2017 Puerto Rico FC season

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OwnerCarmelo Anthony

PresidentThomas Payne

Head coach

Adrian Whitbread (until May 18)
Marco Vélez (after May 18, interim)

StadiumJuan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Puerto Rico FC

2017 season

Owner

Carmelo Anthony

President

Thomas Payne

Head coach

Adrian Whitbread (until May 18)
Marco Vélez (after May 18, interim)

Stadium

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

NASL

Spring: 1-6-9 (8th)
Fall:
Combined:

Top goalscorer

League: Conor Doyle (5)
All: Conor Doyle (5)

Highest home attendance

5,692
(March 25 vs. New York Cosmos)

Lowest home attendance

2,345
(May 6 vs. Miami FC)

Average home league attendance

3,427

Home colors

Away colors

Third colors

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The 2017 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's second season and first full season of existence. The club played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

On January 23, the team announced the return of five regulars from the 2016 starting XI as well as a young prospect. Returning players were Trevor Spangenberg, Rudy Dawson, Cristiano Dias, Ramón Soria, Kyle Culbertson, and young goalkeeper Austin Pack.^[1]

On January 24, the team again announced the resigning of Michael Kafari, Tyler Rudy, Brian Bement, and Sidney Rivera for another run. The team also stated Bljedi Bardic will not return to the team as he has decided to stay in New York and take advantage of other career opportunities.^[2]

On January 26, CONCACAF announced PRFC will host group D in the 2017 CFU Club Championship at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium starting March 14.^[3] The club also announced the resigning of the three Puerto Rican footballers on the team for another season; Hector Ramos, Jorge Rivera, Joseph Marrero.

On January 30, the team announced two new signings for the 2017 season: Conor Doyle who last played for Colorado Rapids before being loaned to Colorado Springs Switchbacks in 2016,^[4] and Yuma who last played for Rayo OKC in 2016.^[5]

On February 10, the club announced the preparation for the 2017 NASL Season, as well as the Caribbean Club Championship, Puerto Rico FC will take part in the 7th Annual Bayamón City Cup which begins February 10 at the Bayamón Soccer Complex.^[6]

On March 2, the team announced 2 new additions to the team in defender Jake Stovall and goalkeeper Billy Thompson prior to the start of the CFU games.^[7]

On April 28, 4 weeks into the NASL spring season. Puerto Rico FC announced the signing of defender Phanuel Kavita, who spent the 2016 season with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.^[8]

On July 15, Puerto Rico ended the Spring season in eighth place with nine points. Finishing out with a 1-6-9 record.

On July 25, the team announced a new signing of Spanish veteran attacking midfielder Mario, prior to the start of the Fall season.^[9]

On October 1, PRFC took to the field for the first time since the devastation on Hurricane Maria against the Cosmos in MCU Park.

Roster

As of match played 22 August 2017^[10]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Austin Pack	GK	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 31)	Unattached	2016		6	0
13	Billy Thompson	GK	(1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 35)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	2017		0	0
18	Trevor Spangenberg	GK	(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 34)	New England Revolution	2016		24	0
Defenders
2	Cristiano	DF	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 39)	Minnesota United FC	2016		35	2
3	Kyle Culbertson	DF	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 33)	Unattached	2016		29	1
4	Rudy Dawson	DF	(1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 37)	Uruguay	2016		33	1
5	Ramón Soria	DF	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 36)	Celje	2016		38	1
15	Jacob Stovall	DF	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 32)	Seattle Sounders FC	2017		1	0
22	Seth Moses	DF	(1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 32)	Anyang	2017		6	0
27	Phanuel Kavita	DF	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 32)	Real Salt Lake	2017		10	0
Midfielders
6	Jordi Quintillà	MF	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 32)	Sporting Kansas City	2017		14	1
7	Mario	MF	(1985-03-25) 25 March 1985 (age 40)	PGS Kissamikos F.C	2017		1	0
10	Joseph Marrero	MF	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 32)	Criollos de Caguas	2016		24	1
14	Brian Bement	MF	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 33)	Loyola University	2016		14	1
17	Jairo Puerto	MF	(1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 37)	Honduras Progreso	2017		11	3
19	Jorge Rivera	MF	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)	Guayama	2016		12	0
20	Walter Ramírez	MF	(1983-11-07) 7 November 1983 (age 42)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2017		16	1
21	Michael Kafari	MF	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 36)	Unattached	2016		28	0
24	Yuma	MF	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 40)	Rayo OKC	2017		14	0
29	Tyler Rudy	MF	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 32)	New England Revolution	2016	2017 - Retired	25	2
Forwards
8	Conor Doyle	FW	(1991-10-13) 13 October 1991 (age 34)	Colorado Rapids	2017		20	4
9	Héctor Ramos	FW	(1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 35)	Águila	2016		33	12
11	Giuseppe Gentile	FW	(1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 33)	Ottawa Fury	2017		15	2
12	Emery Welshman	FW	(1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 34)	Real Salt Lake	2017		10	2
16	Mike Ramos	FW	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 35)	Kitsap Pumas	2017		5	1
23	Sidney Rivera	FW	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 32)	Orlando City SC	2016		27	4

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
January 30	FW	Conor Doyle	Colorado Rapids	Undisclosed	^[4]
January 30	MF	Yuma	Rayo OKC	Undisclosed	^[5]
January 31	FW	Giuseppe Gentile	Ottawa Fury	Undisclosed	^[11]
February 3	MF	Walter Ramírez	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Undisclosed	^[12]
February 9	MF	Jordi Quintillà	Sporting Kansas City	Undisclosed
February 15	DF	Seth Moses	FC Anyang	Undisclosed
February 24	FW	Jairo Puerto	Honduras Progreso	Undisclosed
March 2	DF	Jake Stovall	Seattle Sounders	Undisclosed	^[7]
March 2	GK	Billy Thompson	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Undisclosed	^[7]
March 7	FW	Mike Ramos	Kitsap Pumas	Undisclosed	^[13]
April 1	FW	Emery Welshman	Real Salt Lake	Undisclosed
April 28	DF	Phanuel Kavita	Real Salt Lake	Undisclosed	^[8]
July 25	MF	Mario	PGS Kissamikos F.C	Undisclosed	^[9]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
21 November 2016	MF	Connor Agnew		Undisclosed	^[14]
21 November 2016	MF	Evans Frimpong		Undisclosed	^[14]
21 November 2016	FW	David Eduardo López		Undisclosed	^[14]
21 November 2016	GK	David Meves		Undisclosed	^[14]
21 November 2016	FW	Pedro		Undisclosed	^[14]
21 November 2016	MF	Chris Nurse	Sutton United F.C.	Undisclosed	^[14]
23 December 2016	MF	Oliver	Richmond Kickers	Undisclosed	^[15]
10 January 2017	DF	Ramon Martin Del Campo	Ottawa Fury	Undisclosed	^[16]
24 January 2017	FW	Bljedi Bardic	New York Cosmos B	Undisclosed	^[2]

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	USA	Billy Thompson (at Bayamon FC for the season)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Preseason

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

2017 Bayamón Cup

February 10, 2017 Group stage	Puerto Rico	7–0	Leal Arecibo FC	Bayamón
	H.Ramos Doyle Gentile S. Rivera Bement	Report		Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

February 19, 2017 Group stage	Puerto Rico	4–0	Metropolitan FA	Bayamón
	Gentile H.Ramos S. Rivera Bement	Report		Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

February 24, 2017 Group stage	CD Barbosa	0–4	Puerto Rico	Bayamón
			Culbertson Marrero Welshman H.Ramos	Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

March 3, 2017 Group Stage	Fraigcomar	0–8	Puerto Rico	Bayamón
			Quintillà Doyle H.Ramos Marrero Bement Kafari	Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

March 8, 2017 Semifinals	Puerto Rico	9–0	Universidad del Turabo	Bayamón
	H.Ramos Rivera Bement Gentile			Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex 2

March 11, 2017 Finals	Bayamon	1–1	Puerto Rico	Bayamón
			Rivera 15'	Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

Friendlies

February 28, 2017 Friendly

Puerto Rico

Cancelled

Criollos FC

Bayamón

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portmore United (A)	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Final round
2	Puerto Rico FC (H, E)	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Transvaal (E)	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Scholars International (E)	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

March 14, 2017 1	Puerto Rico	1–0	Transvaal	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
	H.Ramos 28' (pen.) Culbertson 36' Kafari 44' Rudy 73'	Report	F.Felix 23' C.Doorson 26' E.Tjon A Loi 89'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

March 16, 2017 2	Puerto Rico	0–1	Portmore United	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
	Yuma 41' Culbertson 48' Quintillà 81'	Report	Stewart 9' K.Manning 81' Morris 88'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

March 18, 2017 3	Puerto Rico	4–0	Scholars International	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
	M.Ramos 13' Rivera 34' Bement 50' Cristiano 55'	Report	J.Escobar 81'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	1	6	9	19	28	−9	9	1	3	4	7	9	−2	0	3	5	12	19	−7

2017 Puerto Rico FC season

Roster

Transfers

In

Out

On loan

Preseason

2017 Bayamón Cup

Friendlies

Competitions

CFU Club Championship

Group stage

NASL Spring season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NASL Fall season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC (S)	16	11	3	2	33	11	+22	36	Playoffs
2	San Francisco Deltas	16	7	5	4	17	20	−3	26
3	New York Cosmos	16	6	6	4	22	21	+1	24
4	Jacksonville Armada	16	6	6	4	17	16	+1	24
5	North Carolina FC	16	6	3	7	21	22	−1	21
6	Indy Eleven	16	4	8	4	21	22	−1	20
7	FC Edmonton	16	4	1	11	11	21	−10	13
8	Puerto Rico FC	16	1	6	9	19	28	−9	9

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L
Position	5	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

25 March 2017 1	Puerto Rico	0–0	New York Cosmos	Bayamón
19:30 AST		Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 5,692 Referee: Kevin Morrison

1 April 2017 2	Indy Eleven	3–3	Puerto Rico	Indianapolis
15:00 AST	Braun 5', 75' Speas 10' Thompson 44' Busch 55'	Report	Doyle 24' H.Ramos 45+1' Ramírez 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 9,064 Referee: Luis Guardia

8 April 2017 3	Puerto Rico	1–1	Indy Eleven	Bayamón
19:30 AST	H.Ramos 19'	Report	Zayed 45+3' 49'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Javier Santos

22 April 2017 4	Edmonton	2–1	Puerto Rico	Edmonton
21:00 AST	Corea 61' Shiels 70'	Report	Doyle 57' Cristiano 62' Quintillà 90+3'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,582 Referee: Yursi Rudolf

29 April 2017 5	Puerto Rico	0–1	North Carolina	Bayamón
19:30 AST	Kafari 65'	Report	Miller 28' Albadawi 47'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,846 Referee: William Anderson

6 May 2017 6	Puerto Rico	1–2	Miami	Bayamón
19:30 AST	Welshman 24' Gentile 50'	Report	Rennella 82' Chavez 90+4'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,345 Referee: Jeffrey Solis

14 May 2017 7	New York Cosmos	4–3	Puerto Rico	Miami
19:00 AST	Richter 24' 50' Flores 42' Guerra 45+2' Restrepo 58' Márquez 80'	Report	Gentile 15' Welshman 16' Yuma 35' Cristiano 64' (pen.) Kavita 80'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 5,735 Referee: Ramy Touchan

20 May 2017 8	Puerto Rico	1–2	North Carolina	Bayamón
19:30 AST	Dawson 27' Soria 55'	Report	Moses 51' Fondy 73' Miller 89' Schuler 90+1'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Danion Parchment

12 July 2017 15	Jacksonville Armada	1–1	Puerto Rico	Jacksonville
8:00 EST	Ryden 78' Gebhard 90+2'	Report	Beckie 39' (o.g.) Gentile 42' Quintillà 75'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

27 May 2017 9	Miami	1–1	Puerto Rico	Miami
19:30 AST	Kcira 35' Rennella 51'	Report	Dawson 57' Soria 65' Pack 90+2'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

3 June 2017 10	Puerto Rico	3–0	Edmonton	Bayamón
19:30 AST	Gentile 25' 26' H.Ramos 28' Doyle 38' Puerto 52'	Report	Sansara 32' Smith 55' Diakité 61' Khattab 87' Watson 90+1'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,078 Referee: Javier Santos

10 June 2017 11	Puerto Rico	1–3	San Francisco Deltas	Bayamón
19:30 AST	Welshman 62' Puerto 65'	http://www.nasl.com/match-center/1435/prfc-vs-sfd NASL	Teijsse 17' 49' Jackson 24' Bekker 31', 69' Reiner 38'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Sandy Vasquez

16 June 2017 12	New York Cosmos	4–2	Puerto Rico	Brooklyn
19:30 AST	Ayoze 13' Márquez 60' Ledesma 69' Restrepo 74' Vranjicán 90+4'	Report	Soria 12' Puerto 17' Doyle 24' 26' Gentile 39' Quintillà 43' Dawson 81' Culbertson 90+1'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 4,927 Referee: David Gantar

2 July 2017 13	San Francisco Deltas	2–0	Puerto Rico	San Francisco
20:30 AST	Heinemann 24', 67' Burke 32' Portilla 47' Gibson 73'	Report	Cristiano 82' Ramírez 90+3' Rivera 90+4'	Stadium: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 1,915 Referee: Joe Dickerson

8 July 2017 14	Puerto Rico	0–0	Jacksonville Armada	Bayamón
19:30 AST		Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: William Anderson

15 July 2017 16	North Carolina	2-1	Puerto Rico	Cary
	Laing 17' Miller 71' J.Carranza 83' Fondy 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Welshman 31' Cristiano 65' Kavita 84' Spangenberg 90+2'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4.227 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami FC (F)	16	10	3	3	28	17	+11	33	Playoffs
2	San Francisco Deltas	16	7	7	2	24	15	+9	28
3	North Carolina FC	16	5	9	2	25	15	+10	24
4	New York Cosmos	16	4	9	3	34	30	+4	21
5	Jacksonville Armada	16	4	7	5	21	22	−1	19
6	Puerto Rico FC	16	4	4	8	13	23	−10	16
7	FC Edmonton	16	3	5	8	14	21	−7	14
8	Indy Eleven	16	3	4	9	18	34	−16	13

July 29, 2017 17	North Carolina FC	1–1	Puerto Rico	Cary
7:30 ET	Fondy 90+1'	Report	Quintillà 13'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,166 Referee: Timothy Ford

August 5, 2017 18	Puerto Rico	1–0	Jacksonville Armada	Bayamón
7:30 PM	Doyle 43'	Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: Javier Santos Referee: 3,382

August 12, 2017 19	Puerto Rico	0–0	San Francisco Deltas	Bayamón
7:30 PM		Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,069 Referee: Daneion Parchment

August 16, 2017 20	Jacksonville Armada	1–2	Puerto Rico	Jacksonville
6:30 PM	Taylor 62'	Report	Doyle 54' Gentile 75'	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 780 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

August 20, 2017 21	FC Edmonton	1–1	Puerto Rico	Edmonton
4:00 PM	Fisk 45'	Report	Doyle 54'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

26 August 2017 22	Puerto Rico	0–2	Miami FC	Bayamón
19:30 EDT		Report	Michel 30' Chavez 34' Martínez 90+3'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,144 Referee: Kimbett Ward

September 2, 2017 23	Miami FC	1–0	Puerto Rico	Miami
19:30 EDT	Chavez 43', 74' Martínez 59'	Report	Yuma 35' Gentile 56' Rivera 69'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 4,211 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 9, 2017 24	Puerto Rico	v	New York Cosmos	Bayamón
7:30 PM				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

September 16, 2017 25	North Carolina FC	0–0	Puerto Rico	Cary
TBD		Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,072 Referee: Juan Guzman Jr.

September 20, 2017 26	Puerto Rico	v	FC Edmonton	Bayamón
7:30 PM				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

September 23, 2017 27	Indy Eleven	v	Puerto Rico	Indianapolis
7:30 PM				Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium

October 1, 2017 28	New York Cosmos	1–0	Puerto Rico	Brooklyn, New York
17:00 EDT UTC−4	Mendes 13' Mulligan 58' Márquez 73' Ayoze 80' Jakovic 82' Maurer 90+2'	Report	Puerto 49' Martínez 54' Gentile 77' Ramírez 90+4'	Stadium: MCU Park Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Henrik Karlsson
Note: Match was originally scheduled to be played at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón but was moved due to destruction caused by Hurricane Maria.