NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Puerto Rico Islanders

Puerto Rico Islanders are a Puerto Rican association football team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues First Division, the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They currently play their home games at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The team's colors are orange, navy blue and white. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Juan RamÃ³n Loubreil Stadium is a 15,000 seat stadium at Route 2 and Route 5, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico that is primarily used for soccer. ... Bayam n (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Chairman of the Puerto Rico Islanders football team. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Northern_Ireland. ... Colin Clarke (born October 30, 1962 in Newry) is a former Northern Irish football (soccer) player, who is currently the head coach for F.C. Dallas of Major League Soccer. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Thin White stripes File links The following pages link to this file: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Template talk:Football kit User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template - modified to include navyblue stripes It creates based on Image:Kit body whitestripes. ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... â€œSoccerâ€ redirects here. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. ... The Juan RamÃ³n Loubreil Stadium is a 15,000 seat stadium at Route 2 and Route 5, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico that is primarily used for soccer. ... Bayam n (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ...

History

The Islanders were founded late in 2003, although another team by that name existed several years earlier. Their first season would be the 2004 A-League season, in which they finished with a disappointing record of 5 wins, 17 losses, and 6 ties. However, in 2005 the team improved to 8 wins, 12 losses, and 8 ties, almost making the playoffs. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Historically, the team has relied largely on Argentinean, Brazilian and other Latin American nationals, although many native Puerto Ricans were in the roster in the club's first year. The team had three major Puerto Rican players in the 2005 season, namely defender Marco Vélez, and defender/midfielders Alexis Rivera and Rafael Ortiz, both of whom started 27 of 30 games. These three were supplemented by a significant foreign contingent, including Salvadoran Raúl Díaz Arce, Brazilian Mauricio Salles de Alencar, Honduran Ricardo Alcerro, and American Christopher Gores. Motto En uniÃ³n y libertad(Spanish) In Union and Freedom Anthem Himno Nacional Argentino Capital (and largest city) Buenos Aires Official languages Spanish Demonym Argentinian, Argentine Government Federal republic - President NÃ©stor Kirchner - Vice President Daniel Scioli - Chief of Cabinet Alberto FernÃ¡ndez Independence from Spain - May Revolution 25... Marco VÃ©lez is a Puerto Rican Professional soccer player. ... Alexis Rivera is a music figure in Los Angeles, California who owns the management and promotion company Echo Park Records. ... RaÃºl DÃaz Arce (born February 1, 1970 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran football (soccer) player, the all-time leading scorer for the El Salvador national team, with 39 goals in 55 appearances. ...

In 2006 the Islanders played in the CFU Club Championship for the first time, in an attempt to reach the CONCACAF Champions Cup. But fell in their second group stage game to Trinidad and Tobago champions W Connection. The Islanders have qualified for the 2007 edition of the cup by winning the Puerto Rican cup with their reserve team, the Islanders B. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The CFU Club Championship is the annual international football competition held in the Caribbean Football Union/CFU region (Caribbean). ... The CONCACAF Champions Cup is the annual international football competition held in the CONCACAF region which comprises North America and the Caribbean. ... Vibe CT 105 W Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Professional Football League of Trinidad. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

USISL

In 1995, a team called the ISLANDERS joined the USISL, now the United Soccer Leagues (USL), was founded by Mr. Joe Serralta and other Puerto Rican business men. The team played only four games in Puerto Rico and then folded, after an abrupt ending of that first season, Mr. Serralta decided to move the franchise to Houston, Texas, and the team’s name changed to the "Houston Hurricanes". Even with such a horrible field record this team marked the beginning of new era for Puerto Rican soccer. No less than ten year lates Serralta comes back to remake the Islanders into the current Puerto Rico Islanders FC. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with SISL. (Discuss) The USISL began life in 1986 as the Southwest Indoor Soccer League. ... The United Soccer Leagues (USL) is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA). ...

2006 Season

The Islanders opened their 2006 season with a mix of new players like Argentinian Gustavo Barros-Schelotto, Chilean Arturo Norambuena, Canadian Alen Marcina, and homegrown talent Marco Vélez, Alexis Rivera, Joshua Norkus, and Dan Kennedy to create one of the strongest lineups in the clubs short history in a serious attempt to take the USL Div. 1 title for the first time. Gustavo Barros-Schelotto currenly playes on the Puerto Rico Islanders. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... Marco VÃ©lez is a Puerto Rican Professional soccer player. ... Alexis Rivera is a music figure in Los Angeles, California who owns the management and promotion company Echo Park Records. ... Daniel Hoffard Dan Kennedy, (22 July, 1982) is an American goalkeeper with the Puerto Rico Islanders, a football team in the USL First Division. ...

Formed under and coached by Jorge Alvial up to early June the team's current lineup had the best record in the franchise's history with a 3-2-1, but after his resignation, the clubs future seems uncertain under new coach Toribio Rojas who has added one win, one loss and one tie for a record of 4-3-2. In 2006 the Islanders qualified for the Playoffs, playing a series of matches against Charleston Battery. Unfortunately for the Islanders, Charleston won the game 1:0 ending the successful 2006 season for the Puerto Ricans. Jorge Alvial is a recruiter for Chelsea F.C.. In 2006, he was the coach of the USL Puerto Rico Islanders. ... Toribio Rojas is the president of the Puerto Rico Islanders, a USL soccer team. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Charleston Battery is a U.S. professional mens soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina. ...

In the weekend before the 2006 playoffs the Islanders twice hosted Miami FC who had Brazilians Romario and Zinho in their line up. The Friday night match was shown live on Fox Soccer Channel. The Islanders needed four points to qualify for the Playoffs for the first time. After going down 0-2 in the first half the Islanders stormed back in exciting fashion to win 4-2 in front of 8,600 fans. Miami FC is an American professional soccer club in First Division of the United Soccer Leagues, the second overall division of American soccer. ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1966 births | Brazilian footballers | People stubs ... Crizam Cesar de Oliveira Son, or Zinho (born June 17, 1967 in Nova IguaÃ§u, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian midfielder who currently plays for Miami F.C. of the USL First Division. ... Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. ...

The final day of the season against Miami on September 10, 2006 attracted a record crowd for the Islanders of nearly 11,000 excited fans. A draw was sufficient for the Islanders to qualify in front of Seattle and Atlanta but early in the second half Miami took the lead. It was not until the 43rd minute of the second half that the Islanders equalised in high drama through an Arturo Norambuena penalty. Great celebrations took place on the pitch after the match.

The Islanders are known as the "Tropa Naranja" or Orange Troops after their distinctive home colors of orange and navy Blue stripes and away colors of orange and white stripes.

The beloved mascot of the Islanders is a large bear called Populoso. Populoso is the mascot of the USL Puerto Rico Islanders soccer team. ...

In November 2006 the Islanders took part for the first time in the CFU Club Championship in attempt to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. This is possible because Puerto Rican football is governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol instead of the United States Soccer Federation. The CFU Club Championship is the annual international football competition held in the Caribbean Football Union/CFU region (Caribbean). ... The CONCACAF Champions Cup is the annual international football competition held in the CONCACAF region which comprises North America and the Caribbean. ... The FederaciÃ³n PuertorriqueÃ±a de FÃºtbol is the governing body of football in Puerto Rico. ... The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) (trademarked as U.S. Soccer Federation) is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. ...

The Islanders were drawn to play Hoppers FC from Antigua and Barbuda and W Connection from Trinidad and Tobago in Bayamon. The Islanders beat Hoppers FC 3-1 but lost to W-Connection 0-1 to be eliminated from the tournament. Hoppers Football Club is an Antigua and Barbuda football team playing in the local top division. ... Vibe CT 105 W Connection is a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, which currently plays in the Professional Football League of Trinidad. ...

Current squad

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Squad Changes

Players In

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Players out

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On Loan

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Colors

The Islanders current colors are orange, navy blue and white. Currently the kits, while retaining the 2006 color scheme, have changed slightly in style. The home kits are now full orange jerseys with white pinstripes, orange shorts and white socks. The away kits have navy blue jerseys with three orange stripes, two curving towards the right sleeve and one curving towards the left, navy blue shorts and navy blue socks. The Goalkeeper wears a light blue jersey with a white stripe on the left side and black shorts at home, and a yellow jersey with a white line on the left side and black shorts in away games.

In 2006, the home kit consisted of navy blue shirts with two orange vertical stripes and navy blue shorts, while the away kit consisted of orange shirts with two white vertical stripes and orange shorts. Originally, the team wore plain light blue shirt at home and plain white shirts away; in the 2005 season the kits were reversed, before changing to the current colors in 2006. The goalkeepers wear grey at home and navy blue at away games.

Head Coaches

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Notable Former Players

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Year-by-Year

"La Hinchada"

El Batallón S-10 During the course of the club's three first years a group of fans banded together and formed the Hinchas Isleños Autoconvocados which after a while became known as Batallon S-10, which comes from the area where the group sits (on top of Section 10), the Islanders most hardcore supporters. The group is known as one of the loudest and energetic ultras groups in the league, present at every home game and with members from California to Spain. Its loyalty to the Islanders goes unquestioned.

BOO (Big Orange One) Another band of supporters is the "BOO" or Big Orange One (Formerly "UDP" or "Ultras de Populoso" named after the famous bear mascot of the Islanders, Populoso). The BOO are made up of a number ex-pats and locals living in San Juan. Sometimes this group numbers around 30 fans. Populoso is the mascot of the USL Puerto Rico Islanders soccer team. ...

A feature of the BOO is that they drape the flags of the various countries they come from on the seats behind the goal. Flags such as Puerto Rico, Great Britain, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, Australia and others. Within their ranks is a Scottish bagpiper and St. Mirren fan who performs the fans with various tunes. The BOO members wear various European club football shirts of which Arsenal of England and Cork City of Ireland are the most prominent. Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The BOO are also known for drinking large quantities of beer at matches, and for being very loud and offering funny comments to the opposition over a megaphone.

Goalkeeper Dan Kennedy was a Big Orange One favorite until his departure in early 2007.

OSU (Orange Star Ultras) A new supporter group that was form mid 2007 season, little is know of this group up till now. This group consist from about 25 members , from what is know of this Ultras is that they mostly sit in the extremely left corner of the stadium and they always have flares , smoke bombs and some flags and banners.

Club Rivalries

Carolina Railhawks Even though the Carolina RailHawks and Puerto Rico Islanders have yet to play a match against each other, a fledgling rivalry is brewing among the two clubs. Although Islanders supporters were not wild about Carolina's choice to mimic their blue and orange kit colors, the rivalry began in earnest when Islanders President Andrés Guillemard-Noble accused the RailHawks of piracy^[2] in the signing of Islanders' free agent Caleb Norkus. While the club executive insists that the Islanders had a verbal agreement with Norkus to return to Puerto Rico for the 2007 season, the player refutes that accusation^[3], saying the two sides never reached terms and cites the lack of an offered written contract as evidence of their lack of agreement. Carolina RailHawks Football Club is a professional soccer team located in Cary, North Carolina set to play in the USL First Division in the 2007 season. ... In North American professional sports, particularly baseball, football, and basketball, a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired, and the player is able to sign a contract with another team. ... Joshua Caleb Norkus (born March 14, 1979 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American soccer player, who on December 05, 2006 was one of the first players announced to join the new Carolina RailHawks franchise of the USL First Division. ...

Native Puerto Rican players in the roster

2004 - 46.2% 12 (out of 26): Francisco Quiles (MF), Alexis Rivera Curet (DF), Rafael Ortiz Huerta (MF), Carlos Garay (MF), Álvaro Torres (DF), Jorge Rosa Crespo (DF), Ángel Mussenden (DF), Isaac Nieves Rivera (MF), Héctor Rivera (MF), Carlos Astondoa (FW), Eduardo Memendi (GK), Eligmadier Amaro (GK)

2005 - 20.8% 5 (out of 24): Marcos Vélez (DF), Alexis Rivera Curet (DF), Isaac Nieves Rivera (MF), Rafael Ortiz Huerta (DF), René Bezarés (GK)

2006 - 21.4% 6 (out of 28): Marco Vélez (DF), Alexis Rivera Curet (MF), Isaac Nieves Rivera (MF), Rafael Ortiz Huertas (DF), Milton Blanco (MF), Carlos Juan Torres (MF)

2007 - 26.1% 6 (out of 23 as of April 13): Marco Velez (DF), Alexis Rivera Curet (MF), Rafael Ortiz Huertas (DF), Luis Arroyo (DF), Maximilano Torlacoff (GK), Carlos Juan Torres (MF)

Reserve Squad and Women's Team

The Islanders Reserve Squad is called Islanders B and plays in La Liga Premier de Puerto Rico, wail the Islanders also created in 2006 the Lady Islanders that plays in the Liga Superior de Futbol Femenino de Puerto Rico. In 2007, The Lady Islanders also won the Don Bosco's Cup , which was their first cup as a team.

Past Squads

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2004 USL A-League Season Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A goalkeeper. ... Daniel Hoffard Dan Kennedy, (22 July, 1982) is an American goalkeeper with the Puerto Rico Islanders, a football team in the USL First Division. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Alexis Rivera Curet (born October 29, 1982, Puerto Rico) is a football player for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... The Bolton player in white is a defender in this case, trying to prevent the Fulham forward in cyan from crossing the ball. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 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The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... Johanes Maliza (born September 10, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American soccer midfielder who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the A-League. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ... 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Categories: Teams in the United Soccer Leagues | United States soccer clubs | Football (soccer) clubs established in 2003 | Puerto Rican football clubs Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Youth soccer in small-town Indiana in 2005. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) (trademarked as U.S. Soccer Federation) is the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... The following is a partial list of American soccer stadiums by capacity. ... // There are three professional leagues of soccer teams sanctioned by the Professional Division of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF or U.S. Soccer). ... First International Largest win Worst defeat UEFA U-21 Championship Appearances (First in ) Best result edit The United States U-20 mens national soccer team is the national under-20 football team of the United States of America and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. ... The United States U-23 mens national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of the United States Soccer Federation. ... First International Italy 1â€“0 USA (Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) Largest win USA 12â€“0 Mexico (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991) USA 12â€“0 Martinique (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) Worst defeat Norway 4â€“1 USA (Lagos, Portugal; 19 March 1998) Canada 3â€“0 USA... The following tables include all caps, goals, assists and goalkeeper wins and shutouts for the United States mens national soccer team from its inception in 1916 to the end of 2006. ... The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. ... Columbus Crew Stadium opened in 1999 as the first of a growing number of American stadiums built for soccer Soccer-specific stadium (SSS) is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada. ... The American soccer champions are the annual winners of the highest soccer competitions in the country. ... Youth soccer in small-town Indiana in 2005. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division (often referred to as simply, USL-1) is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... The United Soccer Leagues Second Division (often referred to as simply, USL-2) is a professional mens soccer league in North America, part of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) league pyramid. ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ... The United Soccer Leagues Super-20 League is an American-Canadian soccer league for players 17 to 20 years of age. ... The Major Indoor Soccer League is the top professional indoor soccer league in the USA. The league is a member of both the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA. The MISL replaced the NPSL which folded in 2001. ... The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American soccer league recognized by the USSF and FIFA as a Division III league. ... WPSL re-directs here; an alternate meaning is WPSL (AM) The Womens Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is a national amateur womens soccer league. ... The Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) is a soccer league for men and women based out of the Pacific Northwest. ... The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation(USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer. ... The Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy The MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. ... The Southwest Cup is an open soccer tournament to Native American tribal teams in the states of Colorado, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. ... The George F. Donnelly Cup is an annual amateur soccer competition organized by the United States Adult Soccer Association. ...

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