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2020–21 NAFU Regions League
Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles will host the final.
DatesSeptember 2020 (qualifying)
October 2020 – March 2021 (competition proper)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Guadalajara (1st title)
Runners-upMexico Necaxa
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored35 (2.06 per match)
Attendance83,485 (4,911 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico José Juan Macías
(5 goals)

The 2020–21 NAFU Regions League was the second 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.

The tournament was heavily altered due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Qualification was anticipated to begin in late June 2020 but was postponed to September 2020. The group stage was reduced from six matches in an home-and-home series to three matches will all teams competing against each other on a neutral predetermined site to create a "bubble" environment to protect players from the virus. The knockout stage will be played in February and March 2021, with the final being held at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. The final will be held at the stadium with or without fans regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The play-off round of the tournament served as a "test case" with stadium capacity open at 20 percent of capacity.

Teams edit

Group stage entrants (4 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (Last) Previous Best (Last)
  Mexico Necaxa 2019–20 Liga MX 7th place 1st —
Morelia 2019–20 Liga MX 8th place 1st —
  United States D.C. United 2019 MLS 10th place 2nd Runners-up (2019–20)
Portland Timbers 2019 MLS 11th place 2nd Group stage (2019–20)
Qualifying stage entrants (11 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (Last) Previous Best (Last)
  Canada Forge 2019 CPL Fall season 2nd place 1st —
York9 2019 CPL Fall season 3rd place 2nd Preliminary round (2019–20)
Pacific 2019 CPL Fall season 4th place 2nd Play-off round (2019–20)
  Mexico Guadalajara 2019–20 Liga MX 9th place 1st —
Pachuca 2019–20 Liga MX 10th place 1st —
Oaxaca 2019–20 Ascenso MX Apertura champions 1st —
Zacatecas 2019–20 Ascenso MX best aggregate record 2nd Preliminary round (2019–20)
  United States New York Red Bulls 2019 MLS 12th place 1st —
Louisville City 2019 USLC runner-up 2nd Play-off round (2019–20)
Phoenix Rising 2019 USLC regular season winner 2nd Preliminary round (2019–20)
Greenville Triumph 2019 USL1 runner-up 1st —
Preliminary tournament entrants (5 teams)
Association Team Qualifying method App (Last) Previous Best (Last)
  Canada Valour 2019 CPL Fall season 5th place 1st —
  Cascadia Seattle Hibernian 2019 Pacific Coast Soccer League 5th place 2nd Qualification semifinals (2019–20)
FC Tigers Vancouver 2019 Pacific Coast Soccer League 6th place 1st —
  Quebec Fabrose 2019 PLSQ 4th place 1st —
  Acadiana Tallahassee 2019 GCPL season 5th place 1st —

Associations that did not enter a team edit

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following countries did not enter a team.

Schedule edit

The revised schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the NAFU headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Schedule for 2020–21 NAFU Regions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying PR Matchday 1 5 August 2020 10 September 2020
PR Matchday 2 13 September 2020
PR Matchday 3 16 September 2020
PR Matchday 4 19 September 2020
PR Matchday 5 22 September 2020
First qualifying round 24 September 2020
Play-off round 1 October 2020
Group stage Matchday 1 24 September 2020
(Mexico City) 		31 October 2020
Matchday 2 3 November 2020
Matchday 3 7 November 2020
Knockout phase Semi-finals 10 March 2021 17 March 2021
Final 23 April 2021 at Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles

Qualification edit

Main article: 2020–21 NAFU Regions League qualification round

Preliminary round edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL HBR TGR FBR TAL
1   Valour (A) 4 4 0 0 13 3 +10 12 Play-off round — — — — —
2   Seattle Hibernian 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 7 2–4 — — — —
3   FC Tigers Vancouver 4 2 0 2 5 8 −3 6 0–5 2–3 — — —
4   Fabrose 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2 1–3 0–0 0–1 — —
5   Tallahassee 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1 0–1 2–4 0–2 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
(A) Advance to a further round

First qualifying round edit

The first qualifying round was played in a single leg on 24 September 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pacific   1–0   Oaxaca
York9   0–3   Phoenix Rising
Zacatecas   1–0   Louisville City
Greenville Triumph   2–2 (5–4 p)   Valour

Play-off round edit

The play-off qualifying round was played in a single leg on 30 September and 1 October 2020.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Champions Path
Guadalajara   4–1   Greenville Triumph
New York Red Bulls   3–0   Pacific
Pachuca   0–1   Phoenix Rising
Forge   2–1   Zacatecas

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   D.C. United 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to Knockout stage and 2021 CONCACAF Regions League
2   New York Red Bulls 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3   Morelia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4   Forge 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2020. Source: CONCACAF.com

Matches edit

D.C. United  4–0  Forge
Yow   35', 77'
Rivas   59'
Sorga   72'		 Report
Attendance: 2,122
Morelia  1–3  New York Red Bulls
Sandoval   46' Report Barlow   21'
Valot   27'
Fernandez   57'
Attendance: 3,899
New York Red Bulls  1–2  D.C. United
Stroud   38' Report Flores   77'
Yow   83'
Attendance: 2,122
Forge  0–1  Morelia
Report Milke   85'
Attendance: 3,204
D.C. United  0–0  Morelia
Report
Attendance: 1,540
Forge  0–2  New York Red Bulls
Report White   9'
Kaku   47'
Attendance: 1,610

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guadalajara 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Advance to Knockout stage and 2021 CONCACAF Regions League
2   Necaxa 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Portland Timbers 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4   Phoenix Rising 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2020. Source: CONCACAF.com

Matches edit

Phoenix Rising  0–2  Portland Timbers
Report
Attendance: 1,400
Necaxa  1–0  Guadalajara
Arce   81' Report
Attendance: 18,452
Phoenix Rising  1–1  Necaxa
Report
Attendance: 4,598
Guadalajara  3–2  Portland Timbers
Report
Attendance: 11,502
Guadalajara  2–1  Phoenix Rising
Report
Attendance: 1,400
Portland Timbers  0–0  Necaxa
Report
Attendance: 12,404

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

Semifinals Final
      
  D.C. United 0 1 1
  Necaxa 1 1 2
  Necaxa 0
  Guadalajara 1
  Guadalajara 2 1 3
  New York Red Bulls 0 0 0

Semifinals edit

Summary edit

Matches edit

Necaxa  1–0  D.C. United
Ian   85' Report
Attendance: 0
D.C. United  1–1  Necaxa
 Report
Attendance: 2,150

Necaxa won 2–1 on aggregate.

New York Red Bulls  0–2  Guadalajara
Report
Attendance: 0
Guadalajara  1–0  New York Red Bulls
 Report
Attendance: 8,212

Guadalajara won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

Necaxa  0–1  Guadalajara
Report Briseño   78'
Attendance: 8,870

See also edit

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