Puerto Rico national beach soccer team

The Puerto Rico national beach soccer team represents Puerto Rico in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol, the governing body for football in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico
Nickname(s)El Huracán Azul
(The Blue Hurricane)
AssociationFederación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
Sub-confederationCFU (Caribbean)
Head coachVitor Hugo Barros
FIFA codePUR
First international
 Bahamas 9-1 Puerto Rico
(Nassau, Bahamas; May 8, 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Bahamas 9-1 Puerto Rico
(Nassau, Bahamas; May 8, 2013)
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2013)
Best resultGroup Stage (2013, 2015)

History

2013 was the year when the Puerto Rico national beach soccer team was formed. Eieri Jordan was the most involved person with the project.[1] Vitor Hugo Barros was appointed as head coach and a team mixed with young and experienced players made the trip to Nassau, Bahamas to play on the 2013 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.[2] They played on Group A against Bahamas, USA and Guatemala. However, they lost all of their matches and managed to score six goals.

They returned for the 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship after hard work to maintain the project alive.[3] Puerto Rico came with a totally new team managed once again by Vitor Hugo Barros and Eieri Jordan.[4] They lost all of their matches and scored only four goals.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Javier Moya
2 MF   Francisco Quiles
3 DF   Carlos Vendrell
4 FW   Joshua Martínez
5 DF   Héctor Rivera
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF   Alex Santos
7 FW   Carlos Astondoa
8 FW   Dorian González
9 FW   Eieri Jordan
10 GK   Joseph Pereira

Achievements

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Year Round Pos Pld W W
aet/pso		 L GF GA GD
Puntarenas, Costa Rica. 2006 Did not enter
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 2008
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 2009
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 2011
Nassau, Bahamas. 2013Group Stage 104004629-23
Costa del Sol, El Salvador. 2015Group Stage 153003420-16
Nassau, Bahamas. 2017 Did not participate
Total0 Titles2/670071049-39

See also

References
  1. Torres, Javier. "Puerto Rico tendrá Selección de Fútbol Playa".
  2. Torres, Javier. "Mañana debuta Puerto Rico en Futbol Playa".
  3. Torres, Javier. "Buscando mantener vivo el Fútbol Playa en Puerto Rico".
  4. Torres, Javier. "Puerto Rico a disputar el Premundial de Fútbol Playa".
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