North American Football Union
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The North American Football Union, often referred to by the acronym NAFU, is a regional grouping under CONCACAF
of national football (soccer)
organizations in the North American Zone.
The 4th North American member, , currently is a Caribbean Football Union
(CFU) member.
, so there is no qualifying tournament for this zone unlike the tournaments for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) and the Caribbean Football Union
(CFU). However, as members of CONCACAF there were two tournaments previous to the Gold Cup.
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
of national football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
organizations in the North American Zone.
Members
The NAFU consists of three of the four North American CONCACAF members:The 4th North American member, , currently is a Caribbean Football Union
Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union, often referred to by the acronym CFU, is the nominal governing body for Caribbean football. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 5 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. Its member associations compete in the CONCACAF region...
(CFU) member.
National teams
The three teams are always qualified to the final stage of the CONCACAF Gold CupCONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the regional champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.The Gold Cup is held every two years and when it does not fall the same year as an...
, so there is no qualifying tournament for this zone unlike the tournaments for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) and the Caribbean Football Union
Caribbean Football Union
The Caribbean Football Union, often referred to by the acronym CFU, is the nominal governing body for Caribbean football. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 5 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. Its member associations compete in the CONCACAF region...
(CFU). However, as members of CONCACAF there were two tournaments previous to the Gold Cup.
- 1990 North American Championship1990 NAFC ChampionshipThe North American Nations Cup was the football championship for the CONCACAF's North American Zone....
- 1991 North American Championship1991 NAFC Championship-Champion:-Scorers:Two Goals Bruce Murray Dante Washington Luis Roberto AlvesOne Goal Missael Espinoza Luis Antonio Valdéz Pedro Duana-References:* *...
Clubs
There is a club tournament between two North American Zone leagues. It is an official tournament that is sanctioned by the CONCACAF, but it is not organized by the federation. When CONCACAF Champions Cup zone qualifiers were used for North American zone, Bermudian clubs played against Mexican and/or American clubs.- North American SuperLigaNorth American SuperLigaThe SuperLiga was an official North American association football competition between teams from the Primera División of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each country. The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S...
See also
- CONCACAFCONCACAFThe Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
- Central American Football Union
- Caribbean Football UnionCaribbean Football UnionThe Caribbean Football Union, often referred to by the acronym CFU, is the nominal governing body for Caribbean football. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 5 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. Its member associations compete in the CONCACAF region...
- North American Football ConfederationNAFCThe North American Football Confederation was founded in 1946 and a forerunner to the CONCACAF as the governing body of football in North America until 1961, when it merged with the CCCF/Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol to form CONCACAF....
- Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation