1949 NAFC Championship squads

These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1949 NAFC Championship. ^[1]

The age listed for each player is on 4 September 1949, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match before the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Cuba

Head coach: Marcelino Minsal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1 GK	Rolando Aguilar Moreno		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	1 GK	Pedro Pablo Arozemena		0	0	Juventud Asturiana  [ fr ]
-	2 DF	Jacinto Barquín	(1915-09-03)3 September 1915 (aged 34)	10	2	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	2 DF	Bernardo Llerandi		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	2 DF	José Minsal		2	0	Fortuna
-	2 DF	José Ovide		2	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	2 DF	Ramon Cruz Hernández		0	0	Fortuna
-	3 MF	Miguel Clerch	(1922-05-08)8 May 1922 (aged 27)	0	0	Fortuna
-	3 MF	Francisco Torrent		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	3 MF	Marcelino Minsal		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	3 MF	Armando Granados		0	0	Centro Gallego  [ es ]
-	3 MF	Reinaldo Valdés		0	0	Juventud Asturiana  [ fr ]
-	3 MF	Ricardo Torres Suárez		0	0	Juventud Asturiana  [ fr ]
-	4 FW	Santiago Viega		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	4 FW	Valeriano Fano  [ fr ]	1949	0	0	Fortuna
-	4 FW	José Darío Gómez		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]
-	4 FW	Manuel Brioso		1	1	Juventud Asturiana  [ fr ]
-	4 FW	Vicente Pérez López		0	0	Iberia Havana
-	4 FW	Orlando Cosculluela		0	0	Puentes Grandes  [ simple ]

Mexico

Head coach: Rafael Garza Gutiérrez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1 GK	Raúl Córdoba	(1924-03-13)13 March 1924 (aged 25)	0	0	San Sebastián
-	1 GK	Melesio Osnaya		0	0	Asturias
-	2 DF	Jorge Romo	(1923-04-20)20 April 1923 (aged 26)	0	0	Asturias
-	2 DF	Gregorio Gómez	(1927-02-14)14 February 1927 (aged 22)	0	0	Guadalajara
-	2 DF	Alfonso Montemayor	(1922-04-28)28 April 1922 (aged 27)	2	0	León
-	2 DF	Felipe Zetter	(1923-07-03)3 July 1923 (aged 26)	0	0	Atlas
-	2 DF	Carlos Laviada	(1916-05-16)16 May 1916 (aged 33)	4	0	Real España
-	2 DF	Raúl Valera  [ es ]	(1922-06-29)29 June 1922 (aged 27)	0	0	León
-	3 MF	Héctor Ortiz	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928 (aged 20)	0	0	Marte
-	3 MF	Samuel Cuburu	(1928-02-20)20 February 1928 (aged 21)	0	0	Puebla
-	3 MF	José Antonio Roca	(1928-05-24)24 May 1928 (aged 21)	0	0	Asturias
	3 MF	Mario Ochoa	(1927-11-07)7 November 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	América
-	4 FW	Antonio Flores	(1923-07-13)13 July 1923 (aged 26)	1	0	Atlas
-	4 FW	Francisco Hernández	(1924-01-16)16 January 1924 (aged 25)	0	0	Asturias
-	4 FW	José Naranjo	(1926-03-19)19 March 1926 (aged 23)	0	0	Oro
-	4 FW	Luis de la Fuente	(1914-01-17)17 January 1914 (aged 35)	6	3	Veracruz
-	4 FW	Horacio Casarín	(1918-05-25)25 May 1918 (aged 31)	6	10	Real España
-	3 MF	Mario Pérez	(1927-02-19)19 February 1927 (aged 23)	0	0	Marte
-	4 FW	Carlos Septién	(1923-01-18)18 January 1923 (aged 26)	2	1	Real España
	4 FW	Enrique Sesma	(1927-04-22)22 April 1927 (aged 22)	0	0	Marte
	4 FW	Luis Luna Barragán  [ es ]	(1928-01-10)10 January 1928 (aged 21)	0	0	León
	4 FW	Luis Vázquez  [ de ]	1926 (aged 22-23)	0	0	Marte

United States

Head coach: Walter Giesler

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
-	1 GK	Frank Borghi	(1925-04-09)9 April 1925 (aged 24)	0	0	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford
-	1 GK	Joe Silovsky	1916 (aged 32–33)	0	0	Chicago Sparta
-	2 DF	Manuel Martin	(1917-12-29)29 December 1917 (aged 31)	6	0	Ponta Delgada
-	2 DF	Harry Keough	(1927-11-15)15 November 1927 (aged 21)	0	0	Paul Schulte Motors
-	2 DF	Gil Bello		0	0	Lusitano
-	2 DF	Ben Wattman		0	0	New York Hakoah
-	3 MF	Bill Sheppell	(1926-03-11)11 March 1926 (aged 23)	1	0	Seton Hall Pirates
-	3 MF	Charlie Colombo	(1920-07-20)20 July 1920 (aged 29)	4	0	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford
-	3 MF	Walter Bahr	(1927-04-01)1 April 1927 (aged 22)	4	0	Philadelphia Nationals
-	4 FW	Benny McLaughlin	(1928-04-10)10 April 1928 (aged 21)	3	0	Philadelphia Nationals
-	4 FW	John Souza	(1920-07-12)12 July 1920 (aged 29)	6	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4 FW	Nicholas DiOrio	(1921-02-04)4 February 1921 (aged 28)	0	0	Morgan Strasser
-	4 FW	Frank Wallace	(1922-07-15)15 July 1922 (aged 27)	0	0	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford
-	4 FW	Ben John Hynes	(1920-11-12)12 November 1920 (aged 28)	0	0	New York Americans
-	4 FW	Antone Almeida		0	0	Ponta Delgada
-	4 FW	Pete Matevich	(1920-05-05)5 May 1920 (aged 29)	1	0	Chicago Slovak

References

1. Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo; Morrison, Neil (20 July 2023). "North American Championship 1949 (Cuba)". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 October 2025.