I told you guys. LOL remember that I mentioned him in this thread even before he got called up to the NT. And I'm telling you there are more kids like that playing at the high school level roughly the same age as Andres that are really good. There's just no motivation. Hopefully they see him now and more people get inspired to keep playing.
SOme more info on the yet, confirmed Puerto Rican Soccer League http://www.vocero.com/noticias.asp?s=Deportes&n=109980
Tambien tengo que desir que parece que aquellos uniformes que presentaron eran los de practica, pq estos se vieron mucho mejor. Ya le pedi a mis padres que me consiguieran una casaca para vestir los colores.
5,000, they usually bring in below that in weekdays , except for Friday and above that on the weekend and Fridays.
videos... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vi9h_seleccion-nacional-puerto-rico_sport http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vhr4_seleccion-nacional-futbol-puerto-ri_sport
5000 is pretty damn good, especially in the USL. Probably enough that the team is at least breaking even, if not turning a small profit.
Thats not including playoffs which the never drop below 9,000. Ok here for some great news for the national team, Players who now have said wanna play for PR after beating DR MLS: Jason Hernandez, San Jose Julián Valentín, Galaxy Roger Espinosa, Kansas City USL: Miguel Guante, Portland With out a Team: Orlando Pérez, Was let go by Chivas USA, after 7 season in MLS
Como que Roger Espinosa (Kansas City - Denver - Ohio State) es puertorriqueno? Lei que nacio en Honduras? mama o papa puertorriquena/o?
How does the whole eligibility thing work? I've been told that all US citizens are eligible for Puerto Rico's national teams and vice versa.
That's what I've read as well. No one knows anything about his relationship to PR. There's even interviews of him talking alot about Honduras. I would think he's going to play for them.
Maybe its another Roger Espinoza, there quite a few soccer players with that name, now in Denver? maybe that was a mistake on the part of the news reporter or something, im trying to get in contact with Joe and see whats up with this Rogers.
I got the scoop on Roger, he was born in Honduras, but he was adopted legally in the USA by a Puerto Rican couple.
P.R. CAPITALS HIRE PARR AS COACH CAGUAS, PR (04/01/08) - The Puerto Rico Capitals F.C. organization is proud to announce that they have hired Robert Parr as their Director of Coaching and Head Coach for their inaugural season in the South Conference of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). Parr was the head coach of the Georgia College & State University women's soccer team (Division II) for the past four years. Capitals President Luis A. Murphy also announced the hiring of his wife Michelle as Assistant Director of Coaching and Goalkeeping Coach. "We are very excited bringing Robert to the Capitals, his experience working with players of all ages and ability levels will help our organization to develop our program and achieve our immediate goals," said Murphy. "Michelle brings over 17 years of goalkeeping coaching experience and a USSF 'B' National Coaching License to the Capitals." Robert was hired in the spring of 2003 to be the GCSU program's first head coach. After operating as a club sport in 2003, Parr guide the Bobcats to a 5-10-2 record in their first season at the varsity level in 2004 and then 9-6-2 overall record and 3-3-2 conference mark in 2005. He added a 6-7-4 ledger with a 2-4-3 conference mark in 2006 and a 13-5 overall mark last fall. He received his USSF 'A' National Coaching License in 1991 and a USSF National Youth Coaching license in 1999. Robert currently coaches the Georgia 91 ODP State Team and previously was the Director of Training for the American Soccer Club "Eagles" - a select soccer program in Austin, TX. During his eight years with the Eagles, he coached hundreds of players and helped place nearly 50 players on collegiate soccer teams in 12 different states. He led three teams on separate trips to Europe, touring eight nations and coaching teams in two of the world's largest youth tournaments - the Norway Cup (Oslo, 1999) and the Dana Cup (Denmark, 2001). From 1989 until 1995, Robert was the Head Coach of the University of Texas Men's Soccer Team, where he led the program to a National Collegiate Club Championship in 1990, three other National Tournament appearances, an NCCSA Southern Regional Championship in 1993, a pair of TCSL League Championships in 1990 and 1991, one title at the Monterrey Tech (Mexico) International Tournament in 1992, and an overall record of 80-25-16. Robert also served as the South Texas Men's State Team Coach from 1996-1998 and he spent 11 years as a member of the South Texas YSA State Coaching Staff. Michelle currently serves as the goalkeeping coach for the Georgia 91 ODP State Team, and she was a State Staff Coach for the South Texas Olympic Development Program from 1993-2002. She was an original member of the American Soccer Club "Eagles" coaching staff where she provided weekly instruction to all of the club's goalkeepers for 13 years (1990-2003). In 2002, she received the April Heinrichs/Nike Coaching Education Scholarship in recognition of her work with female players. Michelle played in goal for the inaugural NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Team at the University of Texas at Austin, where she led the region in saves as team captain and was named Most Valuable Athlete. She returned to college soccer as the starting keeper for the inaugural GCSU soccer team, leading the Peach Belt Conference in saves in 2004 as well as earning PBC All-Tournament honors that year. As a youth player, Michelle played on the Region III U-16 and U-19 ODP teams, and was a member of the U-19 U.S. Women's National Team Pool. In 1997, Michelle was again selected to the South Region Team and played in the U.S. Soccer Festival in Blaine, MN and later played for the Austin Lady Lone Stars in 1999 and 2000. The WPSL is a 48-team national women's soccer league with five conferences and holds the distinction of being one of the top leagues in the world. The mission of the league is to provide the highest level of women's soccer while simultaneously providing affordable, quality family entertainment and positive role models for our youth. For more information on the WPSL, visit the official website at http://www.wpsl.info.
Any word as to why PR is not participating in the Caribbean Cup this summer? I figured that with there recent success, this would have been a logical next step.
The PR federation already spent a large chunk of its money on the WCQ and are probably to spent to really take on the competition or any competition during this year, if you dont know we have one of the poorest federations in FIFA. Probably next year.
This is great news for PR two Futbol Centers that will be built thats amazing, the Islanders will have the best training facility in the league. PR will finally have its on tranning center, no more Olimpic Tranning Center for us!
Yet Jack Warner can spend 16 million US on a concacaf facility that is only used maybe 30 days a year.
For FIFA related events, maybe. Otherwise he lets his club team, Joe Public, use it. And rents out ($$$) the halls for weddings. (Since Trinidad let their convention center deteriorate since the Miss Universe, the Centre of Excellence is the place for weddings these days.)