2009 Puerto Rico Islanders season

Puerto Rico Islanders

2009 season
Head coach	Colin Clarke
USL First Division	3rd
Playoffs	Semifinals
CFU Club Championship	Runners-up
Champions League (2008–09)	Semifinals
Champions League (2009–10)	Group stage
←  2008 2010  →

The 2009 season was the sixth and final season for the Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division, the second tier of men's soccer in the United States. ^[1] The Islanders finished third in the USL standings and qualified for the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the semifinals. The team also participated in two editions of the CONCACAF Champions League, finishing in the semifinals of the 2008–09 edition after a "cinderella run" ^[2] and the group stage of the 2009–10 edition. The Islanders were also runners-up in the CFU Club Championship, the top competition for clubs in the Caribbean region.

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Colin Clarke
Assistant coach	Adrian Whitbread
GK coach	Jack Stefanowski

Last updated: February 26, 2009
Source: Islanders FC

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Centennial de Puerto Rico

Source: Puerto Rico Islanders

Squad

First team

As of July 4, 2009Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   PUR Bill Gaudette 2 MF   USA Scott Jones 3 MF   HAI James Marcelin 4 DF   TRI Nigel Henry 5 MF   PUR Noah Delgado 6 DF   PUR Alexis Rivera 7 FW   JAM Sean Fraser 8 MF   USA Domenic Mediate 9 MF   URU Martin Nuñez 10 MF   PUR Petter Villegas 11 FW   JAM Nicholas Addlery 12 DF   PUR John Krause 13 FW   HAI Fabrice Noël

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 GK   USA Justin Myers 15 MF   LBR Sandy Gbandi 16 DF   USA Kyle Veris 17 MF   PUR Andrés Cabrero 18 MF   TRI Osei Telesford 19 DF   TRI Kevon Villaroel 20 FW   PUR Josh Hansen 21 DF   COL Daniel Ojeda 22 MF   NIR Jonny Steele 23 FW   TRI Kendall Jagdeosingh 24 MF   USA Dan Gargan 25 GK   USA Michael Behonick 26 DF   PUR Cristian Arrieta

2009 transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW   JAM Sean Fraser (Transfer from Miami FC on a free [3] ) 11 FW   JAM Nicholas Addlery (Transfer from Vancouver Whitecaps FC on a free [4] ) 9 MF   URU Martin Nuñez (Transfer from Carolina Railhawks on a free [5] ) 19 DF   TRI Kevon Villaroel (Transfer from San Juan Jabloteh on a free [6] )

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   USA Kyle Veris (signed as a free agent [7] ) 8 MF   USA Domenic Mediate (signed as a free agent [8] ) 27 GK   USA Chris McClellan (Transfer from Carolina Railhawks on a free [9] ) 24 MF   USA Dan Gargan (signed as a free agent)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   ENG Taiwo Atieno (Released) 7 MF   SLV Edwin Miranda (Released) 13 FW   USA Kevin Mesa (Released)

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 DF   CMR William Yomby (transferred to Richmond Kickers [10] ) 27 GK   USA Chris McClellan (Released) 17 MF   PUR Andrés Cabrero (Resigned)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started position	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09	Preliminary round	-	Semifinals	2008-08-27	2009-04-07
USL 1 Regular season	-	1st	-	2009-04-18	2009-09-19
CFU Club Championship 2009	Semifinals	-	Runner-Up	2009-05-15	2009-05-17
CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10	Preliminary round	-	-	2009-07-29	-

USL 1

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	9	7	4	24	18	+6	34	6	3	1	17	10	+7	3	4	3	7	8	−1

Last updated: 2009-02-22.
Source: USL 1

Results by match day (regular season)

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Stadium	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W
Position	3	3	4	4	6								1	1	1	1		3	3				4

Updated to match(es) played on 2009-02-22. Source: Regular season Schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

* Positions are tabulated at the end of each week.

CONCACAF Champions League 2008–2009

Championship round (bracket)

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Puerto Rico Islanders	2	1	3
	Marathón	1	0	1
							Puerto Rico Islanders	2	1	3 (2)
							Cruz Azul (p)	0	3	3 (4)
	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
	Universidad Nacional	0	0	0
													Cruz Azul
													Atlante
	Montreal Impact	2	2	4
	Santos Laguna	0	5	5
							Santos Laguna	2	1	3
							Atlante	1	3	4
	Houston Dynamo	1	0	1
	Atlante	1	3	4

Matches

Friendlies

Match	Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	February 7, 2009	Friendly	Bradenton, Florida	Chicago Fire	1–0
2	February 9, 2009	Friendly	Bradenton, Florida	New York Red Bulls	0–0
3	February 12, 2009	Friendly	Bradenton, Florida	Columbus Crew	0–2	Nuñez 1', Delgado 13'
4	February 13, 2009	Friendly	Bradenton, Florida	University of South Florida	2–3	Hansen 17' (pen.), Fraser 65', 70'
5	February 21, 2009	Puerto Rico MLS-USL Challenge	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	D.C. United	1–2	Arrieta 89' (pen.)
6	February 22, 2009	Friendly	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	D.C. United	0–0
7	March 13, 2009	Friendly	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Sevilla FC Puerto Rico	0–0
8*	April 3, 2009	Friendly	Austin, Texas	Austin Aztex	0–0

* A round of penalty kicks was played after the match, this was already agreed upon by both sides regardless of the match's outcome, Austin won this 3-0.

USL-1 regular season

All kickoff times are in EST. Names in brackets are players who were awarded the assist for the goal.

April 18, 2009

19:00

Islanders	2–1	Whitecaps
Addlery (Delgado) 6', (Arrieta) 38' Marcelin  80'	(Report)	Haber (Bellisimo) 2' Orgill  79'

Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 5,250

Referee:
Bryan Roslund
Antonio Lopez
William Ardenson
Daniel Santos

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April 24, 2009

20:00

Islanders	0–0	Rhinos
Noel  78' Arrieta  84'	(Report)	Heins  17' Nurse  42' Kenton  77'

Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 4,078

Referee:
Carlos Sandoval
Luis Santos
Juan Perez
Jesus Lebron

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May 2, 2009

20:00

Islanders	3–2	Impact
Krause (Gbandi)38' Gbandi (Arrieta) 60' Addlery  68' Jagdeosingh (Noel) 81' Jagdeosingh  87'	(Report)	Sakuda (Di Lorenzo) 26' Braz  56' Gjertsen (Placentino) 76' Brown  79'

Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 4,022

Referee:
Toni Russo
William Anderson
Alex Villareal
Jesus Lebron

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May 8, 2009

20:00

Aztex	1–1	Islanders
Alvarez (Johnson)67'	(Report)	Jagdeosingh  14' Arrieta 39'

Nelson Field, Austin

Attendance: 5,216

Referee:
Tyler Ploeger
Matthew Foerester
Masoud Rasti
Carlos Salas

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May 10, 2009

22:00

Whitecaps	1–0	Islanders
Toure  12' Knight  42' Gbeke (Knight)82'	(Report)	Veris  89'

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby

Attendance: 5,023

Referee:
John Oliva
Kevin Duliba
Cameron Blair
Mauricio Navarro

CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09

Match	Date	Home/Away	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	February 26, 2009	Home	C.D. Marathón	2–1	Addlery 73', Jagdeosingh 81'
2	March 4, 2009	Away	C.D. Marathón	0–1	Addlery 90'
3	March 17, 2009	Home	C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul	2–0	Gbandi 4', Addlery 37'
4	April 7, 2009	Away	C.D.S.C. Cruz Azul	1–3(aet)(4–2 pen.)	Gbandi 92', Arrieta (pen.), Jagdeosingh (pen.)

CFU Club Championship 2009

Match	Date	Stadium	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	May 15, 2009	Marvin Lee Stadium	Tempête Football Club	2–0 (aet)	Jagdeosingh 102', Villegas 114'
2	May 17, 2009	Marvin Lee Stadium	W Connection	1–2	Nuñez 35'

CONCACAF Champions League 2009-2010

Match	Date	Stadium	Opponent team	Score	Scorers
1	July 29, 2009	BMO Field	Toronto FC	-
2	August 4, 2009	Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium	Toronto FC	-

Squad statistics

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances as a substitute under the Appearance column and number of assists under the Goal column.
Updated to games played June 20, 2009. ^[11]

Players

Number	Position	Name	USL1 Regular season		USL-1 Playoffs		CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09		CFU Club Championship		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Scott Jones	12 (0)	0 (1)	-	-	4 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	17 (0)	0 (1)
3	MF	James Marcelin	6 (4)	0 (0)	-	-	3 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	10 (4)	0 (0)
4	DF	Nigel Henry	12 (0)	0 (0)	-	-	4 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	18 (0)	0 (0)
5	MF	Noah Delgado	8 (3)	0 (1)	-	-	4 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	13 (3)	0 (1)
6	DF	Alexis Rivera Curet	1 (3)	0 (0)	-	-	0 (2)	0	1 (0)	0	2 (5)	0 (0)
7	FW	Sean Fraser	7 (3)	2 (0)	-	-	-	-	2 (0)	0	9 (3)	2 (0)
8	MF	Domenic Mediate	5 (3)	1 (0)	-	-	0 (1)	0	-	-	5 (4)	1 (0)
9	MF	Martin Nuñez	2 (5)	0 (0)	-	-	1 (0)	0	1 (0)	1	4 (5)	1 (0)
10	MF	Petter Villegas	9 (2)	0 (1)	-	-	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	1	11 (4)	1 (1)
11	FW	Nicholas Addlery	6 (3)	4 (0)	-	-	4 (0)	3	1 (0)	0	11 (3)	7 (0)
12	DF	John Krause	13 (1)	3 (0)	-	-	4 (0)	0	2 (0)	0	19 (1)	3 (0)
13	FW	Fabrice Noel	2 (7)	0 (3)	-	-	-	-	1 (1)	0	3 (8)	0 (3)
15	MF	Sandi Gbandi	10 (2)	1 (2)	-	-	4 (0)	2	1 (0)	0	15 (2)	3 (2)
16	DF	Kyle Veris	6 (5)	0 (1)	-	-	1 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	8 (6)	0 (1)
17	MF	Andrés Cabrero	4 (1)	0 (0)	-	-	-	-	1 (0)	0	5 (1)	0 (0)
18	MF	Osei Telesford	-	-	-	-	0 (1)	0	-	-	0 (1)	0 (0)
19	DF	Kevon Villaroel	2 (4)	0 (0)	-	-	0 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (5)	0 (0)
20	FW	Josh Hansen	5 (5)	0 (0)	-	-	3 (1)	0	1 (0)	0	9 (6)	0 (0)
21	DF	Daniel Ojeda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
22	MF	Jonny Steele	9 (0)	2 (1)	-	-	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	12 (0)	2 (1)
23	FW	Kendall Jagdeosingh	8 (6)	2 (0)	-	-	1 (3)	1	0 (2)	1	9 (11)	4 (0)
26	DF	Cristian Arrieta	13 (1)	6 (3)	-	-	4 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	18 (1)	11 (3)

Goalkeepers

Number	Position	Name	USL-1 Regular season				USL-1 Playoffs				CONCACAF Champions League				CFU Club Championship				Total
			Apps	GA	GAA	CKM	Apps	GA	GAA	CKM	Apps	GA	GAA	CKM	Apps	GA	GAA	CKM	Apps	GA	GAA	CKM
1	GK	Bill Gaudette	20 (0)	18	0.900	1800	-	-	-	-	4 (0)	4	1.000	360	1	0	0.000	90	25 (0)	22	0.880	2250
14	GK	Justin Myers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
31	GK	Chris McClellan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2.000	-	1(0)	2	2.000	0

Disciplinary record

Only players with at least one card included.

Updated to games played May 15, 2009.

Number	Position	Name	USL-1 Regular season		USL-1 Playoffs		CONCACAF Champions League		CFU Club Championship		Total
3	MF	James Marcelin	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
5	MF	Noah Delgado	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	Petter Villegas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	Nicholas Addlery	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	DF	John Krause	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	FW	Fabrice Noel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	Sandy Gbandi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	DF	Kyle Veris	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF	Kevon Villaroel	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	Josh Hansen	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW	Kendall Jagdeosingh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	Cristian Arrieta	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	7	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	18	0

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