Puerto Rico national under-20 football team

Puerto Rico Under 20

Nickname(s)

El Huracán Azul
(The Blue Hurricane)

Association

Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol
(FPF)

Confederation

CONCACAF
(North America)

Sub-confederation

CFU (Caribbean)

Head coach

Steven Estrada

Top scorer

Reid Strain

Home stadium

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel

FIFA code

PUR

First colours

Second colours

First international

Mexico 16–0 Puerto Rico

(Ottawa, Canada; August 20, 1974)

Biggest win

Puerto Rico 9–0 Sint Maarten

(Philipsburg, Sint Maarten; June 15, 2016)

Puerto Rico 7–1 Anguilla

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

Biggest defeat

Mexico 16–0 Puerto Rico

(Ottawa, Canada; 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.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	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

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

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

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.

National sports teams of Puerto Rico

Baseball Basketball F F-U19 M M-U19 Football F M F-U23 M-U21 F-U20 M-U20 F-Y M-Y Handball F M Softball F F U19 M Tennis F M Volleyball F M Water polo F M

Olympics Pan American Games Paralympics

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 Timeline of association football

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

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

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

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

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

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

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

Games	African 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 Women's football

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