Puerto Rico FC - NBA Star Carmelo Anthony's New NASL Club for 2016

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Carmelo Anthony’s Puerto Rico FC Joins NASL

 

http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/06/11/carmelo-anthonys-puerto-rico-fc-joins-north-american-soccer-league

 

Professional soccer is coming back to Puerto Rico, and NBA star and entrepreneur Carmelo Anthony is leading the charge. Anthony announced Thursday at a press conference in Bayamón that his new club, Puerto Rico FC, will begin play in the NASL in the 2016 Fall Season.

 

Puerto Rico FC will be the NASL’s 13^th club after the league recently added Miami FC on May 20. The club will play its home matches at the recently renovated Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium. Located in Bayamón, the 12,500-seat stadium serves as the home base for the Puerto Rico national team.

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The Islanders had some decent support previously. Nice to see a team back on the island. Doesn't address the need to have a team in a 3rd time zone within the 50 states though,

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Puerto Rico Football Club Announces Head Coach And Technical Director

Adrian Whitbread returns to Puerto Rico as a head coach, while Neil Sillett joins as the club's technical director

 

http://www.nasl.com/news/2015/08/24/puerto-rico-football-club-announces-head-coach-and-technical-director-

 

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Article from the UK's Daily Telegraph :

 

NASL: Adrian Whitbread refuses to sleep easy until he gets Puerto Rico FC off the ground

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/major-league-soccer/11888293/Adrian-Whitbread-refuses-to-sleep-easy-until-he-gets-NASL-franchise-Puerto-Rico-FC-off-the-ground.html

 

The club already have a stadium in place: the recently renovated Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón that also serves as the home base for the Puerto Rico national team.

But finding players and setting up trials to form a competitive squad to begin training next spring and then arrange friendlies before kicking off next autumn is proving all-consuming for Whitbread and Sillett, who have been living out of hotels since the summer on the mother of all road trips.

"We've been everywhere since the deal was announced," Whitbread adds. "We started in Puerto Rico and then we've come out to the East Coast and we've been to Tampa, Orlando, Charlston, Atlanta and now Fort Lauderdale.

 

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hopefully a few Canadians can find a spot on the team

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Knicks star kicks off new NASL hope in Puerto Rico

 http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/knicks-star-kicks-off-new-nasl-hope-in-puerto-rico-364904#w1uaz40o6VG1My1L.99

 

“I am committed to bringing soccer to the next level in Puerto Rico,” he said at the new club’s unveiling. “To the thousands of fans in Puerto Rico that have been waiting for soccer to come back, I can promise a world-class organisation in a world-class league, with a strong social mission to provide kids the opportunity to participate in this growing sport.”
 

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Carmelo Anthony - PRFC Owner Observes Arsenal Operations as he builds his new NASL club.

 

 

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NBA star Carmelo Anthony made a great choice with the hiring of former LA Galaxy President Thomas Payne for his PRFC NASL club that starts play next Fall.

 

NASL: Puerto Rico FC picks its president

 

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/66493/nasl-puerto-rico-fc-picks-its-president.html

 

Carmelo Anthony, the NBA basketball star owner of Puerto Rico FC, said in a press release:

“Tom brings a great deal of experience in the soccer space and I am looking forward to him utilizing his experience to bring PRFC to the front of the pack. He brings a unique approach and vision to the soccer business and we look forward to Puerto Rico Futbol Club under his leadership.”