Puerto Rico Capitals

Puerto Rico Capitals
Full name Puerto Rico Capitals Futbol Club
Nickname(s) Capitals
Founded 2007
Stadium Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium
Chairman Luis A. Murphy
Manager Robert Parr
League Women's Premier Soccer League
2008 5th, Sunshine Conference

Puerto Rico Capitals was a women's soccer team based in Ponce, Puerto Rico. They played in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL), the third tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, from 2008–2010. The team played in the Sunshine Conference.

The team was established in 2007 as Puerto Rico's first professional women's soccer team. In their inaugural 2008 season they played at Yldefonso Solá Morales Stadium in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The following season they relocated to Ponce.[1] They folded after the 2010 season. The club's colors were pink, royal blue, red and white.

History

The Capitals were founded in 2007, becoming the first professional women's soccer team in Puerto Rico, and the first team in the Women's Premier Soccer League to play outside of the continental United States.[1] The club had a senior WPSL team and a junior U-17 developmental squad. Originally based in Caguas, Puerto Rico, they relocated to the city of Ponce in 2009.[1] They folded after the 2010 season.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.wpsl.info/capitals/indexn.php?cat=2&id=680


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