# 2017 Puerto Rico FC season

The 2017 Puerto Rico FC season was the club's second season and first full season of existence. The club played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Season review

On January 23, the team announced the return of five regulars from the 2016 starting XI as well as a young prospect. Returning players were Trevor Spangenberg, Rudy Dawson, Cristiano Dias, Ramón Soria, Kyle Culbertson, and young goalkeeper Austin Pack.
On January 24, the team again announced the resigning of Michael Kafari, Tyler Rudy, Brian Bement, and Sidney Rivera for another run. The team also stated Bljedi Bardic will not return to the team as he has decided to stay in New York and take advantage of other career opportunities.
On January 26, CONCACAF announced PRFC will host group D in the 2017 CFU Club Championship at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium starting March 14. The club also announced the resigning of the three Puerto Rican footballers on the team for another season; Hector Ramos, Jorge Rivera, Joseph Marrero.
On January 30, the team announced two new signings for the 2017 season: Conor Doyle who last played for Colorado Rapids before being loaned to Colorado Springs Switchbacks in 2016, and Yuma who last played for Rayo OKC in 2016.
On February 10, the club announced the preparation for the 2017 NASL Season, as well as the Caribbean Club Championship, Puerto Rico FC will take part in the 7th Annual Bayamón City Cup which begins February 10 at the Bayamón Soccer Complex.
On March 2, the team announced 2 new additions to the team in defender Jake Stovall and goalkeeper Billy Thompson prior to the start of the CFU games.
On April 28, 4 weeks into the NASL spring season. Puerto Rico FC announced the signing of defender Phanuel Kavita, who spent the 2016 season with Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer.
On July 15, Puerto Rico ended the Spring season in eighth place with nine points. Finishing out with a 1-6-9 record.
On July 25, the team announced a new signing of Spanish veteran attacking midfielder Mario, prior to the start of the Fall season.
On October 1, PRFC took to the field for the first time since the devastation on Hurricane Maria against the Cosmos in MCU Park.

## Roster

    As of match played 22 August 2017
| 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 | | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Billy Thompson | GK | (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 (age 33) | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2017 | | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Trevor Spangenberg | GK | (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33) | New England Revolution | 2016 | | 24 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Cristiano | DF | (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 38) | Minnesota United FC | 2016 | | 35 | 2 |
| 3 | Kyle Culbertson | DF | (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31) | Unattached | 2016 | | 29 | 1 |
| 4 | Rudy Dawson | DF | (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36) | Uruguay | 2016 | | 33 | 1 |
| 5 | Ramón Soria | DF | (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35) | Celje | 2016 | | 38 | 1 |
| 15 | Jacob Stovall | DF | (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30) | Seattle Sounders FC | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Seth Moses | DF | (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31) | Anyang | 2017 | | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Phanuel Kavita | DF | (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) | Real Salt Lake | 2017 | | 10 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Jordi Quintillà | MF | (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 30) | Sporting Kansas City | 2017 | | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | Mario | MF | (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985 (age 39) | PGS Kissamikos F.C | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Joseph Marrero | MF | (1993-04-09) 9 April 1993 (age 31) | Criollos de Caguas | 2016 | | 24 | 1 |
| 14 | Brian Bement | MF | (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31) | Loyola University | 2016 | | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | Jairo Puerto | MF | (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988 (age 35) | Honduras Progreso | 2017 | | 11 | 3 |
| 19 | Jorge Rivera | MF | (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) | Guayama | 2016 | | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Walter Ramírez | MF | (1983-11-07) 7 November 1983 (age 40) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2017 | | 16 | 1 |
| 21 | Michael Kafari | MF | (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 35) | Unattached | 2016 | | 28 | 0 |
| 24 | Yuma | MF | (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 39) | Rayo OKC | 2017 | | 14 | 0 |
| 29 | Tyler Rudy | MF | (1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31) | New England Revolution | 2016 | 2017 - Retired | 25 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Conor Doyle | FW | (1991-10-13) 13 October 1991 (age 32) | Colorado Rapids | 2017 | | 20 | 4 |
| 9 | Héctor Ramos | FW | (1990-05-04) 4 May 1990 (age 34) | Águila | 2016 | | 33 | 12 |
| 11 | Giuseppe Gentile | FW | (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 31) | Ottawa Fury | 2017 | | 15 | 2 |
| 12 | Emery Welshman | FW | (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 32) | Real Salt Lake | 2017 | | 10 | 2 |
| 16 | Mike Ramos | FW | (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33) | Kitsap Pumas | 2017 | | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Sidney Rivera | FW | (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 30) | Orlando City SC | 2016 | | 27 | 4 |

## Transfers
### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | USA | Billy Thompson (at Bayamon FC for the season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Preseason

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### CFU Club Championship
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portmore United (A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Final round |
| 2 | Puerto Rico FC (H, E) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Transvaal (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scholars International (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |

### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Miami FC (S) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 36 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 26 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 9 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 July 2017. Source: NASL

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Miami FC (F) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 24 | |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 16 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: NASL

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Stadium | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | - | | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Squad statistics

    As of match played August 31, 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | CFU Club Championship | CFU Club Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Austin Pack | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cristiano | 18 | 2 | 12+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Kyle Culbertson | 16 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRC | Rudy Dawson | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ramón Soria | 23 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Jordi Quintillà | 21 | 2 | 11+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Mario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | USA | Conor Doyle | 23 | 5 | 14+1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PUR | Héctor Ramos | 18 | 4 | 7+4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | PUR | Joseph Marrero | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Giuseppe Gentile | 22 | 3 | 10+3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | GUY | Emery Welshman | 15 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Brian Bement | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Jacob Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | PUR | Mike Ramos | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | HON | Jairo Puerto | 18 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | USA | Trevor Spangenberg | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | PUR | Jorge Rivera | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | HON | Walter Ramírez | 23 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Michael Kafari | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Seth Moses | 12 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Sidney Rivera | 16 | 1 | 3+8 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Yuma | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | COD | Phanuel Kavita | 17 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | USA | Tyler Rudy$^{RET}$ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Puerto Rico during the season: ||||||||||||

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | CFU Club Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 8 | Conor Doyle | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Héctor Ramos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Giuseppe Gentile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | 17 | Jairo Puerto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Jordi Quintillà | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 12 | Emery Welshman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | 2 | Cristiano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | 20 | Walter Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 4 | Rudy Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | 5 | Ramón Soria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 16 | Mike Ramos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 23 | Sidney Rivera | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | 14 | Brian Bement | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 22 | 0 | 5 | 27 |

### Disciplinary record

* Needs to be updated.
| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring season | NASL Spring season | NASL Fall season | NASL Fall season | CFU Club Championship | CFU Club Championship | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Austin Pack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Cristiano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kyle Culbertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rudy Dawson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Ramón Soria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jordi Quintillà | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Conor Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Giuseppe Gentile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Emery Welshman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Walter Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Michael Kafari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Sidney Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Yuma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Phanuel Kavita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Tyler Rudy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 2 |