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| Full name | Jacksonville Armada U-23 | ||
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| Founded | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) | ||
| Ground | Nathaniel Glover Community Field & Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Robert Palmer | ||
| Head Coach | Tommy Križanović | ||
| League | National Premier Soccer League | ||
| Website | http://www.armadafc.com | ||
 Current season | |||
Jacksonville Armada U-23 are an Americansoccer team based inJacksonville, Florida. They play in theNational Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of theAmerican soccer pyramid, and are part of the development system of theJacksonville Armada FC of theNorth American Soccer League (NASL). They started play in 2016, replacingJacksonville United FC in the NPSL. The team currently plays its home games at Nathaniel Glover Community Field & Stadium on the campus ofEdward Waters University.
As Jacksonville United FC, the club won the NPSL Championship in its first year in the2011 season.
Jacksonville United FC was founded in 2010 inJacksonville, Florida, and began play in the2011 season of theNational Premier Soccer League (NPSL), considered at the fourth tier of theAmerican soccer pyramid. The team was owned by Barry Dixon. While the team started their first season with four straight losses, they finished the season on an 8-game winning streak through the playoffs, finally defeating theHollywood United Hitmen to claim the NPSL Championship with a 3–2 victory on July 30, 2011, inMadison, Alabama.Tommy Krizanovic was named Jacksonville'sMVP, scoring ahat-trick in the final.[1]
In 2016,Jacksonville Armada FC of theNorth American Soccer League (NASL) announced they would establish anunder 23 team to compete in the NPSL as part of the club's development system. Jacksonville Armada U-23 replaced Jacksonville United in the league for the2016 NPSL season. The Armada retained head coach Pat Cannon.[2]
Following the2017 NASL season, the league was denied Division II sanctioning by theUnited States Soccer Federation and canceled its2018 season while legal proceedings played out.[3] During this time, many NASL teams fielded teams in the NPSL including the Jacksonville Armada.[4] The main team took part in league play with a mix professional and amateur players while the U-23 side went on hiatus for the season.
For the2019 NPSL season Armada U-23 returned to the league and announcedAaron Pitchkolan as the new head coach.[5] The team reached the playoffs for the first time since 2014 but fell in the conference semifinals to eventual national championsMiami FC.
In late 2019 the club announced it would be a founding member of the NPSL's new Gulf Coast Conference, joining teams from theGulf Coast Premier League and a returningNew Orleans Jesters for the 2020 season.[6]
On April 5, former Armada playerTommy Križanović returned to the organization as the team's third-ever head coach.[7]
| Role | Name |
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| Head coach |  Tommy Križanović |
| Assistant coach |  Jack Burns |
| Manager |  Richard Santos |
| Name | Nationality | Tenure |
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| Pat Cannon |  United States | 2011–17 |
| Aaron Pitchkolan | United States | 2019 |
| Pat Cannon | United States | 2020 |
| Tommy Križanović | Croatia | 2021- |
| Season | League | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
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| 2011 | NPSL | Southeast | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 18 |
| 2012 | NPSL | South-Southeast-East | 4th | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 11 |
| 2013 | NPSL | Sunshine | 1st | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 20 |
| 2014 | NPSL | Sunshine | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 20 |
| 2015 | NPSL | Sunshine | 4th | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 11 |
| 2016 | NPSL | Sunshine | 2nd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 18 |
| 2017 | NPSL | Sunshine | 3rd | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 20 |
| 2018 | On Hiatus | ||||||||||
| 2019 | NPSL | Sunshine | 4th | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 32 | -19 | 10 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | ||||||||||
| 2021 | NPSL | Gulf Coast Conference | 1st | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 36 |
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