Puerto Rico women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Puerto Rico national football team.

Puerto Rico

Nickname(s)	Las Boricuas (The Boricuas)
Association	Puerto Rican Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Nat González
Captain	Nickolette Driesse
Most caps	Karina Socarrás (25)
Top scorer	Karina Socarrás (25)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	PUR
First colors Second colors
FIFA ranking
Current	79 2 (12 June 2025) [1]
Highest	79 (June 2025)
Lowest	124 (October 2007)
First international
Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico   (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; August 28, 1998)
Biggest win
Puerto Rico 12–0 Grenada   (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; August 21, 2015) [2]   Puerto Rico 12–0 Cayman Islands   (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; 3 April 2024)
Biggest defeat
Canada 21–0 Puerto Rico   (Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada; August 28, 1998)
CONCACAF W Championship/ Gold Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1998 )
Best result	Group stage (1998, 2024)

The Puerto Rico women's national football team (Spanish : Selección femenina de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in women's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF).

History

On 30 August 2018, in a home friendly versus Argentina, players staged a protest against the Puerto Rican Football Federation over an alleged lack of support and financial transparency. ^{[3] [4]}

Team image

Nicknames

The Puerto Rico women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Las Boricuas (The Boricuas)".

Home stadium

Puerto Rico plays its home matches among various stadiums.

Nickolette Driesse played numerous games for Puerto Rico

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2024

Brazil   v   Puerto Rico

February 21 CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Brazil	1–0	Puerto Rico	San Diego, United States
	Nunes 81'	Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon (United States)

Puerto Rico   v   Panama

February 24 CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Puerto Rico	2–1	Panama	San Diego, United States
	Cox 73' Marcano 90+3'		Mills 27'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Colombia   v   Puerto Rico

February 27 CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS	Colombia	2–0	Puerto Rico	San Diego, United States
				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

Puerto Rico   v   Cayman Islands

3 April Friendly	Puerto Rico	12–0	Cayman Islands	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	Douglas 9' de Jesus 10' T. Clark 12' (o.g.) Cox 45+3' Marcano 47', 80', 89' V. García 52' McMahon 53', 65' Aguilera 59' Bengoa 75'	Report		Stadium: Mayagüez Athletics Stadium

Puerto Rico   v   Cayman Islands

6 April Friendly	Puerto Rico	8–0	Cayman Islands	San Juan, Puerto Rico
	C. Quintal 2' (o.g.) McMahon 19' Driesse 38' de Jesus 65' Aguilera 70' Love 71' Douglas 77', 82'	Report		Stadium: Parque de Fútbol Benjamín Martínez González

2025

Puerto Rico   v   Estonia

20 February 2025 Turkish Women's Cup	Puerto Rico	1–0	Estonia	Antalya, Turkey
8:30 AST	Ana Diaz (61)

Puerto Rico   v   Iran

23 February 2025 Turkish Women's Cup	Puerto Rico	1–1	Iran	Alanya, Turkey
15:30  UTC+3	Marcano 86'	Report	Alizadeh 52' Foroozandeh  70' Adeli  90'	Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex Referee: Cansu Tiryaki (Türkiye)

Iran   v   Puerto Rico

26 February 2025 Turkish Women's Cup	Iran	0–2	Puerto Rico	Alanya, Turkey
15:30  UTC+3	Sarbali  60' Foroozandeh  67'	Report	Marlock 71' González  85' Marcano 89'	Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex Referee: Hatice Aydin (Türkiye)

Guatemala   v   Puerto Rico

28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) Friendly	Guatemala	0-1	Puerto Rico	Guatemala City, Guatemala
11:00  UTC−6	Garcia 63'			Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

Guatemala   v   Puerto Rico

31 May 2025 (2025-05-31) Friendly	Guatemala	1-2	Puerto Rico	Guatemala City, Guatemala
11:00  UTC−6	Solórzano ??'		Marcano ??', ??'	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

• Puerto Rico Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

As of 28 February 2025

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Anguilla	2	2	0	0	19	0
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	4
Aruba	2	2	0	0	14	0
Antigua and Barbuda	2	2	0	0	12	0
Barbados	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bermuda	1	1	0	0	5	1
Bolivia	2	0	0	2	2	4
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	21
Cayman Islands	3	3	0	0	24	0
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	0	9
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	2
Cuba	2	0	1	1	5	6
Dominica	1	1	0	0	6	0
Dominican Republic	6	1	4	1	4	6
El Salvador	1	0	1	0	2	2
Estonia	1	1	0	0	1	0
Grenada	1	1	0	0	12	0
Guatemala	4	1	1	2	3	10
Guyana	3	3	0	0	9	2
Haiti	7	3	0	4	5	15
Iran	2	1	1	0	3	1
Jamaica	4	0	1	3	2	22
Martinique	2	0	1	1	1	9
Mexico	5	0	0	5	1	21
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	3	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	7	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	2	0	0	9	0
Suriname	2	2	0	0	8	1
Trinidad and Tobago	5	2	1	2	4	4
United States	1	0	0	1	0	10
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	1	8
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	4	0
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	1	1
Total	72	32	13	27	169	157

• Source: FIFA Archived 2018-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

Staff

Coaching staff

As of September 13, 2021

Role	Name
Head coach	Nat González
Assistant coach	Carlos Juárez
Assistant coach	Alejandro Laín
Goalkeeper coach	Sebastián Uranga

Manager history

• Carlos Avedissian (2015–2016)
• Shek Borkowski (2017–2018)
• David Guillemat (2018–2019)
• Juan Carlos Parra (2019–2021)
• Chris Brown (2021)
• Nat González (2021–)

Players

See also: Category:Puerto Rico women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were named to the squad for the Friendly game against Guatemala, to be played between May and June 2025. ^[5]

Caps and goals are current as of February 19, 2025.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Ariana Anderson	(2005-01-13) January 13, 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Georgia State Panthers
12	1 GK	Cristina Roque	(2001-11-06) November 6, 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Utah Royals
	2 DF	Amber DiOrio	(1999-10-21) October 21, 1999 (age 25)	8	0	DC Power
	2 DF	Caitlin Cosme			0	FC Nantes
4	2 DF	Idelys Vázquez	(2000-09-21) September 21, 2000 (age 24)	9	0	Cortuluá
17	2 DF	Imani Morlock	(1997-06-14) June 14, 1997 (age 28)	9	0	Acharnaikos
5	2 DF	Madison Cox	(1995-10-24) October 24, 1995 (age 29)	13	1	Osijek
14	3 MF	Melanie Herrera	(2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 (age 22)	0	0	UNC Greensboro Spartans
2	2 DF	Verónica García	(1999-12-23) December 23, 1999 (age 25)	11	0	Osijek
13	3 MF	Emma González	(2004-05-07) May 7, 2004 (age 21)	3	0	San Diego Toreros
7	4 FW	Danielle Marcano	(1997-08-20) August 20, 1997 (age 27)	4	1	Nantes
9	4 FW	Gloria Douglas	(1992-05-04) May 4, 1992 (age 33)	6	0	Pradejón
3	3 MF	Jailene DeJesus	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003 (age 22)	8	2	St. John's Red Storm
3	3 MF	Josephine Cotto
3	3 MF	Jessica Torres				Creighton Bluejays
3	4 FW	Abigal Koly				Slippery Rock University
	4 FW	Cristina Torres	(2000-10-03) October 3, 2000 (age 24)	10	2	UNAM
15	4 FW	Jocelyn Chinea	(2005-08-08) August 8, 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Georgia Bulldogs
19	4 FW	Kennedy Garcia	(2005-02-16) February 16, 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Alabama Crimson Tide

(Players are listed within position group by kit number, order of caps, then alphabetically)

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Puerto Rican squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Isabel Ackerman	(2006-02-24) February 24, 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Columbia Lions	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
GK	JLo Varada	(2003-02-02) February 2, 2003 (age 22)	4	0	Campbell Fighting Camels	v.   Colombia, 27 February 2024
GK	Sydney Martinez	(1999-09-12) September 12, 1999 (age 25)	8	0	Brooklyn FC	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
DF	Bryana Pizarro	(2002-08-29) August 29, 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Washington State Cougars	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
DF	Isabel Martínez	(2002-07-20) July 20, 2002 (age 23)	4	0	Nova Southeastern Sharks	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
DF	Sadie Santiago		0	0	Unattached	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
DF	Jazmine Méndez	(2003-07-22) July 22, 2003 (age 22)	8	0	UC Riverside Highlanders	v.   Colombia, 27 February 2024
DF	Mia Duncan	(2005-07-29) July 29, 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Union University Bulldogs	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
MF	Jill Aguilera	(1998-01-05) January 5, 1998 (age 27)	13	4	Carolina Ascent	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
MF	Katsi Bengoa	(2007-06-04) June 4, 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Orlando City (ECNL)	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
MF	Sarah Martínez	(2007-04-03) April 3, 2007 (age 18)	6	0	NC Courage (ECNL)	v.   Colombia, 27 February 2024
MF	Ana Díaz	(2002-08-26) August 26, 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Georgia State Panthers	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
MF	Nickolette Driesse (captain)	(1994-11-08) November 8, 1994 (age 30)	14	3	Split	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
MF	Indigo Sims	(2005-12-22) December 22, 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Sam Houston Bearkats	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
MF	JoJo Cotto	(2000-01-15) January 15, 2000 (age 25)	10	0	Downtown United	v.   Iran, 26 February 2025
FW	Ashley McMahon	(2006-06-18) June 18, 2006 (age 19)	3	0	World Class (ECNL)	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
FW	Juelle Love	(1999-08-18) August 18, 1999 (age 25)	8	0	Unattached	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
FW	Olivia Bevilacqua	(2007-07-13) July 13, 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Nationals (ECNL)	v.   Cayman Islands, 6 April 2024
FW	Skylynn Rodríguez	(2002-08-16) August 16, 2002 (age 22)	4	1	Unattached	v.   Colombia, 27 February 2024
FW	Daphane Méndez	(2003-07-22) July 22, 2003 (age 22)	10	0	UC Riverside Highlanders	v.   Colombia, 27 February 2024
Notes: ALT = Alternate INJ = Withdrew due to an injury. PRE = Preliminary roster RET = Retired from the national team.

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)

Records

See also: Category:Puerto Rico women's international footballers

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps 1 Karina Socarrás 2012– 25

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Karina Socarrás 2012– 25 25

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	did not enter
1995
1999
2003	did not qualify
2007	did not enter
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
2027	to be determined
2031	to be determined
2035	to be determined
Total	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record										Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1996	did not enter									1995 FIFA WWC
2000										1999 FIFA WWC
2004										did not enter
2008	did not qualify									4	3	0	1	7	2
2012	did not enter									did not enter
2016	did not qualify									8	4	0	4	25	28
2020										2	1	0	1	7	3
2024										4	3	0	1	15	6
Total	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		18	11	0	7	54	39

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Championship

CONCACAF W Championship record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	did not enter								did not enter
1993
1994
1998	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	38		Unknown
2000	did not enter								did not enter
2002	did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	11
2006	did not enter								did not enter
2010	did not qualify								5	3	0	2	24	6
2014									2014 Caribbean Cup
2018									4	2	2	0	17	2
2022									4	3	0	1	15	6
Total	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	38		15	8	2	5	56	25

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup

CONCACAF W Gold Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2024	Qualified
Total	1/1	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1999	did not enter
2003
2007
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
Total	—	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Fifth place	5	1	2	2	7	8
2014	did not enter
2018
2022	Group stage
Total	Fifth place	5	1	2	2	7	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2000	did not enter
2014	Final round	5	2	1	2	8	10
Total	Final	5	2	1	2	8	10

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Caribbean portal
• Puerto Rico portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• Sport in Puerto Rico
  • Football in Puerto Rico
    • Women's football in Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico women's national under-20 football team
• Puerto Rico women's national under-17 football team
• Puerto Rico men's national football team
• Puerto Rico men's national under-20 football team
• Puerto Rico men's national under-17 football team
• Puerto Rico men's national beach soccer team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
2. "Women's Olympic Qualifying Results August 21". Caribbean Football Union. August 22, 2015. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
3. Kunti, Samindra (September 4, 2018). "Puerto Rico women's team protest over FPF support at Argentina friendly". Inside World Football. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
4. Kassouf, Jeff (September 10, 2018). "Puerto Rico women demand financial transparency, better treatment from federation". The Equalizer. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
5. "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional Femenina de Puerto Rico para los partidos amistosos vs Guatemala el 28 y 31 de mayo". fpfpuertorico.com. Retrieved May 25, 2025.

External links

• Puerto Rico women's national football team official website (in Spanish)
• Puerto Rico Profile at FIFA.com