# 2016 Puerto Rico FC season

The 2016 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's first season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid, enter only in the Fall season in which they finished 9th.
After winning the Copa Luis Villarejo on November 20; Puerto Rico FC qualified for the 2017 CFU Club Championship with matches taking place in the coming-up 2017 season.

## Season review
### Commitment to the Community

As part of their commitment to the community in May 2016, Puerto Rico FC had their first three clinics of the season in Dorado, Farjardo and Hatillo with the participation of over a hundred boys and girls. During these clinics the Puerto Rico FC players turned into coaches, teaching the children about ball control, proper goalkeeping and teamwork. After the different workshops the children faced off against the players in a friendly match. The field of Quintas de Dorado was the site of the first clinic with youth clubs Eleven FC and Toa Baja SC. Next, Puerto Rico FC visited the Tomás Donés Sports Complex and the boys and girls of Cariduros FC. To round up the first leg of clinics the players took a trip to the city of Hatillo where they trained with Hatillo SC and Leal Arecibo in the Francisco Deida Sports Complex.

### Clásico de Fútbol

As part of the Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend celebration, Puerto Rico FC will travel to New York City to meet the Puerto Rico national team in a friendly match. This match is part of PRFC’s ongoing preseason and build up to their inaugural match at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium next July 2 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

## Roster

    As of match played October 29, 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Austin Pack | GK | (1994-02-25) 25 February 1994 (age 30) | Unattached | 2016 | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Trevor Spangenberg | GK | (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33) | New England Revolution | 2016 | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | David Meves | GK | (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Cristiano | DF | (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 38) | Minnesota United | 2016 | 2017 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Camilo Botero | DF | (1991-03-23) 23 March 1991 (age 33) | Unattached | 2016 | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Rudy Dawson | DF | (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36) | Uruguay | 2016 | 2017 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | Ramón Soria | DF | (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35) | Celje | 2016 | 2017 | 21 | 0 |
| 12 | Ramon Martin Del Campo | DF | (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35) | loan from Deportivo Saprissa | 2016 | 2017 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | Kyle Culbertson | DF | (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31) | Unattached | 2016 | 2017 | 15 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Connor Agnew | MF | | Unattached | 2016 | 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Chris Nurse | MF | (1984-05-07) 7 May 1984 (age 40) | Carolina RailHawks | 2016 | 2017 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Joseph Marrero | MF | (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 31) | Criollos de Caguas | 2016 | 2017 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | Paulo | MF | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 34) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | 2017 | 21 | 1 |
| 21 | Michael Kafari | MF | (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 35) | | 2016 | 2017 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Evans Frimpong | MF | (1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 32) | Oklahoma City Energy | 2016 | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Tyler Rudy | MF | (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31) | New England Revolution | 2016 | 2017 | 21 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Pedro | FW | (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 34) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Brian Bement | FW | (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31) | Loyola University | 2016 | 2017 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | David Eduardo López | FW | (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) | Isidro Metapán | 2016 | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Oliver | FW | (1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | Jorge Rivera | FW | (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) | Guayama | 2016 | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Héctor Ramos | FW | (1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 34) | Águila | 2016 | 2017 | 19 | 8 |
| 23 | Sidney Rivera | FW | (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 30) | Orlando City SC | 2016 | 2017 | 16 | 3 |
| 26 | Bljedi Bardic | FW | (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32) | Clarkstown Eagles | 2016 | 2017 | 3 | 1 |

## Friendlies

Win  Loss  Draw

### Pre-season
## Competitions
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 November 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Stadium | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 |

#### Matches
### Copa Luis Villarejo
#### Final
## Squad statistics

    As of match played October 29, 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cristiano | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | COL | Camilo Botero | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRC | Rudy Dawson | 20 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ramón Soria | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Conor Agnew | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GUY | Chris Nurse | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Pedro | 12 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | PUR | Joseph Marrero | 16 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Paulo | 21 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | USA | Ramon Martin Del Campo | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Kyle Culbertson | 15 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | USA | Brian Bement | 13 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | MEX | David Eduardo López | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Oliver | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | GK | USA | Trevor Spangenberg | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | PUR | Jorge Rivera | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | PUR | Héctor Ramos | 19 | 8 | 19 | 8 |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Michael Kafari | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GHA | Evans Frimpong | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Sidney Rivera | 16 | 3 | 9+7 | 3 |
| 24 | GK | USA | David Meves | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | MNE | Bljedi Bardic | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | USA | Tyler Rudy | 21 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 |
| Players who appeared for Puerto Rico who left the club during the season: ||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Fall Season | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 20 | Héctor Ramos | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | 23 | Sidney Rivera | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 29 | Tyler Rudy | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 11 | Paulo | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Joseph Marrero | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | 13 | Kyle Culbertson | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 17 | Oliver | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | 26 | Bljedi Bardic | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 19 | 19 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Cristiano | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rudy Dawson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ramón Soria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Chris Nurse | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Pedro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Joseph Marrero | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Paulo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ramón Del Campo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Kyle Culbertson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Oliver | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | GK | Trevor Spangenberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Jorge Rivera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Héctor Ramos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Michael Kafari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Sidney Rivera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Tyler Rudy | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 39 | 2 | 39 | 2 |