Apart from these original wears you can also find similar soccer t shirts that look like the original. The Islanders just coming off a successful 2008 season started preparations for 2009 early in February where they traveled to Florida for a group of friendlies against teams like New York Red Bulls, Chicago Fire and the 2008 MLS Champions Columbus Crew. Clarke also brought in players who would become key figures in the future like Haitian International Fabrice Noel, then Englishman, now Kenyan International, Taiwo Atieno Willie Simms on loan from New England Revolution, and John Krause, who played briefly for Clarke on the Mariners. In this tournament, the team also broke several of their on-field records, it achieved its highest score line, a 10-0 victory over Hitachi Centre SAP FC, in the same game Fabrice Noël scored the team’s first ever hat trick with a tally of four goals. The entire tournament was played in Trinidad and Tobago, the Islanders headed their group with a 2-2 tied against Harbor View FC, which later became the tournament’s champions, and two victories.

Since the third place game wasn’t played during the tournament the Islanders and San Juan Jabloteh (the 2007 local Trinidad & Tobago League Champions), the two teams that lost in the semifinals, played a Home-Away Series to determine who would take the last spot, which ended in a 1-0 aggregate in favor of the Islanders. Panama or at least a tie in order to qualify for the next stage in the tournament. The 1915 season featured at least fourteen teams: Ashley, Balmoral (Bulimba), Brisbane City I and II (Albion), Bulimba Rangers, Ellenas (Rosalie, probably Gregory Park), Goodna, Ipswich City, Merthyr Thistle, Merton Rovers, Pineapple Rovers I and II, Toowong Caledonians and Wallaby (Hendra). The City of Dubbo lies within a transition zone between the ranges and tablelands of the Great Dividing Range to the east and the Darling Basin plains to the west. Many of these miners had emigrated from Great Britain, where they would have experienced the enormous growth of professional association football there in the late nineteenth century. This is possible because Puerto Rican football is governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol instead of the United States Soccer Federation.

This first attempt at international success was the first time a team from Puerto Rico ever participated in its confederation’s club competitions. On the return matches, the team lost to Santos FC 3-0 in Torreón, Mexico playing with their “bench” team preparing for their respective USL semi-finals matches. 3-2, the Islanders advanced to the group stage, being placed in Group D, which included Club Santos Laguna, Tauro F.C., and C.S.D. The Islanders would be seeded in the semifinals of the league’s Playoffs where they would beat Rochester on an aggregate of 3-2 winning them a spot in the finals against Vancouver. Almost two weeks after their defeat in the CCL the club entered the USL 1 season as heavy favorites opening their season against defending Champions Vancouver Whitecaps on April 18 with a 2-1 victory at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón. Clarke left the Islanders at the end of the 2011 season after accepting the job as Carolina RailHawks head coach, replacing Martin Rennie at that club, who had recently been promoted to head coach of Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC. In August 2013, club management informed the league that the Islanders would not resume league activities in 2014 due to an inability to secure adequate funding.

The first leg of the series was played on August 27, 2008, in the Alajuelense home ground, the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto and in front of 900 spectators, the game ended with a hard-fought 1-1 draw. On matchday 4, they were again ahead at home, but allowed a goal at the buzzer to leave the game a 1-1 draw vs Saprissa. They were able to draw at home against Cruz Azul in Matchday 3, albeit after giving up the lead late in the match. 2-2 match which resulted in favor of Islanders FC and qualified them for the final eight of the CONCACAF Champions League. The Islanders were later matched up against regional powerhouse L.D. In the Group Phase, the Islanders lost away to the Crew 2-0, then lost away at Saprissa. The CFU Club Championship 2006 played in November saw the Islanders host Group C which included Hoppers F.C. The return match was played to a goalless draw, and so the Islanders advanced to the group round. Municipal’s turn in a 0-1 loss with a goal near the end of the match. It was evident that Toribio Rojas had lost his edge and after an embarrassing 2-1 loss against bottom table Minnesota Thunder was let go from his coaching position and given the post of Youth System Director, when he left the team with a record of 1-3-3. Also, attendance declined.