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The Puerto Rico national football team is the national team of Puerto Rico and is controlled by Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol. Puerto Rico's national football team entered the qualification for the 2010 World Cup, advancing to the second round by defeating the Dominican Republic.
[edit] History
Chris Armas played for Puerto Rico in the 1993 Shell Caribbean Cup. The competition was not then recognised by FIFA and so his five matches were classed as friendlies. He was therefore later allowed to switch his allegiance to the USA,[1] for whom he has since been capped over fifty times.
After a very long absence, the Puerto Rican national team re-emerged on Jan. 16, 2008, with a 2-0 victory in a friendly against Bermuda. This friendly was played in preparation for a World Cup Qualifier against the Dominican Republic scheduled for the 26th of March, 2008. Until this two-game sweep against the Bermuda national team, Puerto Rico's most recent victory was 1-0 against Barbados in 1994. The second game of this friendly series was won by Puerto Rico, with a score of 1-0. Following this the team participated in the last preparatory game before participating in a CONCACAF qualificatory. This game was against Trinidad and Tobago, a team that had participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The final outcome was a 2-2 draw, Puerto Rico scored the first two goals in the game's first half, and on the second half Trinidad and Tobago tied the game with a goal in the closing minutes of the period.[2] During Puerto Rico's opponent during the first round of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF First Round was the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico advanced to the second round by defeating the Dominican Republic by 1-0. Their opponent during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Second Round was Honduras who won the first game of the series by 4-0. Puerto Rico concluded their participation with a 2-2 draw against Honduras.[3]
[edit] CONCACAF Championship record
[edit] Gold Cup record
[edit] Pan American Games record
[edit] Fixtures and results
[edit] Upcoming fixtures
| Date |
Tournament |
Location |
Home Team |
Away Team |
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Honduras on 14 June 2008.
[edit] Recent call-ups
[edit] References
- ^ Lewis, Michael (February 2001). "Now You See Him", Soccer Digest. Retrieved on 10 December 2007.
- ^ Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol
- ^ Esteban Pagán Rivera (2008-06-14). "¡Histórica demostración de Puerto Rico!" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved on 2008-06-17.
[edit] External links
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