Armada FC Public Relations | Feb. 17, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Armada FC announced on Wednesday it added five friendlies to the 2016 preseason schedule.

The club will host a free and open to the public four-team invitational on Thursday, March 3 and Saturday, March 5 at Patton Park with the United Soccer League’s Charleston Battery and Tulsa Roughnecks, along with North American Soccer League expansion side Miami FC. The Armada will take on Tulsa at 12:30 p.m. on March 3, followed by a matchup with Charleston at 12:30 p.m. on March 5.

Other matches in the invitational include Miami FC against Charleston at 10 a.m. on March 3 and Miami FC against Tulsa at 10 a.m. on March 5.

The Armada will face Miami FC for the first time at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 9, in a closed scrimmage at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla. The trip is part of a three-day team training retreat.

Jacksonville will also host expansion NASL club Rayo OKC at Patton Park on Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. Before beginning the NASL regular season on April 10 at the New York Cosmos, the Armada will have one final tune up with a visit to NCAA Division II squad Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 2. Both matches are free and open to the public.

The Armada will return to action with a preseason match against local NCAA Division I side University of North Florida at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Hodges Stadium on the UNF campus. The friendly is free and open to the public and will be streamed on armadafc.com.