Puerto Rico women's national football team

Puerto Rico
Nickname(s)	El Huracán Azul ; (The Blue Hurricane)
Association	Puerto Rican Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	David Guillemat
Captain	Karina Socarrás
Most caps	Jackie Cruz (14)
Top scorer	Karina Socarrás (16)
Home stadium	Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
FIFA code	PUR
First colors	Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current	99 19 (22 June 2018)[1]
Highest	91 (March 24, 2017)
Lowest	123 (2014)
First international
	Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico ; (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; August 28, 1998)
Biggest win
	Puerto Rico 12–0 Grenada ; (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; August 21, 2015)[2]
Biggest defeat
	Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico ; (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; August 28, 1998)
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 1998)
Best result	Group stage, 1998

The Puerto Rico women's national football team (Spanish: Selección femenina de fútbol de Puerto Rico) is governed by the Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF).

Competitive record

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Total	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup

Women's Gold Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38
2000	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	3	0	0	3	0	38	−38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff

Role	Name	Start date
Head coach	David Guillemat^[3]	August 10, 2018
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Goalkeeper coach
Fitness coach

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

2018

May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05) 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Q	Puerto Rico	10–0	Anguilla	San Cristóbal
	Socarrás 10' Pagán 12', 38', 83' Castain 20', 62', 75' Suárez 23' López 46' Robinson 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

May 7, 2018 (2018-05-07) 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Q	Puerto Rico	0–0	Dominican Republic	San Cristóbal
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Q	Cuba	2–2	Puerto Rico	San Cristóbal
	Peláez 71' L. Pérez 82'	Report	Socarrás 15' Thun-Blankenship 22'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11) 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Q	Aruba	0–5	Puerto Rico	San Cristóbal
			Castain 3', 90' Tirado 25' Maduro 38' (o.g.) Pagán 87'	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

August 30, 2018 Friendly	Puerto Rico	0–3	Argentina	Mayagüez
				Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano

September 2, 2018 Friendly	Puerto Rico	1–1	Argentina	Bayamón
	Torres 31'		? 46'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel

Team

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the friendlies against Argentina on August 30 and September 2, 2018.^[4]

Head coach: David Guillemat

Caps and goals are current as of May 11, 2018, after the match against Aruba.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	JLo Varada	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003	1	0	PRHPSA
1GK	Katy Saleh		0	0	Criollos de Caguas

2DF	Delyaliz Rosario	(1992-07-16) 16 July 1992	8	0	Cortuluá
2DF	Paola Goyco	(1995-06-26) 26 June 1995	4	0	Criollos de Caguas
2DF	Mirianée Zaragoza	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998	3	0	Puerto Rico Sol
2DF	Ashley Rivera				Criollos de Caguas
2DF	Adriana Font				Puerto Rico Sol
2DF	Deysla Reyes	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993			Puerto Rico Pride FC
2DF	Soleil Ríos				Criollos de Caguas
2DF	Sofía Rivera				Bayamón FC

3MF	Laura Suárez	(1992-07-28) 28 July 1992	12	2	Puerto Rico Sol
3MF	Nicole Rodríguez	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992	9	1	Puerto Rico Sol
3MF	Cristina Torres		0	0	Puerto Rico Sol
3MF	Carolina Font				Puerto Rico Sol
3MF	Annie Lee Méndez				Bayamón FC
3MF	María Luisa Colón				Boston FC

4FW	Karina Socarrás (captain)	(1993-11-28) 28 November 1993	14	16	Puerto Rico Sol
4FW	Selimar Pagán	(1993-11-05) 5 November 1993	14	7	Puerto Rico Sol
4FW	Mariana López		3	1	Moravia
4FW	Angela Díaz		0	0	Criollos de Caguas

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Puerto Rican squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	María Guerrero	(1999-04-17) 17 April 1999	3	0	Brown Bears	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
GK	Karly Gustafson^RET	(1995-04-07) April 7, 1995	10	0		v. United States; February 15, 2016
GK	Sandra Rolón	(1993-02-17) February 17, 1993	0	0

DF	Marcela Robinson	(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997	4	1	La Salle Explorers	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
DF	Jasmin Hilliard	(1998-09-03) 3 September 1998	3	0	FIU Panthers	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
DF	Kelley Johnson	(1992-12-19) December 19, 1992	3	0	Puerto Rico Sol	v. United States; February 15, 2016
DF	Jackie Cruz^RET	(1986-12-02) December 2, 1986	14	2

MF	Micaela Castain	(1992-02-11) 11 February 1992	4	5	Puerto Rico Sol	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
MF	Rachel Thun	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995	3	1	Fortuna Tulsa	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
MF	Adriana Tirado	(1998-10-06) 6 October 1998	2	1	Saint Leo Lions / Puerto Rico Pride FC	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
MF	Gabriela Vaquer	(1990-05-07) 7 May 1990	2	0	Puerto Rico Pride FC	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
MF	Karen Torres		1	0	Puerto Rico Sol	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
MF	Lili Andino		0	0	UC Irvine Anteaters	v. Anguilla; May 5, 2018^PRE

FW	Ashley Johnson	(1990-01-04) 4 January 1990	2	0	Puerto Rico Sol	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
FW	Mercedes Fisher		1	0	Greensboro College	v. Aruba; May 11, 2018
FW	Alejandra Carrión	(1996-11-05) November 5, 1996	5	0	Halcones de Gurabo	v. United States; February 15, 2016

Notes:

ALT = Alternate
INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
PRE = Preliminary roster
RET = Retired from the national team.

Records

Head-to-head against other countries

Rival	Fixtures	W	D	L	GF	GA
Anguilla	1	1	0	0	10	0
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	4
Aruba	1	1	0	1	0	1
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	8	0
Barbados	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	5	1
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	21
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	4	0
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	0	9
Cuba	2	0	1	1	5	6
Dominica	1	1	0	0	6	0
Dominican Republic	1	0	1	0	0	0
Grenada	1	1	0	0	12	0
Guatemala	2	0	1	1	1	9
Guyana	1	1	0	0	1	0
Haiti	6	2	0	4	4	15
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	1	21
Martinique	1	0	1	0	1	1
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	6
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	3	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	7	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	2	0	0	9	0
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	2	3
United States	1	0	0	1	0	11
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	4	0
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1
Total	34	16	4	16	73	104

Source: FIFA.com^[5]

Head coaches

Carlos Avedissian (2015–2016)
Shek Borkowski (2017–2018)
David Guillemat (2018–)

References

External links

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[rank-1] "Puerto Rico: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

[2] ttp://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/component/content/article/101-tournaments/olympic-qualifying/9698-women-s-olympic-qualifying-results-august-21

[3] ttps://www.elvocero.com/deportes/guillemat-quiero-que-el-bal-n-siempre-sea-el-protagonista/article_357e2e96-a151-11e8-83ca-abf21c9871f1.html

[4] ttps://twitter.com/FutbolPR/status/1033110212864028674

[5] ttp://es.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=pur/women/matches/index.html

National women's football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin³ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

National sports teams of Puerto Rico
Baseball Basketball F F-U19 M M-U19 Football F M F-U23 M-U21 F-U20 M-U20 F-U20 M-Y Handball F M Softball F F U19 M Tennis F M Volleyball F F U20 F U18 M Water polo F M
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