 State Farm Stadium in Glendale hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June – July 2019 (qualifying) August 2019 – March 2020 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 25 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  UNAM (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  D.C. United |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 54 |
| Goals scored | 148 (2.74 per match) |
2020–21 → | |
The 2019–20 NAFU Regions League was the inaugural edition of the NAFU Regions League a quaternary association club football tournament for CONCACAF teams located in the North American Football Union countries. Twenty-five teams from 10 NAFU nations competed in the tournament. The qualification rounds began on 27 June 2019 and concluded on 18 July 2019. Group stage was played from 1 August 2019 to 24 October 2019. In February and March 2020 the knockout rounds were played, culminating with the final on 10 March 2020.
Mexican club, UNAM defeated American club, D.C. United in the final, 2–1. The four semifinalists, UNAM, D.C. United, Santos Laguna, and Toluca qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF Regions League.
Round and draw dates
editThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the NAFU headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Qualifying round | 11 June 2019 | 27 June 2019 | 4 July 2019 |
| Play-off round | 18 June 2019 | 11 July 2019 | 18 July 2019 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 22 July 2019 (Miami) |
1 August 2019 | |
| Matchday 2 | 15 August 2019 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 29 August 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 19 September 2019 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 3 October 2019 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 24 October 2019 | |||
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 18 February 2020 | 26 February 2020 | |
| Final | 10 March 2020 at State Farm Stadium, Glendale | |||
Matches in the qualifying (including preliminary and play-off) and knockout rounds may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.
Teams
edit| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App (Last) | Previous Best (Last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico
|
Santos Laguna | 2018–19 Liga MX 7th place | 1st | — |
| Toluca | 2018–19 Liga MX 8th place | 1st | — | |
| United States
|
FC Dallas | 2018 MLS 7th place | 1st | — |
| Portland Timbers | 2018 MLS 8th place | 1st | — |
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App (Last) | Previous Best (Last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
Edmonton | 2019 CPL Spring season 3rd place | 1st | — |
| HFX Wanderers | 2019 CPL Spring season 4th place | 1st | — | |
| Pacific | 2019 CPL Spring season 5th place | 1st | — | |
| Mexico
|
UNAM | 2018–19 Liga MX 9th place | 1st | — |
| Tijuana | 2018–19 Liga MX 10th place | 1st | — | |
| Atlético San Luis | 2018–19 Ascenso MX Apertura and Clausura champions | 1st | — | |
| Zacatecas | 2018–19 Ascenso MX best aggregate record | 1st | — | |
| United States
|
D.C. United | 2018 MLS 9th place | 1st | — |
| Columbus Crew | 2018 MLS 10th place | 1st | — | |
| Louisville City | 2018 USL champion | 1st | — | |
| Phoenix Rising | 2018 USL runner-up | 1st | — |
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App (Last) | Previous Best (Last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
York9 | 2019 CPL Spring season 6th place | 1st | — |
 Cascadia
|
Seattle Hibernian | 2019 Pacific Coast Soccer League 5th place | 1st | — |
| FK Pacific | 2019 Pacific Coast Soccer League 6th place | 1st | — | |
 Quebec
|
Longueuil | 2018 PLSQ 4th place | 1st | — |
 Greenland
|
K-33 | 2018 Greenlandic Football Championship 5th place | 1st | — |
 Acadiana
|
BOCA | 2018 GCPL season 5th place | 1st | — |
 Navajo
|
Dine College | 2018 Navajo Premier League 4th place | 1st | — |
 Iroquois
|
Westchester Flames | IPL 4th place | 1st | — |
 Nunavut
|
Cambridge Bay | NSA Open League 4th place | 1st | — |
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
Miquelonnaise | 2018 Ligue SPM 3rd place | 1st | — |
Qualifying rounds
editQualification tournament
editThe qualification tournament was held from 10 June to 20 June 2019.
| First Round 10 June | Quarterfinals 11 June | Semifinals 14 June | Championship 20 June | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | York9
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | K-33
| 3 | 8 | K-33
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Miquelonnaise
| 1 | 1 | York9
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | FK Pacific
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | FK Pacific
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | BOCA
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | York9
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Longueuil
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Longueuil
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Diné College
| 5 | 6 | Westchester Flames
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Cambridge Bay
| 1 | 3 | Longueuil
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle Hibernian
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle Hibernian
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Diné College
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Preliminary round
editThe first legs were played on 27 June and the second legs were played on 4 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Rising
|
1–4 | Atlético San Luis
|
0–2 | 1–2 |
| HFX Wanderers
|
2–4 | Columbus Crew
|
1–0 | 1–4 |
| Louisville City
|
2–1 | York9
|
1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pacific
|
2–2 (4–2 p) | Zacatecas
|
1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Play-off round
editThe first legs were played on 11 July and the second legs were played on 18 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Crew
|
2–3 | UNAM
|
2–1 | 0–2 |
| Pacific
|
1–3 | D.C. United
|
0–0 | 1–3 |
| Atlético San Luis
|
1–2 | Edmonton
|
1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Louisville City
|
2–5 | Tijuana
|
1–0 | 1–5 |
Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOL | DCU | TIJ | FCD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Knockout phase, 2020 CONCACAF Regions League | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | D.C. United
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Tijuana
|
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | FC Dallas
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSL | UNAM | POR | EDM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santos Laguna
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Knockout phase, 2020 CONCACAF Regions League | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | UNAM
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | 3–5 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Portland Timbers
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | FC Edmonton
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
Knockout stage
editBracket
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| D.C. United
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Santos Laguna
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| D.C. United
| 1 | ||||||||
| UNAM
| 2 | ||||||||
| Toluca
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| UNAM
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Semifinals
editThe first legs were played on 18 February and the second legs were played on 26 February 2020.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. United
|
3–2 | Santos Laguna
|
2–1 | 1–1 |
| UNAM
|
2–0 | Toluca
|
2–0 | 0–0 |
Final
edit| UNAM | 2–1 | D.C. United |
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