Atlético de San Juan FC are an

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club from

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. A newly formed club, they will play in the

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, the island's first unified football competition. They will play their home matches at the 18,000 capacity

Hiram Bithorn Stadium Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. It is operated by the municipal government of the city of San Juan. Its name ho ...

, which has been traditionally used for

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History

Puerto Rico Soccer League

2008 Season
Atlético de San Juan opened the season against

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in the

, following an opening ceremony which lasted over one hour. The game was dominated by River Plate, who won 2-0. Following this defeat the team considered several adjustments, including changing the starting lineup. Atlético de San Juan won its second game against

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, three goals to two. On July 19, 2008, the team defeated

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9-0. The team lost to

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in their fourth game, losing one goal to nil. On the fifth date of the tournament the team tied with

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, with both teams scoring four goals a piece. On August 10, 2008, Atléticos defeated Gigantes de Carolina. This marked the end of the league's first half, the teams then compete against each other a second time. In the first two games of this stage, Atléticos de San Juan defeated

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and lost to River Plate. To close the regular season, the team won 2, lost 2 and tied 1 game. One of these wins was against Sevilla FC, who were the last undefeated team in the tournament.
2009 Season
Atletico de San Juan started the 2009 season with a 2-0 win against

. Having a really good year, ending fourth in the league table. In the Play off finishing runner up champion. Losing in aggregate score 3-2 against Bayamon FC.

Stadium

They currently play in Hiran Bithorn Stadium, sharing it with

Current squad

Club hierarchy

Atlético de San Juan Ltd. ''Chairman'': Roberto Lucena Atlético de San Juan plc. ''Vice President'' : Ricardo Carillo ''Club treasure'' : Antonio Martínez ''Club Secretary'' : Carmen Carillo

Achievements

: 0 ::Runners-up (1): 2009

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:San Juan Association football clubs established in 2008 Football clubs in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Soccer League teams 2008 establishments in Puerto Rico