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Armada FC Announce International Friendly Match against Argentinian Club Boca Juniors

June 12, 2015 - North American Soccer League (NASL)
Jacksonville Armada FC News Release


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 12, 2015) - The Jacksonville Armada FC will host their first-ever international friendly match at EverBank Field at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 against world-renowned Argentinian soccer club Boca Juniors.

The match, which will be broadcast locally on CW17, will also be shown to a potential TV audience of 20 million Boca Juniors fans throughout South America by Boca Juniors' television partners as well as internationally and on the North American Soccer League and Armada FC web streams. The clubs will play for the International Community Cup, presented by Community First Credit Union.

"We are thrilled and excited to be able to announce this match with a team of Boca Juniors' caliber and history," said Armada FC owner and CEO Mark Frisch. "This will not only be a great opportunity for Jacksonville fans to see our Armada matched up against one of the best club teams in the world but also a significant opportunity for us to showcase our beautiful city to millions around the world through the television broadcast."

Tickets for the prestigious matchup, co-produced by Onside Entertainment, will start at $14 per seat and are available beginning today by contacting the Armada FC ticket office at 1-844-2-Armada and on the Armada FC website at http://www.armadafc.com/ armadafc.com.

Current Armada FC season ticket owners and fans who purchase the Armada FC's Fall Season ticket package will receive entry to the Boca Juniors friendly as part of their season ticket package. The Fall Season package, starting at $99 per seat, also includes 10 NASL Fall Season matches.

The Boca Juniors match will also be available as part of a Summer Triple-Pack mini-plan offering that will include the Armada's first two home matches of the NASL Fall Season at Community First Park at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville against the New York Cosmos on Saturday, July 18 and Minnesota United FC on Friday, July 31. The Summer Triple-Pack starts at $36.

The Armada FC have a strong Argentinian connection with Boca in head coach Guillermo Hoyos, who played for Boca Juniors from 1986-1989. With six Argentinian players on the Armada squad - Marcos Flores, Bochy Hoyos, Fabricio Ortiz, Lucas Rodriguez, Lucas Scaglia and Lucas Trejo - the friendly international presents an ideal fit for the Armada's mid-season international matchup.

Boca Juniors currently sits second in Argentina's Primera Division at the midway point of the 2015 season, one point behind San Lorenzo with a game in hand. The club's star players include Uruguayan midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro and the striker Daniel Osvaldo, known as "El Loco," who has teamed up in the attack with a slew of world-class strikers including Cristian Chavez, Juan Manuel Martinez and Jonathan Calleri. Boca Juniors is also the most popular soccer club in Argentina, with its fan base comprised of approximately 40 percent of the total population of the country. The club currently has more than 7 million followers on Facebook.

Under head coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena, a former member of the Argentina national team and Boca left back who took the Boca reigns in 2014, Juniors play a similar possession-oriented, attack-minded style of soccer as the Armada, which should make for a thrilling encounter. Both clubs also share a similar uniform color scheme in blue and gold.

The teams will use the match as a warm-up to the second half of their current seasons in the Argentinian Primera League and NASL, which both begin in July.

Armada FC Home Friendly International and Fall Season Schedule Sat, June 27 8 p.m. Boca JuniorsEverBank Field (International Friendly) NASL Fall Season

Sat, June 27  8 p.m.  Boca Juniors EverBank Field  (International Friendly)

NASL Fall Season

Sat., July 18 7:30 p.m. New York Cosmos Community First Park

Fri., July 31 7:30 p.m. Minnesota United FC Community First Park

Wed., Aug. 12 7:30 p.m. Carolina RailHawks Community First Park

Sat., Aug. 15 7:30 p.m. Atlanta Silverbacks Community First Park

Sat., Aug. 29 7:30 p.m. San Antonio Scorpions Community First Park

Sat., Sept. 26 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Rowdies Community First Park

Sat., Oct. 3 7:30 p.m. Indy Eleven Community First Park

Sat., Oct. 17 7:30 p.m. FC Edmonton Community First Park

Wed., Oct. 21 7:30 p.m. Ottawa Fury FC Community First Park

Sun., Nov. 1 4 p.m. Fort Lauderdale Strikers Community First Park

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