Puerto Rico national under-20 football team

Puerto Rico U20

Nickname(s)	El Huracán Azul (The Blue Hurricane)
Association	Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Dave Sarachan
Captain	Jan Mateo
Top scorer	Reid Strain
Home stadium	Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
FIFA code	PUR
First colors Second colors
First international
Mexico 16–0 Puerto Rico  (Ottawa, Canada; August 20, 1974)
Biggest win
Puerto Rico 9–0 Sint Maarten (Philipsburg, Sint Maarten; June 15, 2016)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 16–0 Puerto Rico  (Ottawa, Canada; August 20, 1974)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	0
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1974)

The Puerto Rico national under-20 football team represents Puerto Rico in tournaments at the under-20 level. The team is controlled by the Puerto Rican Football Federation.

History

Puerto Rico made its first appearance on the 1974 CONCACAF Championship, losing all of their matches. They didn't record a win until 1976 against Barbados. It wasn't until 2012 where they had their most successful campaign under coach Jeaustin Campos where they advance through all of the Caribbean qualification and made it to the CONCACAF Championship in Puebla, México.^[1]

In 2021, Puerto Rico booked their place on the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship for their second time in history, this time under coach Dave Sarachan after advancing as group leaders defeating Bermuda 6–0 on final matchday.^[2]

Tournament results

U–20 CONCACAF Championship

• 1962 – 1973 – Did not enter
• 1974 – Group stage
• 1976 – First round
• 1978 – First round
• 1980 – Disqualified
• 1982 – First round
• 1984 – First round
• 1986 – 1990 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – 2001 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Did not qualify
• 2003 – Did not qualify
• 2005 – Did not enter
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2009 – Did not qualify
• 2011 – Did not qualify
• 2013 – First round
• 2015 – Did not enter
• 2017 – Did not qualify
• 2018 – First round
• 2020 – Cancelled
• 2022 – Round of 16

Schedule and results

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   Cancelled   Fixture

2021

Puerto Rico  v  Dominican Republic

October 10 International friendly	Puerto Rico	Cancelled	Dominican Republic	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Puerto Rico  v  Dominican Republic

October 13 International friendly	Puerto Rico	Cancelled	Dominican Republic	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
				Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

Puerto Rico  v  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

November 6 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying	Puerto Rico	0–3 Awarded[note 1]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
16:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez

Puerto Rico  v  Barbados

November 8 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying	Puerto Rico	1–0	Barbados	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
15:00	Mateo 10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)

Puerto Rico  v  Bermuda

November 10 2021 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying	Puerto Rico	6–0	Bermuda	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
18:00	de León 5', 62' Cruz 40', 42' Rivera 69' (pen.) Joseph 75' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Germán Martínez (El Salvador)

Mexico  v  Puerto Rico

June 26 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Mexico	6–0	Puerto Rico	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

2022

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.^[4]
• Match dates: 18 June – 3 July 2022
• Caps and goals correct as of: 25 June 2022
• Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Sebastián Cutler	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Charlotte Independence
	1GK	Kristian Figueroa	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Unknown
	1GK	Anthony Martínez	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Adrián Colón	(2004-08-23) 23 August 2004 (age 19)	3	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	2DF	Luis Cruz	(2005-11-03) 3 November 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Unknown
	2DF	Noah Escobar	(2004-01-17) 17 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Georgia Southern Eagles
	2DF	Parker O'Ferral	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 20)	2	0	North Carolina
	2DF	Colby Quiñones	(2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 20)	2	0	New England Revolution
	2DF	Diego Rossi	(2005-05-19) 19 May 2005 (age 18)	2	0	Parma
	2DF	Pedro Alejandro Rivera	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Unknown
	3MF	Jensen Cruz	(2004-08-12) 12 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Nomads
	3MF	Andre Cutler	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Syracuse Orange
	3MF	Antonio de la Torre	(2005-08-12) 12 August 2005 (age 18)	2	0	West Texas A&M Buffaloes
	3MF	Brian Flores	(2003-08-25) 25 August 2003 (age 20)	2	0	New York City
	3MF	Edwin Meléndez	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Montclair State Red Hawks
	3MF	Christian Miranda	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Daytona State College
	3MF	Wilfredo Rivera	(2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 20)	2	1	Orlando City
	3MF	Diego Ward	(2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Unknown
	4FW	Daniel Cruz Jr.	(2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 18)	1	2	Unknown
	4FW	Jan Mateo	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)	5	4	Atlético San Cristóbal
	4FW	Jeremy de León	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20)	5	5	CD Castellón
	4FW	Ian Silva	(2004-11-06) 6 November 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Orlando City

See also

• Puerto Rico national football team

Notes

References

External links

• Puerto Rico national Football Team Fan Website (in Spanish)