New York Hungaria
New York Hungaria was an American football club from New York that won the US championship in 1962 . As of 1923, Hungary was founded club in the following season in 1963 at the CONCACAF Champions' Cup took part, he made history as the first American football team, the victory on Mexican soil succeeded. In 1963 the team consisted of the following squad: Sandor Feher and Victor Gerley (as goalkeepers), John Kerti, Tibor Resznecki and Domokos Zsido (in defense), Dietrich Albrecht, Miklos Henni, Andrew Mate, Josef Pal and Tibor Szalay (in midfield) and Arpad Bugard, Joseph Csabay, Andy Cziotka, Tony Domborovski and Charles Horvath (attacking). The trainer was Geza Henni.
In the first round of the tournament, the club had to play for the first leg on March 18, 1963 at Club Deportivo Oro from the second largest Mexican city of Guadalajara and won there 3: 2, so that in the second leg in front of their own audience on April 18, 1963 a 2: 2 was enough to get to the second round. The only goalscorer of the US boys in these two games was Andrew Mate , who was born in Hungary and came to the USA in 1957 , who scored all five goals of the "Hungarians". In the second round, the team met a Mexican team from Guadalajara again, but failed this time (0-0 and 0-2) against defending champion Chivas , who also qualified for the final in this tournament.
Individual evidence
- ↑ NY Hungaria first US club to win in Mexico ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the CONCACAF website (article from April 20, 2012)
- ↑ CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1963 at RSSSF
