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CONCACAF Champions League – The Final Eight!
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CONCACAF Champions League
Quarterfinals Draw – December 10
The quarterfinal field is comprised of Houston Dynamo (MLS), Marathon (Honduras); the Mexican teams: Pumas, Cruz Azul, Atlante and Santos Laguna; and the USL sides: the Montreal Impact and the Puerto Rico Islanders.
The pairings for the knockout round and the route to the finals will be set [...]
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Islanders receive 2008 USL Organization of the Year award!
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At the 2008 USL Annual General Meeting being held this weekend in Tampa, Florida, the Puerto Rico Islanders were awarded the USL’s Organization of the Year, the Progress Award, and the Fair Play Award (also received in 2007). Additionally, Islanders’ Head Coach Colin “General” Clarke received on behalf of the team the Commissioner’s Cup [...]
Confirmed: Atlanta Silverbacks will not play in 2009
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The rumor is now a fact confirmed by the Atlanta Silverbacks official site: Silverbacks Men Sit Out 2009 Season.
The Silverbacks webpage claimed that “Due to the state of the economy and the potential of an MLS team coming to town, the men’s pro team has decided to sit the year out while the Silverbacks assess [...]
Rumor: Atlanta Silverbacks leaving the USL-1???
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An unconfirmed rumor was posted in the Spanish blog: ¡Amonestado y Expulsado! (Booked and Ejected!) claiming that the Atlanta Silverbacks will suspend operations, and that their tecnical staff is already searching for new jobs. According to the Silverbacks official homepage, Atlanta is affiliated internationally with the Italian Inter Milan and the Argentinian Independiente football clubs.
The [...]
Weekly POLL: To MLS or not to MLS?
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Nov 26th UPDATE: Dynamo beat Firpo 1:0 to claim last berth in Champions League quarterfinals.
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Islanders looking for talent in Argentina
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The Puerto Rico Islanders coach Colin Clarke, and his assistant coach Adrian Whitbread, traveled to Argentina last week in seach of one or two potential players to complement the team in the upcoming 2009 season.
The Islanders official site reported in Spanish that Clarke and Whitbread traveled to Cordova and attended to a [...]
Weekly POLL: Islanders Opponent in the CONCACAF Champions League Quaterfinals
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The Islanders await for the quarter finals draw on December 10th to find out who will be their opponent in the next round late February-early March 2009. The candidates include the Mexican teams Atlante FC and Pumas UNAM; and the surprise winner of the Group of Death (group A) CD Marathon from Honduras who [...]
FIFA: Giant strides for Islanders. A year to remember…
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FIFA: 2008 was unquestionably a historic year for Puerto Rican football! The Islanders made it all the way to the USL title-decider after topping the regular season standings and setting a host of league records along the way. Unsurprisingly, their remarkable campaign had fans flocking to their home games at the Estadio [...]
Mission Accomplished!!!
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¡Misión Cumplida! was the headline in the Spanish newspapper El Vocero covering the thriumphant return of the Puerto Rico Islanders to the island from Panama after the 2-2 tie on the road that allowed the Islanders to advance to the quarter final round of the CONCACAF Champions League, as one of the best 8 teams [...]
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