Puerto Rico Soccer League 2008
NB: first ever professional league; the reigning champions
Fraigcomar from Río Piedras (champions 2005, 2006 and
2007) do not enter or were not invited.
Regular Stage
Final Table:
1.Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 14 10 2 2 45-14 32 Qualified [*]
2.River Plate Ponce 14 8 4 2 42-12 28 Qualified
3.Atlético de San Juan FC 14 8 3 3 42-21 27 Qualified
4.Guaynabo Fluminense FC 14 6 7 1 40-13 25 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Academia Quintana 14 6 1 7 28-27 19
6.Puerto Rico Giants de Carolina 14 4 3 7 26-29 15
7.Caguas Huracán 14 2 2 10 11-38 8
8.Pachuca Tornados de Humacao 14 1 0 13 9-89 3
[*] affiliated side to Puerto Rico Islanders, play in Bayamón
Round 1
[Jun 28]
Atlético 0-2 River Plate
[Daniel Gómez Vinazco 43, Harry Irizarry 84]
[Jul 3]
Sevilla 1-0 Huracán
[Ernesto Armstrong 61og]
[Jul 5]
Academia 5-0 Tornados
[Aiman Omar Yahia 28, 77, Francisco Cirino 52, Efraín Torres 75,
Sergio Castro 80]
[Jul 6]
Fluminense 2-2 Giants
[Pedro Power 55, Keith Pavón 63; Mauricio Turizo 62, Javier Moya (og) 2-2]
Round 2
[Jul 12]
Sevilla 1-0 River Plate
Academia 2-3 Atlético
[Francisco Cirino 51, Jesús Garrido (og) 2-3; Eloy Matos 10, 81,
Rudson Crisóstomo 34]
[Jul 13]
Huracán 0-0 Fluminense
Tornados 1-5 Giants
[Alberto Villegas 33; Ramón De Santos 10, 89, Ernesto Roldán 25,
Cristian Turizo 70, 75]
Round 3
[Jul 19]
Atlético 9-0 Tornados
[Geison Carvalho 7, 42, Eloy Matos 15, Rudson Crisóstomo 27, 69,
Ricardo Vigo 48, 87, 89, Lenin Cruz 7-0]
Giants 3-0 Huracán
[Ramón Mariano De los Santos 41, 70, Mauricio Turizo 76]
[Jul 20]
Sevilla 4-2 Academia
[Víctor Rivera 11og, Isaac Nieves 15, Elliot Vélez 3-0,
Alberto Delgado 88; Jesús Lebrón 59pen, Aiman Omar Yahia 71]
River Plate 1-1 Fluminense
[Michael Reyes 22; Yaike Pérez 70]
Round 4
[Jul 26]
Fluminense 1-2 Academia
[Yaikel Pérez 1-0; Aiman Omar Yahia 20, 90]
[Jul 27]
Tornados 2-3 Huracán
[Luis Ángel Díaz 4, Gean Villanueva 17; José Delgado 6, 9, 19]
River Plate 3-1 Giants
[Marcelo Moya 6, Alexis Medina 25, Michael Vélez 90; Chris Gore 50]
Sevilla 1-0 Atlético
[Víctor Herrera 42]
Round 5 [Aug 2]
River Plate 3-0 Huracán
[Jerónimo González 46, Michael Reyes 50,
Oliver Líelo Joseph Brisson 90pen]
Fluminense 4-4 Atlético
[Carlos Méndez 8, Yaikel Pérez 63, Keith Pavón 77, 83;
Lenin Cruz 15, Jaison Carvalho 36, Héctor Rivera 78,
Héctor Calderón 89]
Giants 1-1 Academia
Tornados 1-11 Sevilla
Round 6
[Aug 9]
Atlético 4-2 Giants
[Rudson Crisóstomo 27, 35, 71, 90; Oscar Sánchez 34,
Ernesto Guerrero 58pen]
[Aug 10]
Tornados 1-10 River Plate
[?; Lucas Medina, Michael Reyes, Daniel Gómez (2),
Jerónimo González, Alejandro Russo, Fabián Zermaten,
Gilberto Mendoza (2), Miguel López]
Academia 4-1 Huracán
[Francisco Cirino 23, Luis Bermúdez 32, Kelvin Flores 50,
Efraín Torres 4-1; Julio Moreno 55]
Sevilla 0-0 Fluminense
Round 7
[Aug 16]
River Plate 4-0 Academia
[Aug 17]
Huracán 1-2 Atlético
[Ángel Ortiz; Rudson Crisótomo,y Eloy Matos]
Fluminense 9-0 Tornados
[Yaikel Pérez 24, 32, 45, 73, 77, Keith Pavon 36,
Chago Matos 52, Jininho 63, Joe Jara 71]
Giants 0-2 Sevilla
[Víctor Herrera 62, Julio César 90]
Round 8
[Aug 23]
Giants 2-3 Fluminense
[Christian Turizo 17, Luis Ramírez 2-3;
Ricardo Alcerro Madariaga 7, 32, Juninho 24]
[Aug 24]
River Plate 5-1 Atlético
[Michael Reyes 22, 40, Alejandro Russo 29, Alexis Medina 52, 89;
Rudson Crisóstomo]
Tornados 1-5 Academia
[Agenis Soria 39; Efraín Torres 21, 50, 71, Daniel Salazar 62,
Omar Montero 90pen]
[Aug 27]
Huracán 1-5 Sevilla
[Ernesto Armstrong 76pen; Víctor Herrera 11pen, 41,
Mahamadou Simpara 26, Alberto Delgado 37, Julio Maya 63]
Round 9
[Aug 29]
Atlético 3-1 Academia
[Rudson Crisóstomo 43, Geison Moura 47, 66; Luis Bermúdez 71]
[Aug 30]
River Plate 1-1 Sevilla
[Alexis Medina 18; Víctor Herrera 28]
Fluminense 6-0 Huracán
[Gustavo Fernández 7, 18, Yaikel Pérez 10, 14, 26,
Edilvaldo Juninho Da Silva 34]
Giants 4-0 Tornados
[Christian Turizo 20, Nicolas Weeb 47,
Ramón Mariano De los Santos 87, Luis Ramírez 90]
Round 10
[Sep 6]
Tornados 0-9 Atlético
[Jeison Moura 10, Rudson Crisóstomo 26, Eloy Matos 36,
Gilmar Suana 45, Luiz Lucio Gonzaga 58pen, 72, Adriano 71,
Luis Caballero 74og, Arnaldo Ortiz 90]
[Sep 7]
Fluminense 1-1 River Plate
[Ricardo Alcerro 66; Marcelo Moya 51]
Huracán 0-2 Giants
Academia 0-2 Sevilla
[Víctor Herrera 75pen, Luis Arroyo Lebrón 83]
Round 11
[Sep 10]
Huracán 0-2 Tornados
[Sep 13]
Atlético 3-1 Sevilla
[Rudson Crisostomo 40, Eloy Matos 43, 67; Alberto Delgado 50]
[Sep 14]
Academia 0-2 Fluminense
[Yordani Oropeza 32, Yaikel Pérez 62]
Giants 2-2 River Plate
[Cristian Turizo 65, Nicolas Webb 82; Daniel Gómez 9,
Alejandro Russo 75]
Round 12
[Sep 20]
Academia 3-2 Giants
[Yahya Musa 44, Harold Chiclana 68, Efraín Centeno 71;
Nicolas Webb 13, 36]
[Sep 21]
Atlético 0-0 Fluminense
Sevilla 9-1 Tornados
[Alberto Delgado 9, 71, Julio Maya 2-1, 5-1, 68, Gadiel Figueroa 3-1.
Isaac Nieves 4-1, Kevin Mesa 78, Andrew Zárate 84; Luis Díaz 27]
Huracán 1-5 River Plate
[? 90pen; Michael Reyes 4, 17, Miguel López 6, Jerónimo González 16,
Gonzalo Arrarrazabal 75]
Round 13
[Sep 27]
Giants 0-2 Atlético
[Eloy Matos 27, 35]
[Sep 28]
Huracán 2-1 Academia
[Jean Villanueva, Jorge Batista; Sergio Castro 0-1]
Fluminense 5-1 Sevilla
[Yaikel Pérez 2, Yordani Oropeza 19, 49, 5-1, Ricardo Alcerro 53;
Víctor Herrera 45pen]
River Plate 4-0 Tornados
[Michael Reyes 5, 18, Alejandro Russo 21, Miguel Ángel López 89]
Round 14
[Oct 2]
Sevilla 6-0 Giants
[Víctor Herrera 48, Alberto Delgado 51, Julio Maya 63,
Luis Arroyo 76, William Torres 87, Omar Cartagena 90]
[Oct 4]
Academia 2-1 River Plate
[Efraín Torres 40, 84; Alexis Medina 71]
[Oct 5]
Atlético 2-2 Huracán
[Arnaldo Ortiz 44, Carlos Montalvo 57; Jorge Batista 12,
Marcos Berríos 18]
Tornados 0-6 Fluminense
[Yaikel Pérez 9, 41, 53, 56, Yordani Oropeza 30, 86]
Final Table:
1.Sevilla FC Puerto Rico 14 10 2 2 45-14 32 Qualified [*]
2.River Plate Ponce 14 8 4 2 42-12 28 Qualified
3.Atlético de San Juan FC 14 8 3 3 42-21 27 Qualified
4.Guaynabo Fluminense FC 14 6 7 1 40-13 25 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Academia Quintana 14 6 1 7 28-27 19
6.Puerto Rico Giants de Carolina 14 4 3 7 26-29 15
7.Caguas Huracán 14 2 2 10 11-38 8
8.Pachuca Tornados de Humacao 14 1 0 13 9-89 3
[*] affiliated side to Puerto Rico Islanders, play in Bayamón
Semifinals
First Legs
[Oct 8]
Atlético 0-2 Sevilla
[Julio Maya 31, Alberto Delgado 51]
[Oct 9]
Fluminense 0-0 River Plate
Second Legs
[Oct 11]
Sevilla 1-2 Atlético [aet]
[Víctor Herrera 98; Rudson Crisóstomo 45, Luiz Lucio 82]
[Oct 12]
River Plate 2-1 Fluminense
[Gilberto Mendoza 28, Michael Reyes 90; Yordani Oropeza 18]
Final [Oct 18, Estadio Hiram Bithorn]
Sevilla 2-1 River Plate
NB: top-3 to play off with Puerto Rico Islanders (USL) in a
"Liguilla Nacional" for participation in CONCACAF club
tournament 2009/10
Sources: Puerto Rico Soccer League, Puerto Rico FA, El Vocero de Puerto Rico, Ponce River Plate
Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 23 Oct 2008
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