Puerto Rico Sol FC (women)

Puerto Rico Sol FC is a Puerto Rican association football club based in Mayagüez. The club is a member of the Liga Puerto Rico, the highest level of football in the country.[1] The Sol women’s team is recognized as a model for the development of women's football, both in economic and in cultural terms. Sol hosts its matches at the Mayaguez Soccer Stadium, a stadium of capacity 12,175. The team is the defending champions, having won the Liga PR in 2021. [2]

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Puerto Rico Sol FC.
Puerto Rico Sol FC
Full namePuerto Rico Sol Futbol Club
Founded2017
StadiumMayagüez Athletics Stadium
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Capacity12,175
Manager Shek Borkowski
LeagueLiga Puerto Rico
2021Champion
WebsiteClub website

History

Puerto Rico Sol FC was founded in 2016 by Shek Borkowski with Jose Luis Perez Torres joining in 2017. Borkowski, a native of Poland, also previously founded FC Indiana and Chicago Red Stars.

Sol joined the Liga PR in August 2018. The club won Liga PR championship in 2021 defeating Caribbean Stars 4-2 in the final.

Year-by-year
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs
2018/19 1 Liga PR 10th DNQ
2019/20 1 Liga PR 1st Abandoned
2021 1 Liga PR 1st Champion

Honors

League titles

Management team
As of 19 July 2021
Position Staff
Manager Shek Borkowski
Assistant coach Alberto Diaz
Goalkeeping coach Jean Vivoni
Assistant coach Christian Castro
Opposition analyst & coach Hernan Lopez

Source: Puerto Rico Sol

Current squad
As of 17 January 2022.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PUR Paola Robles
2 DF  PUR Veronica García
3 DF  USA Ashley Dozier
4 MF  PUR Cristina Torres
5 DF  PUR Imani Morlock
6 DF  PUR Keishla Casiano
7 MF  USA Meghan Cavanaugh
8 MF  PUR Pamela Pérez
9 FW  USA Jourdan Ziff
10 MF  PUR Zoe Swift
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  PUR Jessica Torres
12 FW  PUR Mercedez Bauza
13 DF  PUR Kelley Johnson
14 MF  PUR Lisamary Acosta
15 MF  PUR Mia Criado
16 MF  USA Jenna Holtz
17 FW  USA Hannah Scafaria
18 FW  PUR Zadhira Pérez
19 DF  USA Katherine Uhl
20 GK  PUR Penelope Torres

Stadium
Mayagüez Athletics Stadium, the club's current venue

For the 2018-19 Liga Puerto Rico season, Sol played its home matches at the 4,000-seat Fajardo Soccer Stadium in Fajardo.[4]

In May 2019 Sol FC signed a contract with the city of Mayagüez to play its home matches at the Mayagüez Athletics Stadium. As part of the deal, Sol FC would have the right to exclusive use of the stadium through 2023.[5] The stadium is owned by the city of Mayagüez and has a capacity of 12,175 with 5,100 of those being roofed seats. It was constructed to host the athletics and soccer games of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.[6]

References
  1. "Clubes Participantes" (in Spanish). Liga Puerto Rico. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. "Bayamón FC y Puerto Rico Sol se coronan campeones del fútbol puertorriqueño" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. "Puerto Rico Sol FC" (in Spanish). Liga Puerto Rico. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. "Puerto Rico Sol 0 Bayamon FC 2". Liga Puerto Rico. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. "Municipio de Mayaguez cede al Puerto Rico Sol FC el uso exclusivo del Centroamericano hasta el 2023" (in Spanish). futbolboricua.co. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. "Stadium". Puerto Rico Sol FC. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[1] The club joined the nascent Liga Puerto Rico for the 2019/20 season[2] which was eventually abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

  1. "The women's tournament of the Puerto Rico Soccer League kicks off". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 12 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. Rosa Andino, Jessica. "Cancelados los Torneos de Futbol" (in Spanish). Liga Puerto Rico. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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