Nickname(s) | Las Boricuas (The Boricuas) | ||
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Association | Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF) | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
Head coach | Nathaniel González | ||
Captain | JLo Varada | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel | ||
FIFA code | PUR | ||
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First international | |||
Puerto Rico 0–4 Dominican Republic (Labadee Haiti; 8 January 2002) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Puerto Rico 11–0 Bonaire (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 19 July 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Puerto Rico 0–7 United States (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 27 February 2022) | |||
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2020 ) | ||
Best result | Fourth place (2022) | ||
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The Puerto Rico women's national under-20 football team represents Puerto Rico in tournaments at the under-20 level of women's competitions. The team is controlled by the Puerto Rican Football Federation. [1] [2]
Singer Young Miko and model Karla Aponte played for the team in 2015. [3]
Puerto Rico women's national under-20 team have played their first match against Dominican Republic women's national under-20 football team and they won it by 4–0 goals which took place at Labadee, Haiti on 8 January 2002. [4] In the recent performance of the team are very good the team have reached into the semifinals of 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Puerto Rico women's national under-20 soccer have not yet qualified to FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[ citation needed ]
The following squad were called-up recently finished 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
15 April 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification GS | Puerto Rico | 5–0 | Guadeloupe | Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium, Willemstad |
18:00 | Report | Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras) |
17 April 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification GS | Cayman Islands | 1–6 | Puerto Rico | Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium, Willemstad |
18:00 |
| Report | Referee: Melissa Borjas Pastrana (Honduras) |
19 April 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification GS | Puerto Rico | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago | Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium, Willemstad |
18:00 | Report | Referee: Merlin Vanessa Soto (Honduras) |
May 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS | Puerto Rico | v | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium |
May 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS | Puerto Rico | v | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium |
May 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS | Puerto Rico | v | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium |
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | MP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
2002 to 2024 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | – | 0/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship record | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||||||||||
2002 to 2018 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
2022 | Fourth place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||||
2023 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Total | 3/12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 35 |
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