Lol, yes Salseros, that are being pushed out by Reggetoners, and we also have produced a mother load of Miss Universe winners lately. Like I said, Puerto Ricans are natural athletes, if they took the sport seriously it would take off for us and TnT would have to look over their shoulders. We don't have a national stadium for soccer but a decent venue at a converted baseball field which really isn't bad. As for the 4 million on the island, sure thats a small figure, but when you include the millions living in the US that can become Puerto Rican national teamers it can get very interesting. The shear amount of undiscovered Puerto Rican talent stateside would make Puerto Rico an immediate contender under a good coach. Thing is the PR federation would rather steel FIFA money than actually take this island places. So sad.
could some one post the Current or last NT or best 18 players of PR, if they needed players for friendly. also add there club next to there name and position, age, etc . and i will send rep your way
I still think it's a bad idea just yet. Sure PR is great and a number of sports but then again soccer is different because it such a popular sport in most countries. It won't be as easy to just make a team and be a contendor. It will take years for us to even be competitive and the sport still needs a lot to grow here. We need somebody to start to the point we have enough player pool for a Magath to come and do a Beenhaker. Magath may be a great coach, but I don't know if he could start a program completely yet. If PR took the sport seriously and their could be a good team but it will take time. It's still a time off it. Soccer needs to grow and then again it's not all about athletes. We have stars in some sports but then we never have won a gold medal in the olympics and although we have some of the best in Boxing and Baseball, there are sports that are popular and we don't have a great record like in volleyball. So I really can't pinpoint how it would be in soccer, where the best athletes of every country play. PS: Zuleyka Rivera sucks.
PR players outside PR: 1. Yuri Morales – Portland Timbers – Delantero 2. Chris Gores – Charleston Battery – Defensa 3. Carlos Garay – Richmond Kickers Future 2005 – Medio 4. Orlando Perez – Chivas USA – Defensa 5. Jason Hernandez – Chivas USA – Defensa 6. Ramon ‘Kike’ Negron – Radford University – Delantero 7. Ruben Lagunas – Cincinnati Kings 2005 – Medio 8. Moctezuma Serrato Salinas - Puebla (Mexico) - Delantero 9. Daniel Nardiello - Barnsley FC (England) – Delantero 10. Chris Megaloudis - Stony Brook University – Delantero 11. Miguel Guante – Portland University/FC Dallas 2005-2006 - Medio 12. Phil Gomez Padilla – Brooklyn Knights 2002 – Defensa 13. Alessandro Salvatore – Lynn University – Portero 14. Manuel Freije – Bentley College – Medio 15. Gadiel Figueroa – Stony Brook University – Medio/Delantero 16. Joan Valcarcel – Barron Collier High School – Medio/Delantero 17. Andres Cabrero – Georgia US Youth Soccer ODP Boys 1989 – Medio 18. David Gualdarama – University of New Mexico – Medio 19. Roger Espinoza – Yavapai College – Delantero 20. Ian Pagan – Indiana Wesleyan U. / Bethel College – Defensa/Medio 21. Kevin Muller – Stony Brook University - Defensa 22. Gabriel Pagan – Indiana Wesleyan University – Defensa/Medio 23. Miguel Vidal – Becker College/U-Mass-Lowell – Defensa/Delantero 24. Daniel Curbelo-Zeidman – Williams College – Defensa/Medio 25. Jesse Roque – Oral Roberts University - Medio 26. Chris Garcia – Regis University - Defensa 27. Dan Rabinowitz - Binghamton University - Delantero 28. Siraj Abdulgasem – Midland Lutheran – Medio 29. Rene Scott Collazo – Florida - Portero 30. Alex Torres – New York – Defensa/Medio 31. German Gomez – University of New Mexico - Medio 32. Daniel Chapman 33. Karif Cortiella 34. Carlos A. Rivera 35. Ben Mangeac 36. Hector Zapata – Oral Roberts University 2003 – Portero 37. Marco Velez – Puerto Rico Islanders – Defensa 38. Alexis Rivera – Puerto Rico Islanders – Defensa/Medio 39. Raphel ‘Mime’ Ortiz – Puerto Rico Islanders – Defensa/Medio 40. Isaac ‘Saito’ Nieves – Puerto Rico Islanders – Medio 41. Rene Bezares – PR Islanders 2005 – Portero You could also put Caleb Norkus in the list i guess, hes American, plays for the Islanders and is planing to nationalize. These are the 2004 -2005 MNT: 01-Alvaro Nazor-Portero-Gigantes de Carolina-LPPR 12-René Bezares-Portero-Huracan de Caguas-LMFN 13-Eduardo Memendi Diaz-Munio-Portero-PR Islanders-USL 03-José L. Ferrer Cordova-Delantero-Vaqueros de Bayamón-LMFN 15-Angel D. Torres-Defensa-Real San Juan-LMFN 14-Angel L. Ortiz Santiago-Carrilero-Huracan de Caguas-LMFN 17-Alvaro A. Torres Ramos-Medio-PR Islanders-USL 10-José E. Perez Otero-Delantero-Tornados de Humacao-LMFN 11-Alexis Rivera Curet-Medio-PR Islanders USL 08-Héctor Rivera de Jesús-Delantero-PR Islanders-USL 06-Joseph Toal-Medio-PR Islanders-USL 05-José E. Nieves Rodríguez-Defensa-Sporting de San Lorenzo-LMFN 16-Jorge R. Rosa Crespo-Defensa-PR Islanders-USL 21-Christopher Gores-Defensa-PR Islanders(Battery current)-USL 04-Marco A. Vélez-Defensa-Seattle Sounders(Islanders current)-USL 02-Philip F. Gómez-Defensa-Westhester Flames-USL 07-Raphael O. Ortiz Huertas-Medio-PR Islanders-USL 09-Isaac Nieves Rivera-Medio-PR Islanders-USL 18-Carlos Garay-Medio-PR Islanders-USL 19-José Arturo García-Delantero-Lobos de Arecibo-LMFN Ps. Some of the players may have changed clubs from the ones i put. You could also look at the Islander B roster, they play in the "LIGA PREMIER P.R" and have acoumulated alot of promessing talent, people say they just took alot of the good player form the other teams and dominated the league. But theres some other teams to look out for like the "Liga Mayor" Fraicomar S.C. and Quintana F.C (San Juan), from the "LIGA PREMIER P.R" theres also Don Bosco who with the Islanders B dominated the league aswell.
Well if im correct he can play for either Wales, England or, Puerto Rico, but has yet to commit himself to any of them, if i remember correctly PR tried to get him whene he played for for Man U. but where not able to pay what Man. U wanted them to pay for his insurence. Probably his mother was Puerto Rican or maybe his father had some Puerto Rican in him Nardiello sound kinda hispanic but i have not heard that name here before, whats his second last name?
im suprised with a talent pool like that pr can't muster up any wins. that other guy I doubt england would pick up a CC Championship player for there NT when they can choose from a big list of EPL players. but im sure Wales could get some use out of him but he would have to compete with mmmmmmmmmmm Craig Bellamy of the EPL PR seems like a sure bet.. even then his supporting cast might not be at the level of a Barnsley FC. still this kinda of thing takes some seroius work over the next 4 years, starting with some friendlies and creating a core NT and building youth around it . which hasn't been done it takes money and some with the eye for talent to do it . and even if that all happens, to take a team who's ranked 190 to the 2010 wc looks slim esp. for a team who never been out of the preliminaries, its a mental thing more than skill
Interesting fact PR MNT hasn't won a game since 1994 vs DR but they did Admirably well vs Suriname on neutral Grounds for a warmup WCQ match which they Drew 1:1 in 2004 lots of work for them! GL
Well we all know that PR aint gona make it to the WC, but its good to set goals and the fed is aiming to make a good run during the 2010 and 2014 WCQ and change PR's fortunes for the better. IF we manage to get a good new DT and gather the best players we can make a good team that wont resemble does of the past. The u-17 team shows promiss and im waiting to see how they perform in T&T, they where put through some intensive traning with the islanders tecnical staff which is a much better tecnical staff than the fed has, and the Islanders gives young soccer players on the island something to aim for, so they can improve their game in hopes to join the club or to another USL team, its not the best but its a start.
Sadly...you guys need some in your coffers, once you get some serious financial backing, then you'll be on your way. With so many of your better players playing outside of PR and North America, it's going to be tough for the PR federation to afford bringing in players from across the globe. Sux cause you want players to go abroad and get experience and exsposure, but in the end your basically sending players out to pasture as you'll never see them again. Yanki if you really do have ties to the PR fed. hit me up with a PM, i have a question or two for you. -- Cheers.
I just returned home from PR, I spent a week there relaxing after falling 12 feet and hurting myself. I saw some sort of camp going on with lots of young girls. Although many looked like Americans. This was happening in the Condado area...Just as you had to enter the 26 OESTE to Carolina. Anyone know what was happening there?
Condado has a large American population basicly is where the rich people live, during the summer theres are always camps going on, in Barbosa park.
I just started thinking back about Nardiello, and I remember reading his dad was of Italian origin. So if that is indeed true, it leaves two possibilities: a. his dad's mom's family had PR blood or b. his mom had PR blood. It's also possible, that his dad was just born in PR (or his mom, for that matter). How do PR soccer fans feel about people that personally have no connection to the island yet still would play for the NT? Metro
And about players that dont have strong connections to the island, iu dont really mind them playing, in the short term its one of the few ways that we can get tellented and experience players in the NT now, wail we develope the youth for the future teams.
My son can play futbol and as a 14 year old h.s. sophmore, his high school coach projects him as a starter on a highly competitive team in a high school with over 3,000 students. This week he is on Big Bear mountain running up and down the mountain at over 6,000 feet getting ready with his team for the club soccer season. He is the sweeper and enforcer on a good club team that will win its bracket this year. Anyways his mom is from Ponce and she lived in PR until maybe 1985. She is a great salsero and the source of my son's quick feet and shifty moves. We spend a couple of weeks a year visiting the grandmother in Ponce. I sent 2 emails to the PR federation trying to get a tryout for my son. To date, no response. I don't think the federation is open to stateside players. I can understand the narrow mindedness as I have seen it among chicanos (my ethnic group). But hey federation, let there be open competition. Let the best men win. The end result will help PR soccer to elevate and grow on the island.
Well if you look at last years MNT roster half of the teams is from the states and the fed has tried to get their hands on players in other nations, but right now the U-16 team is on competiontion down in T&T, doing very well actually 2 wins, you missed the tryouts, they where held during early - mid summer. You should check this page out www.hiapr.org you could probably find some people with fed connections there that could help you out. ps..Emailing the fed is a waist of time they dont answer them back i have send docens of emails that have gone un-answered you should call them, thats probably the best way to get a hold of them.
Looking for a serious soccer team or club in Puerto Rico. Do any of you know any you can give me information about? Thank you very much. United States Soccer Federation National “A” Licensed; Scottish Football Association (Scotland) National “A” Licensed; Spanish Royal Football Federation (Spain) National “A” Licensed; National Soccer Coaches Association of America (N.S.C.A.A.) Premier Diploma; American College of Sports Medicine (A.C.S.M.) Fitness Trainer; Entrenador Nacional de Nivel III de España, Escocia y USA se ofrece. Soy madrileño (español) y quiero asociarme con un equipo o club de fútbol puertoriqueño que sea serio y quiera o necesite a un entrenador (o segundo) con experiencia, acreditación y conocimientos técnicos, tácticos, físicos y psicológicos. Además soy responsable, sociable y carismático. Ofrezco seriedad y trabajo. Remuneración a convenir. Mi teléfono en USA es el (primero marcar el 001) y después el (314) 962-1968 y mi correo electrónico es el: fernrodsa@sbcglobal.net Fernando Rodríguez Sánchez * Titulo de Entrenador Nacional en su tercer grado o nivel por la Federación Nacional Española de Fútbol. * Titulo clase “A” de Entrenador Nacional de la Asociación Nacional Escocesa de Fútbol. * Titulo clase “A” de Entrenador Nacional de la Federación Nacional de Fútbol de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. * Titulo PREMIER de Director Técnico con la Asociación Nacional Norte Americana de Entrenadores de Fútbol (NSCAA) * Colegio Norte Americano de Medicina Deportiva (ACSM) Licenciado en 1993.
Hay varios equipo serios pero quitarle su entrenador no seria muy facil, estan equipos de ls ligas Puertorriquenas que son semi-pro pero serios para contactarlos solo ve a la pagina de la federacion y los buscas en su directorio, tambien estan los equipos pro de la USL Islanders y River Plate PR (en preparaciones para entrar en la liga el 2007), en el caso de los islanders ellos si deven estar buscando entrenadores nuevos pero la competencia para esa posicion no deve estar muy fasil, si tienes algun otra duda maname un mensaje.
Islanders a la CONCACAF Champion’s Cup 9:52 pm on Saturday, September 23, 2006 Cocopelli, batallons10.org La CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) es el brazo de la FIFA que regula el fútbol en nuestra región y anualmente celebra un torneo de campeones, la Champion’s Cup. Este es el torneo interclubes más importante de nuestra región e intenta emular otras competencias similares como la UEFA Champion’s League o la Copa Libertadores; al igual que estas competiciones, el ganador representa a la CONCACAF en el Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA que se celebra en ******ón. En el 2006, la Champion’s Cup la conquistaron las Águilas del América al vencer a los Diablos Rojos del Toluca. No es para sorprenderse que esta competencia sea dominada por los equipos mexicanos. Desde que se jugó la primera Champion’s en 1962, el torneo se ha celebrado en 41 ocasiones, los mexicanos han ganado 22 copas. Clubes de nuestra región caribeña han participado en la final de la Copa en 18 ocasiones ganando en tan solo 5 ocasiones. Tradicionalmente los clubes de México y de Centroamérica dominan la competencia; aunque en los últimos años se ha visto un avance de clubes de la MLS, ganando la copa el DC United en el 1998 y el LA Galaxy en el 2000. ¿Y como es el camino hasta la final? Escabroso, nene. Escabroso. La CONCACAF ha probado varios formatos durante los años. El formato actual consiste de rondas calificatorias hasta llegar a la final. Los participantes de la ronda final provienen de: Primera División de México – Campeón del Clausura Primera División de México – Campeón del Apertura MLS Cup - Champion MLS Supporters Shield winner Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Campeón Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Sub-campeón Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Tercer lugar CFU Club Championship - Campeón Como ven, solo 8 equipos van a la ronda final, a disputarse en partidos de ida y vuelta. Los ganadores pasan a semifinales y de ahí a la final. Y el campeón, a ******ón. Si se han dado cuenta, verán que nuestra región caribeña (CFU, Caribbean Football Union) solo puede enviar a la final un equipo, el campeón de clubes del Caribe. Este sale de unas eliminatorias que se realizarán en noviembre de 2006, para competir en el campeonato del 2007. Se comienza con una primera ronda, donde se compite contra equipos de diferentes islas del Caribe. En la pasada competición, la primera roda fue disputada por: RD Grand Bazaar Dublanc (Dom) Hoppers FC (Antigua) Sagicor South East (Dom) Bassa FC (Antigua) SV Britannia (Aruba) SV Robinhood (Sur) Royal ‘95 (Sur) SV Victory Boys (Antigua) Northern United (St Lucia) Positive Vibes (US VI) En cuartos de final se incorporaron Portmore United FC (Jam), SV CS Deportivo Barber (ANT) y North East Stars (Tri), (no pregunten que no sé por qué) proclamandose campeón del Caribe el Portmore United FC de Jamaica. Y esto damas y caballeros, es lo que nos toca. Confío en que nuestros Islanders, luego de haberse probado en una liga durísima, puedan superar este nuevo reto conquistando honores. Este es el paso lógico que nuestro equipo debe tomar para ser uno de los grandes del Caribe y nosotros como Batallón estaremos apoyándolos. Que se enteren en el Caribe y en la CONCACAF que hay un nuevo guapo en el barrio. Los entrenamientos para la Copa comienzan el 15 de octubre. ¡¡¡¡GORA ISLANDERS!!!!