Puerto Rico Sol FC
Full name | Puerto Rico Sol Futbol Club | ||
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Founded | 2017 | ||
Ground | Mayaguez Athletics Stadium Mayaguez, Puerto Rico | ||
Capacity | 12,000 | ||
Chairman | ![]() | ||
Manager | ![]() | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Puerto Rico Sol Futbol Club is an association football club based in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The club also operates an Academy, which is for players ages 6–17, and is located at Fajardo Soccer Stadium in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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." 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.
Stadium
Puerto Rico Sol play most of their home matches at Mayaguez Athletics Stadium in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It has a capacity of just over 12,000.
Broadcasting
In 2018, the Sol will launch streaming video game broadcasts of the senior teams from the club's official site.
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.
Academy Staff
Current coaching and medical staff
Academy director: Shek Borkowski
Head of Academy operations: TBD
Head Academy physiotherapist: TBD
Head of video analysis: TBD
Academy chief scout: Eric Castro
Reserves coach: Christian Castro
U17s coach: TBD
U15s coach: TBD
U13s coach: Milton Ortiz
Goalkeeper coach: Jean Vivoni
2018 Women’s Team
Current squad
- As of 17 July 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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