Puerto Rico Soccer League Regular Season Cup

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Puerto Rico Soccer League
Regular Season Cup
Founded2008
Region Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
(CONCACAF)
Number of teams6
Current champions Sevilla FC Puerto Rico (2)
Most successful club(s) Sevilla FC Puerto Rico (2008, 2011)
Television broadcasters WAPA TV , OneLink
Website http://www.prsoccer.org
Soccerball current event.svg 2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League season

The Puerto Rico Soccer League Regular Season Cup, first played in 2008, is an annual league competition for Puerto Rico Soccer League. [1] The top four teams advance to the PlayOff cup.

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History

Puerto Rico Soccer League Regular Season Champions by Season

SeasonChampionPoints
2008 Sevilla FC Bayamón (1)32
2009 CA River Plate Ponce (1)44
2010 Did not take place
2011 Sevilla FC Juncos (2)31

2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League regular season

The 2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League season is the first season that the league has been held. It had eight teams playing and the top four teams advanced to the PlayOffs cup, where semi-final matches were played to determine the teams moving to the championship game. This year, the Sevilla FC Bayamón won both the Regular Season and the PlayOffs cup. The team them took both cups to Spain and gave them to the main club Sevilla FC in a ceremony at the star of La Liga.

Pos.TeamGPWLDDiff.Pts.
1 Sevilla FC Bayamón 14102245-1432
2 CA River Plate Ponce 1484242-1228
3 Atlético de San Juan FC 1483342-2127
4 Guaynabo Fluminense FC 1467140-1325
5 Academia Quintana FC 1461728-2719
6 Gigantes de Carolina FC 1443726-2915
7 Huracán FC Caguas 14221011-388
8 CF Tornados de Humacao 1410139-893

2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League regular season

The 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League season saw the addition of a ninth team, the Bayamón FC, which ended up winning the PlayOffs cup. Nevertheless, the CA River Plate Ponce had an undefeated season, winning the Regular Season cup.

Pos.TeamGPWLDDiff.Pts.
1 CA River Plate Ponce 16142056-1444
2 Bayamón FC 16113244-1036
3 Sevilla FC Juncos 16102443-1832
4 Atlético de San Juan FC 16101527-2031
5 Gigantes de Carolina FC 1653818-1918
6 Academia Quintana FC 1645719-2617
7 Guaynabo Fluminense FC 1652924-3517
5 Huracán FC Caguas 16211320-587
5 CF Tornados de Humacao 16031316-573

2010 Puerto Rico Soccer League regular season

The 2010 season was suspended. In its place, the Súper Copa DirectTV was held to determine Puerto Rico's representatives at the 2011 CFU Club Championship.

2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League regular season

During the 2011 Puerto Rico Soccer League season, several teams decided not to compete. The total number of team playing was reduced to six. Out of the nine teams that played the 2009 season, only three remained. The 2011 expansion team was FC Leones de Ponce, which ended up winning the PlayOffs cup. The other two teams (Mayagüez FC & Puerto Rico United SC) had already played the 2010 cup. The Sevilla FC Juncos won its second Regular Season cup.

Pos.TeamGPWLDDiff.Pts.
1 Sevilla FC Juncos 1594248-1731
2 FC Leones de Ponce 1575349-2226
3 CA River Plate Fajardo 1574462-1725
4 Puerto Rico United SC *1572629-3323
5 Mayagüez FC 1563631-2721
6 Huracán FC Caguas 15001510-1130
* Mayagüez FC (fifth placed) replaced the fourth placed Puerto Rico United SC in the PlayOffs cup as PR United SC had been suspended by PRSL.

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References

  1. "PRSL". Archived from the original on 2009-07-13.