Puerto Rico plays second match at U-17 Women’s World Cup 

Puerto Rico to face Poland in its third World Cup match

RABAT, Morocco – The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 continued on Tuesday with Puerto Rico playing its second Group B match, seeing a 2-0 defeat against Nigeria at Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

Nigeria secured the victory with a goal in each half. Oluwakemi Adegbuyi gave the African nation the lead in the 25’, before Precious Oscar rounded out the result in stoppage time with a strike in the 90+3’.

Puerto Rico returns to action in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 on Friday, facing Poland in its third and final Group B encounter.

Post-Match Data Puerto Rico vs Nigeria

• Puerto Rico had 14 shots against Nigeria, nine more than in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup against the DPR Korea. In fact, according to expected goals, the clearest chance of the match fell to Mía Colón in the 8th minute (0.54 xG).
• With Jaeda Russell, Reese Lanier and Caroline Rivera (10 each), Puerto Rico are the first squad of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to feature three players who have won 10 duels in a single match.
• Caroline Rivera (Puerto Rico) completed each of the four dribbles she attempted against Nigeria, equalling the record for the most dribbles attempted with a 100% success rate at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2026 (Dafne Sánchez, for Mexico, and Yuka Kishida, for Japan, also achieved 4 out of 4).