JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 Sporting Club Jacksonville announced the addition of four midfielders to the team\u2019s inaugural roster. The club signed Jacob Evans, Ezekiel Soto, Piero Elias, and Wan Kuzain.<\/p>\n
\u201cJacob, Ezekiel, Piero and Wan each bring something different to our midfield group,\u201d said Head Coach Liam Fox. \u201cCollectively, they give us intelligence on the ball, range in possession and an ability to control matches. This group forms an important part of the foundation we\u2019re building as we move toward our first season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacob Evans most recently played with the MLS NEXT Pro team Carolina Core, where he scored five goals and had four assists in the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
Ezekiel Soto has made 14 appearances with the U.S. Youth National Team, scoring five goals. He most recently played with USL Championship team Charleston Battery.<\/p>\n
Piero Elias spent two seasons with MLS NEXT Pro team NYCFC II, where he started in 63 of 77 matches. During that time, Elias scored 11 goals and had 11 assists.<\/p>\n
In his career, Wan Kuzain has scored 24 goals and 16 assists. Kuzain comes to Sporting JAX after a four-season stint with MLS NEXT Pro club St. Louis City 2.<\/p>\n
Sporting JAX\u2019s men\u2019s team will have its first preseason match against Charleston Battery on February 21 at UNF\u2019s Hodges Stadium. The club will make its regular season debut at home against Hartford Athletic on March 7. You can find ticket information on the Sporting JAX website<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u25b6 Listen to Jacksonville\u2019s Morning News Interviews<\/a><\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2014 Sporting Club Jacksonville announced the addition of four midfielders to the team\u2019s inaugural roster. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,2062,110],"class_list":["post-125316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}