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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
The Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF) is the national governing body of Puerto Rican football. Below the national level, the island is divided into six regional organizations. [ 1 ] These regional associations often only organize youth leagues, however, Organización Regional del Norte organizes a senior league, Liga del Norte de Futbol de ...
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]
The Puerto Rican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol) is the governing body of association football in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1940 and became affiliated to FIFA in 1960, one of the last to do so in the Western Hemisphere .
The 2023–24 Liga Puerto Rico season, is the league's fifth season of Liga Puerto Rico. It is the league's second season to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2023 and the Clausura 2024—each in an identical format and each contested by eight teams. The season is played round robin style, with the top four 4 making playoffs.
The Puerto Rico Islanders joined the North American Soccer League, which is the new second tier of football in the United States. In addition, Puerto Rico United, Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico and Sevilla FC Puerto Rico moved to USL Pro, the new third tier of football in the United States. The Puerto Rico Soccer League held a 2011 season.
This is a list of Puerto Rican football clubs in North American competitions. Puerto Rican clubs have participated in competitive international football competitions since at least 2006 when the Puerto Rico Islands entered the 2006 CFU Club Championship. Puerto Rican clubs are among the most successful Caribbean clubs.
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.