Miami Aims To Replicate Recent Success Against Puerto Rico

Photo credit: Puerto Rico FC

Miami FC returns home after picking up its first loss on the road in the Fall Season – 2-1 at Indy Eleven last Saturday – but the side is still in the thick of the races in the Fall Season and Combined Standings. Miami (7W-4D-3L, 25 points Fall; 8-8-8, 32 Combined) is only four points behind Minnesota United for fourth place in the Combined table, and trails the New York Cosmos by six in the Fall. Despite Miami’s loss, there were positives against Indy. Forward Vincenzo Rennella scored his second goal of the year, on a nifty backheel, and is settling nicely into the Miami attack. The club now faces Puerto Rico FC on Friday night, a side Miami defeated, 3-0, at the beginning of September.

Puerto Rico (1-8-6, 11 Fall; 1-8-6, 11 Combined) enters the game after scoring three goals, albeit not claiming all three points, in a wild 3-3 draw with Jacksonville Armada FC last Saturday. Puerto Rican international Jackie Marrero and Sidney Rivera both scored their first NASL goals in the game, adding confidence to an attack that has had its stumbles in the Fall Season. Puerto Rico now goes on the road after four successive home games, looking for the first road victory in club history.  

Match Information
8 p.m. ET | Friday, September 23
Ocean Bank Field | Miami, Fla.
Watch | ESPN3 (National – U.S.), NASL.com (National – Canada), WAPA 2 (National – Puerto Rico), *International outlets

*Miami has international TV partners in various countries. Visit miamifc.com for more information.