Puerto Rico 2008

Puerto Rico Soccer League 2008

NB: first ever professional league; the reigning champions 
    Fraigcomar from Río Piedras (champions 2005, 2006 and
    2007) do not enter or were not invited.

Regular Stage

Final Table:

 1.Sevilla FC Puerto Rico         14  10  2  2  45-14  32  Qualified  [*]
 2.River Plate Ponce              14   8  4  2  42-12  28  Qualified
 3.Atlético de San Juan FC        14   8  3  3  42-21  27  Qualified
 4.Guaynabo Fluminense FC         14   6  7  1  40-13  25  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Academia Quintana              14   6  1  7  28-27  19
 6.Puerto Rico Giants de Carolina 14   4  3  7  26-29  15
 7.Caguas Huracán                 14   2  2 10  11-38   8
 8.Pachuca Tornados de Humacao    14   1  0 13   9-89   3

[*] affiliated side to Puerto Rico Islanders, play in Bayamón

Round 1
[Jun 28]
Atlético      0-2 River Plate 
  [Daniel Gómez Vinazco 43, Harry Irizarry 84]
[Jul 3]
Sevilla       1-0 Huracán
  [Ernesto Armstrong 61og]
[Jul 5]
Academia      5-0 Tornados  
  [Aiman Omar Yahia 28, 77, Francisco Cirino 52, Efraín Torres 75,
   Sergio Castro 80]
[Jul 6]
Fluminense    2-2 Giants
  [Pedro Power 55, Keith Pavón 63; Mauricio Turizo 62, Javier Moya (og) 2-2]

Round 2
[Jul 12]
Sevilla       1-0 River Plate
Academia      2-3 Atlético  
  [Francisco Cirino 51, Jesús Garrido (og) 2-3; Eloy Matos 10, 81,
   Rudson Crisóstomo 34]
[Jul 13]
Huracán       0-0 Fluminense
Tornados      1-5 Giants
  [Alberto Villegas 33; Ramón De Santos 10, 89, Ernesto Roldán 25,
   Cristian Turizo 70, 75]

Round 3
[Jul 19]
Atlético      9-0 Tornados
  [Geison Carvalho 7, 42, Eloy Matos 15, Rudson Crisóstomo 27, 69,
   Ricardo Vigo 48, 87, 89, Lenin Cruz 7-0]
Giants        3-0 Huracán  
  [Ramón Mariano De los Santos 41, 70, Mauricio Turizo 76]
[Jul 20]
Sevilla       4-2 Academia
  [Víctor Rivera 11og, Isaac Nieves 15, Elliot Vélez 3-0,
   Alberto Delgado 88; Jesús Lebrón 59pen, Aiman Omar Yahia 71]
River Plate   1-1 Fluminense
  [Michael Reyes 22; Yaike Pérez 70]

Round 4
[Jul 26]
Fluminense    1-2 Academia
  [Yaikel Pérez 1-0; Aiman Omar Yahia 20, 90]
[Jul 27]
Tornados      2-3 Huracán  
  [Luis Ángel Díaz 4, Gean Villanueva 17; José Delgado 6, 9, 19]
River Plate   3-1 Giants
  [Marcelo Moya 6, Alexis Medina 25, Michael Vélez 90; Chris Gore 50]
Sevilla       1-0 Atlético  
  [Víctor Herrera 42]

Round 5 [Aug 2]
River Plate   3-0 Huracán    
  [Jerónimo González 46, Michael Reyes 50,
   Oliver Líelo Joseph Brisson 90pen]
Fluminense    4-4 Atlético
  [Carlos Méndez 8, Yaikel Pérez 63, Keith Pavón 77, 83;
   Lenin Cruz 15, Jaison Carvalho 36, Héctor Rivera 78,
   Héctor Calderón 89]
Giants        1-1 Academia
Tornados     1-11 Sevilla

Round 6  
[Aug 9]
Atlético      4-2 Giants
  [Rudson Crisóstomo 27, 35, 71, 90; Oscar Sánchez 34,
   Ernesto Guerrero 58pen]
[Aug 10]
Tornados     1-10 River Plate
  [?; Lucas Medina, Michael Reyes, Daniel Gómez (2),
   Jerónimo González, Alejandro Russo, Fabián Zermaten,
   Gilberto Mendoza (2), Miguel López]
Academia      4-1 Huracán
  [Francisco Cirino 23, Luis Bermúdez 32, Kelvin Flores 50,
   Efraín Torres 4-1; Julio Moreno 55]
Sevilla       0-0 Fluminense

Round 7
[Aug 16]
River Plate   4-0 Academia
[Aug 17]
Huracán       1-2 Atlético
  [Ángel Ortiz; Rudson Crisótomo,y Eloy Matos]
Fluminense    9-0 Tornados
  [Yaikel Pérez 24, 32, 45, 73, 77, Keith Pavon 36,
   Chago Matos 52, Jininho 63, Joe Jara 71]
Giants        0-2 Sevilla
  [Víctor Herrera 62, Julio César 90]

Round 8
[Aug 23]
Giants        2-3 Fluminense
  [Christian Turizo 17, Luis Ramírez 2-3;
   Ricardo Alcerro Madariaga 7, 32, Juninho 24]
[Aug 24]
River Plate   5-1 Atlético
  [Michael Reyes 22, 40, Alejandro Russo 29, Alexis Medina 52, 89;
   Rudson Crisóstomo]
Tornados      1-5 Academia
  [Agenis Soria 39; Efraín Torres 21, 50, 71, Daniel Salazar 62,
   Omar Montero 90pen] 
[Aug 27]
Huracán       1-5 Sevilla
  [Ernesto Armstrong 76pen; Víctor Herrera 11pen, 41,
   Mahamadou Simpara 26, Alberto Delgado 37, Julio Maya 63]

Round 9
[Aug 29]
Atlético      3-1 Academia
  [Rudson Crisóstomo 43, Geison Moura 47, 66; Luis Bermúdez 71]
[Aug 30]
River Plate   1-1 Sevilla
  [Alexis Medina 18; Víctor Herrera 28]
Fluminense    6-0 Huracán
  [Gustavo Fernández 7, 18, Yaikel Pérez 10, 14, 26,
   Edilvaldo Juninho Da Silva 34]
Giants        4-0 Tornados
  [Christian Turizo 20, Nicolas Weeb 47,
   Ramón Mariano De los Santos 87, Luis Ramírez 90]

Round 10
[Sep 6]
Tornados      0-9 Atlético
  [Jeison Moura 10, Rudson Crisóstomo 26, Eloy Matos 36,
   Gilmar Suana 45, Luiz Lucio Gonzaga 58pen, 72, Adriano 71,
   Luis Caballero 74og, Arnaldo Ortiz 90]
[Sep 7]
Fluminense    1-1 River Plate
  [Ricardo Alcerro 66; Marcelo Moya 51]
Huracán       0-2 Giants 
Academia      0-2 Sevilla
  [Víctor Herrera 75pen, Luis Arroyo Lebrón 83]

Round 11
[Sep 10]
Huracán       0-2 Tornados   
[Sep 13]
Atlético      3-1 Sevilla
  [Rudson Crisostomo 40, Eloy Matos 43, 67; Alberto Delgado 50]
[Sep 14]
Academia      0-2 Fluminense   
  [Yordani Oropeza 32, Yaikel Pérez 62]
Giants        2-2 River Plate
  [Cristian Turizo 65, Nicolas Webb 82; Daniel Gómez 9,
   Alejandro Russo 75]

Round 12
[Sep 20]
Academia      3-2 Giants
  [Yahya Musa 44, Harold Chiclana 68, Efraín Centeno 71;
   Nicolas Webb 13, 36]
[Sep 21]
Atlético      0-0 Fluminense   
Sevilla       9-1 Tornados 
  [Alberto Delgado 9, 71, Julio Maya 2-1, 5-1, 68, Gadiel Figueroa 3-1.
   Isaac Nieves 4-1, Kevin Mesa 78, Andrew Zárate  84; Luis Díaz 27]
Huracán       1-5 River Plate  
  [? 90pen; Michael Reyes 4, 17, Miguel López 6, Jerónimo González 16,
   Gonzalo Arrarrazabal 75]

Round 13
[Sep 27]
Giants        0-2 Atlético  
  [Eloy Matos 27, 35]
[Sep 28]
Huracán       2-1 Academia 
  [Jean Villanueva, Jorge Batista; Sergio Castro 0-1]
Fluminense    5-1 Sevilla
  [Yaikel Pérez 2, Yordani Oropeza 19, 49, 5-1, Ricardo Alcerro 53;
   Víctor Herrera 45pen]
River Plate   4-0 Tornados
  [Michael Reyes 5, 18, Alejandro Russo 21, Miguel Ángel López 89]

Round 14
[Oct 2]
Sevilla       6-0 Giants
  [Víctor Herrera 48, Alberto Delgado 51, Julio Maya 63,
   Luis Arroyo 76, William Torres 87, Omar Cartagena 90]
[Oct 4]
Academia      2-1 River Plate
  [Efraín Torres 40, 84; Alexis Medina 71]
[Oct 5]
Atlético      2-2 Huracán   
  [Arnaldo Ortiz 44, Carlos Montalvo 57; Jorge Batista 12,
   Marcos Berríos 18]
Tornados      0-6 Fluminense
  [Yaikel Pérez 9, 41, 53, 56, Yordani Oropeza 30, 86]

Final Table:

 1.Sevilla FC Puerto Rico         14  10  2  2  45-14  32  Qualified  [*]
 2.River Plate Ponce              14   8  4  2  42-12  28  Qualified
 3.Atlético de San Juan FC        14   8  3  3  42-21  27  Qualified
 4.Guaynabo Fluminense FC         14   6  7  1  40-13  25  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Academia Quintana              14   6  1  7  28-27  19
 6.Puerto Rico Giants de Carolina 14   4  3  7  26-29  15
 7.Caguas Huracán                 14   2  2 10  11-38   8
 8.Pachuca Tornados de Humacao    14   1  0 13   9-89   3

[*] affiliated side to Puerto Rico Islanders, play in Bayamón


Semifinals 

First Legs 
[Oct 8]
Atlético      0-2 Sevilla
  [Julio Maya 31, Alberto Delgado 51]
[Oct 9]
Fluminense    0-0 River Plate

Second Legs 
[Oct 11]
Sevilla       1-2 Atlético              [aet]
  [Víctor Herrera 98; Rudson Crisóstomo 45, Luiz Lucio 82]
[Oct 12]
River Plate   2-1 Fluminense
  [Gilberto Mendoza 28, Michael Reyes 90; Yordani Oropeza 18]

Final [Oct 18, Estadio Hiram Bithorn]
Sevilla       2-1 River Plate 

NB: top-3 to play off with Puerto Rico Islanders (USL) in a
    "Liguilla Nacional" for participation in CONCACAF club 
    tournament 2009/10




Puerto Rico Soccer League 2008 Segunda División

Round 1 
Sección Sureste [Jun 29]
River Plate   1-3 Leones 
Huracanes     2-1 Tornados
Pumas         2-1 Borikén
Sección Noreste [Jun 29]
Spartans      3-2 Atlético
Sección Norte [Jun 26]
Academia      1-3 Gallitos

Round 2
Sección Sureste
[Jul 2]
Leones        2-1 Huracanes
[Jul 3]
Borikén       3-1 Tornados   
River Plate   0-2 Pumas
Sección Noreste [Jul 2]
Islanders C   2-2 Atlético

Round 3
Sección Sureste [Jul 6]
Tornados      0-2 River Plate 
Huracanes     3-0 Borikén
Pumas         2-1 Leones  
Sección Noreste [Jul 5]
Islanders C   2-0 Indios      
Spartans      1-0 Fénix 
Atlético      1-1 R Atlántico 
Sección Norte 
[Jul 5]
Gallitos      2-1 Giants  
[Jul 6]
Academia      1-2 SJ United 
Fluminense    awd SJ Sharks         [awarded 0-1, Fluminense dns]

Round 4
Sección Sureste [Jul 10]
Huracanes     4-1 River Plate
Leones        3-0 Borikén 
Pumas         3-2 Tornados
Sección Noreste [Jul 9]
Fénix         3-2 Islanders C
Atléticos     2-0 Indios
Spartans      0-0 R Atlántico 
Sección Norte 
[Jul 9]
Academia      0-0 Fluminense  
[Jul 10]
SJ United     2-0 Giants 
SJ Sharks     2-0 Gallitos  

Round 5 
Sección Sureste
[Jul 12]
Leones        3-1 Tornados      
[Jul 13]
Huracanes     1-1 Pumas        
Borikén       3-0 River Plate 
Sección Noreste
[Jul 12]
R Atlántico   5-2 Indios
Atléticos     3-0 Fénix
[Jul 13]
Spartans      3-0 Islanders C  
Sección Norte 
[Jul 12]
Giants        2-1 Fluminense
[Jul 13]
Academia      0-1 SJ Sharks  
Gallitos      1-1 SJ United   

Round 6 
Sección Sureste [Jul 17]
Borikén       3-1 Pumas
Huracanes     2-0 Tornados      
Sección Noreste
[Jul 16]
R Atlántico   3-1 Islanders C
Indios        ppd Fénix
[Jul 17]
Atléticos     3-0 Spartans 
Sección Norte 
[Jul 16]
SJ Sharks     9-0 Giants  
SJ United     3-1 Fluminense   
[Jul 17]
Academia      1-0 Gallitos  

Round 7 
Sección Sureste
[Jul 19]
Leones        3-1 Huracanes
Borikén       2-0 Tornados
[Jul 20]
Pumas         2-0 River Plate
Sección Noreste
[Jul 19]
Spartans      4-0 Indios 
Atléticos     3-1 Islanders C 
[Jul 20]
Fénix         0-3 R Atlántico 
Sección Norte [Jul 20]
SJ Sharks     6-0 SJ United
Gallitos      1-0 Fluminense

Tables:

Sección Sureste
 1.Guayanilla Pumas                7   5  1  1  13- 8  16
 2.Maunabo Leones                  6   5  0  1  15- 6  15
 3.Caguas Huracanes 2              7   4  1  2  14- 8  13
 4.Yabucoa Borikén                 7   4  0  3  12-10  12
 5.Ponce River Plate 2             6   1  0  5   4-14   3
 6.Humacao Tornados 2              7   0  0  7   5-17   0

Sección Noreste
 1.Club Atlético de Levittown      7   4  2  1  16- 7  14
 2.Spartans FC (Aguadilla)         6   4  1  1  11- 5  13
 3.Real Atlántico (Aguadilla)      5   3  2  0  12- 4  11
 4.Puerto Rico Islanders C         6   1  1  4   8-14   4
 5.Vega Baja Fénix                 4   1  0  3   3- 9   3
 6.Mayagüez Indios                 4   0  0  4   2-13   0

Sección Norte
 1.San Juan Sharks                 5   5  0  0  19- 0  15
 2.Club Deportivo Gallitos         6   3  1  2   7- 6   8
 3.San Juan United                 5   3  1  1   8- 9  10
 4.Academia Quintana 2             5   1  1  3   3- 6   4
 5.Carolina Giants 2               4   1  0  3   3-14   3
 6.Guaynabo Fluminense 2           5   0  1  4   2- 7   1

Sección Noreste [Jul 23]
Spartans      5-1 Indios
Fénix         0-2 R Atlántico
Sección Norte [Jul 23]
Academia      4-0 Gigantes
SJ United    0-10 SJ Sharks

Sección Sureste [Jul 27]
Leones        7-0 River Plate
Sección Noreste [Jul 27]
Fénix         0-3 Indios
Islanders C   0-1 R Atlántico
Sección Norte [Jul 26]
SJ Sharks     8-0 Giants

Sección Sureste  
[Jul 30]
Leones        0-0 Pumas
[Jul 31]
Borikén       2-1 Huracanes
Sección Noreste [Jul 30]
Indios        1-0 Islanders C
Fénix         1-4 Spartans
Sección Norte [Jul 31]
Gigantes      0-2 Gallitos
SJ United     0-1 Academia

Sección Sureste  
[Aug 3]
Borikén       3-4 Leones
Sección Norte 
[Aug 3]
SJ United     3-3 Gigantes 
Gallitos      0-9 SJ Sharks 

Sección Noreste
[Aug 6]
Fénix         2-5 Atléticos 
[Aug 10]
Atléticos     1-4 R Atlántico
Fénix        10-1 Indios

Tables:

Sección Sureste
 1.Maunabo Leones                  9   7  1  1  26- 9  22
 2.Guayanilla Pumas                8   5  2  1  13- 8  17
 3.Yabucoa Borikén                 9   5  0  4  17-15  15
 4.Caguas Huracanes 2              8   4  1  3  15-10  13
 5.Ponce River Plate 2             7   1  0  6   4-21   3
 6.Humacao Tornados 2              7   0  0  7   5-17   0

Sección Noreste
 1.Real Atlántico (Aguadilla)      8   6  2  0  19- 5  20
 2.Spartans FC (Aguadilla)         8   6  1  1  20- 7  19
 3.Club Atlético de Levittown      9   5  2  2  22-13  17
 4.Vega Baja Fénix                 9   2  0  7  16-24   6
 5.Mayagüez Indios                 8   2  0  6   8-28   6
 6.Puerto Rico Islanders C         8   1  1  6   8-16   4

Sección Norte
 1.San Juan Sharks                 8   8  0  0  46- 0  24
 2.Club Deportivo Gallitos         8   4  1  3   9-15  13
 3.San Juan United                 8   3  2  3  11-23  11
 4.Academia Quintana 2             7   3  1  3   8- 6  10
 5.Carolina Giants 2               8   1  1  6   6-31   4
 6.Guaynabo Fluminense 2           5   0  1  4   2- 7   1

Semifinals [Aug 23, both at Estadio Hiram Bithorn]
Leones        3-0 Spartans
R Atlántico   0-3 SJ Sharks

Final [Sep 6, Estadio Hiram Bithorn]
Leones        1-4 SJ Sharks


Liga Metropolitana de Fútbol

Torneo de Primavera 2008 (played Mar 1-May 18)

Tabl:

 1.Quintana          9   9  0  0  33- 3  27  Champions
 2.Gallitos          9   6  2  1  21- 8  20
 3.Barbosa          10   5  2  3  20-13  17
 4.Boca Albergue     9   5  1  3  16- 8  16
 5.Universitarios    9   4  3  2  18- 8  15
 6.Tigres            8   4  2  2  13-12  14
 7.Islanders         8   3  2  3  11-10  11
 8.CYTA Mistral      9   2  0  7  14-19   6
 9.Conquistadores    9   2  0  7   3-13   6
10.Villa Andalucia   8   2  0  6  10-25   6
11.Manati FC         9   1  0  8   3-40   3

NB: odd number of matches, one more win than loss; total GD +3




2007

2009

list of champions


About this document

Sources: Puerto Rico Soccer League, Puerto Rico FA, El Vocero de Puerto Rico, Ponce River Plate

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 12 Jun 2009

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