# 2015 Jacksonville Armada FC season

The 2015 Jacksonville Armada FC season was the club's first season of existence, they played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Season Review

José Luis Villarreal was appointed as the club's first manager on June 11, 2014.
Villarreal announced he would be leaving Armada at the end of the Spring season on May 22, with Guillermo Ángel Hoyos replacing him as head coach. On June 30, Armada extended Head Coach Guillermo Ángel Hoyos' contract until the end of the 2019 season, before dismissing Hoyos on September 21 and placing Eric Dade as Interim Manager.

### Media

All Armada NASL matches would be broadcast locally on television on WCWJ CW17 and on the radio on WFXJ "Sports Radio 930". The play-by-play announcer would be Cole Pepper, who is experienced doing sports announcing in the Jacksonville area, including 15 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Armada matches can be streamed online via NASL's TV package with ESPN3, or iHeart Radio.

## Roster

    As of match played November 1, 2015
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Miguel Gallardo | GK | (1984-10-24)24 October 1984 (aged 31) | Orlando City | 2015 | 23 | 0 |
| 12 | David Sierra | GK | (1983-09-16)16 September 1983 (aged 32) | Puerta Bonita | 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Sebastian Evers | GK | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 24) | UCF Knights | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Jordan Gafa | DF | (1990-06-19)19 June 1990 (aged 25) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Lucas Trejo | DF | (1987-12-29)29 December 1987 (aged 27) | Instituto ACC | 2015 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | Mechack Jérôme | DF | (1990-04-21)21 April 1990 (aged 25) | Charlotte Independence | 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Nurdin Hrustic | DF | (1988-11-05)5 November 1988 (aged 26) | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Fabricio Ortiz | DF | (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 25) | Alumni de Villa María | 2015 | 24 | 0 |
| 13 | Matt Bahner | DF | (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 25) | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2015 | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | Shawn Nicklaw | DF | (1989-04-15)15 April 1989 (aged 26) | Þór Akureyri | 2015 | 24 | 0 |
| 20 | Joseph Toby | DF | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 26) | Arizona United | 2015 | 16 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Lucas Rodríguez | MF | (1986-02-08)8 February 1986 (aged 29) | | 2015 | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | Bochy Hoyos | MF | (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 31) | Carabobo | 2015 | 19 | 2 |
| 9 | Marcos Flores | MF | (1985-10-23)23 October 1985 (aged 30) | Newcastle Jets | 2015 | 22 | 2 |
| 14 | Pascal Millien | MF | (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 29) | Fidelis Andria | 2015 | 25 | 6 |
| 16 | Lucas Scaglia | MF | (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 28) | Rijeka | 2015 | 27 | 1 |
| 17 | Nicolás Perea | MF | (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 23) | Syracuse Orange | 2015 | 19 | 0 |
| 19 | Nico Zaldana | MF | (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 (aged 19) | Málaga | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Ramak Safi | MF | (1984-02-07)7 February 1984 (aged 31) | Jacksonville Armada Development Squad | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Jaime Castrillón | MF | (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 32) | | 2015 | 28 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Alhassane Keita | FW | (1983-06-26)26 June 1983 (aged 32) | St. Gallen | 2015 | 20 | 7 |
| 11 | Jemal Johnson | FW | (1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 30) | New York Cosmos | 2015 | 29 | 5 |
| 18 | Tommy Križanović | FW | (1984-11-20)20 November 1984 (aged 30) | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 17 | 1 |
| 24 | Chaim Roserie | FW | (1987-09-09)9 September 1987 (aged 28) | | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Tyler Williams | FW | (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 26) | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | Akeil Barrett | FW | (1992-07-07)7 July 1992 (aged 23) | Orlando City | 2015 | 24 | 3 |
| 27 | Derek Gebhard | FW | (1995-10-15)15 October 1995 (aged 20) | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 5 | 0 |

### Staff
## Transfers
### Winter

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MEX | Miguel Gallardo (from Orlando City) |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jordan Gafa (from Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Lucas Trejo (from Instituto ACC) |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Ortiz (from Alumni de Villa María) |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Rodríguez |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Bochy Hoyos (from Carabobo) |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Marcos Flores (from Newcastle Jets) |
| 10 | FW | GUI | Alhassane Keita (from St. Gallen) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jemal Johnson (from New York Cosmos) |
| 12 | GK | ESP | David Sierra (from Puerta Bonita) |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Bahner (from UCF Knights) |
| 14 | MF | HAI | Pascal Millien (from Fidelis Andria) |
| 15 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw (from UCF Knights) |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Lucas Scaglia (from Rijeka) |
| 17 | MF | COL | Nicolás Perea (from Syracuse Orange) |
| 20 | DF | SLE | Joseph Toby (from Arizona United) |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ramak Safi (from Jacksonville Armada Development Squad) |
| 22 | GK | USA | Sebastian Evers (from UCF Knights) |
| 23 | FW | COL | Jaime Castrillón |
| 25 | FW | USA | Tyler Williams (from Jacksonville United) |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Akeil Barrett (from Orlando City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Summer

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | USA | Ethan Sonis (loan from Freiburg) |
| 4 | DF | HAI | Mechack Jérôme (from Charlotte Independence) |
| 24 | FW | CAN | Chaim Roserie |
| 27 | FW | USA | Derek Gebhard (from Jacksonville United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | USA | Ethan Sonis (loan return to Freiburg) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 June 2015. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

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

#### Results
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 November 2015. 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 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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

    As of Match played November 1, 2015

### 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 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Jordan Gafa | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Lucas Trejo | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HAI | Mechack Jérôme | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Nurdin Hrustic | 12 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Ortiz | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Rodríguez | 20 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Bochy Hoyos | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARG | Marcos Flores | 22 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | GUI | Alhassane Keita | 20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jemal Johnson | 29 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 17+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ESP | David Sierra | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Bahner | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | HAI | Pascal Millien | 25 | 6 | 8+2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw | 24 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Lucas Scaglia | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | COL | Nicolás Perea | 19 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | CRO | Tommy Križanović | 17 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 5+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Nico Zaldana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SLE | Joseph Toby | 16 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | IRN | Ramak Safi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | COL | Jaime Castrillón | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | USA | Tyler Williams | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | JAM | Akeil Barrett | 24 | 3 | 0+5 | 0 | 10+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | USA | Derek Gebhard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Jacksonville Armada who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Alhassane Keita | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | | 14 | Pascal Millien | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 11 | Jemal Johnson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 23 | Jaime Castrillón | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 26 | Akeil Barrett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 9 | Marcos Flores | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 8 | Bochy Hoyos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 20 | Joseph Toby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | 18 | Tommy Križanović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 16 | Lucas Scaglia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 4 | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 18 | 0 | 33 |

### 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Lucas Trejo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Nurdin Hrustic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Fabricio Ortiz | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lucas Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Marcos Flores | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Alhassane Keita | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | Jemal Johnson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Matt Bahner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Pascal Millien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Lucas Scaglia | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Nicolás Perea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Nico Zaldana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Joseph Toby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Jaime Castrillón | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Akeil Barrett | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 26 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 9 |