The Metropolitan Football Academy is a Puerto Rican professional association football club based in San Juan that currently plays in the Liga Puerto Rico. The club plays its home matches at the Parque Reparto Metropolitano.

History Metropolitan FA was founded in 2012 by Argentine Jorge Silvetti. In 2015 the team finished third in the Copa Excelencia which took place that year in lieu of a Puerto Rico Soccer League season. By the 2016 season the club was competing in the resurrected Puerto Rico Soccer League, the top tier of football on the island. After finishing in second place during both halves of the regular season, the team had the most combined points in the league and advanced directly to the final. The club won the league championship in the playoff by defeating Bayamón FC in the final at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium.

As part of pre-season preparations in 2017 Metropolitan FA competed in the annual Don Bosco Cup. The team won the silver medal in the tournament, falling 0–3 to GPS Puerto Rico in the final. The club finished the abbreviated 2017 regular season in third place before being eliminated in the playoff round. The league ceased operations following the season and Puerto Rico was without a top-tier competition until September 2018.

Metropolitan FA joined the nascent Liga Puerto Rico for its inaugural season in 2018/19. It went on to finish as the first-ever champions of the 8-team league. The club also finished runner-up in the Copa Luis Villarejo that season. The club began the 2019/20 campaign and was in a close second in the table but the season was eventually abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic and no champion was named. As reigning Puerto Rico champions, the club earned the right to compete in the 2020 Caribbean Club Shield. However, the tournament was also eventually cancelled because of the pandemic.

In August 2020 the club announced the signing of all-time leading scorer for the Puerto Rico national team Hector Ramos. Because no 2020/21 season was held in Puerto Rico, Metropolitan FA was still the nation's reigning champion, thus qualifying the team for an expanded 2021 Caribbean Club Championship which kicked off in May 2021. In preparation for the tournament, the club played two friendly matches against San Cristóbal FC of the Primera División de Republica Dominicana at the Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium in March 2021. Metropolitan FA lost the first match 0–3. In the second match, the Puerto Rican side earned a 1–1 draw with Hector Ramos scoring Metropolitan's first-ever goal against an international opponent.

Metropolitan opened its 2021 Caribbean Club Championship with a match against Delfines del Este FC on 15 May. Metropolitan took the lead through a goal by Jorge Rivera in the 83rd minute but Delfines del Este leveled the score in the fifth minute of stoppage time. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Two days later, Metropolitan earned its first win in international competition with a 4–0 victory over Bonaire champions SV Real Rincon. Hector Ramos opened the scoring with the eventual game-winner in the sixth minute while Jorge Rivera scored twice more. Real Rincon had previously won the bronze medal in the 2018 edition of the tournament. On the final matchday of the group stage, Delfines del Este defeated Real Rincon 10–0 and jumped ahead of Metropolitan at the top of the group on goal differential. However, CONCACAF ruled that Delfines fielded six ineligible players in its match against Metropolitan. As a result, Metropolitan was awarded a win for its match against Delfines, with the Puerto Rican club moving on to the semi-finals as a result. In the semi-final match, Metropolitan and Inter Moengotapoe of Suriname played an intense, but scoreless first half. Inter Moengotapoe broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute and went on to win 3–1 with Metropolitan's goal coming from Marc Nieves in the 95th minute.

By advancing the semi-finals, Metropolitan FA secured a place in the preliminary round of the 2021 CONCACAF League, becoming the first-ever team from Puerto Rico to qualify for the tournament. On 16 June 2021 it was determined by draw that Metropolitan FA would face FC Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa of Guatemala in the Preliminary Round. In preparation for the series, the club signed former French youth international Jordan Barbara and Puerto Rican striker Ricardo Rivera.

Stadium Parque Reparto Metropolitano: 2015–present

Current squad

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Records PRSL 2015–2017 Key

SeasonPuerto Rico Soccer LeagueOverallRef.Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAP20153rd 10 6 3 1 34 11 213rd20162nd 13 9 3 1 29 9 301st2nd 10 8 1 1 29 11 251st2017 3rd95221810 17 3rd 4th100113 N/A 4th

LPR PRO 2018-present Season Liga Puerto Rico Domestic Cup Play-offs Div. Pos.Pl.WDLGFGAPts.2018/191st2116325223512nd1st2019/20N/A151212375921Not held2020/21Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic20211st 6 5 0 1 32 8 15Not held2nd20221st 14 10 3 1 51 16 33Not held1st2023–24 Apertura1st7700??21?2nd2023–24 Clausura2nd752027417?2nd2024–25 Apertura 2nd971135 822?2nd2024–25 Clausura 1st181530821148 ?1st2025-26 Apertura2nd181404801842? T-3rd2025-26 Clausura2nd201541861249? T-3rd2026-27 Apertura

International competition The following is a list of results for Metropolitan FA in international competitions. Metropolitan FA's scores are listed first. YearTournamentRoundOpponentHomeAwayAgg.2020Caribbean Club ShieldGroup Stage Santiago de Cuba Scholars International Inter Moengotapoe2021Caribbean Club ShieldGroup Stage St. Paul's United Inter Moengotapoe 2021 Caribbean Club Championship Group Stage Delfines del Este Real RinconSemi-finals Inter Moengotapoe 2021 CONCACAF League Preliminary Round Santa Lucía2023CONCACAF Caribbean ShieldGroup Stage St. Paul's United Junior Stars Jong Holland Semi-finals Robinhood Third Place Match Club Sando 2024 CFU Club Shield Round of 16 SWA Sharks Quarter-finals Atlético Pantoja2026CFU Club Shield Round of 16 North Leeward Predators Quarter-finals Helenites Semi-finals Delfines del Este

Achievements Puerto Rico Soccer League Season Champions (1): 2016 Playoff Champions (1): 2016

Liga Puerto Rico Pro Season Champions (5): 2018–19, 2022, 2022-23 Apertura, 2022-23 Clausura, 2024-25 Clausura Runner-up (4): 2021, 2023–24 Apertura, 2023-24 Clausura, 2024-25 Apertura

Copa Luis Villarejo Runner-up (1): 2019

Copa Don Bosco Runner-up (1): 2017

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