Armada FC Public Relations | Feb. 23, 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With positive momentum behind it so far in the preseason, the Jacksonville Armada FC will look for another positive result on Wednesday night in a friendly against NCAA Division I side University of North Florida at Hodges Stadium on the UNF campus.

The match will be the first of three contests against local collegiate competition for the Armada during the preseason, and it is the second of four tilts against professional teams during the spring for UNF. The Armada will also face Jacksonville University at Southern Oak Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 and Flagler College at Saints Field at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 2. UNF has already faced USL side Charleston Battery on Feb. 6 and NPSL team Jacksonville United (now Armada U-23) on Feb. 13 and still has USL side Orlando City B on March 8.

The Armada is currently 2-0 in the preseason with wins over MLS sides Philadelphia Union (1-0 on Feb. 6) and Orlando City SC (2-1 on Feb. 13) in Jacksonville. In both efforts, Jacksonville had solid control of the midfield and stood strong on the backline. Trialist Charles Elondou scored in the 80th minute against the Union while defender Mechack Jerômé and forward Alhassane Keita found the back of the net against OCSC. Jerômé scored on a curling free kick just outside of the box in the 48th minute in what was almost an exact replica of Kaká's goal in the 32nd minute. Keita followed it up with his strike in the 58th minute on a kick from just inside the box that deflected off an OCSC defender.

The Ospreys, who won the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season and postseason tournament titles in 2015, fell 1-0 at Coastal Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Division I tournament back on Nov. 19. Led by head coach Derek Marinatos, UNF had four players earn NSCAA all-region honors.

Below is a breakdown of each team and the match.

WHEN & WHERE

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. ET | Hodges Stadium (UNF Campus)

FREE and open to the public | Weather



THE TEAMS

Jacksonville Armada FC (8W-7D-15L, 31 pts., 11th NASL Combined in 2015; 2-0-0 preseason in 2016)

University of North Florida (10W-1D-7L Overall, 4-1-0 Atlantic Sun Conference – 1st in 2015)

SERIES HISTORY

First meeting

CLUB QUICK LINKS

Armada FC: News | Roster | Schedule

UNF Ospreys: News | Roster | Schedule

WATCH

- Live stream on ArmadaFC.com – Cole Pepper – PXP and Bob Veal – Color

READ

- Live Twitter updates on @ArmadaFCgameday – #UNFvJAX

- Live stats on ArmadaFC.com