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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. [1] [2]
The 2023–24 Liga Puerto Rico season, is the league's fifth season of Liga Puerto Rico.It is the league's second season to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2023 and the Clausura 2024—each in an identical format and each contested by eight teams.
The Puerto Rico soccer league system is a series of soccer leagues based in Puerto Rico. Sometimes erroneously called the Puerto Rican soccer pyramid , teams and leagues in the United States are not linked by the system of promotion and relegation typical in soccer elsewhere.
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 Superior Femenino de la Liga Puerto Rico is a women's football competition organized by the Puerto Rican Football Federation that currently is the top division football league in the island. [1] It was announced via Facebook by the Federation in August 2018.
Academia Quintana F.C. are an Association Football club from San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were founded in 1969, making them one of the oldest clubs still in existence in Puerto Rico. They are one of the founding members of the Puerto Rico Soccer League, the island's first nationwide league. The reserve team plays in the Liga Nacional.
Puerto Rico Sol FC is a Puerto Rican association football club based in Mayagüez. The club is a member of the Liga Puerto Rico , the highest level of football in the country. [ 1 ] The Sol women’s team is recognized as a model for the development of women's football, both in economic and in cultural terms.
Following the absence of a football league in Puerto Rico for the 2017–18 season, the Puerto Rican Football Federation organized a Preparatory Tournament that ran from March until June 2018. [2] 10 teams participated on the tournament won by Bayamón FC. [3] The league's launch conference was held on August 23, 2018. [4]