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Puerto Rico National Team heads to Bermuda

Colin 'General' Clarke (archive)

By Jose 'BoriQa' Carrillo

January 13, 2008

The Puerto Rico National team, under the leadership of Colin 'General' Clarke, left this morning the Olympic Facilities in Salinas, Puerto Rico to take a flight to Bermuda to face their national team in two friendly matches to be held next week.

The two friendlies in Bermuda, to be played on January 16 and 18, are the first games for the Puerto Rico National team since they last lost to Grenada 5-2 on November 28, 2004 in the Continental Qualifier at Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago.

The Puerto Rico National team, which is currently in the 196th position of the FIFA World Rankings is looking for their first victory since they defeated Barbados 1-0 in a friendly at Bridgetown on January 23, 1994.

Since their last win in 1994 at Bridgetown, the Puerto Rico National delegation has tied 4 times and lost 15 games.

Bermuda, which is ranked 147th in the FIFA World rankings, has only played Puerto Rico once before in a friendly match on August 1, 1982. On that encounter, Bermuda defeated Puerto Rico 3-0 at Havana, Cuba.

The players that will fly to Bermuda to represent the 2008 Puerto Rico delegation are:

Jose Arroyo

Carlos Astondoa
Michael Behonick
Andres Cabrero
Noah Delgado
Gadiel Figueroa
Chris Garcia
Taylor Graham (arrived in Salinas on January 9th)
Chris Gores
Kupono Low (arrived in Salinas on January 11th)
Richard Martinez
Eloy Matos
Chris Megaloudis
Kevin Muller
Isaac (Saito) Nieves
Josh Saunders
Carlos Torres
Marco Velez
Petter Villegas

Players that did not make the trip were:

Raphel (Mime) Ortiz (excused)
Alexis Rivera (injured)
Joshua Villalobos (injured)

The staff below is also travelling as part of the Puerto Rico delegation:

Colin Clarke              Head Coach
Adrian Whitbread     Assistant Coach
Roy Remi                  Goalkeeper Coach
Mario Canales          Trainer
Jorge Hernandez      Property/Equipment

Joe Serralta              PRFF President
Jose Brenes, Esq.    Legal Counsel PRFF

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Games for the Puerto Rico National team since their last win in 1994:

Barbados		0:1 (0:0)	Puerto Rico
23/01/1994	BRIDGETOWN		Friendly
Puerto Rico		0:1 a.e.t.	Grenada
25/01/1994	BRIDGETOWN		Friendly
Dominican Republic		3:1 (0:0)	Puerto Rico
23/05/1995	SANTO DOMINGO		Continental Qualifier
Puerto Rico		2:2 (0:0)	Netherlands Antilles
25/05/1995	SANTO DOMINGO		Continental Qualifier
Cuba		9:0 (0:0)	Puerto Rico
27/05/1995	SANTO DOMINGO		Continental Qualifier
Puerto Rico		1:2 (0:1)	St. Vincent / Grenadines
04/05/1996	BAYAMON		FIFA World Cup� Qualifier
St. Vincent / Grenadines		7:0 (5:0)	Puerto Rico
12/05/1996	KINGSTOWN		FIFA World Cup� Qualifier
Puerto Rico		0:4 (0:1)	Haiti
11/03/1998	PORT-AU-PRINCE		Friendly
Dominican Republic		3:1 (3:0)	Puerto Rico
13/03/1998	PORT-AU-PRINCE		Friendly
Haiti		2:0	Puerto Rico
17/03/1999	PORT-AU-PRINCE		Continental Qualifier
Puerto Rico		0:5	British Virgin Islands
19/03/1999	PORT-AU-PRINCE		Continental Qualifier
Dominican Republic		2:0	Puerto Rico
21/03/1999	PORT-AU-PRINCE		Continental Qualifier
Aruba		4:2 (0:2)	Puerto Rico
11/03/2000	ORANJESTAD		FIFA World Cup� Qualifier
Puerto Rico		2:2 (2:2)	Aruba
18/03/2000	SAN JUAN		FIFA World Cup� Qualifier
Puerto Rico		1:2 (0:1)	British Virgin Islands
03/02/2001	SAN JUAN		Continental Qualifier
British Virgin Islands		0:0	Puerto Rico
11/02/2001	TORTOLA		Continental Qualifier
St. Kitts and Nevis		4:1	Puerto Rico
05/05/2001	BASSETERRE		Friendly
Trinidad and Tobago		5:0 (2:0)	Puerto Rico
24/11/2004	TUNAPUNA		Continental Qualifier
Suriname		1:1 (1:0)	Puerto Rico
26/11/2004	TUNAPUNA		Continental Qualifier
Puerto Rico		2:5 (0:2)	Grenada
28/11/2004	TUNAPUNA		Continental Qualifier