2016 Puerto Rico FC season

The 2016 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's first season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, enter only in the Fall season in which they finished 9th.

Puerto Rico FC

2016 season
Owner	Carmelo Anthony
President	Thomas Payne
Head coach	Adrian Whitbread
Stadium	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
NASL	Spring: Did not enter Fall:5-9-8 (9th) Combined: 5-9-8 (12th)
Soccer Bowl	Did not qualify
Copa Luis Villarejo	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Héctor Ramos (8) All: Héctor Ramos (8)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,474 (July 2 vs. Indy Eleven)
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,233 (Sept 7 vs. Ottawa Fury)
Average home league attendance	League: 3,801
Home colors Away colors
← First 2017 →

After winning the Copa Luis Villarejo on November 20; Puerto Rico FC qualified for the 2017 CFU Club Championship with matches taking place in the coming-up 2017 season.

Season review

Commitment to the Community

As part of their commitment to the community in May 2016, Puerto Rico FC had their first three clinics of the season in Dorado, Farjardo and Hatillo with the participation of over a hundred boys and girls. During these clinics the Puerto Rico FC players turned into coaches, teaching the children about ball control, proper goalkeeping and teamwork. After the different workshops the children faced off against the players in a friendly match. The field of Quintas de Dorado was the site of the first clinic with youth clubs Eleven FC and Toa Baja SC. Next, Puerto Rico FC visited the Tomás Donés Sports Complex and the boys and girls of Cariduros FC. To round up the first leg of clinics the players took a trip to the city of Hatillo where they trained with Hatillo SC and Leal Arecibo in the Francisco Deida Sports Complex.^[1]

Clásico de Fútbol

As part of the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend celebration, Puerto Rico FC will travel to New York City to meet the Puerto Rico national team in a friendly match. This match is part of PRFC’s ongoing preseason and build up to their inaugural match at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium next July 2 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

Roster

As of match played October 29, 2016

No.	Name	Nationality	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	2017	0	0
18	Trevor Spangenberg		GK	(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 34)	New England Revolution	2016	2017	12	0
24	David Meves		GK	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 35)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016	2017	10	0
Defenders
2	Cristiano		DF	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 39)	Minnesota United	2016	2017	21	0
3	Camilo Botero		DF	(1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 34)	Unattached	2016	2017	6	0
4	Rudy Dawson		DF	(1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 37)	Uruguay	2016	2017	20	0
5	Ramón Soria		DF	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 36)	Celje	2016	2017	21	0
12	Ramon Martin Del Campo		DF	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 36)	loan from Deportivo Saprissa	2016	2017	16	0
13	Kyle Culbertson		DF	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 32)	Unattached	2016	2017	15	1
Midfielders
6	Connor Agnew		MF		Unattached	2016	2017	6	0
8	Chris Nurse		MF	(1984-05-07) 7 May 1984 (age 41)	Carolina RailHawks	2016	2017	14	0
10	Joseph Marrero		MF	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 32)	Criollos de Caguas	2016	2017	16	1
11	Paulo		MF	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 35)	Atlanta Silverbacks	2016	2017	21	1
21	Michael Kafari		MF	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 36)		2016	2017	15	0
22	Evans Frimpong		MF	(1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 33)	Oklahoma City Energy	2016	2017	3	0
29	Tyler Rudy		MF	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31)	New England Revolution	2016	2017	21	2
Forwards
9	Pedro		FW	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 35)	Atlanta Silverbacks	2016	2017	12	0
14	Brian Bement		FW	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 32)	Loyola University	2016	2017	13	0
16	David Eduardo López		FW	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 33)	Isidro Metapán	2016	2017	5	0
17	Oliver		FW	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32)	Ottawa Fury	2016	2017	9	1
19	Jorge Rivera		FW	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)	Guayama	2016	2017	9	0
20	Héctor Ramos		FW	(1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 35)	Águila	2016	2017	19	8
23	Sidney Rivera		FW	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 31)	Orlando City SC	2016	2017	16	3
26	Bljedi Bardic		FW	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33)	Clarkstown Eagles	2016	2017	3	1

Transfers

Main article: List of North American Soccer League transfers 2016

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 16 February 2016 FW Pedro Atlanta Silverbacks Undisclosed [2] 16 February 2016 MF Joseph Marrero Criollos de Caguas Undisclosed [2] 26 February 2016 MF Paulo Atlanta Silverbacks Undisclosed [3] 26 February 2016 FW Jorge Rivera Guayama Undisclosed [3] 4 March 2016 DF Ramón Soria Celje Undisclosed [4] 4 March 2016 MF Chris Nurse Carolina RailHawks Undisclosed [4] 10 March 2016 FW Oliver Ottawa Fury Undisclosed [5] 10 March 2016 GK David Meves Fort Lauderdale Strikers Undisclosed [5] 30 March 2016 DF Cristiano Minnesota United Undisclosed [6] 30 March 2016 MF Tyler Rudy New England Revolution Undisclosed [6] 31 March 2016 FW Brian Bement Loyola University Undisclosed [7] 8 April 2016 GK Trevor Spangenberg New England Revolution Undisclosed [8] 8 April 2016 FW Sidney Rivera Orlando City Undisclosed [8] 8 April 2016 GK Austin Pack Free [7] 8 April 2016 MF Connor Agnew Free [7] 14 April 2016 DF Camilo Botero Free [9] 10 May 2016 DF Rudy Dawson Uruguay Undisclosed [10] 18 May 2016 DF Kyle Culbertson Free [11] 27 May 2016 FW Bljedi Bardic Clarkstown SC Eagles Undisclosed [12] 29 June 2016 FW Héctor Ramos Águila Undisclosed [7] 16 July 2016 MF Evans Frimpong Oklahoma City Energy Undisclosed [7] 23 July 2016 MF Michael Kafari Free [7] FW David Eduardo López Isidro Metapán Undisclosed

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref. 12 May 2016 DF Ramon Martin Del Campo Deportivo Saprissa End of Fall Season [13]

Friendlies

  Win   Loss   Draw

Pre-season

Puerto Rico FC v Chivas Florida Football Academy

March 15, 2016 Scrimmage	Puerto Rico FC	4–2	Chivas Florida Football Academy	Bradenton, Florida
EST		Summary		Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: Closed-door

Puerto Rico FC v Puerto Rico

May 17, 2016 Scrimmage	Puerto Rico FC	4–1	Puerto Rico	San Juan, Puerto Rico
EST

Puerto Rico FC v Bayamón F.C. U-20

May 18, 2016 Scrimmage	Puerto Rico FC	2–1	Bayamón F.C. U-20	San Juan, Puerto Rico
EST

Puerto Rico FC v Caguas F.C.

May 24, 2016 Friendly	Puerto Rico FC	1–0	Caguas F.C.	Caguas, Puerto Rico
8PM EST	Dawson			Stadium: Villa de Rey Attendance: Open-door

Puerto Rico FC v  Costa Rica

Friendly	Puerto Rico FC	3–3	Costa Rica	Bradenton, Florida
				Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: Closed-door

Puerto Rico FC v  United States

June 2, 2016 Friendly	Puerto Rico FC	1–0	United States	Bradenton, Florida
	Bement			Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: Closed-door

Puerto Rico FC v  Puerto Rico

June 11, 2016 Clásico de Fútbol	Puerto Rico FC	1–0	Puerto Rico	Queens, New York
7:30PM EST	Marrero 12'	Report	De La Rosa  60'	Stadium: Belson Stadium

Competitions

NASL Fall season

Main article: 2016 North American Soccer League season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (F)	22	14	5	3	44	21	+23	47	Playoffs
2	Indy Eleven	22	11	4	7	36	25	+11	37
3	FC Edmonton	22	10	6	6	16	14	+2	36
4	Rayo OKC	22	9	8	5	28	21	+7	35
5	Miami FC	22	9	6	7	31	27	+4	33
6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	22	7	5	10	19	28	−9	26
7	Carolina RailHawks	22	7	5	10	25	35	−10	26
8	Minnesota United	22	6	7	9	25	25	0	25
9	Puerto Rico	22	5	9	8	19	31	−12	24
10	Tampa Bay Rowdies	22	5	8	9	29	32	−3	23
11	Jacksonville Armada	22	5	8	9	25	35	−10	23
12	Ottawa Fury	22	5	7	10	23	26	−3	22

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	5	9	8	19	31	−12	24	3	5	3	10	12	−2	2	4	5	9	19	−10

Last updated: 22 November 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	8	9	8	10	9	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	11	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Puerto Rico v Indy Eleven

July 2, 2016 1	Puerto Rico	1–1	Indy Eleven	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Dawson  12' Del Campo  45' Culbertson  58' Ramos 74'	Summary	Paterson  58' Youla 90'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 6,474 Referee: Valdin Legister

Jacksonville Armada v Puerto Rico

July 9, 2016 2	Jacksonville Armada	2–1	Puerto Rico	Jacksonville
19:00 EDT	Johnson 9' 40' Dixon 27' Jérôme  78'	Summary	Nurse  70' Ramos 78'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Kevin Terry

Rayo OKC v Puerto Rico

July 13, 2016 3	Rayo OKC	2–2	Puerto Rico	Yukon
21:00 EDT	Forbes  32' Pecka  45+' Velasquez 83' Michel 90' (pen.)	Summary	Ramos 34' Rudy 55',  59' Pedro  57' Del Campo  74'	Stadium: Miller Stadium Attendance: 3,531 Referee: Daniel Radford

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Puerto Rico

July 16, 2016 4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–0	Puerto Rico	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT	Cole 10' Avila 15' Nanchoff  63' King  77' Heinemann 90'	Summary	Dawson  33' S. Rivera  76'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Puerto Rico v Rayo OKC

July 23, 2016 5	Puerto Rico	1–0	Rayo OKC	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Ramos 53' Paulo  66' Culbertson  90+1'	Summary	Hernández  72' Forbes  90+1'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 4,907 Referee: Kimbell Ward

New York Cosmos v Puerto Rico

July 30, 2016 6	New York Cosmos	3–0	Puerto Rico	Hempstead
19:00 EDT	Cristiano 16' (o.g.) Arango 84' Mkosana 90+2'	Summary	J. Rivera  22' Kafari  82'	Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,391 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Minnesota United v Puerto Rico

August 3, 2016 7	Minnesota United	1–1	Puerto Rico	Blaine
20:00 EDT	Kafari 46' (o.g.) Ibson  27'	Summary	Ramos 5' Rudy  59' Kafari  66' Dawson  88' S. Rivera  90+4'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 6,101 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Puerto Rico v Edmonton

August 6, 2016 8	Puerto Rico	0–1	Edmonton	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Del Campo  5'	Summary	Eckersley  22' Nicklaw  28' Ameobi 74'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,307 Referee: William Anderson

Carolina RailHawks v Puerto Rico

August 13, 2016 9	Carolina RailHawks	2–2	Puerto Rico	Cary
19:30 EDT	Bravo 40',  90+2' Fondy 89'	Summary	Paulo 52' Ramos 67'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 6,056 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Puerto Rico v New York Cosmos

August 20, 2016 10	Puerto Rico	1–2	New York Cosmos	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Nurse  23' Ramos 28' Ramos  60' Paulo  87'	Summary	Arrieta 62' Guenzatti 90+1' Guenzatti  90+2'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 4,208 Referee: Kimbell Ward

Edmonton v Puerto Rico

August 28, 2016 11	Edmonton	0–0	Puerto Rico	Edmonton
18:00 EDT	Eckersley  31' Nyassi  86' Nicklaw  90+3'	Summary	Nurse  42' Soria  88'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Puerto Rico v Miami

September 3, 2016 12	Puerto Rico	0–3	Miami	Bayamón
19:30 EDT		Summary	Steele 15' Cvitanich 54' Poku 88'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,556 Referee: Sandy Vasquez

Puerto Rico v Ottawa Fury

September 7, 2016 13	Puerto Rico	0–0	Ottawa Fury	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Rudy  57' Marrero  66'	Summary	Bailey  37' Timbó  51' Roberts  90+4'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,233 Referee: Javier Santos

Puerto Rico v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 10, 2016 14	Puerto Rico	0–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Bayamón
19:30 EDT		Summary	Mkandawire  31'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,975 Referee: Sandy Vasquez

Puerto Rico v Jacksonville Armada

September 17, 2016 15	Puerto Rico	3–3	Jacksonville Armada	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Marrero 3' Oliver 32' Soria  59' Rivera 84'	Summary	Eloundou 29' Bahner  34' Jérôme 57' Keita 83'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,243 Referee: Kevin Morrison

Miami v Puerto Rico

September 23, 2016 16	Miami	0–1	Puerto Rico	Miami
20:00 EDT	Smith  20'	Summary	Soria  21' Nurse  38' Campos 79' (o.g.) Oliver  84' Ramos  90+5'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 10,012 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Puerto Rico v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

September 28, 2016 17	Puerto Rico	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Rudy 41' Cristiano  44' Marrero  45+1' Bardic 67'	Summary	Amauri 2' Pineda  40' Agbossoumonde  90+2'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,424 Referee: Rodphin Harris

Ottawa Fury v Puerto Rico

October 2, 2016 18	Ottawa Fury	1–2	Puerto Rico	Ottawa
19:00 EDT	Williams 15'	Summary	Culbertson 27' 78' Dawson  71' Rivera 77' Spangenberg  88'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,556 Referee: Robert Schaap

Puerto Rico v Minnesota United

October 8, 2016 19	Puerto Rico	0–0	Minnesota United	Bayamón
19:30 EDT		Summary	Lowe  73' Cruz  82'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 4,347 Referee: Adrian Skeete

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Puerto Rico

October 15, 2016 20	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–0	Puerto Rico	Lauderhill
19:00 EDT	Sandoval  71' Moura 78' Angulo 85'	Summary	Kafari  23' Cristiano  58' Rudy  90+2'	Stadium: Central Broward Regional Park Attendance: 1,065 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Indy Eleven v Puerto Rico

October 22, 2016 21	Indy Eleven	3–0	Puerto Rico	Indianapolis
19:30 EDT	Braun 36' Zayed 45' Mares 45+3'	Summary	Oliver  14'  38'	Stadium: Michael Carroll Stadium Attendance: 8,916 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Puerto Rico v Carolina RailHawks

October 29, 2016 22	Puerto Rico	2–1	Carolina RailHawks	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Rivera 6' Ramos 42'	Summary	Moses 32' Bravo  76' Watson  90+3'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Valdrin Legister

Copa Luis Villarejo

Main article: 2016 Copa Luis Villarejo

Quarterfinals

Puerto Rico v Guayama

November 4, 2016 First leg	Puerto Rico	2–0	Guayama	Bayamón
19:30 EDT	Ramos 54' S. Rivera 56'	Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Guayama v Puerto Rico

November 6, 2016 Second leg	Guayama	0–4 (0–6 agg.)	Puerto Rico	Guayama
19:00 EDT		Report	J. Rivera 23' Bement 38', 43' Oliver 74'	Stadium: Cancha de Balompié de Guayama

Semifinals

Bayamón v Puerto Rico

November 10, 2016 First leg	Bayamón	0–3	Puerto Rico	Bayamón
19:30 EDT				Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex

Puerto Rico v Bayamón

November 16, 2016 Second leg	Puerto Rico	1–0 (4–0 agg.)	Bayamón	Bayamón
19:00 EDT	Cristiano 44' (pen.)			Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Final

Puerto Rico v Criollos Caguas

November 20, 2016	Puerto Rico	4–1	Criollos Caguas	Bayamón
19:00 EDT	Ramos Ramos Ramos J. Rivera 88'		- 63'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played October 29, 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Fall Season
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	BRA	Cristiano	21	0	21	0
3	DF	COL	Camilo Botero	6	0	2+4	0
4	DF	CRC	Rudy Dawson	20	0	19+1	0
5	DF	ESP	Ramón Soria	21	0	21	0
6	MF	USA	Conor Agnew	6	0	1+5	0
8	MF	GUY	Chris Nurse	14	0	12+2	0
9	MF	BRA	Pedro	12	0	6+6	0
10	MF	PUR	Joseph Marrero	16	1	9+7	1
11	MF	BRA	Paulo	21	1	17+4	1
12	DF	USA	Ramon Martin Del Campo	16	0	16	0
13	DF	USA	Kyle Culbertson	15	1	12+3	1
14	FW	USA	Brian Bement	13	0	5+8	0
16	FW	MEX	David Eduardo López	5	0	1+4	0
17	FW	BRA	Oliver	9	1	9	1
18	GK	USA	Trevor Spangenberg	12	0	12	0
19	MF	PUR	Jorge Rivera	9	0	4+5	0
20	FW	PUR	Héctor Ramos	19	8	19	8
21	MF	GHA	Michael Kafari	15	0	15	0
22	MF	GHA	Evans Frimpong	3	0	1+2	0
23	FW	USA	Sidney Rivera	16	3	9+7	3
24	GK	USA	David Meves	10	0	10	0
26	FW	MNE	Bljedi Bardic	3	1	1+2	1
29	MF	USA	Tyler Rudy	21	2	20+1	2
Players who appeared for Puerto Rico who left the club during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Fall Season	Total
1	FW		20	Héctor Ramos	8	8
2	FW		23	Sidney Rivera	3	3
3	MF		29	Tyler Rudy	2	2
4	MF		11	Paulo	1	1
	MF		10	Joseph Marrero	1	1
	DF		13	Kyle Culbertson	1	1
	FW		17	Oliver	1	1
	FW		26	Bljedi Bardic	1	1
				Own goal	1	1
TOTALS					19	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Fall Season		Total
2		DF	Cristiano	2	0	2	0
4		DF	Rudy Dawson	3	1	3	1
5		DF	Ramón Soria	3	0	3	0
8		MF	Chris Nurse	4	0	4	0
9		MF	Pedro	1	0	1	0
10		MF	Joseph Marrero	2	0	2	0
11		MF	Paulo	2	0	2	0
12		DF	Ramón Del Campo	3	0	3	0
13		DF	Kyle Culbertson	3	0	3	0
17		FW	Oliver	3	1	3	1
18		GK	Trevor Spangenberg	1	0	1	0
19		FW	Jorge Rivera	1	0	1	0
20		FW	Héctor Ramos	2	0	2	0
21		MF	Michael Kafari	3	0	3	0
23		FW	Sidney Rivera	2	0	2	0
29		MF	Tyler Rudy	4	0	4	0
			TOTALS	39	2	39	2