Puerto Rico Sol FC is a Puerto Rican

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club from Mayagüez that currently plays in the

Liga Puerto Rico 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 ...

, the highest level of football in the country.

History

Puerto Rico Sol FC was founded in 2016 by

Shek Borkowski Shek Borkowski (born 30 January 1963) is a Polish women's association football manager who is currently the head coach of Puerto Rico Sol. He last managed the Puerto Rico women's national football team from 2017 to 2018. He was also the manager of ...

with Jose Luis Perez Torres joining in 2018. Borkowski, a native of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, also previously co-founded

FC Indiana F.C. Indiana, also known as F.C. Indiana Lionesses, is an American women's soccer team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 2003, the team is currently a member of the United Women's Soccer league. They play their home games at Newton Park ...

and

Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...

. The club joined the nascent

for the 2018/2019 season.

Stadium

For the 2018-19 Liga Puerto Rico season, Sol played its home matches at the 4,000-seat Fajardo Soccer Stadium in

Fajardo Fajardo (, ) is a town and municipality -Fajardo Combined Statistical Area. Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It is ...

. In May 2019 Sol FC signed a contract with the city of Mayagüez to play its home matches at the

Mayagüez Athletics Stadium The Mayagüez Athletics Stadium is 12,175 capacity stadium in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico opened in 2010. The stadium is owned by City of Mayaguez, and operated by Puerto Rico Sol. It hosted the Track and field athletics, ath ...

. As part of the deal, Sol FC would have the right to exclusive use of the stadium through 2023. The stadium is owned by the city of Mayagüez and has a capacity of 12,175 with 5,100 of those being roofed seats. It was constructed to host the athletics and soccer games of the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

Current squad

Domestic history

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References

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External links

Official Puerto Rico Sol Page

Puerto Rico Sol Official Facebook Page
Football clubs in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Soccer League teams 2017 establishments in Puerto Rico Association football clubs established in 2017