Jay Ajayi Gave Up 72 Goals in his First FIFA Competition

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