Puerto Rico national under-20 football team

Puerto Rico Under 20

Nickname(s)

El Huracán Azul
(The Blue Hurricane)

Association

Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Jeaustin Campos

Captain

Jesus Martinez

Top scorer

Reid Strain

Home stadium

Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium

FIFA code

PUR

First colours

Second colours

First international

Mexico 16 - 0 Puerto Rico

(Ottawa, Ottawa; August 20, 1974)

Biggest win

Puerto Rico 7 - 1 Anguilla

(San Juan, San Juan; November 22, 1991)

Biggest defeat

Mexico 16 - 0 Puerto Rico

(Ottawa, Ottawa; August 20, 1974)

The Puerto Rico U-20 national football team is the Under-20 team of Puerto Rico and serves as a youth team for the Puerto Rico national football team. Their most recent games were for the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying. They defeated the Cayman Islands, and lost to Jamaica and Bermuda.

The team was recently "Re-Born" and just completed a highly successful appearance at the 2012 Dallas Cup. The team has begun preparation for the 2013 U-20 World Cup, to be held in Turkey during the Summer of 2013.

The results from the Dallas Cup are as follows:

April 1, 2012 Puerto Rico National Team 2, Houston Dynamo, US Soccer Development Academy 0

April 2, 2012 Puerto Rico National Team 2, Dallas Texans 1

April 4, 2012 Puerto Ricn National Team 3, Shattuck St. Mary's US Soccer Development Academy 1

The team took all 9 points to win their bracket only to fall in the first knockout round to an excellent Arsenal FC, a US Soccer Development Academy team, 3-1.

The team will now continue preparation for the 2013 U-20 qualifiers. The first round of the CONCACAF qualifiers has been announced for the end of July, 2012. The team will face Haiti, Bermuda and Barbados in the first round.

Tournament Results

U-20 CONCACAF Championship

1974 - First round
1976 - First round
1978 - First round
1980 - Disqualified
1982 - First round
1984 - First round
1986 - 1990 - Did not enter
1993 - Did not qualify
1995 - 2001 - Did not enter
2003 - Did not qualify
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Did not enter
2007 - Did not enter
2009 - Did not qualify
2011 - Did not qualify
2013 - First round
2015 - Did not enter

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship February 18 – March 2, 2013.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Goals	Club
	1GK	Matthew Sanchez	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994		Loyola University
	1GK	Karlo Morell^[1]	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994		Iona College (New York)^[2]

	2DF	Carlos Rosario	(1994-01-30) 30 January 1994		Bayamon FC
	2DF	Thomas Flecha	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993		Spadi Soccer Academy
	2DF	Emilio Cordero	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993		Pittsburgh Panthers
	2DF	Gustavo Rivera	(1993-06-04) 4 June 1993		Barry University
	2DF	Juan Coca	(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993		Kultsu FC
	2DF	Alberto Montesino			Conquistadores de Guaynabo
	2DF	Tomas Vazquez

	3MF	Alex Oikkonen	(1994-10-15) 15 October 1994		Kultsu FC
	3MF	Emmanuel D'Andrea	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995		Sevilla C
	3MF	David Caban			University of Wisconsin
	3MF	Deniz Bozkurt			Florida Atlantic University
	3MF	Álvaro Betancourt	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994		Valparaiso University
	3MF	Michael Fernandez			University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
11	3MF	Moises Espinal Jr Jr	15	6	Clifton boys and girls club

	4FW	Reid Strain	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994		Saprissa
	4FW	Jose Abrams			Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy
	4FW	Raymond Olavarria			Ohio State University
	4FW	Joseph Marrero	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993		Kultsu FC

References

External Links

Puerto Rico national Football Team Fan Website (Spanish)

Football in Puerto Rico

Overview

Puerto Rican Football Federation
Venues

National teams

Men	National team U-20

Women	National team

League system

Men	Liga Nacional NASL (Puerto Rico FC) Puerto Rico Soccer League (defunct) Liga Mayor (defunct) Campeonato Nacional (defunct)

Women	WPSL

Domestic cups

Men	Cup of Puerto Rico

Lists

Men's clubs
Men's players
Expatriate players

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Defunct	Netherlands Antilles

1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

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