Mark 'Marcos' Lugris (born January 1, 1962) is a former Puerto Rican

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player. He played his professional club football mostly in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico in the 1990-94-98 FIFA World Cup Qualifying .Lugris was captain of the PRMSNT from 1992-1998 . Lugris also represented Puerto Rico in 4 Caribbean Shell Cups 93-94-95-98. In 1993 Shell Cup was the first and last time that Puerto Rico qualified for the group finals in Jamaica by winning its preliminary group in Guyana. That year in May Puerto Rico attained its highest FIFA world ranking (93rd)in its history . The first qualification match of World Cup 94 USA was between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, played on 21 March 1992, and the Puerto Rican defender Marcos Lugris scored the first goal in qualification.In 1995 Lugris was inducted in the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame .In 2014,Lugris was inducted in the Puerto Rican Soccer Hall of Fame . THe IFFHS named Mark to its All Time Puerto Rico Dream Team in 2022.

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:''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.''

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* 1962 births Living people Fordham University alumni Puerto Rican footballers American soccer players Puerto Rico international footballers Association football midfielders New York Cosmos players Houston Dynamos players Columbus Capitals players Fort Wayne Flames players Dallas Sidekicks (1984–2004) players Dayton Dynamo players Toronto Italia players New York Kick players Canton Invaders players New York Pancyprian-Freedoms players Carolina Vipers players Canadian National Soccer League players Puerto Rican expatriate footballers Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate soccer players in Canada {{PuertoRico-footy-bio-stub