Puerto Rico women's national football team
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).
Nickname(s) | Las Boricuas (The Boricuas) | ||
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Association | Puerto Rican Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean) | ||
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
Head coach | Nat González | ||
Captain | Karina Socarrás | ||
Most caps | Karina Socarrás (23) | ||
Top scorer | Karina Socarrás (20) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | PUR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 107 ![]() | ||
Highest | 91 (24 March 2017) | ||
Lowest | 123 (2014) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; 28 August 1998) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; 21 August 2015)[2] | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; 28 August 1998) | |||
CONCACAF W Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1998 |
History
On 30 August 2018, in a home friendly versus Argentina, players staged a protest against the Puerto Rican Football Federation over alleged lack of support and lack of financial transparency.[3][4]
Team image
Nicknames
The Puerto Rico women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Las Boricuas (The Boricuas)".
Home stadium
Puerto Rico plays its home matches among various stadiums.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2021
12 June International friendly | Uruguay ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Maldonado, Uruguay |
Pizarro ![]() Aquino ![]() Bermúdez ![]() Suárez ![]() |
Report (AUF) Report (Soccerway) |
Farías ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Domingo Burgueño |
15 June International friendly | Uruguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Pizarro ![]() Birizamberri ![]() González ![]() |
Report (AUF) Report (Soccerway) |
Stadium: Estadio Centenario |
20 October International friendly | Puerto Rico ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
Cotto ![]() Socarrás ![]() Cox ![]() Driesse ![]() Rivera ![]() |
Report (FPF) | Vincent ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel |
23 October International friendly | Puerto Rico ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
Driesse ![]() Muetterties ![]() |
Report (FPF) | Narine ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano Referee: Janeishka Cabán (Puerto Rico) |
2022
16 February 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifying | Puerto Rico ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
19:00 UTC−4 | Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica) |
19 February 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifying | Anguilla ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() | The Valley |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Stadium: Raymond E. Guishard Stadium Referee: Francia González (Mexico) |
8 April 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifying | Puerto Rico ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
15:45 UTC−4 |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Stadium: Estadio Centroamericano Referee: Marjorie Ponce (Nicaragua) |
12 April 2022 CONCACAF W Championship Qualifying | Mexico ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | Toluca, Mexico |
20:00 UTC−5 |
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Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica) |
Head-to-head record
- As of 19 February 2022
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 55 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 135 | 137 |
- Source: FIFA Archived 2018-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Staff
Coaching staff
- As of September 13, 2021
Role | Name |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Manager history
Carlos Avedissian (2015–2016)
Shek Borkowski (2017–2018)
David Guillemat (2018–2019)
Juan Carlos Parra (2019–2021)
Chris Brown (2021)
Nat González (2021–)
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the matches against Antigua and Barbuda and Anguilla on February 16 and 19, 2022, respectively.[5]
Caps and goals are current as of June 16, 2019, after the match against Bolivia.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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Goalkeeper | ||||||||
1 | GK | Cristina Roque | November 6, 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | ||
12 | GK | JLo Varada | February 2, 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | ||
GK | Alondra Iriarte | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||||
GK | Shamira Ortiz | 0 | 0 | ![]() | ||||
Defender | ||||||||
2 | DF | Adriana Font | April 21, 1998 | 11 | 0 | ![]() | ||
3 | DF | Nickolette Driesse | November 8, 1994 | 3 | 1 | Unattached | ||
6 | DF | Ángela Díaz | November 28, 1999 | 2 | 4 | ![]() | ||
11 | DF | Jazmine Méndez | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
18 | DF | Delyaliz Rosario | July 16, 1992 | ![]() | ||||
19 | DF | Kelley Johnson | December 19, 1992 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | ||
23 | DF | Alycea Avilés | 0 | 0 | Unattached | |||
DF | Madison Cox | October 24, 1995 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | |||
DF | Caitlin Cosme | January 19, 1999 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Alondra Nieves | August 30, 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
Midfielder | ||||||||
7 | MF | Malina Pardo | June 29, 2001 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | ||
8 | MF | Adriana Tirado | October 6, 1998 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | ||
10 | MF | Laura Suárez (captain) | July 28, 1992 | 17 | 2 | ![]() | ||
13 | MF | María Luisa Colón | June 25, 2001 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | ||
16 | MF | Cristina Torres | October 3, 2000 | 4 | 2 | ![]() | ||
17 | MF | Mirianée Zaragoza | July 15, 1998 | 9 | 0 | ![]() | ||
20 | MF | Imani Morlock | June 14, 1997 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | ||
22 | MF | Sophia Muetterties | November 12, 2001 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | ||
MF | Selimar Pagán | November 6, 1993 | 5+ | 7+ | ![]() | |||
MF | Gabriela Padilla | December 4, 2001 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
Forward | ||||||||
4 | FW | Idelys Vázquez | November 17, 2000 | 3 | 2 | ![]() | ||
9 | FW | Karina Socarrás | November 28, 1993 | 23 | 20 | ![]() | ||
14 | FW | Mercedes Bauzá | November 2, 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | ||
15 | FW | Jessica Torres | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
21 | FW | Daphane Méndez | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |||
Unknown | ||||||||
(Players are listed within position group by kit number, order of caps, then alphabetically)
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 | ||
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Goalkeeper | ||||||||
GK | Karla Guzmán | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
GK | Siani Jones | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
GK | Adriana Morales | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
Defender | ||||||||
DF | Belerica Oquendo | February 12, 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
DF | Jasmin Hilliard | September 3, 1998 | ? | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
DF | Estefanía González | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
DF | Brooke Hart | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
Midfielder | ||||||||
MF | JoJo Cotto | January 15, 2000 | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Morgan Day | May 15, 2001 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Julianna Pacheco | June 28, 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Ana Díaz | August 26, 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Gabi Cimino | March 8, 2002 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Daniela Nelson | August 22, 1999 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
MF | Rachel Blankenship | September 2, 1995 | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
Forward | ||||||||
FW | Karish Rivera | January 23, 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
FW | Nelia Pérez | December 19, 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | ||
FW | Indigo Sims | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
FW | Bryana Pizarro | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() | |||
FW | Ashley Johnson | 0 | 0 | v. ![]() | ||||
Notes:
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(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)
Records
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Did not enter | |||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | |||||||
![]() | Did not enter | |||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | |||||||
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![]() ![]() | To be determined | |||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
![]() | Did not enter | 1995 FIFA WWC | ||||||||||||||
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1999 FIFA WWC | |||||||||||||||
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Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 28 | |||||||||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
![]() | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 33 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CONCACAF W Championship
CONCACAF W Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | Unknown | ||||||
![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||||||
![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 6 | |||||||
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2014 Caribbean Cup | |||||||||||||
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||
![]() | To be determined | In progress | ||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 19 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Pan American Games
Pan American Games record | |||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did not enter | ||||||
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Did not qualify | ||||||
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Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games record | |||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
![]() | Fifth place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
![]() | Did not enter | ||||||
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![]() | To be determined | ||||||
Total | Fifth place | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record | |||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Did not enter | ||||||
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Final round | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Total | Final | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
- Sport in Puerto Rico
- Football in Puerto Rico
- Women's football in Puerto Rico
- Football in Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico women's national under-20 football team
- Puerto Rico women's national under-17 football team
- Puerto Rico men's national football team
- Puerto Rico men's national under-20 football team
- Puerto Rico men's national under-17 football team
- Puerto Rico men's national beach soccer team
References
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- "Women's Olympic Qualifying Results August 21". Caribbean Football Union. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- Kunti, Samindra (4 September 2018). "Puerto Rico women's team protest over FPF support at Argentina friendly". Inside World Football. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- Kassouf, Jeff (10 September 2018). "Puerto Rico women demand financial transparency, better treatment from federation". The Equalizer. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- "LISTA LA CONVOCATORIA DE LA SELECCIÓN FEMENINA ABSOLUTA DE FÚTBOL PARA LAS ELIMINATORIAS MUNDIALISTAS". Puerto Rican Football Federation (in Spanish). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.