2016 Puerto Rico FC season

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: 9th
Combined: 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: 7,476
All: 7,476

Home colors

Away colors

← First

2017 →

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.

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

Roster

As of match played October 29, 2016^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Austin Pack	GK	(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994	Unattached	2016	0	0
18	Trevor Spangenberg	GK	(1991-04-21) 21 April 1991	New England Revolution	2016	12	0
24	David Meves	GK	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016	10	0
Defenders
2	Cristiano	DF	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986	Minnesota United	2016	21	0
3	Camilo Botero	DF	(1991-03-23) 23 March 1991	Unattached	2016	6	0
4	Rudy Dawson	DF	(1988-05-08) 8 May 1988	Uruguay	2016	20	0
5	Ramón Soria	DF	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989	Celje	2016	21	0
12	Ramon Martin Del Campo	DF	(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989	loan from Deportivo Saprissa	2016	16	0
13	Kyle Culbertson	DF	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992	Unattached	2016	15	1
Midfielders
6	Connor Agnew	MF		Unattached	2016	6	0
8	Chris Nurse	MF	(1984-05-07) 7 May 1984	Carolina RailHawks	2016	14	0
10	Joseph Marrero	MF	(1993-04-09) 9 April 1993	Criollos de Caguas	2016	16	1
11	Paulo	MF	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990	Atlanta Silverbacks	2016	21	1
21	Michael Kafari	MF	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989		2016	15	0
22	Evans Frimpong	MF	(1991-10-30) 30 October 1991	Oklahoma City Energy	2016	3	0
29	Tyler Rudy	MF	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993	New England Revolution	2016	21	2
Forwards
9	Pedro	FW	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990	Atlanta Silverbacks	2016	12	0
14	Brian Bement	FW	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993	Loyola University	2016	13	0
16	David Eduardo López	FW	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992	Isidro Metapán	2016	5	0
17	Oliver	FW	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992	Ottawa Fury	2016	9	1
19	Jorge Rivera	FW	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	Guayama	2016	9	0
20	Héctor Ramos	FW	(1990-05-04) 4 May 1990	Águila	2016	19	8
23	Sidney Rivera	FW	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993	Orlando City SC	2016	16	3
26	Bljedi Bardic	FW	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992	Clarkstown Eagles	2016	3	1

Transfers

Main article: List of North American Soccer League transfers 2016

In

Date	Position	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (C)	22	14	5	3	44	21	+23	47	2016 NASL Fall season winner
2	Indy Eleven	22	11	4	7	36	25	+11	37
3	Edmonton	22	10	6	6	16	14	+2	36
4	Rayo OKC	22	9	8	5	28	21	+7	35
5	Miami	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
(C) 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
Ground	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

Last updated: 22 November 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goal scorers

Place	Position	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
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

References

↑ "Roster". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico. February 16, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
1 2 "PUERTO RICO FC ADDS FIRST TWO PLAYERS". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
1 2 "TWO MORE PLAYERS JOIN THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
1 2 "SORIA AND NURSE JOIN THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
1 2 "THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB ADD TWO MORE PLAYERS TO THEIR ROSTER". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
1 2 "CRISTIANO DIAS AND TYLER RUDY JOIN THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "TRANSACTIONS". nasl.com. NASL. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
1 2 "PUERTO RICO SIGNS TREVOR SPANGENBERG, SIDNEY RIVERA". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "PUERTO RICO SIGNS CAMILO BOTERO". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico FC. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "RUDY DAWSON SIGNS WITH THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
↑ "KYLE CULBERTSON FROM LOCAL TRYOUT SIGNS WITH PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "PUERTO RICO FC ADDS MONTENEGRAN BLJEDI BARDIC". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "THE PUERTO RICO FOOTBALL CLUB SIGNS RAMON DEL CAMPO". puertoricofc.com. Puerto Rico. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links

Official website

2016 NASL season by team

Soccer Bowl 2016 Transfers

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Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup Playoffs NASL USL Playoffs PDL NPSL PLA ASL MASL 2015–16 2016–17 SPSL 2015–16 2016–17 Super-20 League NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Women	NWSL NWSL Shield NWSL Playoffs WPSL UWS NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Cups

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International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2015–16
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National teams

Men	Copa América Centenario

Men U23	Olympic Qualifying Play-off

Women	Olympic Qualifying SheBelieves Cup Olympics

Women U23	CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Team seasons

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