Girls Soccer in Puerto Rico Is on the Rise. What’s Happening at This College Prep School in Ponce?

Senior Girls Soccer Team | 2025–2026
Washburn School, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Second season.
Same wings.
Stronger flight.

After an unforgettable debut year, the Washburn Eagles Senior Girls Soccer Team returns with experience, hunger, and higher standards. What began as a historic comeback season has now become a growing program with depth, identity, and national ambition.

2024–2025 Highlights

LAEC Southern Puerto Rico Division I Subchampions
Top 16 Buzzer Beater senior feminine teams in Puerto Rico
Champions of EDECAO Futsal Tournament 2025 Jr Div
New additions. Same ambition.

Roster 2025–2026

1. Andrea Avilés Miranda (C)

2. Amanda Figueroa (C)

3. Claudia Betancourt

4. Carolyn Rodríguez

5. Andrea Soto

6. Valeria Acevedo

7. Ariana Santiago

8. Amanda Avilés

9. Adriana Caraballo

10. Livana Auffant

11. Karolee Rodríguez

12. Rihanalia Ocasio

13. Ivanna Sáez

14. Jorianix Muñiz

15. Daniela Claudio

16. Alanis Zayas

17. Jerianys Zayas

18. Joret Báez

19. Aranis Pagán

20. Liah Roche

21. Karla Charles

22. Joeliany Sáez

Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Gabriel Reyes

This is not just a team.
It is a program taking flight.

Athletic Director : Mr. Miguel Asencio 

Also Competing at the Professional Club Level – Coamo FC
Several Washburn Eagles also compete with Coamo FC, gaining high-level match experience while representing Washburn School with pride. Washburn has seven players from the COAMO FC pro teams and club :

Andrea Avilés Miranda (C)
Amanda Figueroa (C)
Karla Charles
Andrea Soto
Valeria Acevedo
Ariana Santiago
Amanda Avilés

Meet our Captains :

Captain Profile – Amanda Figueroa

National Team Achievement
Amanda, a tenth-grade student, has been selected as a reserve for the Puerto Rico U-16 UNCAF National Team. Her selection reflects sustained growth, discipline, and national-level impact.

Professional League Success
At only fifteen years old, Amanda ranks among the Top 10 goal scorers in the 2025 Puerto Rico professional league. Just last week, she recorded a repóker with five goals in a single match, showcasing elite finishing ability and technical control.

Washburn Career and Leadership
Helped build Washburn’s first senior girls soccer team in more than two decades
Served as co-captain during the team’s Top 16 national finish
Key playmaker and leader in the LAEC Division I Gold Sub-Championship
Embodies the professionalism, maturity, and ambition that define Washburn Athletics

Historic Milestone
Amanda is currently the youngest captain in Puerto Rico’s professional leagues, a rare achievement that highlights both her talent and character. She recently scored 5 goals in a single game to end her season, leaving a potential star with a huge future ahead of her.

Captain Profile – Andrea Avilés Miranda

National Team Recognition
Andrea, also in tenth grade, has been selected as a reserve for the Puerto Rico U-16 National Team for the UNCAF tournament. Her defensive intelligence, composure, and consistency earned her recognition among the island’s top young players.

Professional League Performance
At fifteen, Andrea has consolidated her role as a starting defender for Coamo FC, ranking among league leaders in minutes played, an uncommon accomplishment at her age.

Washburn Journey
Washburn student since early childhood
Builder of the first senior girls soccer team in more than twenty years
Captain during the Top 16 national run
Key contributor to the LAEC Division I Gold Sub-Championship

Offensive Impact and Scoring Power
Top goal scorer in the 2024–2025 Catholic and Private School League in Puerto Rico
Scored the decisive goal that sent Washburn to the LAEC final
Scored both goals in the LAEC final
Named MVP of the 2024–2025 season
Player of the Game in Washburn’s debut appearance at the Buzzer Beater tournament

Multi-Sport Excellence
Even without being a full-time track athlete, Andrea has represented Washburn in LAEC cross-country and track, earning medals for four consecutive years and Athlete of the Year honors every year since sixth grade. She also competes in softball for Washburn.

Looking Ahead
Andrea enters the new season with higher goals, deeper experience, and the competitive spirit that defines Washburn Eagles Athletics.

The Standard Is Set

Year two is not about repeating history.
It is about raising the bar.

The Washburn Eagles Senior Girls Soccer Team enters the 2025–2026 season ready to compete, represent, and fly higher.

Where Eagles Fly.
Washburn Eagles Athletics.

• A dedicated team van supports transport to practices, tournaments, and league games

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Great Start to the 2025-2026 Season - 2025 EDECAO Tournament Champions Futsal Jr

A Second-Year Program Built the Right Way

The Washburn Eagles Senior Girls Soccer program is only in its second year, yet it already reflects what happens when athletics are built inside a true college-preparatory environment.

This is not a long-established sports academy.
This is a young program growing inside an academically rigorous school, where structure, discipline, and long-term development come first.

In just two seasons, Washburn has moved from rebuilding to competing at the highest levels of school soccer in Puerto Rico, while maintaining its core identity as a college-prep institution.

The results speak for themselves.

Growing the Game Early

At the elementary level, Washburn continues to invest in long-term player development.

Washburn fields a mixed elementary team competing in the LAEC, where girls and boys play together in a competitive environment that emphasizes fundamentals, confidence, and teamwork.

Two girls, Emma Flecha and Leah Charles, compete alongside the boys and have already made their mark by scoring match-winning goals this season, showing poise, fearlessness, and impact beyond their age.

The team is guided by Coach Desiree Needham, whose focus on development, inclusion, and game understanding reflects Washburn’s philosophy from the earliest stages.

This is where confidence starts.
This is where the pipeline begins.

Washburn School is not defined by one sport.
It is defined by outcomes.

Over the years, Washburn students have earned more than $44 million in college scholarships, with graduates accepted into universities and professional schools across Puerto Rico, the mainland United States, and abroad.

That same culture now shapes Washburn Athletics.

Girls soccer at Washburn is built alongside:

• College counseling and academic planning

• A school culture where performance, discipline, and character matter

This is why Washburn can develop athletes who compete at the school, club, national, and professional levels, without losing sight of education.

Where the Program Is Headed

Year one proved it was possible.
Year two confirmed it was real.

As the program continues to grow, Washburn’s approach remains clear:
build athletes, build students, and build futures.

This is what happens when soccer is part of a college-prep mission, not separate from it.

Learn more about Washburn’s college-prep results and student outcomes:
https://www.washburnschoolpr.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4426762&type=d&pREC_ID=2663383

Second year.
Stronger foundation.
Higher expectations.