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The Puerto Rico soccer league system is a series of soccer leagues based in Puerto Rico.Sometimes erroneously called the Puerto Rican soccer pyramid, teams and leagues in the United States are not linked by the system of promotion and relegation typical in soccer elsewhere.
The Puerto Rico Soccer League or PRSL is an association football league in Puerto Rico founded in 2008 and the first unified football league in the island's history. . Association football had been growing in popularity in recent years, and this was an attempt to further develop the game on
Owing to its unique status in relation to the United States of America, the governance of football on Puerto Rico has been different from the traditional format.On May 14, 2008, the federation announced the creation of the Puerto Rico Soccer League, the first unified league in the history of the island's football, [2] although it folded in 2011.
The Liga Puerto Rico (LPR) is an amateur football competition organized by the Puerto Rican Football Federation. It is the top division football league on the island. The champion qualifies to participate in the Caribbean Club Shield each season. [1] [2]
Puerto Rico Islanders: 4th in group stage — Columbus Crew, Cruz Azul, Saprissa: 2010–11: Puerto Rico Islanders: 3rd in group stage — FAS, Olimpia, Toluca: 2011–12: Puerto Rico Islanders: Preliminary round: 3–3 Isidro Metapán: 3–1 home, 0–2 away 2012–13: Puerto Rico Islanders: 2nd in group stage — Isidro Metapán, LA Galaxy ...
The league was founded on July 25, 2009 as the second division of the Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), which was at that time the first division league of Puerto Rico.The Liga Nacional de Fútbol originally had 16 teams that were put into two groups of 8 (East Division and West Division) for the regular season.
The Puerto Rico Soccer League held a 2011 season. However, the PRSL folded after the 2011 season, making the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico the top-tier league, even though it is an amateur league. The LNFPR split into a First Division and Second Division in order to fill the void left by PRSL.
The 2008 Puerto Rico Soccer League season is the first season that the league has been held. It had eight teams playing and the top four teams advanced to the PlayOffs cup, where semi-final matches were played to determine the teams moving to the championship game.