Jax vs Mississippi

First game of the season on the road, nice big field but it was some real hard turf I didn't like it very much but oh well. Their team was very well organized they had weak links which I felt we attacked well. But in the end we were unable to come out on top. The final score was 3-1 but the game was a lot closer than what the score shows.

The game started out I think with everyone a bit of nervousness as it was our first game as a new franchise and our first game of the season. The referee was a bit of a joke in my mind, but what can we do. They scored a goal off a counter attack that came off of our corner kick, Gonzo appeared to get fouled we got no call they countered us and just like that 36 minutes into our first game we were down 1-0. In about the 43rd minute Fries made diagonal run where him, the ball and goalkeeper all collided...The ball continued rolling along as the goalkeeper swept Fries off his feet. Referee?? No call. We went into the half down one goal..

The second half we came out very aggressive and dominated we kept attacking there goal till about the 60 some odd minute when we finally had a corner where the ball bounced in the area Gonzo hit it towards goal, deflected off of one of there defenders and into the net! 1-1.

We kept more possession of the ball and worked it up onto their side then at around the 70th minute or so we made a pretty bad mistake defensively and they capitalized and made the score 2-1 after that we went into full attack mode to try and steal a point on the road, instead in stoppage time in about the 93rd minute they hit a thru ball and got their third goal on a break away and that was that.

On a positive note I love the way our team responded after being down 1-0 at halftime, and it was our first game together ever, so I expect good things in our next game and for the season. The player of the game for me was Doug Parra making a ton of saves, very impressive. Now were in Nashville and we kick off tomorrow at 7pm good luck to us. We miss you guys back at Jacksonville and can't wait for this Thursdays home opener but first we need to tackle this game and go back home with 3 points!


God Bless