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The Puerto Rico Islanders joined the North American Soccer League, which is the new second tier of football in the United States. In addition, Puerto Rico United, Club Atlético River Plate Puerto Rico and Sevilla FC Puerto Rico moved to USL Pro, the new third tier of football in the United States. The Puerto Rico Soccer League held a 2011 season.
In 1981, the stadium hosted the "Torneo 5 Estrellas", an international football tournament where Real Madrid, Millonarios, Pumas UNAM, a regional side of United States and local club Internacional de Puerto Rico participated. From the 1970s to early 2000s the stadium was a frequent venue of Puerto Rico national football team matches.
Owing to its unique status in relation to the United States of America, the governance of football on Puerto Rico has been different from the traditional format.On May 14, 2008, the federation announced the creation of the Puerto Rico Soccer League, the first unified league in the history of the island's football, [2] although it folded in 2011.
The Puerto Rico Soccer League or PRSL is an association football league in Puerto Rico founded in 2008 and the first unified football league in the island's history. Association football had been growing in popularity in recent years, and this was an attempt to further develop the game on the island.
A new domestic cup tournament, the Copa Luis Villarejo, was inaugurated and involved teams from the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico (LNF), the second tier Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL), as well as Puerto Rico FC of the North American Soccer League (NASL), a second tier league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation.
The club joined the premier division of Puerto Rican football, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico, in 2012. [ 1 ] The club was selected to participate internationally in the 1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup against Rockmaster FC of the U.S. Virgin Islands , but withdrew before the tournament began.
Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel) is a soccer-specific stadium located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is best known as the former home of the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League and current home of the Bayamón FC of the Liga Puerto Rico. The stadium can seat up to 12,500 people.
The Puerto Rico American Football League (PRAFL) is a semi-pro American football league in Puerto Rico. The PRAFL is the highest level of competition in Puerto Rican American football league pyramid, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football. Its eight current teams, which are located in eight separate cities.