Nickname(s) | El Huracán Azul (The Blue Hurricane) |
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Association | Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF) |
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) |
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
Head coach | Pablo Almagro |
Home stadium | Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel |
FIFA code | PUR |
First international | |
![]() ![]() (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 28, 1983) | |
Biggest win | |
![]() ![]() (August 31, 2022) | |
Biggest defeat | |
![]() ![]() (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 30, 1983) | |
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1983 ) |
Best result | Quarter-finals (2023) |
FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
Appearances | 0 |
The Puerto Rico national under-17 football team represents Puerto Rico in tournaments at the under-17 level. It is controlled by the Puerto Rican Football Federation.
Puerto Rico made its debut at the 1983 CONCACAF Championship were they faced Honduras and México. Subsequently, they played in the FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifiers in 1991, 2000 and 2002. It wasn't until 2006 where they got their first two victories against Anguilla and Saint Lucia. [1]
Since 2012 they have participated in every World Cup qualification. In 2012 the team was managed by Jeaustin Campos where they played in Cuba the first round of the qualification where they faced the hosts, Aruba and Bahamas but failing to advance to the next round. [2]
In 2014 they went to Bahamas this time managed by Vítor Hugo Barros where they earned a win against Bahamas but failed to advance after losing 2–0 against Martinique and drawing scoreless to Bermudas. [3]
Steven Estrada managed the team in 2016 with a very limited time to prepare. They lost all the matches against Haiti, Cayman Islands and Aruba, scoring only one goal. [4]
Marco Vélez took charge of the U-17 in 2019. [5] After a successful first round, the team reached the Round of 16 of the Concacaf Championship where they lost 2–1 against Mexico.
The team returned in 2022 with Pablo Almagro a head coach. Puerto Rico advanced as group leaders through the qualifying round with 25 goals scored and none conceded. [6] They managed to get a historic result defeating Costa Rica in the Round of 16 of the 2023 Concacaf U-17 Championship. [7]
The following is a list of match results from the previous 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss
August 31 CONCACAF U17 Championship qualifying | Puerto Rico ![]() | 16–0 | ![]() | Bradenton, Florida |
Report | Stadium: IMG Academy Field 6 |
September 2 CONCACAF U17 Championship qualifying | Anguilla ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() | Bradenton, Florida |
Report |
| Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 |
September 6 CONCACAF U17 Championship qualifying | Martinique ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Bradenton, Florida |
Report |
| Stadium: IMG Academy Field 6 |
September 6 CONCACAF U17 Championship qualifying | Aruba ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Bradenton, Florida |
Report | Stadium: IMG Academy Field 1 |
February 19 CONCACAF U-17 Championship R16 | Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
17:00 EST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras) |
Penalties | ||||
February 22 CONCACAF U-17 Championship QF | Puerto Rico ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
17:00 EST | Report |
| Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago) |
The following players were selected for the 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. [8]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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12 | GK | Franco Ramos | 10 April 2006 (aged 16) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
1 | GK | Sebastian Cuevas | 23 May 2006 (aged 16) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | DF | Gabriel Rosario | April 12, 2006 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Adrian Rosario | April 12, 2007 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Juan Torres | October 2, 2006 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | DF | Adrian Prado | April 26, 2006 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Alejandro Viera | August 31, 2006 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Eitan Solomiany | December 8, 2006 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Abraham Nelson | March 23, 2006 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
5 | MF | Ian Charles | February 8, 2007 | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
11 | MF | Sebastian Sime | January 17, 2007 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Justin Blanco | February 19, 2007 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
17 | MF | Edgardo Vazquez | October 24, 2006 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Andres Lopez | May 1, 2007 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | FW | Leonardo Aviles | January 26, 2006 | 4 | 5 | ![]() |
15 | FW | Samuel Byron | March 26, 2007 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | FW | Antonio Delgado | February 18, 2007 | 4 | 2 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Jorge Vazquez | June 27, 2006 | 4 | 5 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Carlos Siaca | January 18, 2006 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Joel Rosa | April 7, 2007 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
CONCACAF U-17 Championship record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
![]() | Group stage | 6th of 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
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![]() | Group stage | 12th of 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
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![]() | Round of 16 | 9th of 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th of 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Total | Quarter-finals | - | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
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