Super Bowl winner gets demolished in pro eMLS FIFA debut He may have won the Super Bowl, and shone at the NFL Pro Bowl to boot, but FIFA-convert Jay Ajayi may have a ways to go before he\u2019s fully up to scratch in the eMLS, after his debut esports weekend saw him finish with a 0\u201312 record. Ajayi\u2019s NFL championship came after he was traded from the Miami Dolphins to the Eagles, where he immediately provided major impact at running back on the Philadelphia franchise\u2019s path to their first-ever Super Bowl victory. Things haven\u2019t gone so well right off the bat for Ajayi in his conversion to esports, however, with the London-born athlete on the receiving end of some pretty nasty defeats. In the end, the Union recruit couldn\u2019t manage a win in his opening day. Ajayi\u2019s eMLS campaign started with a 5\u20131 thrashing at the hands of KingCJ0. After the four-goal loss, the NFL star suggested \u201cthings always start small,\u201d and pointed to his goal with Ronaldinho as a building block for a \u201cstronger\u201d run. Unfortunately, while the Union recruit had held faith he could right the ship, it seemed his troubles were only beginning. Even swapping his team, and bringing in Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho couldn\u2019t fix his leaking defense. In the end, Ajayi just couldn\u2019t seem to find his rhythm. He scored 11 goals in his 12 outings, which was an encouraging sign, but no matter what he did in defense he struggled to keep out his pro rivals, and ended the day with 72 goals conceded. His twelve-game run wasn\u2019t the end of his first days as an esports star, however. Due to Philadelphia hosting the event, and Ajayi playing as the Union\u2019s rep, he was gifted a bye straight into the live-streamed final eight playoffs. The finals showdown will be played during the comp\u2019s Friday night stream, and Ajayi is set to face New York\u2019s Chris \u2018didychrislito\u2019 Holly. The City star dominated the first day of the league, winning nine, drawing two, and scoring 38 in the process. \u201cCatch me tomorrow on the livestream for the eMLS tournament, stay tuned, I\u2019m going to have some things for you to watch\u2026 hopefully, we get some wins, check it out,\u201d the Union\u2019s star signing said after his twelfth defeat of the day. It\u2019s almost hard to watch Ajayi struggle for results, considering he spoke about his \u201cpassion\u201d for the game and the sport ahead of his debut. He\u2019s got time to improve, however, with League Two and the eMLS Cup ahead. For now, it seems like he just has to put some time in on the sticks. His official signing announcement came just days before the first tournament, so he may still be settling into the esports routine after his high-profile switch. And, if nothing seems to get better as he continues to play, he may consider getting back out on the paddock and trialing with a few NFL teams for the 2020 season. He\u2019s always got that to fall back on, at least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Super Bowl winner gets demolished in pro eMLS FIFA debut He may have won the Super Bowl, and shone at the NFL Pro Bowl to boot, but FIFA-convert Jay Ajayi may have a ways to go before he\u2019s fully up to scratch in the eMLS, after his debut esports weekend saw him finish with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}