Brazilian Soccer Academy is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team based in Arecibo,

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. The club plays in the

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico The Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (LNF) was the first division association football league of Puerto Rico sharing D-1 status with Puerto Rico Soccer League. The LNF was founded on July 25, 2009 and the 2015 season featured six teams. H ...

, the premier football division of Puerto Rico. The team is sponsored by a youth soccer academy of the same name.

History

The team first joined the

in 2014, finishing third in the regular season. In the end-of-season playoffs, they defeated

Puerto Rico United Puerto Rico United is a Puerto Rican association football team based in Aguada, Puerto Rico founded in 2007. The team has played professionally in the Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL) and briefly in the American USL Professional Division. The t ...

in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual champion Yabuco SUAL in the semifinals.

Colors and Name

The team's colors are blue, green, white, and yellow, the same colors used by the

Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team ( pt, Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed ''Seleção Canarinho'' (‘Canary Squad’, after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the B ...

References

Football clubs in Puerto Rico Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico teams {{PuertoRico-footyclub-stub