2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League season

Puerto Rico Soccer League
Season2011
ChampionsFC Leones de Ponce
Matches played48
Goals scored242 (5.04 per match)
Biggest home winFC Leones de Ponce
17–0
Huracán FC Caguas
CA River Plate Puerto Rico
17-0
Huracán FC Caguas
Biggest away winHuracán FC Caguas
2–10
CA River Plate Puerto Rico
Highest scoringFC Leones de Ponce
17–0
Huracán FC Caguas
CA River Plate Puerto Rico
17-0
Huracán FC Caguas
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The 2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League season was the 3rd season of Puerto Rico's top-division professional football league. The regular season ran from April to July 2011. The league had planned in 2010 to make use of an Apertura and Clausura format, but this format was not utilized. The Sevilla FC Puerto Rico won the regular season, but was defeated at the Playoff final by debuting FC Leones de Ponce.

Teams

Fajardo FC, Guaynabo Fluminense FC and Puerto Rico Islanders FC did not compete in the competition, with the Islanders taking part in the inaugural season of the NASL. Nevertheless, FC Leones de Ponce entered the competition, adding up to six clubs the number of teams participating in the season. Three of the clubs —Puerto Rico United SC, CA River Plate Puerto Rico and Sevilla FC Puerto Rico— took part in the inaugural season of the USL Pro. However, due to financial difficulties, the clubs were removed from USL Pro competition after only five games.[1] Completed matches still counted towards the standings and were double both PRSL and USL Pro league matches.

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Locations of the 2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League teams
Club Home city Stadium
FC Leones de Ponce Ponce Francisco Montaner Stadium
Huracán FC Caguas Caguas Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium
Mayagüez FC Mayagüez Mayagüez Athletics Stadium
Puerto Rico United SC Aguada Aguada Stadium
CA River Plate Fajardo Fajardo Roberto Clemente Stadium[L 1]
Sevilla FC Juncos Juncos Sevilla FC Stadium
  1. ^ River Plate PR are playing in Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina while their home stadium in Fajardo is being built.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sevilla FC Puerto Rico (C) 15 9 4 2 48 17 +31 31 Advances directly to the PlayOffs final.
2 FC Leones 15 7 5 3 49 22 +27 26 Advances directly to the PlayOffs semifinal.
3 River Plate Puerto Rico 15 7 4 4 62 17 +45 25 Advances to the PlayOffs quarterfinal.
4 Puerto Rico United (D) 15 7 2 6 29 33 −4 23 Sanctioned with suspension by PRSL due to failure to meet PRSL regulations.[2]
5 Mayagüez FC 15 6 3 6 31 27 +4 21 Advances to the PlayOffs quarterfinal.
6 Huracán de Caguas 15 0 0 15 10 113 −103 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2011. Source: PRSoccer.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Regular season champion; (D) Disqualified

Results

Matches 1–10

Home \ Away HUR LEO MAY PRU RIV SEV
Huracán de Caguas 0–4 0–7 1–5 2–10 0–3
FC Leones 5–1 3–1 3–1 1–4 4–4
Mayagüez FC 5–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–2
Puerto Rico United 5–0 0–0 6–0 2–1 1–1
River Plate Puerto Rico 7–0 0–1 2–2 10–0 2–2
Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 10–0 2–0 1–3 2–3 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2011. Source: PRSoccer.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 11–15

Home \ Away HUR LEO MAY PRU RIV SEV
Huracán de Caguas 3–5 3–4
FC Leones 17–0 2–2 3–3
Mayagüez FC 2–2 0–0
Puerto Rico United 0–3 1–3 0–3
River Plate Puerto Rico 17–0 1–3
Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 9–0 2–0 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2011. Source: FIFA.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

During the second half of the seasons, teams will only face each other one time, resulting in an unequal count of Home/Away games.

PlayOffs

* Both quarterfinal and semifinal games have been rescheduled. The original dates were July 26 and 28 respectively.
+ Mayagüez FC (fifth placed) replaced the fourth placed Puerto Rico United SC as it had been suspended by PRSL.[2]

References

  1. ^ "USL Reforms Agreement with PRSL: Three PRSL teams removed from 2011 USL PRO schedule". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  2. ^ a b PR United suspended from PRSL. (in Spanish)
Puerto Rico Soccer League
Preceded by 2011
Champion
FC Leones de Ponce
1st title 		Current holder