Puerto Rico national under-17 football team
The Puerto Rico national under-17 football team represents Puerto Rico in tournaments at the under-17 level. It is controlled by the Puerto Rican Football Federation.
Nickname(s) | El Huracán Azul (The Blue Hurricane) |
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Association | Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF) |
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
Head coach | Marco Vélez |
Home stadium | Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel |
FIFA code | PUR |
First international | |
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 28, 1983) | |
Biggest win | |
(Bradenton, Florida; April 6, 2019) | |
Biggest defeat | |
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 30, 1983) | |
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1983) |
Best result | Group stage, 1983 |
History
Puerto Rico made its debut at the 1983 CONCACAF Championship were they faced Honduras and México. Subsequently they played in the FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifiers in 1991, 2000 and 2002. It wasn't until 2006 where they got their first two victories against Anguilla and Saint Lucia.[1]
Since 2012 they have participated in every World Cup qualification. In 2012 the team was managed by Jeaustin Campos where they played in Cuba the first round of the qualification where they faced the hosts, Aruba and Bahamas but failing to advance to the next round.[2]
In 2014 they went to Bahamas this time managed by Vítor Hugo Barros where they earned a win against Bahamas but failed to advance after losing 2-0 against Martinique and drawing scoreless to Bermudas.[3]
Steven Estrada managed the team in 2016 with a very limited time to prepare. They lost all the matches against Haiti, Cayman Islands and Aruba, scoring only one goal.[4]
Marco Vélez will be in charge of the U-17 in 2019.[5]
Players
Current squad
The following players were selected for the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship qualifying.[6]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Johan Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | |||
1 | GK | Ian Mercado | 3 | 0 | ||
DF | Daniel Rosario | 3 | 0 | |||
DF | Giovanni Calderón | 3 | 0 | |||
DF | José Luis Rivera | 1 | 1 | |||
DF | Alejandro López | 3 | 0 | |||
DF | Diego Gerena | 0 | 0 | |||
DF | Diego Uriarte | 1 | 0 | |||
7 | DF | Jan Mateo | 1 | 0 | ||
MF | Wilfredo Rivera | 2 | 0 | |||
17 | MF | José López | 3 | 2 | ||
MF | Yavieric Ortiz | 2 | 1 | |||
8 | MF | José Hazim | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | MF | Allan Agosto | 1 | 1 | ||
MF | Maicol Roldán | 1 | 0 | |||
10 | MF | Agustín Ortega | 2 | 1 | ||
12 | MF | Diego Zayas | 3 | 1 | ||
16 | FW | Jorge Bermúdez | 2 | 0 | ||
13 | FW | Leandro Antonetti | 2 | 1 | ||
FW | Andrés Ramos | 1 | 1 |
References
- http://www.elhuracanazulpr.com/p/sub17.html
- http://noticias.elhuracanazulpr.com/2012/07/sub17-puerto-rico-cae-ante-cuba-y-la.html
- http://noticias.elhuracanazulpr.com/2014/07/puerto-rico-se-despide-goleando-bahamas.html
- https://futbolboricua.co/insuficiente-el-aguerrido-esfuerzo-de-puerto-rico-y-queda-eliminado-en-eliminatoria-sub-17-del-caribe/
- http://noticias.elhuracanazulpr.com/2019/02/comienza-el-proceso-de-visorias-para-la.html
- http://noticias.elhuracanazulpr.com/2019/03/se-prepara-la-seleccion-sub17.html