, Jacinto © “Curita” 03/09/1915 DF Puentes Grandes LLERANDI, Bernardo “Trucuto” DF Puentes Grandes MINSAL, José “Pepe” DF Fortuna OVIDE, José “Gallego” DF Puentes Grandes CRUZ, Ramón DF Fortuna CLERCH, Miguel “Ardilla” 08/05/1922 MF Fortuna TORRENT, Francisco MF Puentes Grandes MINSAL, Marcelino MF Puentes Grandes GRANADOS, Armando MF Centro Gallego VALDÉS, Reinaldo “Nano” MF Juventud Asturiana TORRES, Ricardo MF Juventud Asturiana VEIGA, Santiago “Wampirito” FW Puentes Grandes FANO, Valeriano “Lilo” FW Fortuna GÓMEZ, José FW Puentes Grandes BRIOSO, Manuel de Jesús FW Juventud Asturiana PÉREZ, Vicente FW Iberia COSCULLUELA, Orlando FW Puentes Grandes MINSAL, Marcelino TD/player MEXICO CÓRDOBA, Raúl "Inglés" 14/05/1924 GK San Sebastián OSNAYA, Melesio GK Asturias ROMO, Jorge 20/04/1934 DF Asturias GÓMEZ, Gregorio M. "Tepa" 14/02/1927 DF Guadalajara MONTEMAYOR, Alfonso "Capi" 28/04/1922 DF León ZETTER, Felipe 03/07/1923 DF Atlas LAVIADA, Carlos 16705/1916 DF España VARELA, Raúl 29/06/1922 DF León ORTIZ, Héctor © 20/12/1928 MF Marte CUBURU, Samuel Abdul "Chapela" 20/02/1928 MF Puebla ROCA, José Antonio 24/05/1928 MF Asturias OCHOA, Mario 07/11/1927 MF América FLORES, Antonio Francisco "Niño" 13/07/1923 FW Atlas HERNÁNDEZ, Francisco Javier 14/05/1927 FW Asturias NARANJO, José de Jesús "Chepe" 19/03/1926 FW Oro DE LA FUENTE, Luis "Pirata" 17/01/1914 FW Veracruz CASARÍN, Horacio 29/03/1918 FW España PÉREZ, Mario "Flaco" 19/02/1927 FW Marte SEPTIÉN, Carlos 18/01/1923 FW España SESMA, Enrique "Loquito" 22/05/1927 FW Marte LUNA, Luis 28/01/1920 FW León VÁZQUEZ, Luis 1926 FW Marte GARZA GUTIÉRREZ, Rafael "Récord" TD USA BORGHI, Frank C. 09/04/1925 GK St. Louis Simpkins Ford SILOVSKY, Joseph GK Sparta Chicago MARTÍN, Manuel Oliveira 29/12/1917 DF Fall River Ponta Delgada KEOUGH, Harry Joseph 15/11/1927 DF Schulte FC BELLO, William DF Lusitanio SC WATMAN, Benjamin DF NY Hakoah SHEPPELL, William Ross 11/03/1926 MF Seton Hall University COLOMBO, Charles Martin 20/07/1920 MF St. Louis Simpkins Ford BAHR, Walter Alfred © 01/04/1927 MF Philadelphia Nationals McLAUGHLIN, Bernard Joseph 10/05/1928 FW Philadelphia Nationals SOUZA, John Benevides 12/07/1920 FW Fall River Ponta Delgada DI ORIO, Nicholas 04/02/1921 FW Morgan SC WALLACE, Frank 23/11/1929 FW St. Louis Simpkins Ford HYNES, Ben John 12/11/1920 FW NY Americans ALMEIDA, Antone FW Fall River Ponta Delgada MATEVICH, Pete FW Chicago Slovak GIESLER, Walter John TD
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