The 2017 Puerto Rico Soccer League season would be the 9th season as Puerto Rico's top-division football league.Puerto Rico 2017, RSSSF.com
League News
On January 31, 2017; At the headquarters of the Recreation and Sports Department, negotiations took place between Puerto Rico's top clubs and the Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF) to outline the future of men's top football. On February 22, 2017; The Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL) announced they will be celebrating their 3rd Cup of Excellence with 8 teams known to participate. The Cup of Excellence will begin from 28 to 30 April 2017 and end around June playing a single lap, carnival style, to save costs to teams. Clubs(7/8) : Caguas Sporting FC, Ballista FC, FC Mayaguez, Bayamón FC, Club Deportivo Barbosa, and last years champion Metropolitan FA. Also newly created club Global Premier Soccer (GPS) Puerto Rico will be participating as well. On February 23, 2017; Club Atlético Fajardo was confirmed to be participating in the Excellence Cup III, becoming the 8th club to participate. On March 1, 2017; Fraigcomar SC in the San Francisco neighborhood of San Juan returns for the first time since 2007 to a higher category and will be in the Excellence Cup III. On March 29, 2017; A week before the cup began, PRSL announced that Academia Quintana had been accepted into the Cup of Excellence. On Sept 4th 2017, the Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL) announced it will be holding its next tournament in conjunction with the efforts of the Puerto Rican Federation of Soccer (FPF) Competitions Commission which is scheduled to begin in early October this year. The unification tournament of the Commission of Competitions will be a temporary one for the professional project of first and second division in 2018 according to the new statutes of the FPF.
3rd Cup of Excellence List of teams participating in this years 3rd annual Cup of Excellence.
Club name Neighborhood - City Venue Academia Quintana San Juan Club Atlético Fajardo Fajardo Fajardo Soccer Complex Ballista FC Casa Blanca - Luquillo Estadio Salamán Estrella Bayamón FC Minillas - Bayamón Bayamón Soccer Complex Caguas Sporting FC Caguas Complejo Deportivo Ángel O. Berrios de la Ciudad Criolla CD Barbosa San Juan José Celso Barbosa Stadium GPS Puerto Rico San Juan -- FC Mayagüez Cabo Rojo Rebekka Colgberg Stadium Fraigcomar SC San Francisco - San Juan Fraigcomar Field Metropolitan FA Metropolitana - San Juan Estadio Reparto Metropolitano
Standings
Playoff Bracket
Statistical leaders
Top scorers RankPlayerNationClubGoals1Josep Becerra PaniselloBayamón182Miguel RiveraCaguas Sporting113Anythony MartinezGPS Puerto Rico94Dennis BeltreMayagüez85Eloy MatosMayagüez86Aldemar OrtizBayamón77Clemen VarasFraigcomar586 players4
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