Islanders 2007 Roster! - TalkSoccer

Intru · 21-03-2007, 11:28 PM

I give you the Islanders of the 2007 USL Div 1 season!

GK:

Terence "Terry" Boss
Sanders Josh
Maximiliano Torlacoff (Argentine, sub-23 member) (*)

DF:

David Johnson
Raphael "Mime" Ortíz (*)
Jay Needham
Jeremie Piette
Mauricio Segovia
Rubén Diaz
Alexis Rivera (*)
Alejandro González
Cristhian Caicedo (sub 23) (*)
Marco Velez (*)
Gustavo Avila
Noah Delgado

MD:

Edwin Miranda
Peter Villegas
Goran Vujanovic
Victor Herrera
Carlos Torres (sub 23) (*)
Giovanni Figueroa (sub 23) (*)

FW:

Alberto Zapata
Alen Marcina
Alberto Delgado
Nail Enblen
Luis Arroyo (sub 23) (*)
Pedro Rosado (sub 23) (*)
Jonathan Sánchez (sub 23) (*)

(*) "Boricuas" players or developed by P.R.I.S.A.( Puerto Rico Islanders Soccer Academy)

This information was reviled today on the final press conference before the MLS/USL Puerto Rico Challenge, with a surprise appearance for internationally now sport caster Fernando Fiore. I dont know what he was doing the as of yet.

**jec1** · 22-03-2007, 12:40 AM

Who's your star player?

Intru · 22-03-2007, 01:04 AM

That would be Alen Marcina, lead scorer with 13 goals in 27 games, and third in the league last season, his been considers as a possible addition for the Canadian MNT. His a player that i would honestly say is above USL Div 1 lvl,, we where lucky on holding him for another season.

Intru · 23-03-2007, 06:02 PM

Well it seams that we now got our very own Englishman Neil Emblen ex Millwal, Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton now will be playing in the islanders midfield, he had a good game yesterday.

The other big signing is Goran Vujanovic a croatian and former Oliampiakos and NK Rijeka, he dint play in yesterdays game but he probably will in tomorrows.

Intru · 18-04-2007, 09:38 PM

Heres the official Roster list

GK:

Terence "Terry" Boss
Sanders Josh (First keeper)
Maximiliano Torlacoff (sub-23)

DF:

David Johnson
Raphael "Mime" Ortíz
Jay Needham
Jeremie Piette
Mauricio Segovia
Rubén Diaz
Alexis Rivera
Cristhian Caicedo (sub 23)
Marco Velez

MD:

Alejandro González
Gustavo Avila
Noah Delgado
Edwin Miranda
Peter Villegas
Goran Vujanovic
Victor Herrera
Carlos Torres (sub 23)

FW:

Alberto Zapata
Alen Marcina
Alberto Delgado
Luis Arroyo (sub 23)

Intru · 10-06-2007, 02:55 AM

Islanders add three more to their roster and let go one.

As foward Alen Marcina leaves the squad, foward/defensive midfielder John Krause, Canadian defender Jared Montz and Peruvian foward Jorge Eduardo "Loverita" Ramirez are encorporated into the team all three players have shown a positive result in the Islanders double header at Miami.

Also romurs has it that english foward Taiwo Leo Atieno and Brazilian ex-Islander midfielder Juninho may join the squad in the near future.

Intru · 10-06-2007, 03:22 AM

As things stand this is what the current roster looks like,

GK:

Terence "Terry" Boss
Sanders Josh (First keeper)
Maximiliano Torlacoff (sub-23)

DF:

David Johnson
Raphael "Mime" Ortíz
Jay Needham
Jeremie Piette
Mauricio Segovia
Rubén Diaz
Alexis Rivera
Cristhian Caicedo (sub 23)
Marco Velez

MD:

John Krause (foward/Defmid)
Alejandro González
Gustavo Avila
Noah Delgado
Edwin Miranda
Peter Villegas
Jared Montz
Goran Vujanovic
Victor Herrera
Carlos Torres (sub 23)

FW:

Jorge Eduardo "Loverita" Ramirez
Alberto Zapata
Alberto Delgado
Luis Arroyo (sub 23)
Duncan "Melvin" Tarley

Roster Changes:

Left:
Alen Marcina - Free Agent

Addition:
Duncan "Melvin" Tarley - Minnesota Thunder
Jared Montz - Vancouver Whitecaps
John Krause - Virginia Beach Mariners
Jorge Eduardo "Loverita" Ramirez - free agent

Intru · 13-06-2007, 06:28 PM

This was taken from the local newspaper "El Nuevo Dia":

Los Islanders de Puerto Rico firmaron a un delantero de nacionalidad inglesa y hoy podrían tener noticias de un cambio que se concretaba anoche, informó el presidente del club. El firmado se llama Taiwo Leo Atieno, tiene 21 años de edad y viene de jugar con los clubes Tamworth y Walsall en la League 1 de Inglaterra. Atieno comenzaría a jugar el 24 de este mes, cuando los Islanders se miden al primer lugar, los Whitecaps de Vancouver. Sobre el cambio, el presidente del club, Andrés Guillemard, dijo que están haciendo movimientos de acuerdo a las tendencias del nuevo técnico, Colin Clarke. “Seguiremos trabajando cambios, ajustando a la filosofía del nuevo ‘coach’”, dijo Guillemard. Aunque no dio detalles del cambio, Guillemard sí dijo que hay varios clubes involucrados en el movimiento y agregó que “hasta ahora” toca a un jugador.

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The Islanders have signed 21 year old English striker Taiwo Leo Atieno, who cames from playing in the English League One. This continuous the trend of players signings that has taken the focus off the Latin American players that the team has been known for. This change in strategy and playing style come from the new coach North Irish Colin Clarke. It also states that there are some other changes in the line up in the future, the Islanders president states that the are other clubs involve in this changes.

Intru · 18-06-2007, 05:58 AM

PR Islanders and Montreal Impact reach a trade agreement

2007-06-14
PR Islanders FC

BAYAMON, PR – Montreal Impact and the PR Islanders have concluded a trade, pending League approval, that will send Lars Lyssand and other considerations to Puerto Rico in exchange for Alen Marcina. The considerations are to be kept confidential.
The Puerto Rico Islanders and Montreal Impact have reached an agreement whereby the PR Islanders will acquire Lars Lyssand, who will round-out an outstanding back-line being structured by new Head Coach, Colin Clarke, and the Impact will receive forward Alen Marcina, Canadian National, who will try to reinforce their offense.
Under the helms of Coach Clarke, the Islanders offense has been consistently improving as shown from this past weekend's dominance over Miami FC in Tropical Park with six (6) goals in two matches. Marcina did not make the trip in contemplation of the on-going negotiations between the franchises, which ended in Montreal ceding its rights over Lyssand and committing other undisclosed considerations to the Islanders.

At the same time, the Puerto Rico Islanders managed to sign an international striker, 21 year old Taiwo Leo Atieno, a British National who very recently came to try-out by invitation from Coach Clarke. Atieno is a 6' 2", explosive forward that will definitely get fan attention as soon as eligible on the active roster, once registration procedures (including International Transfer to PR Federation) and immigration matters are duly completed.

These new additions will certainly, as Coach Clarke has stated "put us on the right tract towards the championship".

Puerto Rico fans are anxiously expecting 2006 champs, Vancouver Whitecaps, who will visit "La Islandera" in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on Sunday June 24th.

Intru · 18-06-2007, 07:19 PM

21 year old Haitian forward Fabrice Noel has been seen in the Islanders training grounds, theres possibilities of him been signed and another player being drop from the club.

Intru · 28-07-2007, 04:41 AM

™ El Nuevo Día

Fútbol / Islanders
Un lujoso préstamo

El guatemalteco Willie Simms se unirá a la tropa isleña.

Como si ya no tuvieran suficiente personal, los Islanders de Puerto Rico acaban de sumar otro delantero a su plantilla: el guatemalteco Willie Simms, procedente del New England Revolution de la Major League Soccer (MLS) en calidad de préstamo.

Incluso, el cotizado atacante hará el viaje con la plantilla a su gira de tres partidos en 11 días, comenzando mañana a las 11:00 p.m. en el Kezar Stadium de San Francisco con visita al Victory de California, con quienes Puerto Rico igualó 1-1 el pasado viernes como parte de la acción en el torneo Primera División de la (USL).

“New England no lo iba a tener en el equipo titular este año, y como es joven, querían ponerlo a jugar en algún sitio. Nos preguntaron si nos interesaba y el 'coach' recomendó que lo aceptáramos”, dijo el vicepresidente de finanzas de los Islanders, Jorge Pierluisi.

‘‘Todos buscamos la misma meta, que es ganar el campeonato. Debemos hacerlo juntos”
Colin ‘General’ Clarke director técnico de los Islanders de Puerto Rico

Simms, de 23 años y criado en el sur de California, jugó en nueve partidos, con dos aperturas, la pasada campaña de la MLS con New England y es miembro de la Clase 2006 de la Generación Adidas. Con su entrada, el cuerpo técnico ya no tendrá en planes al peruano Jorge ‘Loverita’ Ramírez.

“Es un jugador rápido, que a pesar de que no es muy alto, es habilidoso y ejecuta bien en el juego aéreo”, subrayó Pierluisi, al rechazar que la entrada de Simms pueda crear un problema de exceso de personal en ‘La Tropa Naranja’, cuya plantilla aún tiene un amplio núcleo de atacantes que incluye a Víctor Herrera, Fabrice Noel, Taiwo Atieno, Noah Delgado, Alberto Zapata, Gustavo Ávila, Duncan ‘Melvin’ Tarley y Alberto ‘Cuba' Delgado.

“Una de las cosas importantes en el éxito que estamos teniendo, particularmente desde mitad de temporada para acá, es la profundidad que tenemos. Aquí todos tienen que luchar su posición”, agregó.