# 2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season

The 2016 Jacksonville Armada FC season was the club's second season of existence. The club played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Roster

    As of match played 30 October 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Miguel Gallardo | GK | (1984-10-24) 24 October 1984 (age 39) | Orlando City | 2015 | | 46 | 0 |
| 23 | Sean Lewis | GK | (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32) | Olympia | 2016 | | 11 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Tyler Ruthven | DF | (1988-07-18) 18 July 1988 (age 36) | Arizona United | 2016 | | 32 | 1 |
| 4 | Mechack Jérôme | DF | (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 34) | Charlotte Independence | 2015 | | 32 | 2 |
| 5 | Beto Navarro | DF | (1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 35) | Orange County Blues | 2016 | | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Bryan Burke | DF | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35) | Louisville City | 2016 | | 21 | 0 |
| 13 | Matt Bahner | DF | (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2015 | | 46 | 3 |
| 29 | Patrick Otte | DF | (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32) | Ventura County Fusion | 2016 | | 11 | 1 |
| 52 | Karl Ouimette | DF | (1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 32) | on loan from New York Red Bulls | 2016 | 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Anthony Wallace | MF | (1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 35) | New York Red Bulls | 2016 | | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | Nicklas Maripuu | MF | (1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 (age 32) | IK Sirius | 2016 | | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | Pekka Lagerblom | MF | (1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 41) | Lahti | 2016 | | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Lucas Scaglia | MF | (1987-05-06) 6 May 1987 (age 37) | Rijeka | 2015 | | 42 | 2 |
| 17 | Nicolás Perea | MF | (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 32) | K-W United | 2015 | | 24 | 0 |
| 18 | Jason Plumhoff | MF | (1991-08-09) 9 August 1991 (age 33) | Edmonton | 2016 | | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Kevan George | MF | (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) | Columbus Crew | 2016 | | 30 | 0 |
| 20 | Danny Barrow | MF | (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 28) | Truro City | 2016 | | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | Alex Dixon | MF | (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34) | Rochester Rhinos | 2016 | | 16 | 2 |
| 25 | Zach Steinberger | MF | (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 32) | loan from Houston Dynamo | 2016 | 2016 | 20 | 4 |
| 33 | Garry Lewis | MF | (1986-08-26) 26 August 1986 (age 38) | | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Alexander Andersson | FW | (1985-12-14) 14 December 1985 (age 38) | Degerfors IF | 2016 | | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Alhassane Keita | FW | (1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 41) | St. Gallen | 2015 | | 44 | 14 |
| 11 | Jemal Johnson | FW | (1985-05-03) 3 May 1985 (age 39) | New York Cosmos | 2015 | | 52 | 7 |
| 24 | Chaim Roserie | FW | (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 26) | | 2015 | | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Derek Gebhard | FW | (1995-10-15) 15 October 1995 (age 28) | Jacksonville United | 2015 | | 17 | 0 |
| 99 | Charles Eloundou | FW | (1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 (age 29) | Colorado Rapids | 2016 | | 31 | 6 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Richie Ryan | MF | (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39) | Ottawa Fury | 2016 | | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Matthew Fondy | FW | (1989-06-28) 28 June 1989 (age 35) | Louisville City | 2016 | | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Junior Sandoval | MF | (1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 33) | Jaguares de Córdoba | 2016 | | 18 | 2 |
| 14 | Pascal Millien | MF | (1986-05-03) 3 May 1986 (age 38) | Fidelis Andria | 2015 | | 39 | 7 |
| 15 | Shawn Nicklaw | DF | (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35) | Þór Akureyri | 2015 | | 31 | 0 |
| 22 | Sebastian Evers | GK | (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33) | | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |

### Staff

* Tony Meola – Head Coach
* Mark Lowry – Assistant Coach

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | USA | Tyler Ruthven (from Arizona United) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Beto Navarro (from Orange County Blues) |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 7 | DF | USA | Bryan Burke (from Louisville City) |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Pekka Lagerblom (from Lahti) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy (from Louisville City) |
| 12 | MF | HON | Junior Sandoval (from Jaguares de Córdoba) |
| 19 | MF | TRI | Kevan George (from Columbus Crew) |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Danny Barrow (from Truro City) |
| 21 | MF | USA | Alex Dixon (from Rochester Rhinos) |
| 23 | GK | USA | Sean Lewis (from Olympia) |
| 29 | DF | NED | Patrick Otte (from Ventura County Fusion) |
| 33 | MF | USA | Garry Lewis |
| 99 | FW | CMR | Charles Eloundou (from Colorado Rapids) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jordan Gafa |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Lucas Trejo |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Nurdin Hrustic |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Ortiz |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Rodríguez |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Bochy Hoyos |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Marcos Flores (to Curicó Unido) |
| 12 | GK | ESP | David Sierra (to Miami) |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Tommy Križanović |
| 19 | MF | USA | Nico Zaldana |
| 20 | DF | SLE | Joseph Toby |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ramak Safi |
| 23 | MF | COL | Jaime Castrillón (to Atlético Bucaramanga) |
| 25 | FW | USA | Tyler Williams |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Akeil Barrett (to Piteå IF) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | USA | Anthony Wallace (from New York Red Bulls) |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Nicklas Maripuu (from IK Sirius) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Alexander Andersson (from Degerfors IF) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Jason Plumhoff (traded from Edmonton) |
| 25 | MF | USA | Zach Steinberger (loan from Houston Dynamo) |
| 52 | DF | CAN | Karl Ouimette (loan from New York Red Bulls) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan (to Miami) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy (to Carolina RailHawks) |
| 12 | MF | HON | Junior Sandoval (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 14 | MF | HAI | Pascal Millien (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 15 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw (traded to Edmonton) |
| 22 | GK | USA | Sebastian Evers (to Miami) |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 June 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 November 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |

#### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 30 October 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Miguel Gallardo | 23 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Tyler Ruthven | 32 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | USA | Anthony Wallace | 17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HAI | Mechack Jérôme | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Beto Navarro | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Nicklas Maripuu | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | USA | Bryan Burke | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Pekka Lagerblom | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Alexander Andersson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GUI | Alhassane Keita | 24 | 7 | 6+3 | 0 | 11+2 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jemal Johnson | 23 | 2 | 6+2 | 0 | 12+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Bahner | 23 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 13+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Lucas Scaglia | 15 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | COL | Nicolás Perea | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Jason Plumhoff | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | TRI | Kevan George | 30 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Danny Barrow | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Alex Dixon | 16 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 4+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | USA | Sean Lewis | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | USA | Zach Steinberger | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | USA | Derek Gebhard | 12 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NED | Patrick Otte | 11 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | DF | CAN | Karl Ouimette | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | CMR | Charles Eloundou | 31 | 6 | 2+7 | 0 | 11+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Jacksonville Armada during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | HON | Junior Sandoval | 18 | 2 | 7+2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | HAI | Pascal Millien | 14 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | USA | Sebastian Evers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Alhassane Keita | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | 99 | Charles Eloundou | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 25 | Zach Steinberger | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | | 13 | Matt Bahner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | 12 | Junior Sandoval | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 21 | Alex Dixon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 11 | Jemal Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 14 | Pascal Millien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 2 | Tyler Ruthven | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 4 | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 16 | Lucas Scaglia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 29 | Patrick Otte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 5 | 23 | 2 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Miguel Gallardo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tyler Ruthven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Anthony Wallace | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Beto Navarro | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Richie Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Pekka Lagerblom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Alhassane Keita | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | Jemal Johnson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Junior Sandoval | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Matt Bahner | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Shawn Nicklaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Lucas Scaglia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Nicolás Perea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Kevan George | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Danny Barrow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alex Dixon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Sean Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Zach Steinberger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Derek Gebhard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Charles Eloundou | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 16 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 4 |