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Jay Ajayi Gave Up 72 Goals in his First FIFA Competition
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The Philadelphia Union signed Jay Ajayi to be their 2020 representative in the ‘eMLS’ FIFA league that’s organized by Major League Soccer.
It was a publicity stunt more than anything, but a smart one, because the Union brand found its way to all sorts of global media outlets that shared the news of a pro football player and Super Bowl winner signing on to rep the local soccer team in a video game tournament.
Turns out, however, that Jay Train isn’t very good at FIFA. In Thursday’s inaugural league event at Union Transfer on Spring Garden Street, he finished dead last:
Update: Jay Ajayi finished 0-12 with a -61 goal differential.
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/VaoQkg2lQ0
— Joe Tansey (@JTansey90) January 9, 2020
Jay scored 11 goals and gave up 72. That’s a pretty rough start.
But listen –
He can only improve from here.
I’ll end this story on a positive note out of respect to the Super Bowl winner:
Corey Clement on Jimmy Kimmel Live says the #Eagles only practiced the Philly Special 3 times leading up to the game – Jay Ajayi also took a small shot at TB12 pic.twitter.com/pOwmNdorod
— John Barchard | Monetize Philly (@JohnBarchard) February 6, 2018
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com