Puerto Rico Sol FC is a Puerto Rican

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club based in Mayagüez. The club is a member of 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. The Sol women’s team is recognized as a model for the development of women's football, both in economic and in cultural terms. Sol hosts its matches at the Mayaguez Soccer Stadium, a stadium of capacity 12,175. The team is the defending champions, having won the Liga PR in 2019, 2021, 2022.

History

Puerto Rico Sol FC was founded in 2016 by

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with Jose Luis Perez Torres joining in 2017. Borkowski, a native of

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, also previously founded

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and

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. Sol joined the Liga PR in August 2018. The club won Liga PR championship in 2021 defeating Caribbean Stars 4-2 in the final. In 2022, Sol defeated Caribbean Stars 3-1 to win its third consecutive Liga PR championship.

Year-by-year

Honors

Domestic competitions

League titles

(1): 2022 Apertura *

(1): 2022 Clausura *

(1): 2021 *

(1): 2019

Management team

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, - , Opposition analyst & coach , , Hernan Lopez , -

Current squad

Stadium

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

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. 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 ...

References

The club joined the nascent

for the 2019/20 season which was eventually abandoned because of the

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