“We show up in different cities and countries, and people wonder, who are these guys with the orange shirts? After we beat them, they say, ‘I didn’t know Puerto Ricans could play soccer.'”
— Andres Guillemard, president of the USL-1 Puerto Rico Islanders, who take a 2-0 lead into Tuesday’s second leg of their Concacaf Champions League series against Cruz Azul in Mexico City (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 10 pm ET). (New York Times)