Tough test for Puerto Rico against Mexico

BRADENTON, FLA.- The Puerto Rico National Team will have a test when they face the current champions on Thursday in the knockout stages of the Concacaf Under-17 Championship.

The Boricuas had a spectacular closing in Group D defeating 8-0 with Andres Ramos brace to Anguilla a result that earned them the pass to the final stage of the tournament.

Mexico, on the other hand, won Group E with a perfect record of 3-0-0 and with 11 goals in favor and zero conceded, where Santiago René Muñoz was the top scorer with four goals.

* NOTE: All stats date back to 2011 when the Concacaf Under-17 Championship format was modified.

• This will be their second meeting in a CU17.
• Lone meeting was in Group B at Trinidad and Tobago 1983, 8-0 win for Mexico.
• Mexico will play its 81st CU17 match. 61W-14D-5L, 245GF-40GC, +205.
• Puerto Rico will play its 6th CU17 match. 0W-0D-5L. 0GF-21GC, -21GD.
• Neither team has conceded a goal in the 2019 CU17. Mexico has 3 clean sheets and has scored 11 goals in Group E, while Puerto Rico scored 10 goals and kept 3 clean sheets in First Round in Group D.
• MEX finished in 1st place in Group E, 9 points, 11GF-0GC. Beat Jamaica 1-0, Bermuda 5-0 and Trinidad and Tobago 5-0. 5 saves.
• Puerto Rico finished 1st in Group D. 7 points. 2W-1D-0L. 10GF-0GC. Beat Martinique 2-0, Anguilla 8-0 and tied Saint Kitts and Nevis 0-0.
• Mexico led CU17 group stage in shots (24). Created 55 scoring chances. Tied with Haiti for most headed goals (4).
• MEX leads CU17 in ball recoveries (68).
• Santiago Muñoz (MEX): Leads team in scoring (4 goals). Leads team in shots (10). Scored 2 goals from open play and 2 via header.
• Agustín Ortega and Andrés Ramos (PUR): Share team lead in scoring at CU17. Two each.
• Víctor Guzmán (MEX): One of the leaders in ball recoveries (10).
• Allan Agosto (PUR): One of 6 PUR players to have scored at CU17.