Puerto Rico national under-20 football team

Puerto Rico Under 20

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	El Huracán Azul (The Blue Hurricane)
Association	Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Jeaustin Campos
Captain	Jesus Martinez
Top scorer	Reid Strain
Home stadium	Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium
FIFA code	PUR
First colours Second colours
First international
Mexico 16 - 0 Puerto Rico (Ottawa, Ottawa; August 20, 1974)

The Puerto Rico U-20 national football team is the Under-20 team of Puerto Rico and serves as a youth team for the Puerto Rico national football team. Their most recent games were for the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying. They defeated the Cayman Islands, and lost to Jamaica and Bermuda.

The team was recently "Re-Born" and just completed a highly successful appearance at the 2012 Dallas Cup. The team has begun preparation for the 2013 U-20 World Cup, to be held in Turkey during the Summer of 2013.

The results from the Dallas Cup are as follows:

April 1, 2012 Puerto Rico National Team 2, Houston Dynamo, US Soccer Development Academy 0

April 2, 2012 Puerto Rico National Team 2, Dallas Texans 1

April 4, 2012 Puerto Ricn National Team 3, Shattuck St. Mary's US Soccer Development Academy 1

The team took all 9 points to win their bracket only to fall in the first knockout round to an excellent Arsenal FC, a US Soccer Development Academy team, 3-1.

The team will now continue preparation for the 2013 U-20 qualifiers. The first round of the CONCACAF qualifiers has been announced for the end of July, 2012. The team will face Haiti, Bermuda and Barbados in the first round.

Tournament Results

U-20 CONCACAF Championship

• 1974 - First round
• 1976 - First round
• 1978 - First round
• 1980 - Disqualified
• 1982 - First round
• 1984 - First round
• 1986 - 1990 - Did not enter
• 1993 - Did not qualify
• 1995 - 2001 - Did not enter
• 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2005 - Did not enter
• 2007 - Did not enter
• 2009 - Did not qualify
• 2011 - Did not qualify
• 2013 - First round
• 2015 - Did not enter

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship February 18 – March 2, 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Matthew Sanchez (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 Loyola University 1GK Karlo Morell (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 Iona College (New York) 2DF Carlos Rosario (1994-01-30) 30 January 1994 Bayamon FC 2DF Thomas Flecha (1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 Spadi Soccer Academy 2DF Emilio Cordero (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 Pittsburgh Panthers 2DF Gustavo Rivera (1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 Barry University 2DF Juan Coca (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993 Kultsu FC 2DF Alberto Montesino Conquistadores de Guaynabo 2DF Tomas Vazquez 3MF Alex Oikkonen (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 Kultsu FC 3MF Emmanuel D'Andrea (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 Sevilla C 3MF David Caban University of Wisconsin 3MF Deniz Bozkurt Florida Atlantic University 3MF Álvaro Betancourt (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 Valparaiso University 3MF Michael Fernandez University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus 11 3MF Moises Espinal Jr Jr 15 6 Clifton boys and girls club 4FW Reid Strain (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 Saprissa 4FW Jose Abrams Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy 4FW Raymond Olavarria Ohio State University 4FW Joseph Marrero (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 Kultsu FC

See also

Puerto Rico national football team

External Links

• Puerto Rico national Football Team Fan Website (Spanish)