2017 Bayamon Cup Explained

Bayamon City Cup
Year:2017
Country:Puerto Rico
Num Teams:10
Champions:Puerto Rico FC
Runner-Up:Bayamon FC
Matches:23
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 Bayamon Cup is the seventh edition of the Bayamon City Cup, a cup tournament for clubs in Puerto Rico organized by Bayamón FC.[1]

Teams

The tournament was open to all league clubs from Puerto Rico, most clubs used this competition as preseason for the start of 2017 season.

North American Soccer League (1 team)

Liga Atlética Interuniversitaria (LAI)(2 teams)

Puerto Rico Soccer League (7 teams)

Schedule

First roundGroup A10 – 3 February - March 2017
Groups B 10 – 3 February - March 2017
Semi-Final round8 March 2017
Final round11 March 2017

First round

In the first round, the 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of five teams. Each group is played on a round-robin basis, hosted at the Bayamon Soccer Complex. The top two teams from each group will progress to the semifinal round. The two winners will face each other in the final on March 11.

Matches

Note: Some games were played out of order due to conflicts with the scheduling.

Semi-final round

Matches

Final round

The format of the final round have not been announced.

Qualified teams

Host venue: Bayamon Soccer Complex, Bayamon, Puerto Rico (all times UTC−4)

Matches

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Héctor Ramos Puerto Rico FC7
2 Brian Bement Puerto Rico FC6
3 Sidney Rivera Puerto Rico FC5
4 Giuseppe Gentile Puerto Rico FC4
5 José “Picu” Rodríguez GPS Puerto Rico 3
6 Alejandro López Jiménez Leal Arecibo3
7 Mark Nieves GPS Puerto Rico 2
8 Josep Becerra Panisello Bayamon FC2
9 Olvin Ortiz Rodriguez Metropolitan FA2
10 Eloy Matos Velez Guayama FC2

Players and clubs in bold still active in competition.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PRFC ANUNCIA CALENDARIO DE PRETEMPORADA. 10 February 2017. Futbolboricua.co. 4 August 2017.