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Match Day

ARMADA MATCHDAY

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAM I VOL 2, ISSUE 5

VS.

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RICHIE RYAN#6 MIDFIELDERTEAM CAPTAIN

SAY N O T O R AC I S M

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Federally Insured by NCUA. An initial deposit of $5 to be held in your Community First Share account is required for membership. Membership is open to anyone who lives or works in Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam or St. Johns counties. *Credit and other restrictions apply. Visit www.CommunityFirstFL.org for more details on both the Armada Credit Card and Armada Debit Card.

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Get both cards online at www.CommunityFirstFL.org, call 904.354.8537 or stop by a branch.

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Federally Insured by NCUA. An initial deposit of $5 to be held in your Community First Share account is required for membership. Membership is open to anyone who lives or works in Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam or St. Johns counties. *Credit and other restrictions apply. Visit www.CommunityFirstFL.org for more details on both the Armada Credit Card and Armada Debit Card.

Introducing our new Armada Debit Card & Armada Credit Card.

Get both cards online at www.CommunityFirstFL.org, call 904.354.8537 or stop by a branch.

■ 2 club seats to a game of your choice■ Armada Social Rewards program■ 50,000 Armada Social Rewards points■ No annual fee■ No penalty rate

■ No minimum balance■ Help avoiding overdrafts■ New EMV chip technology■ No monthly service fee■ Mobile Banking app

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

5 Tonight’s Match

7 Ownership

9 Technical Staff

13 Tony’s Notes 20 Armada’s Irish Rover

27 ‘Pepp Talk’ with Cole Pepper 30 The Visitors: FC Edmonton

43 D.J. EL’s Matchday Mix

45 Armada by the Numbers

51 Armada in the Community

53 2016 Armada FC Roster

55 Fan HQ

57 Community First Park

Pg. 20

Pg. 30

Pg. 51

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WEDNESDAY’S MATCH

vs.

Wednesday night’s matchup marks the fourth time that the Armada FC has battled FC Edmonton. Colin Miller’s Eddies will be looking to earn their first victory in series history over the Armada. FC Edmonton drew with Jacksonville last season in Edmonton but is winless in Jacksonville.

It will also be Star Wars Night, and the force will be strong at Community First Park as everyone’s favorite characters from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away will be out and about. Fans are encouraged to wear their favorite gear and dress up as their favorite character from the movie saga as they cheer their ‘‘Boys In Blue’’ to victory. There will also be replica lightsabers given to the first 1,000 fans through the gates.

All the exciting matchday traditions remain intact as the team takes the pitch tonight. As always, it will be easy to know when the Armada FC players find the back of the net. Prior to every home match and after every Armada FC goal scored, the cannons will be fired. Just before the teams enter the pitch for team introductions, the Armada FC’s biggest nautical supporter, Squid Vicious, is released in stunning fashion, casting a shadow over the opposition and showing its eight-legged support for the ‘‘Boys in Blue.’’

Saturday night marks NASL newcomer Rayo OKC’s first official visit to Community First Park. Owned by Spanish La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, Rayo OKC made a preseason visit to Jacksonville in March, so many on the team are no stranger to Jacksonville. Head coach Alen Marcina and forward Billy Forbes visited Jacksonville twice as members of the San Antonio Scorpions.

It will also be the Armada FC’s Pride Night Celebration, which will celebrate unity with the LGBT community on the First Coast. Special edition Armada FC Pride Night scarves will be given out to the first 1,000 fans through the gates. After the match, fireworks will be launched from the stadium roof.

Prior to the match, the all new Intuition Blue and Bold Street Party presented by PRI Productions will take place from 4:30-6:45 p.m. on A. Phillip Randolph Blvd. between Duval and Adams St. The bash features Intuition beers, special giveaways, exciting tailgating games and food trucks.

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OWNERSHIP MARK FRISCH, OWNER & CEOMark Frisch is the owner of the Jacksonville Armada Football Club. He is also the Executive Vice Pres-ident of Beaver Street Fisheries, a leading importer, manufacturer and distributor of quality frozen seafood products from the USA and around the world. He is the fourth genera-tion of the Frisch family to lead at Beaver Street Fisheries, which was founded by his grandfather, Harry Frisch, and his great uncle Alfred in 1950. As part of his commitment to

the community, Frisch has agreed to serve as the 2015/16 chair of JAXUSA Partnership, the regional economic development or-ganization of JAX Chamber. Frisch also serves on the Board of Trustees for Jacksonville University, the Board of Directors for JAX Chamber, is a member of the Jacksonville Civic Council and the Board of Directors for Baptist Health System. In 2010, he was recognized as one of Jacksonville’s ‘‘40 Under 40’’ by the Jacksonville Business Journal. Frisch graduated from the Univer-sity of Florida and from Bolles High School, and he and his wife, Meredith Chartrand, have three children, Lyla, Abby and Hannah. On Sept. 28, 2015, the NASL Board of Governors elected Frisch as its Chairman.

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TECHNICAL STAFF

HEAD COACH/TECHNICAL DIRECTORTONY MEOLALegendary former U.S. Men’s National Team and MLS goal-keeper Tony Meola was named the Jacksonville Armada FC Head Coach and Technical Director on Nov. 24, 2015.Meola has been a prominent figure in U.S. Soccer since he stormed onto the scene in 1987 when he helped lead the U-20 National Team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Cham-pionship in goal. Following a two-year college career at the University of Virginia, where he was a two-time All-Amer-ican under the guidance of U.S. Soccer icon Bruce Arena, Meola embarked on an illustrious international career in 1988 with the U.S. Men’s National Team, which included three FIFA World Cups (1999, 1994, and 2002).

ASSISTANT COACHJIM ROONEYTony Meola named former MLS All-Star and U.S. National Team U-17 assistant coach Jim Rooney as his top manage-ment on Nov. 25, 2015.

A native of the Bronx, New York, Rooney was a midfielder who played with Meola at the Long Island Rough Riders in 1995 and at the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in 1998 and 1999. Rooney made 116 career appearances in MLS with the MetroStars, Miami Fusion and New England Revolution.

ASSISTANT COACHMARK LOWRYTony Meola added Mark Lowry to his staff as an Assistant Coach on Dec. 30, 2015.

Lowry, who served as an Interim Assistant Coach under Eric Dade in the Armada’s final seven weeks of the 2015 North American Soccer League Fall Season, came to Jack-sonville following three years as a coach at the Orlando City Soccer Club’s U.S. Soccer Development Academy program. He also served as a coach for Armada FC youth development partner Jacksonville FC’s U.S. Soccer devel-opment program.

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR NATHAN WALTERNathan Walter has been with the Jacksonville Armada FC since the club’s beginning stages, joining in 2013 as employee No. 2.

He originally served as the Director of Soccer for Sunshine Soccer Agency, the holding corporation of the Armada FC and then took on the role of Director of Soccer Operations in 2014 once the club began its official NASL operations. Walter also served as an interim assistant coach in the last eight weeks of the 2015 NASL Fall Season. In December 2015, Walter was promoted to the club’s Assistant Techni-cal Director.

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Ownership Mark Frisch Owner & CEO Football Operations Tony Meola Head Coach & Technical DirectorJim Rooney Assistant Coach Mark Lowry Assistant Coach Nathan Walter Assistant Technical DirectorDr. Nigel W. Sparks M.D. Team Orthopedic PhysicianDr. Mike Haghighi Team General PhysicianPaul Dillon Head Equipment ManagerAndrew Orpiano Head Athletic Trainer David Vargas Team AdministratorGerard Achas Assistant Equipment Manager Business Management Thad Bostic CFOTheresa Scordo Senior Director of Business OperationsJaime Spicer In-House CounselMorgan Andreas Recptionist/Accounting Assistant

Club Operations Marshall Happer Senior Vice President of Club OperationsSebastian Pachon Matchday Operations CoordinatorRussell Hill Operations Intern Business Development Rollin Isbell Senior Vice President of Corporate PartnershipNikki Smith Vice President of Business DevelopmentAshley Fahr Partnership Sales ManagerLacey Hagler Corporate Partnership Account Manager

Marketing Jo Shepherd Senior Vice President of MarketingEric Scott Director of Public RelationsJulie Bergman Marketing Events Manager and Community RelationsRyan Lobato Digital Marketing ManagerKaela Emanuel PR Intern Kathryn Parrish PR Intern Kourtney Schwartz Marketing Events Intern Broadcasting Cole Pepper Director of BroadcastingAshlea Bullington Multimedia Coordinator/ReporterMauricio Ruiz Media Consultant

Ticket Sales Micah Carver Sr. Ticket Sales Account ExecutiveEric Turner Ticket Sales Account ExecutiveOrlando Ruiz Ticket Sales Account ExecutivePhilip Simmerman Ticket Sales Account ExecutiveZeke Lee Ticket Sales Account ExecutiveMichael Vega Ticket Sales Account ExecutiveEmmett Farris III Sales & CRM Coordinator Mike Morando Flagship Fleet Manager/Sales Rep.

Ticket Operations/Fan Services Gene Tinner Director of Ticket Operations Gage D’Acunto Membership Services ExecutiveHeather Furey Membership Services ExecutiveBrandi Rawls Membership Services Executive

STAFF DIRECTORY

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2016 BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Monday: Armada Coach’s Show featuring Tony Meola, hosted by Cole Pepper, Sports Radio 930AM, 6-7pm

Wednesday: The Armada Soccer Show hosted by Cole Pep-per and Mauricio Ruiz, Sports Radio 930AM, 6-7pm

Armada Extra Time, CW17, Match Highlights, 11pm when Armada play Wednesdays

Thursday: Armada Kickoff hosted by Cole Pepper and Ashlea Bullington, with Mauricio Ruiz and the Soccer Analyst Round-Table, CW17, 10pm

Saturday: Re-broadcast of Armada Kickoff host-ed by Cole Pepper and Ashlea Bullington, with Mauricio Ruiz and the Soccer Analyst Round-Table, Bounce, 8:30am (Channel 17.2 and Comcast 225)

Matchdays Armada Matchday, CW17. Broadcast starts 30 mins prior to kickoff. Hosted by Cole Pepper.

Armada Matchday Live, Sports Radio 930AM. Broadcast starts 30 mins prior to kickoff. Hosted by Stuart Webber and Mauricio Ruiz.

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TONY’S NOTES

It’s good to be back home here at Community First Park. Our goal as a team is to play our best and earn three points every time we step out on the field. It doesn’t matter whether you play home or away, however, I can honestly say that is a great feeling to know that we can play in front of such great support as we get here in Jacksonville. It definitely makes a difference and you feel it in the atmosphere.

I have talked about it since I first took the job: not every game is going to be pretty, but sometimes we have to roll up our sleeves. We have to take the game to our opponents, and we have learned that early on here this season. As we have seen, no game is going to be easy, so it is up to us to earn those battles.

This is about building something, and we still have a long way to go, but I have confidence that we are growing in the right direction. There are a bunch of new faces on the team and we are starting to click. As we continue to build, we will inherently get better as a team, but it’s going to be these nitty gritty battles that will determine who gets those playoffs spots. That is our goal. We want to be playing in November.

Thank you for your support, and we can’t wait to hear you out there this week!

- Head Coach & Technical Director,

Tony Meola

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SPRING SEASONSun, April 10 L (0-2) @ New York Cosmos Hofstra Stadium FRI, APRIL 15 W(2-1) MIAMI FC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sat, April 23 D(1-1) @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium SAT, APRIL 30 OPEN DATEWED, MAY 4 6:30PM FC EDMONTON COMMUNITY FIRST PARKSAT, MAY 7 7:00PM RAYO OKC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sat, May 14 8:00PM @ Minnesota United FC National Sports CenterSun, May 22 2:00PM @ Ottawa Fury TD Place Stadium SAT, MAY 28 7:00PM INDY ELEVEN COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sat, June 4 7:30PM @ Carolina RailHawks WakeMed Soccer Park SAT, JUNE 11 4:00PM TAMPA BAY ROWDIES COMMUNITY FIRST PARK

FALL SEASONSat, July 2 7:30PM @ Tampa Bay Rowdies Al Lang Stadium SAT, JULY 9 7:00PM PUERTO RICO FC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Wed, July 13 7:30PM @ New York Cosmos Hofstra Stadium Sat, July 16 8:00PM @ Miami FC FIU Stadium SAT, JULY 23 7:00PM OTTAWA FURY COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sat, July 30 7:00PM @ Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium Wed, Aug 3 7:30PM @ Indy Eleven Carroll Stadium SAT, AUG 6 7:00PM CAROLINA RAILHAWKS COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sat, Aug 13 5:00PM @ Ottawa Fury TD Place Stadium WED, AUG 17 6:30PM FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS COMMUNITY FIRST PARK SAT, AUG 20 7:00PM MINNESOTA UNITED FC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK SAT, AUG 27 OPEN DATESat, Sept 3 7:30PM @ Carolina RailHawks WakeMed Soccer Park Sun, Sept 11 8:00PM @ Rayo OKC Miller Stadium Sat, Sept 17 7:30PM @ Puerto Rico FC Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium SAT, SEPT 24 7:00PM RAYO OKC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK WED, SEPT 28 6:30PM FC EDMONTON COMMUNITY FIRST PARKSat, Oct 1 8:00PM @ Minnesota United FC National Sports Center SAT, OCT 8 7:00PM INDY ELEVEN COMMUNITY FIRST PARK WED, OCT 12 6:30PM MIAMI FC COMMUNITY FIRST PARK SAT, OCT 15 7:00PM NEW YORK COSMOS COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Sun, Oct 23 4:00PM @ FC Edmonton Clarke Stadium SUN, OCT 30 4:00PM TAMPA BAY ROWDIES COMMUNITY FIRST PARK Home Matches Away Matches

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IRISH ROVER

Armada team captain and lucky charm Richie Ryan sailed south during the offseason after accepting the opportunity to play for U.S. Soccer legend Tony Meola. After leading Ottawa Fury to its first NASL championship appearance, the experienced midfielder will be looking duplicate his success with new teammates and a new home port.

Q: How is Jacksonville treating you?

It has been relaxing, but I haven’t got around the city too much so far. My family just got here two weeks ago. Our stuff just got delivered from Canada, so I feel as though we are starting to get settled. I am looking forward to seeing what is around the city. I have been living away from home since I was 16, so 15 years ago now. Jacksonville is starting to feel like home since my family arrived. The television has been taken over by my little girl. No more soccer, it’s all cartoons now.

Q: Did you always want to end up in the United States or was it just in your path?

It is something that I looked at when I was 25 and 26 when I was playing in Ireland. I had an opportunity to go on trial with (MLS club) FC Dallas, but it didn’t fall at the right time. We (Sligo Rovers) had just qualified for the cup final in Ireland and the playoffs had ended for Dallas. That really put it in my mind, so when my time at Dundee United came to an end, I started to weigh my options. I was 28 or

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29 at the time, and when I started to look into it, I actually started speaking to the people that made it happen.

It think it is because the game is growing so much over here. You look at soccer in North America, and the game is going from strength to strength. It is certainly something that I wanted to be part of. In the long-term, maybe even coaching when the day comes when I have to hang up my boots.

I played half a season in Dublin for Sligo Rovers, which I still hold in high regard, but I wanted a new challenge in my career. My wife was more than happy to come and travel with me and I couldn’t think of any better place to be. So from there we went to see what North American had in store for us. My wife makes me very happy and grounded. We are far from home but still somewhere that we can call home.

Q: You have a natural leadership role on the team. How do you accept that?

I think from coming over to Ottawa two years ago and now being here in Jacksonville, I like to be a role model to the younger players. I think from my own experiences, I have a lot to offer to the younger players. You learn from your mistakes and hopefully I can feed that off on some of these younger players so that they can have long career. Someone like Danny Barrow looks up to me, and I know how important it is for a younger player like

Richie Ryan arrived to Jacksonville following two seasons as Ottawa’s captain, where he made 39 starts and logged 3,499 minutes in 41 total appearances while notching four goals and three assists. He was named to the NASL’s Best XI and led Ottawa to the best record

in the NASL’s 2015 Fall Season and an appearance in the NASL Championship Final in November of 2015. Ryan was named captain of the 2016 Armada FC squad and has appeared in every match so far this season.

“THE SPRING SEASON IS A SPRINT, BUT WHERE I COME FROM I AM USED TO A 40-GAME SEASON, THE MARATHON.”

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him to have an older player around. He is very young, far away from his home at a young age and I know what that is like. In training and on the pitch, he has big potential, and we want to see him do well.

Q: Where do you see the Armada going this season?

We had a long preseason together. So during that time, we formed some real friendships. Those friendships are very important, especially at this level of football. We aren’t Messi or Ronaldo, so we aren’t the type of players that can carry the team by themselves. It is important that we are friends and know that we have each other’s back.

With the coaches, I believe Tony has put together a team that will be able to play a style he wants. He wants to go from strength-to-strength from week-to-week. We get a couple of wins like we did against Miami FC and then it becomes a confidence thing. Once you start to win games and you start to believe in yourself and your team as a group, your chest goes out a little bit more and it’s empowering. We start to think ‘we can go and beat these guys’ or ‘we can beat anyone, home or away.’ That is the beauty of this league. Anyone can get that win week-to-week. There are not too many thrashings. The spring season is a sprint, but where I come from, I am used to a 40-game season, the marathon. It takes a little while for teams to find their feet in the spring season and hopefully we will find ours. There is a lot of work to do, but so does every other team in the league.

What’s your gameday music choice?

You are asking the wrong man. I love music, but I could listen to anything that sounds good. It could be an old R&B song or a funky dance song. I like it all.

What I love is when I go home in the offseason and see my mates. Head down to an Irish pub, have a pint of Guinness, and listen to a guy in the corner with a guitar.

• Whiskey In The Jar • Fields of Athenry • One Bright Blue Rose • Dirty Old Town

That is what I look forward to during the offseason. On matchdays, I listen to whatever Shawn Nicklaw puts on.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS ‘PEPP TALK’

WITH COLE PEPPER

BIG WEEK COMING UP FOR THE ARMADA

Just how important is this week for the Armada? It could be the difference in making the NASL Championship or not.

Yes, November is a long way away, but consider the opportunity.

Three matches into the season, the Armada have won one, lost one and drawn one. With back to back matches at home, where they have always performed better, Tony Meola’s team can vault themselves right into the thick of contention in the Spring Season. While Carolina has opened strong, winning their first four, there are still six matches remainin for the RailHawks in the spring spring (seven for Jacksonville).

Here’s what the Armada must navigate. First, It’s FC Edmonton, a team who finally won their first last week when they beat winless Ottawa in a Canadian derby. Edmonton will have to fly 2700 miles to Florida and try to perform better than they did last year in Jacksonville. You may recall that the Armada opened the 2015 season with a 3-1 victory over the Eddies at EverBank Field, then took a come-from-behind 3-2 decision in the Fall season at Community First Park. I like the Armada’s chances.

Then, it’s NASL expansion side Rayo OKC, who won their first league fixture with a late PK in Miami against another expansion side. Rayo has a good looking roster as expansion teams go, but winning on the road, especially playing on a pitch as unique as Jacksonville’s can be a tall task.

So if the Armada take care of business at home, they would sit with 10 points from five matches. With Carolina losing this weekend, the race for the spring championship is one again wide open. In fact, the Armada could end the weekend as high as second in the table.

In short, next week is a massive opportunity for the Armada.

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FC EDMONTON OPPONENT PROFILE

FC Edmonton is one of the original clubs to join the modern-era North American Soccer League when it was formed in 2011. Owned by Tom and Dave Fath of the Fath Group, who have more than 30 years of professional soccer experience, the team is also affectionately known as the Eddies.

Since 2013, FC Edmonton has been coached by Hamilton, Scotland, native Colin Miller, who played more than 20 years professionally as a defender and notched 61 caps with the Canadian National Team from 1983-97.

The Eddies bring a 1W-1D-2L record into Wednesday’s contest and are fresh off a 2-0 win over Ottawa Fury last Saturday in the first installment of this year’s Canadian Rivalry. The Armada leads the all-time series with the Eddies, 2-1-0, with both wins coming in Jacksonville.

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RAYO OKC OPPONENT PROFILE

Rayo OKC will be the second NASL expansion side the Armada faces this season. The club was founded in 2015 and is owned by Raúl Martín Presa, who also owns Spanish La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, and Oklahoma native Sean Jones. The team will start their inaugural season this spring of 2016.

Rayo OKC’s head coach is Alen Marcina, a 36-year-old native of Surrey, British Colombia, Canada. Marcina has plenty of striking experience, having started his professional career in 2002. He’s had many appearances with teams like Herfølge and former NASL club, the Puerto Rico Islanders. From 2013-15, Marcina was the head coach of defunct NASL club, the San Antonio Scorpions, and led the side to a league title in 2014.

Although this is Rayo OKC’s first season, it isn’t the first time the side has clashed with the Armada. The Armada’s last preseason game on March 19 was against Rayo OKC, which ended in a 3-1 loss for Jacksonville.

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Natural and organic products More than 2,600 new products are featured throughout the store.

Coffee shopand roastery Stop by our café and treat yourself to fresh-brewed coffee, roasted on-site.

Fresh sushi counter Visit our in-house sushi chef and enjoy vibrant and authentic sushi.

In-store kitchen Chef-inspired meal options, like our salads and pizza, hot out of the oven.

Deli and baked goods More than 350 specialty cheeses and unique bakery items, including Baker Street cakes and ACE breads.

Fresh, sustainable seafoodGet your seafood straight from the dock to your table, and make sure to check out our catch of the day.

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GREAT REASONS TO SHOPOUR NEW WINN-DIXIE

10915 Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32256

Natural and organic products More than 2,600 new products are featured throughout the store.

Coffee shopand roastery Stop by our café and treat yourself to fresh-brewed coffee, roasted on-site.

Fresh sushi counter Visit our in-house sushi chef and enjoy vibrant and authentic sushi.

In-store kitchen Chef-inspired meal options, like our salads and pizza, hot out of the oven.

Deli and baked goods More than 350 specialty cheeses and unique bakery items, including Baker Street cakes and ACE breads.

Fresh, sustainable seafoodGet your seafood straight from the dock to your table, and make sure to check out our catch of the day.

NOW OPEN V I S I T O U R N E W E S T S T O R E F E AT U R I N G

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# NAME AGE POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS CLUB

13 Matt Bahner 25 D 6-0 175 Cincinnati, Ohio/Harrisburg City Islanders

20 Danny Barrow 20 F 5-7 140 Braunton, England/Truro City FC

7 Bryan Burke 27 D 6-2 185 Newport Beach, Calif./Louisville City FC

21 Alex Dixon 25 F 5-8 150 Humble, Texas/Rochester Rhinos

99 Charles Eloundou 21 MF 5-7 155 Yaoundé, Cameroon/Colorado Rapids

22 Sebastian Evers 25 GK 6-0 192 Miami, Fla./University of Central Florida

9 Matt Fondy 26 F 6-1 187 Foster City, Calif./Louisville City FC

1 Miguel Gallardo 31 GK 6-1 187 Torreón, Mexico/Orlando City SC

27 Derek Gebhard 20 F 6-0 160 Severna Park, Md./Jacksonville United FC

19 Kevan George 26 MF 6-2 170 Roxborough, Trinidad & Tobago/Columbus Crew

4 Mechack Jérôme 25 D 5-10 165 Liancourt, Haiti/Charlotte Independence

11 Jemal Johnson 30 F 5-7 172 Paterson, N.J./New York Cosmos

10 Alhassane Keita 32 F 5-5 149 Conakry, Guinea/FC St. Gallen

8 Pekka Lagerblom 33 MF 5-11 158 Lahti, Finland/FC Lahti

33 Garry Lewis 29 MF 5-10 165 Orange Park, Fla./Ekenäs IF

23 Sean Lewis 23 GK 6-1 177 Rockford, Mich./Olympia FC Warriors

14 Pascal Millien 29 MF 5-5 159 Leogane, Haiti/Samut Songkhram FC

5 Beto Navarro 26 D 6-1 165 Delano, Calif./Orange County Blues

15 Shawn Nicklaw 26 D 6-0 183 San Diego, Calif./Thór

29 Patrick Otte 24 MF 5-7 160 Thousand Oaks, Calif./Ventura County Fusion

17 Nicolas Perea 22 MF 5-10 170 Hollywood, Fla./Syracuse University

24 Chaim Roserie 17 F 5-3 112 Mississauga, Ontario/West Toronto Cobras

2 Tyler Ruthven 27 D 6-2 195 Alpharetta, Ga./Arizona United FC

6 Richie Ryan 31 MF 5-8 164 Tipperary, Ireland/Ottawa Fury FC

12 Junior Sandoval 25 F 5-11 174 Quimistán, Honduras/Jaguares de Córdoba

16 Lucas Scaglia 28 MF 5-6 160 Rosario, Argentina/HNK Rijeka

WEDNESDAY’S OFFICIALSReferee: ROSENDO MENDOZA

AR1 & AR2: TONY OBAS & MATTHEW OSTERHOUSE

4th Official: CHRIS GRUWELL

5.4 & 5.7.2016ARMADA MATCHDAY

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# NAME AGE POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS CLUB

25 Marko Aleksic 19 D 6-3 189 Belgrade, Serbia/FC Edmonton Academy

18 Tomi Ameobi 27 F 6-3 184 Newcastle, England/Whitley Bay F.C.

11 Dustin Corea 23 MF 5-10 165 Los Angeles, Calif./C.D. FAS

10 Pablo Cruz 23 MF 5-7 134 Pasadena, Calif./San Antonio Scorpions

4 Pape Diakité 23 D 6-4 209 Pikine, Senegal/Royal Antwerp

44 Adam Eckersley 30 D 5-8 171 Windermere, England/Hibernian

3 Eddie Edward 27 D 6-0 204 Ottawa, Ontario/Puerto Rico Islanders

21 Tyson Farago 24 GK 6-2 200 Winnipeg, Manitoba/WSA Winnipeg

16 Daryl Fordyce 28 F 6-0 158 Belfast, Northern Ireland/Linfield FC

20 Gustavo 31 MF 6-1 160 Recife, Brazil/ Murci

29 Nathan Ingham 22 GK 6-2 190 Toronto, Ontario/Florida Gulf Coast University

9 Sadi Jalali 20 F 6-0 171 New Delhi, India/Vancouver Whitecaps FC

8 Ritchie Jones 29 MF 6-1 167 Manchester, England/Grimsby Town

23 Jake Keegan 25 F 5-9 158 Stormville, N.Y./Galway United

6 Nik Ledgerwood 31 MF 5-9 156 Lethbridge, Alberta/Energie Cottbus

14 Sainey Nyassi 26 MF 5-8 155 Bwiam, Gambia/RoPS

19 Jason Plumhoff 24 MF 6-0 154 Ellciot City, Md./Harrisburg City Islanders

7 Cristian Raudales 26 MF 5-8 159 Honduras/BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden

15 Mallan Roberts 23 D 6-2 188 Freetown, Sierra Leone/NAIT

26 Shamit Shome 18 MF 5-10 155 Edmonton, Alberta/FC Edmonton Academy

24 Johann Smith 28 D 5-10 165 Hartford, Conn./Cumberland United

1 Matt VanOekel 29 GK 6-3 202 Chesapeake, Virginia/Minnesota United

5 Albert Watson 30 D 6-0 193 Belfast, Northern Ireland/Linfield FC

2 Allan Zebie 22 D 5-7 165 Paris, France/ FC Edmonton Academy

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SATURDAY’S OFFICIALSReferee: MARCOS DEOLIVEIRA

AR1 & AR2: JEFFREY SKINKER & DAN STUPCA

4th Official: MATTHEW OSTERHOUSE

5.7.2016ARMADA MATCHDAY

# NAME AGE POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS CLUB

20 Derek Boateng 32 MF 6-0 185 Accra, Ghana/Eibar

18 Marvin Chávez 32 MF 5-5 145 La Ceiba, Honduras/San Antonio Scorpions

98 Futty Danso 32 D 6-3 190 Serrekunda, Gambia/Carolina RailHawks

22 Daniel Fernandes 32 GK 6-5 213 Edmonton, Alberta/San Antonio Scorpions

55 Robbie Findley 32 F 5-9 165 Phoenix, Arizona/Toronto FC

7 Billy Forbes 25 F 5-9 165 Turks and Caicos Islands/San Antonio Scorpion

8 Tyler Gibson 25 MF 5-9 155 Knoxville, Tenn./San Antonio Scorpions

23 Ryan Johnson 31 F 6-1 180 Kingston, Jamaica/Seoul E-Land

4 Juanan 28 D 6-4 190 Majorca, Spain/CD Leganés

27 Kosuke Kimura 31 D 5-9 155 Kobe, Japan/Atlanta Silverbacks

2 Rauwshan McKenzie 29 D 6-1 185 Hoffman Estates, Ill./Atlanta Silverbacks

6 Richard Menjivar 25 MF 5-8 159 Los Angeles, Calif./Tampa Bay Rowdies

31 Michel 34 D 6-2 170 Vitória, Brazil/FC Dallas

5 Erick Norales 31 D 5-11 165 La Ceiba, Honduras/Indy Eleven

1 Caleb Patterson-Sewell 28 GK 6-3 190 Hendersonville, Tenn. / Gil Vicente

11 Pecka 26 MF 5-7 152 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Real Salt Lake

13 Hugo Rhoads 21 D 6-1 170 West Linn, Ore/Portland Timbers U-23

9 Georgios Samaras 31 F 6-4 180 Heraklion, Greece/Al Hilal

19 Ian Svantesson 22 D 6-6 180 Orlando, Fla/University Alabama Birmingham

14 Jarad van Schaik 27 MF 6-1 185 Portland, Ore./Charleston Battery

10 Sebastián Velásquez 25 MF 5-7 150 Medellín, Colombia/New York City FC

24 Yuma 30 MF 5-9 150 Madrid, Spain/Puerta Bonita

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4th Official: MATTHEW OSTERHOUSE

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TONIGHT’S OFFICIALSReferee: MARK GEIGER

AR1 & AR2: COREY PARKER & ADAM WIENCKOWSKI

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We offer a wide range of vision, aesthetic, and hearing services in Jacksonville, Florida

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Each matchday, D.J. E.L. the official gameday noisemaker of the Jacksonville Armada will put out the Armada Matchday Mix to pump up both the players on the pitch and you the fans in the stands just before kickoff. Check out what he has concocted for today’s contest.

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Proud to be a sponsor of the Jacksonville Armada FC.

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ARMADA IN THE COMMUNITY

On Wednesday, April 27, Garry Lewis and Richie Ryan visited JEB Stuart Middle School for the Healthy Hero’s Program presented by Subway restaurants. The initiative aims at encouraging students across the region to increase their physical activity and remain active.

To learn more about Armada FC Community Appearances, please visit ArmadaFC.com and complete the appearance form in the Community Section. Our Community Relations Department will make all efforts to fulfill your request.

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Jacksonville’s new professional soccer team, the

Armada FC, is looking for dedicated fans to come

aboard the team’s new Flagship Fleet, an active sup-

porters group that will assist the team in promoting

the Armada FC around the region.

Flagship Fleet members will work directly with the

Armada front office in attending events, finding new

season ticket crew members and assisting the

Armada FC during call campaigns and sales events.

In return for their volunteer efforts they will receive

points and promotions that will provide them with

unique experiences and prizes including:

- A chance to win a trip for two to the NASL

Soccer Bowl

- An opportunity to travel to a road game with the

team

-Have their photo taken with the team

- Attend a special dinner with the Head Coach,

general manager and team owner

- A chance to earn exclusive Armada FC Flagship

Fleet Unique Apparel

- See the game from the sidelines and take part

in the Flagship Fleet ‘Manning the Pitch’ that helps

introduce the Armada FC on match days

- Opportunity to sit in the special Flagship Fleet

section at Armada FC home matches

Flagship Fleet volunteers will receive points for

every hour they volunteer and every ticket they help

sell in the community. The more they contribute, the

higher they will be promoted through the ranks of the

Fleet which will qualify them for great experiences

and prizes.

For more information or to request an application form contact Mike Morando at 904.516.3763 or email at [email protected]

Join the Flagship Fleet

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A supporters group with a mission!

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F: FAN SERVICES IS HERE FOR YOU! QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS? STOP BY THE OFFICIAL ARMADA FAN HEADQUARTERS DURING THE MATCH LOCATED ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE ACROSS FROM SECTION 108 AT THE TABLE NEXT TO THE ELEVATOR.

A: ARMADA FC GEAR? GET IT HERE! (BEFORE IT SAILS OUT OF PORT ON SOMEONE ELSE). THE OFFICIAL ARMADA FC MERCHANDISE STORE IS LO-CATED AT TODAY’S MATCH DIRECTLY BEHIND SECTION 106 ON THE MAIN CONCOURSE. NEED DOUBLOOMS? THERE IS AN ATM DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE STORE.

N: NEED TO WHET YOUR WHISTLE OR FEED YOUR APPETITE? STOP BY ANY ONE OF THE FULL-SERVICE CONCESSIONS STANDS ON THE MAIN CON-COURSE FEATURING A RANGE OF STADIUM FARE.

FANS 21 AND OVER CAN WALK OFF THEIR SEA LEGS TO THE BEER GARDEN LOCATED PAST THE GRASSY BOW TERRACE STANDING AREA IN THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF COMMUNITY FIRST PARK. BEER GARDEN MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE EVERY HOME MATCH.

S: SAVE YOURSELF FROM A RED CARD! BY FOLLOWING THE ARMADA FC FAN CODE OF CONDUCT ALL GUESTS TO COMMUNITY FIRST PARK MAY EXPE-RIENCE TODAY’S MATCH IN A FUN, SAFE AND ENJOYABLE MANNER.

PLEASE SEE FAN CODE OF CONDUCT UNDER “RED CARD” ALONG WITH A CAPTAIN’S LOG FULL OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

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Give No Quarter

We are Crazy

Ohhh lets go Armada

Ohhh lets go Armada

Ohhh lets go Armada

Ohhh lets go Armada

People say we are crazy, but we don’t care

‘Cause all we want to do, is to watch you play

Duval we love and we’re gonna let it show

REP ‘TIL WE DIE, FOREVER THE 904

Upcoming Events

Join Section 904’s Pregame Tailgate

at Lot P in the grassy area right behind the Stern

outside Community First Park at 2:00 p.m. before every Saturday home

match. Meet some friends, have

some fun and help us march to the

match just before kickoff.

Chant along with the 904

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