Season | 2011 |
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Champions | FC Leones de Ponce |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 242 (5.04 per match) |
Biggest home win | FC Leones de Ponce 17–0 Huracán FC Caguas CA River Plate Puerto Rico 17-0 Huracán FC Caguas |
Biggest away win | Huracán FC Caguas 2–10 CA River Plate Puerto Rico |
Highest scoring | FC 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.
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
During the second half of the seasons, teams will only face each other one time, resulting in an unequal count of Home/Away games.
First round | Second round | Final | |||||||||||
July 31 | |||||||||||||
July 29* | Sevilla FC Juncos | 1 (0) | |||||||||||
July 27* | FC Leones de Ponce | 2 | FC Leones de Ponce | 1 (3) | |||||||||
CA River Plate Fajardo | 4 | CA River Plate Fajardo | 1 | ||||||||||
Mayagüez FC | 1 | ||||||||||||
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