Puerto Rico Soccer League PlayOff Cup

Puerto Rico Soccer League
PlayOff Cup
Founded 2008
Region Puerto Rico
(CONCACAF)
Number of teams 2 (final stage)
4 (total)
Current champions FC Leones de Ponce (1st time)
Most successful club(s) Sevilla FC Puerto Rico (1)
Bayamón FC (1)
FC Leones de Ponce (1)
Television broadcasters WAPA TV, OneLink
Website PRSoccer.org
2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League season

The PRSL PlayOffs Cup is the annual championship tournament of the Puerto Rico Soccer League.[1] The winner gets an automatic bid to CFU Club Championship.

History

Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoff Champions by Season

Year Final Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up
2008 Sevilla FC Bayamón 2 - 1 CA River Plate Ponce Atlético de San Juan FC
Guaynabo Fluminense FC
2009 Bayamón FC 3 - 2 Atlético de San Juan FC Sevilla FC Juncos
CA River Plate Ponce
2010 Did not take place
2011 FC Leones de Ponce 1(3) - 1(0) Sevilla FC Juncos CA River Plate Fajardo
Mayagüez FC

2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs

The 2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League PlayOffs is the first year that the tournament has been held. It is the championship cup for the Puerto Rico Soccer League. The format is set up for the top 4 teams from the Regular Season cup playing in the Tournament. These teams play a semi-final match, with the winner of each advancing on to the championship game.

Semi-finals Final
 Sevilla FC Bayamón 2  
 Atlético de San Juan FC 0  
 
     Sevilla FC Bayamón 2
   CA River Plate Ponce 1
 CA River Plate Ponce 2
 Guaynabo Fluminense FC 1  

Champions

Sevilla FC Bayamón won the Championship as they defeated CA River Plate Ponce 2-1 in the Final.

2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs

The 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League PlayOffs is the second year that this format has been used. The format follows the same as the 2008 edition, with the top 4 teams from the Regular Season cup playing in the Tournament, but with the addition of a Home Leg and an Away Leg for the semifinal and final matches.

Semi-finals Final
 CA River Plate Ponce 1  
 Atlético de San Juan FC 2 AGG  
 
     Atlético de San Juan FC 2
   Bayamón FC 3 AGG
 Bayamón FC 3 AGG
 Sevilla FC Juncos 2  

Champions

Bayamón FC won the championship as they defeated Atlético de San Juan FC 3-2 in aggregate.[2]

2010 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs

There was no PlayOffs cup this year, since the regular season was suspended. In its place, the Súper Copa DirectTV was held to determine Puerto Rico's representatives at the 2011 CFU Club Championship.

2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League Playoffs

The 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League PlayOffs presented two changes from previous seasons. First, it went back to a single leg format. Second, it did not have all four semifinalist play each other. In its place, the quarterfinal saw the third and fourth placed teams in the Regular Season cup facing each other. The winner went off to face the second placed team in the semifinals. Finally, the winner of the semifinal went off to face the champion of the Regular Season cup for the PlayOff Championship.

Quarter-final Semi-final Final
                   
 CA River Plate Fajardo  4          
 Mayagüez FC+  1      FC Leones de Ponce  2
   CA River Plate Fajardo  1    
 Sevilla FC Juncos  1(0)
     FC Leones de Ponce  1(3)
+ Mayagüez FC (fifth placed) replaced the fourth placed Puerto Rico United SC as it had been suspended by PRSL.[3]

Champions

FC Leones de Ponce won the championship as they defeated Sevilla FC Juncos in the penalties round. After 120 minutes, the match ended up with a 1-goal each tie. In the penalty round, the first three attempts for FC Leones de Ponce were successful, and the team managed to stop all three first attempts for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico, earning this way its first championship title.[4]

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