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Hartford Signs Puerto Rico International Nicolas Cardona

By USLChampionship.com Staff, 02/22/21, 1:37PM EST

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Defender made senior debut in victory against Domincan Republic in January


New Hartford Athletic signing Nicolas Cardona played for the Puerto Rico National Team at Dillon Stadium when El Huracan Azul faced Hartford in an international exhibition in 2019. | Photo courtesy Hartford Athletic

HARTFORD, Conn. – Hartford Athletic announced on Monday it had signed Puerto Rico international Nicolás Cardona pending league and federation approval. 

Cardona made his senior international debut for the Puerto Rico National Team last month in a 1-0 win over the Dominican Republic. He earned a second cap just a few days later in a 1-0 loss to Guatemala. Cardona was also a starter for Puerto Rico in 2019 when they took on Hartford Athletic in the club’s first international friendly match at Dillon Stadium. Cardona earned five caps as a member of the Puerto Rico U20 team in 2018 during the Concacaf U-20 Championship.

“Nicolás will add some steel to our team,” said Hartford Athletic Head Coach Harry Watling. “He has a natural passion to defend and will put it all on the line for the team. He’s very talented with the ball and will help the style of play. Having a Puerto Rican International goes to show where the club is going and how attractive we are to players playing at the highest level.”

Cardona played two seasons at Assumption College where he made 33 appearances, 30 of them starts. He was named captain of the team in his junior season in 2019. He was named All-NE10 Conference Second Team after a season in which he helped the team post its lowest GAA in over five years and was key in helping the team earn its best record since 2009. In the summer of 2020, he went to UB Conquense in the Spanish Segunda División B where he trained with the first team and played with the U23s.

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