Location | Urbturabo Gardens Caguas, Puerto Rico |
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Coordinates | 18°12′46″N66°02′34″W / 18.2128°N 66.0429°W Coordinates: 18°12′46″N66°02′34″W / 18.2128°N 66.0429°W |
Capacity | 1,200 |
Surface | Grass |
Tenants | |
Caguas Sporting FC |
The Parque Villa Del Rey is a 1,200-seat association football stadium in Caguas, Puerto Rico. As of the 2018-19 Liga Puerto Rico season, it hosts the home matches of Caguas Sporting FC. [1]
Caguas is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded in 1775. The municipality had a population of 127,244 at the 2020 census.
The Diocese of Caguas is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean, consisting of the southeastern portions of Puerto Rico in the United States. The diocese is led by Bishop Eusebio Ramos Morales whose seat is the mother church in the City of Caguas, Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesús. The cathedral was built as a parish church in the 19th century.
Ricardo "Ricky" Sánchez Rosa is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who most recently played for Grises de Humacao of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers out of IMG Academy with the 35th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft, becoming the fourth Puerto Rican to be drafted by the National Basketball Association, and was immediately traded to the Denver Nuggets for their selection, Jarrett Jack. He has played for the Puerto Rican national basketball team.
This is a list of properties and historic districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Puerto Rico. There are 368 NRHP listings in Puerto Rico, with one or more NRHP listings in each of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities.
William "Willie" Miranda Marín was the mayor of Caguas, Puerto Rico, from 1997 until his death in 2010.
José Luis Dalmau Santiago is an attorney and politician. He is the current President of the Senate of Puerto Rico and President of the Popular Democratic Party.
WVJP is a radio station licensed to serve Caguas, Puerto Rico. The station is owned by Borinquen Broadcasting Company. It airs a Talk/Personality format, and also simulcasts the Dimensión 103 network.
Karina Ocasio Clemente is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who competed for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. Ocasio became "Best Scorer" at the event, alongside Kazakhstan's Yelena Pavlova.
The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around the city of San Juan. A July 1, 2009, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 2,617,089, a 4.31% increase over the 2000 census figure of 2,509,007.
Criollos de Caguas FC is a soccer team that plays in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico. The team was founded in 1981. Since then has won multiple titles and participated in international tournaments including a 1986 visit to Portsmouth, England. The team finished third in the LNF 2011 season, sixth in 2012 season and third on 2013 and has been the champions in the PRSL Super Cup 2014, League 2014 and the Super Cup 2015. The Team will make the official debut on the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico in the 2015 season on Sunday, September 20, 2015. The team plays their home matches in the Asociación Central de Balompie de Puerto Rico in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
The Carretera Central is a historic north–south central highway in Puerto Rico, linking the cities of San Juan and Ponce by way of Río Piedras, Caguas, Cayey, Aibonito, Coamo, and Juana Díaz. It crosses the Cordillera Central. Plans for the road started in the first half of the 19th century, and the road was fully completed in 1898. At the time the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, the Americans called it "the finest road in the Western Hemisphere."
Héctor Omar Ramos Lebrón, also known as Pito Ramos or simply Pito, is a Puerto Rican footballer, who plays as a forward for Metropolitan FA and the Puerto Rico national team.
William Edgardo Miranda Torres, also known as "Willito", is a Puerto Rican politician and current mayor of Caguas.
José Manuel "Conny" Varela Fernández is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He has been a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives since 1997 representing District 32.
Nadyalee Torres López is a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Puerto Rico 2013. she represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 2013 but unplaced.
Jorge Bryan Díaz is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He also represents the Puerto Rican national team.
Caguas Sporting FC is an association football team that plays in Caguas. They currently play in the Liga Puerto Rico.
Xiomara Molero Jiménez is a retired Puerto Rican female volleyball player and coach that played with the Puerto Rican national team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.
The 2018–19 Liga Puerto Rico season, is the league's inaugural season of Liga Puerto Rico.
Caguas Pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves the administrative center (seat) of the city and municipality of Caguas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. It is bordered by the Cagüitas River to the north and located two miles southwest of the Grande de Loiza River. Its population in 2010 was 22,406.