Puerto Rico national under-20 football team

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)