Puerto Rico Sol

Puerto Rico Sol Football Club is an association football club based in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Its men’s team currently plays in the top flight Liga PR, and the women's team competes in the Liga PR Femenina.[1]
It has one of the most successful women's soccer teams in the Caribbean and Central America, winning the Apertura 2018, Clausura 2019, Apertura 2019, Clausura 2020 tournaments of the Liga PR Superior Femenina.
As of October 2020, the team had won 31 consecutive league matches.
Commonly referred to as Sol, or simply PRS, the club also operates an Academy, which is for players ages 6–17, and is located at Fajardo Soccer Stadium in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Sol FC
Full namePuerto Rico Sol Futbol Club
Founded2017
GroundMayaguez Athletics Stadium
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Capacity12,175
Chairman Jose L. Perez Torres
Manager Shek Borkowski
LeagueLiga Puerto Rico
2018/19Champions
WebsiteClub website

Colors and badge

Club President Jose L. Perez Torres stated that fans would be involved in choosing the name, logo and "a color scheme that'll work with the yellow and blue and with a little bit of red mixed in."
Since its foundation, Puerto Rico Sol have always represented the nation of Puerto Rico. As a result, yellow, blue and red are the traditional colors of Puerto Rico Sol. The team's name, logo and colors were unveiled on August 27, 2017. The team's official colors are yellow (a symbol of the sun), victory red (representing national pride and passion), and blue (a symbol of the sea).

The logo features a beaming sun and two blue waves above three red stripes. The three red stripes represent the Puerto Rican heritage.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit supplier Shirt sponsor
2018–present Joma Promo Flags

Stadium

Puerto Rico Sol play most of their home matches at Mayaguez Athletics Stadium in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Mayaguez Stadium is owned by the city of Mayaguez and has a capacity of 12,175 with 5,100 of those being roofed seats.
The Mayagüez Athletics Stadium hosted the athletics and soccer games of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.

In 2020 the stadium will host invitational tournament Puerto Rico Cup. The stadium has a soccer field based on the requisites of International Federation of Association Football, it also has a 400-meter track which complies with the parameter of the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Soccer Center

Mayaguez Stadium is a soccer center, encompassing international standard playing field, one smaller training field and 1 beach soccer field. It is located on the shore of Mayaguez Bay. The center also includes a medical office, gym, fitness room and cafeteria.

Ownership and finances

Puerto Rico Sol is owned by Puerto Rico Sol Sports & Entertainment Corp.

Executive Staff
  • Business Operations: Jose Perez
  • Marketing/Promotions: Amanda Cruz
  • Events Manager: Manuel Arriaza
  • Ticketing: TBD

Technical Staff
  • Head Coach / Academy director: Shek Borkowski
  • Assistant Coach: Craig Roberts
  • Head of video analysis Javier Lopez
  • Academy chief scout: Eric Castro
  • Reserves coach: Christian Castro
  • Performance coach: Nefthali Medina Cordero
  • Goalkeeper coach: Jean Vivoni
  • U17s coach: Shek Borkowski
  • U15s coach: Alberto Diaz
  • U13s coach: Alberto Diaz

Medical Staff

Head Orthopedic Surgeon: Dr. Douglas Duncan
Head Medical Physician: Dr. Mirelys Vazquez
Athletic Trainer: Javier Osorio

Broadcasting

In 2018, the Sol launched streaming game broadcasts of the senior teams from the club's official Facebook page.

Academy

Puerto Rico Sol FC Academy is the reserve team of Puerto Rico Sol FC. The team generally consists of players 14–18 years old but at times senior players also play for the reserves when they are recuperating from injury.
The team trains and plays at the Fajardo Stadium and generally competes against US based clubs. The club also competes in some domestic competitions.

The Academy programs are operated as part of a global approach to player development. The Academy teams offer comprehensive, focused and intense training environments that are designed to develop elite-level players, preparing them for D1 colleges, professional playing careers and international futbol.
Developing world class players is at the center of the club's philosophy and the Sol is committed to establishing the Academy as one of the best in the world. The Academy trains players from the U6 age group up to the U17 squad. The Academy has separate head coaches in charge of development in the U13, U15 and U17 age groups.

The schedule of the Puerto Rico Sol Academy consists of a ten-month season which begins in September and finishes in July. During the season each academy team expects to play between 25 and 30 games.

Each age group has its own distinctive structure. The U-13 program has players practice more often, but play in fewer games. The U-15 program attend 2 showcases throughout the year and play in games. The U-17 age group competes in two national showcases and regular season games.

  • Puerto Rico Sol Under-17 are playing in TBD League.
  • Puerto Rico Sol Under-15 are playing in TBD League.
  • Puerto Rico Sol Under-13 are playing in TBD League.

2020/21 Men’s Team

Current squad
As of 10 September 2020.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  VEN Luis Cubillan
2 MF  PUR Dylan Cardona
3 MF  PUR Lorenzo Marin
4 MF  PUR Evans Negron
5 DF  PUR Marcos Melendez
6 DF  PUR Diego Cruz
7 MF  PUR Jose Torrens
8 DF  PUR Sebastian Villafane
9 FW  PUR TBD
10 MF  PUR Fernando Guzman
11 MF  ECU Christian Castro
12 MF  PUR Isaac Martin
13 DF  PUR Christian De Jesus
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  PUR TBD
15 MF  PUR Francisco Garcia
16 MF  PUR George Perez
18 MF  PUR Enrique Ramirez
19 MF  PUR Esteban Rivera
20 DF  PUR Jedysus Figueroa
21 MF  PUR Oscar Ramos
23 MF  PUR Emalier Rojas
24 GK  PUR Ricardo Gonzalez
25 GK  PUR Diego Negron
30 DF  PUR Nikos Diaz
34 MF  PUR Gabriel Ramirez
51 FW  PUR Andres Ramos
55 MF  PUR Nicolas Franco

2020/21 Women’s Team

Current squad
As of 10 July 2020.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PUR Christina Holguin
2 DF  PUR Verónica García
3 MF  USA TBD
4 MF  PUR Cristina Torres
5 DF  PUR [[]]
6 DF  CAN [[]]
7 MF  PUR TBD
8 DF  PUR Pamela Pérez
9 FW  PUR TBD
10 MF  PUR Laura Suárez
11 MF  PUR TBD
12 MF  PUR TBD
13 FW  PUR TBD
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  PUR Juliana Vázquez
15 DF  PUR Jasmine Casárez
16 MF  USA TBD
17 FW  PUR Lisbeth Altieri
18 FW  PUR Zadhira Rivera
19 DF  PUR Mónica Russo
20 MF  PUR Nathaly Villalobos
21 FW  PUR TBD
22 GK  PUR TBD
23 DF  PUR [[]]

Community

Puerto Rico Sol FC hosts a wealth of activity in the local area and across Puerto Rico through its Sol in the Community, and Sol in Schools programs. The programs offer youth an opportunity to learn and play the game while positively impacting the lives of girls and women in need.

Supporters

The Cariduros del Sol is an official fan group for the Puerto Rico Sol FC.
Many fanzines, blogs, podcasts and fans websites have been dedicated to the club and the fans have rivalries with several other clubs.

Cariduros del Sol was founded by Nilson Janiel.

The group is known for their "Game Fiestas" game day tailgate parties, located in parking lot 1 outside the entrance of Mayaguez Stadium.
Cariduros has an official theme song - Sol, Always Number One.

Record

Year-by-year

2018/19: 21-0-0 [2]

Season Liga PR Regular Season Position Liga PR Playoffs
P W L D GF GA Pts
2018/19 212100143354 1st CHAMPIONS 3-0-0
Top Scorer
Season Player Nation Goals
2019/20 Claire Winter  USA 8
Top Scorer
Season Player Nation Goals
2018/19 Karina Socarras  PUR 36

References
  1. "The women's tournament of the Puerto Rico Soccer League kicks off". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. "Bayamón FC supera a Águilas; 1ra victoria Leal Arecibo". Que Palo Deportes (in Spanish). 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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