Puerto Rico national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Puerto Rico
Badge = Federacion_Puertorriquena_de_Futbol.png Badge_size = 160px
FIFA Trigramme = PUR
Association = Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol
Nickname = El Huracán Azul
("The Blue Hurricane")
Confederation = CONCACAF
(North America)
Coach = flagicon|Northern Ireland Colin Clarke
Captain = Marco Vélez
Most caps =
Top scorer =
Home stadium = Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
FIFA Rank = 146
1st ranking date =
FIFA max = 97
FIFA max date = March 1994
FIFA min = 202
FIFA min date = November 2004
Elo Rank = 186
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First game = flagicon|Cuba Cuba 1 - 1 Puerto Rico )
Largest win = flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952 Puerto Rico 4 - 0 Cayman Islands flagicon|Cayman Islands
(Georgetown, Guyana; March 14, 1993)
Largest loss = flagicon|Netherlands Antilles Neth. Antilles 15 - 0 Puerto Rico flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952
(Venezuela; January 15, 1959)
World cup apps = 0
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Regional name = CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The Puerto Rico national football team is the national team of Puerto Rico and is controlled by Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. Puerto Rico's national football team entered the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, advancing to the second round by defeating the Dominican Republic.

History

Chris Armas played for Puerto Rico in the 1993 Shell Caribbean Cup. The competition was not then recognised by FIFA and so his five matches were classed as friendlies. He was therefore later allowed to switch his allegiance to the USA, [] for whom he has since been capped over fifty times.

After a very long absence, the Puerto Rican national team re-emerged on Jan. 16, 2008, with a 2-0 victory in a friendly against Bermuda. This friendly was played in preparation for a World Cup Qualifier against the Dominican Republic scheduled for the 26th of March, 2008. Until this two-game sweep against the Bermuda national team, Puerto Rico's most recent victory was 1-0 against Barbados in 1994. The second game of this friendly series was won by Puerto Rico, with a score of 1-0. Following this the team participated in the last preparatory game before participating in a CONCACAF qualificatory. This game was against Trinidad and Tobago, a team that had participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The final outcome was a 2-2 draw, Puerto Rico scored the first two goals in the game's first half, and on the second half Trinidad and Tobago tied the game with a goal in the closing minutes of the period. [ [http://www.fedefutbolpr.com/noticias/ene08.html Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol ] ] During Puerto Rico's opponent during the first round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF First Round was the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico advanced to the second round by defeating the Dominican Republic by 1-0. Their opponent during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Second Round was Honduras who won the first game of the series by 4-0. Puerto Rico concluded their participation with a 2-2 draw against Honduras. [cite web| url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros/acciondeportiva/¡historica_demostracion_de_puerto_rico!/200888| title=¡Histórica demostración de Puerto Rico!| author=Esteban Pagán Rivera | publisher=Primera Hora| language=Spanish| date=2008-06-14| accessdate=2008-06-17]

World Cup record

*1930 to 1970 - "Did not enter"
*1974 - "Did not qualify"
*1978 - "Did not qualify"
*1982 - "Did not enter"
*1986 to 2002 " Did not qualify"
*2006 - "Did not enter"
*2010 - "Did not qualify"

CONCACAF Championship record

*1963 to 1971 - "Did not enter"
*1973 - "Did not qualify"
*1977 - "Did not enter"
*1981 - "Did not enter"
*1985 - "Did not qualify"
*1989 - "Did not qualify"

Gold Cup record

*1991 to 1996 - "Did not qualify"
*1998 - "Did not enter"
*2000 - "Did not qualify"
*2003 - "Did not enter"
*2005 - "Did not qualify"
*2007 - "Did not enter"

Pan American Games record

*1951 to 1975 - "Did not compete"
*1979 - Round 2
*1983 to 2007 - "Did not compete"

Fixtures and results

Upcoming fixtures

Current squad

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----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Marco Vélez|age=|caps=4|goals=0|club=Toronto FC|clubnat=Canada (Captain)
-----! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left"
----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Isaac Nieves|age=|caps=0|goals=0|club=Sevilla FC Bayamon
clubnat=Puerto Riconat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Miguel Guante|age=|caps=4|goals=1|club=Portland Timbers
clubnat=USA! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left"
----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"

References

External links

* [http://www.fedefutbolpr.com/ Puerto Rican FA]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/prico-intres.html Puerto Rico - List of International Matches]
* [http://es.fifa.com/associations/association=pur/index.html - Puerto Rico FIFA]
* [http://www.futbolpuertorico.com/ - Futbol de Puerto Rico]