2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season

Jacksonville Armada
	2016 season
Owner	Mark Frisch
Head Coach	Tony Meola
Stadium	Community First Park
NASL	Spring: -; Fall: -; Combined: -
Top goalscorer	Three players tied (1)
Highest home attendance	5,313; (May 7 vs. OKC)
Lowest home attendance	3,517; (May 4 vs. Edmonton)
Average home league attendance	4,647
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season will be the club's second season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Roster

As of match played 28 May 2016

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Miguel Gallardo	GK	(1984-10-24) 24 October 1984 (age 39)	Orlando City	2015	31	0
22	Sebastian Evers	GK	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33)		2015	1	0
23	Sean Lewis	GK	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32)	Olympia	2016	0	0
Defenders
2	Tyler Ruthven	DF	(1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36)	Arizona United	2016	8	0
4	Mechack Jérôme	DF	(1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 34)	Charlotte Independence	2015	12	1
5	Beto Navarro	DF	(1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 35)	Orange County Blues	2016	2	0
7	Bryan Burke	DF	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)	Louisville City	2016	4	0
13	Matt Bahner	DF	(1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)	Harrisburg City Islanders	2015	30	2
15	Shawn Nicklaw	DF	(1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35)	Þór Akureyri	2015	28	0
29	Patrick Otte	DF	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32)	Ventura County Fusion	2016	4	0
Midfielders
8	Pekka Lagerblom	MF	(1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 41)	Lahti	2016	0	0
12	Junior Sandoval	MF	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 33)	Jaguares de Córdoba	2016	7	1
14	Pascal Millien	MF	(1986-05-03) 3 May 1986 (age 38)	Fidelis Andria	2015	31	7
16	Lucas Scaglia	MF	(1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37)	Rijeka	2015	30	1
17	Nicolás Perea	MF	(1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31)	K-W United	2015	23	0
19	Kevan George	MF	(1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34)	Columbus Crew	2016	7	0
20	Danny Barrow	MF	(1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28)		2016	2	0
21	Alex Dixon	MF	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	Rochester Rhinos	2016	4	0
33	Garry Lewis	MF	(1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 37)		2016	0	0
Forwards
9	Matthew Fondy	FW	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 35)	Louisville City	2016	8	0
10	Alhassane Keita	FW	(1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 41)	St. Gallen	2015	27	7
11	Jemal Johnson	FW	(1985-05-03) 3 May 1985 (age 39)	New York Cosmos	2015	35	5
24	Chaim Roserie	FW	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 25)		2015	0	0
27	Derek Gebhard	FW	(1995-10-15) 15 October 1995 (age 28)	Jacksonville United	2015	8	0
99	Charles Eloundou	FW	(1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 (age 29)	Colorado Rapids	2016	6	0

Staff

Tony Meola – Head Coach
Mark Lowry – Assistant Coach

Transfers

Winter

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Tyler Ruthven (from Arizona United)^[1]
5	DF	Beto Navarro (from Orange County Blues)^[2]
6	MF	Richie Ryan (from Ottawa Fury)^[3]
7	DF	Bryan Burke (from Louisville City)^[4]
8	MF	Pekka Lagerblom (from Lahti)^[5]
9	FW	Matthew Fondy (from Louisville City)^[6]
12	MF	Junior Sandoval (from Jaguares de Córdoba)^[7]
19	MF	Kevan George (from Columbus Crew)^[8]
20	MF	Danny Barrow (from Truro City)^[9]
21	MF	Alex Dixon (from Rochester Rhinos)^[10]
23	GK	Sean Lewis (from Olympia)^[11]
29	DF	Patrick Otte (from Ventura County Fusion)^[11]
33	MF	Garry Lewis ^[12]
99	FW	Charles Eloundou (from Colorado Rapids)^[13]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Jordan Gafa ^[14]
3	DF	Lucas Trejo ^[10]
5	DF	Nurdin Hrustic ^[10]^[14]
6	DF	Fabricio Ortiz ^[15]
7	MF	Lucas Rodríguez ^[15]
8	MF	Bochy Hoyos ^[15]
9	MF	Marcos Flores (to Curicó Unido)^[15]^[16]
12	GK	David Sierra (to Miami)^[15]^[17]
18	FW	Tommy Križanović ^[14]
19	MF	Nico Zaldana
20	DF	Joseph Toby ^[15]
21	MF	Ramak Safi ^[15]
23	MF	Jaime Castrillón (to Atlético Bucaramanga)^[10]
25	FW	Tyler Williams ^[15]
26	FW	Akeil Barrett (to Piteå IF)^[18]

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
6		MF	Richie Ryan (to Miami)^[19]

Friendlies

January 31, 2016 Scrimmage	Jacksonville Armada	2 – 5	New York Red Bulls	Orlando
10:30 EST (UTC−5)	Keita 12' Barrow 50'	Summary	B. Wright-Phillips 27' (pen.) Kljestan 45' Grella 57' Bonomo 67' Lade 85'

February 6, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	1 – 0	Philadelphia Union	Jacksonville
18:00 EST (UTC−5)	Eloundou 80'	Report		Stadium: Community First Park

February 13, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	2 – 1	Orlando City	Jacksonville
18:00 EST (UTC−5)	Jérôme Keita 58'	Report	Kaká 31'	Stadium: Community First Park

February 24, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	0 – 0	North Florida Ospreys	Jacksonville
19:30 EST (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Hodges Stadium

February 27, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	1 – 5	New York Red Bulls	Jacksonville
18:00 EST (UTC−5)	Eloundou 84'	Report	Verón 23', 60', 61' Baah 28' Davis 83'	Stadium: Community First Park

March 3, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	2 – 3	Tulsa Roughnecks	Jacksonville
12:30 EST (UTC−5)	Millien 54' Eloundou 73'	Report	Ochoa 9', 66' Mata 49'	Stadium: Patton Park

March 5, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	0 – 0	Charleston Battery	Jacksonville
12:30 EST (UTC−5)		Report		Stadium: Patton Park

March 9, 2016	Miami	1 – 2	Jacksonville Armada	Miami Gardens
11:00 EST (UTC−5)	Campos 45' (pen.)	Report	Sandoval 2' Bahner 52' Johnson 89' (pen.)	Stadium: St. Thomas University

March 15, 2016	Jacksonville Dolphins	0 – 3	Jacksonville Armada	Jacksonville
19:30 EST (UTC−5)		Report	Fondy 7', 14' Dixon 46'	Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium

March 18, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	1 – 3	Rayo OKC	Jacksonville
10:00 EST (UTC−5)	Eloundou 56' Ryan 74'	Report	Menjivar 19', 36' Svantesson 87'	Stadium: Patton Park

April 2, 2016	Jacksonville Armada	Cancelled	Flagler Saints	St. Augustine
11:00 EDT (UTC−4)		Summary		Stadium: Saints Field
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos	9	6	0	3	14	6	+8	18	2016 NASL Spring season winner
2	Indy Eleven	8	3	5	0	11	7	+4	14
3	Edmonton (E)	9	4	2	3	7	6	+1	14
4	Minnesota United	8	4	1	3	13	10	+3	13
5	Carolina RailHawks	8	4	1	3	10	9	+1	13
6	Tampa Bay Rowdies	8	3	3	2	8	7	+1	12
7	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	8	3	3	2	9	9	0	12
8	Rayo OKC (E)	8	2	2	4	9	11	−2	8
9	Ottawa Fury (E)	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8
10	Miami (E)	8	1	3	4	6	12	−6	6
11	Jacksonville Armada (E)	8	1	2	5	4	10	−6	5

Updated to match(es) played on May 28, 2016. Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(E) Eliminated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	1	2	5	4	10	−6	5	1	1	2	3	4	−1	0	1	3	1	6	−5

Last updated: 29 May 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D
Position	11	6	7	8	10	10	10	11

Last updated: 19 May 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

April 9, 2016 1	New York Cosmos	2 – 0	Jacksonville Armada	Hempstead
EST (UTC−5)	Arrieta 29' 90+3' Moffat 55'	Summary	Keita 45+1'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,685

April 15, 2016 2	Jacksonville Armada	2 – 1	Miami	Jacksonville
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Sandoval 20' Ruthven 25' Millien 36' George 57' Eloundou 73'	Summary	Cvitanich 26' 39' Vega 90+3'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Sorin Stoica

April 23, 2016 3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 – 1	Jacksonville Armada	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Alexandre 36', 55' Attakora 39' Maicon Santos 74' 90+2'	Summary	Bahner 16' George 27' Ryan 81'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

May 4, 2016 4	Jacksonville Armada	0 – 1	Edmonton	Jacksonville
18:30 EST (UTC−5)	George 23' Keita 85' Eloundou 90+3'	Summary	Edward 26' Diakité 64' Van Oekel 87'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

May 7, 2016 5	Jacksonville Armada	0 – 1	Rayo OKC	Jacksonville
19:00 EST (UTC−5)		Summary	Fernandes 53' Findley 70'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 5,313 Referee: Marcos De Oliveira

May 14, 2016 6	Minnesota United	2 – 0	Jacksonville Armada	Blaine
20:00 EST (UTC−5)	Venegas 16' Stefano 28'	Summary	Perea 74' Eloundou 82' Johnson 86'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,861 Referee: Geoff Gamble

May 21, 2016 7	Ottawa Fury	1 – 0	Jacksonville Armada	Ottawa
14:00 EST (UTC−5)	Alves 53' Obasi 59' de Jong 88'	Summary	Keita 90+1'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,550 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 28, 2016 8	Jacksonville Armada	1 – 1	Indy Eleven	Jacksonville
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Bahner 30' 63'	Summary	Miller 28' Paterson 41' Vuković 70' Braun 73'	Stadium: Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Sorin Stoica

June 3, 2016 9	Carolina RailHawks	–	Jacksonville Armada	Cary
EST (UTC−5)		[ Summary]		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

U.S. Open Cup

Jacksonville Armada will compete in the 2016 edition of the Open Cup.

June 1, 2016 Third Round	Jacksonville Armada	–	Charleston Battery	Jacksonville
EDT		[ Summary]		Stadium: Community First Park

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 28 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Miguel Gallardo	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Tyler Ruthven	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Mechack Jérôme	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Beto Navarro	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Bryan Burke	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Matthew Fondy	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Alhassane Keita	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Jemal Johnson	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Junior Sandoval	7	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Matt Bahner	7	2	6+1	2	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Pascal Millien	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Shawn Nicklaw	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Lucas Scaglia	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Nicolás Perea	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Kevan George	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Danny Barrow	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Alex Dixon	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Sebastian Evers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Derek Gebhard	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Patrick Otte	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Charles Eloundou	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Jacksonville Armada during the season:
6	MF		Richie Ryan	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	Total
1	DF	13	Matt Bahner	2	2
2	MF	12	Junior Sandoval	1	1
2	MF	14	Pascal Millien	1	1
TOTALS				4	4

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total
2		DF	Tyler Ruthven	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Richie Ryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Alhassane Keita	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Jemal Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Matt Bahner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Nicolás Perea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Kevan George	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
99		FW	Charles Eloundou	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0

References

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External links

Official website

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2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season

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Goal scorers

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