Puerto Rico Capitals was a women's soccer team based in

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. They played in the

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(WPSL), the third tier of women's soccer in the

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and

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, from 2008–2010. The team played in the Sunshine Conference. The team was established in 2007 as Puerto Rico's first professional women's soccer team. In their inaugural 2008 season they played at Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium in

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. The following season they relocated to Ponce.http://www.wpsl.info/capitals/indexn.php?cat=2&id=680 They folded after the 2010 season. The club's colors were pink, royal blue, red and white.

Players

Current roster

Honors

History

The Capitals were founded in 2007, becoming the first professional women's soccer team in

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, and the first team in the

to play outside of the

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. The club had a senior WPSL team and a junior U-17 developmental squad. Originally based in

, they relocated to the city of Ponce in 2009. They folded after the 2010 season.

Coaches

Robert Parr Robert Ghormley Parr (September 22, 1921 – March 27, 2017) was an American theoretical chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Career Parr received an A. B. degree ''magna cum laude'' ...

2008–present

Stadia

* Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium,

2008–present

Average attendance

References

External links

Futbol de Puerto Rico
Women's Premier Soccer League teams Association football clubs established in 2007 Football clubs in Puerto Rico 2007 establishments in Puerto Rico 2010 disestablishments in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-footyclub-stub