After a week of bad weather due to Tropical Storm Debbie, the Orlando City U23s get their regular season back underway today as the team travels to Jackson, Miss., to face Mississippi Brilla FC in an ever-important Southeast Division match.

Read more about important takeaways on tonight’s PDL match in this edition of Notes and Quotes.

Notes:

-The Mississippi Brilla is associated with Brilla Soccer Ministries, an organization that shares Christianity through the sport of soccer.

-The club got the Brilla name, which means “shine” in Spanish, from a reference of a biblical passage from Matthew 5:16.

-Mississippi is currently in the sixth position in the standings of the Southeast Division with a record of 4-4-1 and 13 points.

-Dave Dixon, Brilla’s head coach, was a two-time NAIA All-American goalkeeper in his college days. He was also a finalist for the 2010 PDL Coach of The Year.

-Due to Tropical Storm Debbie, Brilla FC will host two Florida teams this weekend, with Orlando City on Friday and VSI Tampa Flames on Sunday.

Quotes:

“The ball is in our court. We’ve been coming together in what has been a couple productive weeks of practices.” – U23s Head Coach Joe Avallone on how his team is getting ready for the rest of the season.

“Every game is tough in our division and Friday will be no different. We have to be ready.” – Avallone on divisional play in the PDL.