FC Edmonton

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FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton logo.svg
Nickname(s)The Eddies
Short nameFCE[1]
FoundedFebruary 9, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-02-09)
StadiumClarke Stadium
Edmonton, Alberta
Capacity5,100
OwnerThe Fath Group
PresidentEric Newendorp
Head coachAlan Koch
LeagueCanadian Premier League
2021Canadian Premier League, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Away colours
Current season

FC Edmonton is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club has competed in the Canadian Premier League since the league's inaugural season in 2019. The club previously competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to 2017, then went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operations before the cancelled 2018 season. From 2012 onward, FC Edmonton's home field has been Clarke Stadium.

History[]

Formative years[]

In February 2010, FC Edmonton was launched by brothers Tom Fath and Dave Fath as founding members of the North American Soccer League.[2] The club spent the first year playing exhibition matches against teams including Colo Colo, the Spokane Spiders and Vitória, with a squad mostly represented by Albertan college students and amateur players.[3] The team also played an honorary match against the Canadian Armed Forces on Canada Day in July.

In December 2010, head coach Dwight Lodeweges and his assistant Hans Schrijver left the club before competing in a professional game to take a job in Japan. He was replaced by fellow Dutchman Harry Sinkgraven shortly after.[4]

In January 2012, FC Edmonton started a male youth academy, and in September 2013 launched a female youth academy in partnership with the Alberta Soccer Association.[3]

North American Soccer League (2011–2017)[]

FC Edmonton plays against Vancouver Whitecaps FC during the 2012 Canadian Championship.

On April 9, 2011, the team played its first competitive game and recorded a 2–1 victory against Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Alberta-native Shaun Saiko scored the first goal in the club's history.[5] Edmonton finished their inaugural season in fifth out of eight teams and qualified for the 2011 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals, but were knocked out in a 5–0 defeat against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[6][7]

Schrijver returned to the club as assistant head coach for the 2012 season, but just five wins from 28 games finished the club at the bottom of the table.[8] In September 2012, both Sinkgraven and Schrijver were released due to the bad results.[9] On November 27, Colin Miller was named as the club's new head coach.[10]

The club saw slight improvement during Miller's first year in charge, finishing fifth in the spring season before slipping to seventh in the fall season.[11] However, the 2014 season saw considerable improvement for the club. After struggling at ninth in the spring season, Edmonton recorded their best ever league finish at third place during the fall season.[12]

The 2015 season brought a similar scenario for the club. After a 10th-place finish in the spring season, the Eddies bounced back to finish fifth in the fall season, missing a playoff position by just four points.[13] Edmonton improved further for the 2016 season, finishing third in both the spring and fall seasons. The club missed out on topping the spring season table by a single point after both Indy Eleven and the New York Cosmos recorded 18 points.[14]

FC Edmonton returned to its former ways during the 2017 season and struggled to seventh-placed finishes in both the spring and fall seasons.[15] On November 24, 2017, the club ceased professional operations citing the sustainability of the team and "continuous uncertainty being forced upon the NASL by the United States Soccer Federation".[16] FC Edmonton continued to run their academies in hope of re-establishing the professional team at a later date.[17]

Canadian Premier League (2018–)[]

On June 5, 2018, it was announced that the newly formed Canadian Premier League had approved the City of Edmonton for a professional club to compete in the league.[18] Three days later, FC Edmonton announced their return to professional soccer.[19] As well as confirming their place in the league for the 2019 season, the club revealed a new crest and branding.[20] On July 3, the club named former assistant coach and academy technical director Jeff Paulus as the new head coach.[21]

Following a last-place finish in the 2020 season, Jeff Paulus resigned as head coach and general manager.[22] On November 2, 2020, Eric Newendorp was named club president and general manager.[23]

Stadium[]

FC Edmonton at the Commonwealth Stadium
  • Foote Field; Edmonton, Alberta (2011)
  • Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta (2011–2013) three games (one per season) in Canadian Championship
  • SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray, Alberta (2015) two games.[24]
  • Clarke Stadium; Edmonton, Alberta (2012–2017, 2019–present)

The team began playing its home games at Foote Field, a 3,500-seater stadium viewed as the centrepiece of a multi-purpose sports facility on the University of Alberta campus.[25] Initially built as a legacy facility for the 2001 World Championships, it was named after University of Alberta alumnus Eldon Foote, who donated $2 million towards the construction costs.[26]

In 2012, the team moved into Clarke Stadium, the former home of the Edmonton Drillers, the Edmonton Brick Men, and the Edmonton Aviators. The club soon expanded the capacity from 1,200 to over 5,000 with temporary seat-back and bleacher seating, and tried to find a permanent solution to bring the capacity up to 15,000.[27]

Between 2011 and 2013, FC Edmonton played three games at Commonwealth Stadium, a much larger stadium with a capacity of 60,081.[28] Two games were also played at SMS Equipment Stadium in 2015 as an opportunity to increase the club's exposure in Fort McMurray.[29]

To meet the demands of the Canadian Premier League, FC Edmonton asked the City of Edmonton to help increase the capacity at Clarke Field to 7,000.[30] The club cited that "the decision to join will bring in more fans as rivalries between national teams will be much stronger than the club experienced when it was in the North American Soccer League".[31] In June 2018, FC Edmonton announced they would play at Clarke Stadium for the 2019 season,[32] with seating capacity increased to 5,100.[33]

Crest and colours[]

Original crest (2010–2017)

The club's original shield was quartered black and blue, fimbriated silver, and bordured white and silver, with a black and white soccer ball in the centre. A partial, stylized red maple leaf in the crest position, and a blue ribbon, bearing the club's name, was placed overall. The club adopted the shade of blue used by City of Edmonton, and the shape of the shield mirrored the municipal coat of arms.[34]

The club relaunched with a new logo to compete in the Canadian Premier League.[35] The shape of shield is unchanged, but the look is completely different. The field is dark blue, with a bend sinister in chief. The main charge is a stylized FCE, that includes representation of the North Saskatchewan River, and the letters double for the club's name and main beliefs, family, courage and energy.[20] The FCE is ensigned by the words FC Edmonton, and 2010 for the year the club was founded, with a single rabbit's foot print in the base between the 20 and 10.

The official club colours are blue, navy and white (branded by the club as "prairie blue sky," "River City navy," and "white rabbit.") These colours symbolize the sky of the Canadian Prairies, the North Saskatchewan River and the Rally Rabbit.[36]

Club culture[]

Supporters[]

The FC Edmonton Supporters Group was formed in early 2010 by five members of The Voyageurs, a Canadian national team supporters group, in response to the announcement that an Edmonton team would compete in the North American Soccer League in 2011.[37] The group aimed to bring a 'European-style' atmosphere to games in a similar manner to the Red Patch Boys in Toronto and the Vancouver Southsiders.[38] The group folded in September 2018, with the creation of the River Valley Vanguard.[39]

In December 2017, YEG for CPL was created as a group of passionate supporters hoping to persuade the club to join the Canadian Premier League.[40] The group were recognized by owners Tom Fath and Dave Fath, and general manager Jay Ball, as part of the reason the club returned to professional soccer.[41] At his official unveiling as head coach, Jeff Paulus praised the group saying "I'm grateful to the YEG for CPL members and all those who fought to save this club".

In September 2018, after the success of the YEG for CPL campaign, the River Valley Vanguard was created. The new supporters group is headquartered at 1st Round in Downtown Edmonton.

Mascot[]

The Rally Rabbit has been an important part of the club's culture since its inception in 2011. On June 26, the club faced the Montreal Impact at Foote Field before they left the North American Soccer League for Major League Soccer. Kyle Porter opened the scoring in the fifth minute but FC Edmonton looked likely to tire under the pressure of the Impact.[42] In the later stages of the game, a rabbit made its way onto the pitch and sat in front of the Montreal goal. Home supporters cheered for the rabbit and the Edmonton players did not seem bothered, but the visiting team could not stop trying to chase the rabbit off the field. The team failed to regain their focus and FC Edmonton saw out the victory. The rabbit has since made several unscripted appearances and is always welcomed by cheers from the crowd, seen by supporters as a measure of good luck.[43] The Rally Rabbit has also been known as Eddie Bunny or Eddie Jackalope.[44]

Rivalries[]

During their time in the North American Soccer League, FC Edmonton's main rivalry was with Ottawa Fury, the only other Canadian team competing in the league when they joined in 2014. The meetings between the two sides were named "The Battle of Canada" and occurred in both the league and the Canadian Championship.[45] The two teams met every year in the preliminary round over two legs, with the first ever meeting ending in a goalless draw on April 23, 2014.[46] A week later, FC Edmonton won 3–1 in the home leg with two goals from Daryl Fordyce and one from Hanson Boakai.[47] The first league derby between the two teams took place on May 31, with Ottawa Fury emerging as 1–0 victors after scoring a 90th-minute goal.[48] The second meeting on July 13 saw a goalless draw as Ottawa Fury played with ten men for over 30 minutes, before FC Edmonton recorded their first league victory against the Fury with a 2–0 win on October 18.[49][50]

In 2011, a friendly rivalry was also formed over the course of the season between FC Edmonton and the NSC Minnesota Stars. In the aftermath of the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire in Alberta, a Minnesota supporters group raised money for affected families. This was reciprocated by an Edmonton supporters group who donated to the American Red Cross after a series of tornadoes which affected Minnesota. These events formed the rivalry between the teams, and the supporters groups created the Flyover Cup.[51] The name was chosen because Edmonton and Minnesota lie in the flight paths of transcontinental flights, but are often passed over by tourists. The symbol of the cup is a loon, being an unofficial national bird of Canada and also the state bird of Minnesota.[52]

Main article: Al Classico

In 2018, the FC Edmonton Academy played provincial rivals the Calgary Foothills FC in two friendly games to help them prepare for their upcoming season.[53][54] The fixtures were also used to gauge Edmonton's interest into a potential return to join the Canadian Premier League.[55] The series was suggested by supporters groups from the two clubs and dubbed "Al Classico", inspired by the El Clásico rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona.[56] The rivalry continued between FC Edmonton and Cavalry FC when the Canadian Premier League began in April 2019.[57]

Players and staff[]

Roster[]

As of August 28, 2021[58]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Connor James  Canada
2 MF Paris Gee  Canada
3 DF Jeannot Esua  Cameroon
4 DF Allan Zebie  Canada
5 DF Ramόn Soria  Spain
6 MF Adam Najem  Afghanistan
7 MF Shamit Shome  Canada
8 DF Mélé Temguia  Germany
9 FW Easton Ongaro  Canada
10 MF Kyle Porter  Canada
11 FW Azriel Gonzalez (on loan from Tacoma Defiance)  United States
12 DF Sharly Mabussi  DR Congo
14 DF T-Boy Fayia  Canada
17 FW Marcus Velado-Tsegaye  El Salvador
19 FW Tobias Warschewski  Germany
20 MF Antony Caceres  Canada
21 MF Tomas Giraldo (on loan from CF Montréal)  Canada
23 FW Gabriel Boakye  Canada
26 FW Matthew Durrans  Canada
27 DF Hunter Gorskie  United States
28 MF Thomas Gardner  Canada
33 MF Fraser Aird  Canada
48 GK Darlington Murasiranwa  Zimbabwe
55 DF Amer Đidić  Canada
90 GK Joseph Holliday  Canada
— MF Prince Amanda  Canada
— DF Nehki Wright  Canada

Staff[]

As of June 22, 2021[59][60][61]
Executive
Owner & CEO Canada Tom Fath
President &
General manager 		United States Eric Newendorp
Coaching staff
Head coach South Africa Alan Koch
Assistant coach Canada Jay Bhindi
Assistant coach Canada Brendan Shaw
Goalkeeping coach Canada Lars Hirschfeld

Head coaches[]

As of November 24, 2020
Coach From To Record[a]
G W D L Win %
Netherlands Dwight Lodeweges March 9, 2010 December 3, 2010 0 0 0 0 !—
Netherlands Harry Sinkgraven December 7, 2010 September 28, 2012 60 15 16 29 025.00
Canada Colin Miller November 27, 2012 November 24, 2017 162 52 43 67 032.10
Canada Jeff Paulus July 3, 2018 September 21, 2020[62] 37 9 9 19 024.32
South Africa Alan Koch November 24, 2020[63] present 10 3 2 5 030.00
  1. ^ Includes regular season, playoff, and Canadian Championship games.

Captains[]

Years Name Nation
2011–2012 Chris Kooy  Canada
2013–2016 Albert Watson  Northern Ireland
2017 Nik Ledgerwood  Canada
2019–2020 Tomi Ameobi  England
2021 Ramon Soria  Spain

Broadcasting[]

When the club competed in the North American Soccer League, FC Edmonton matches were broadcast by a variety of distributors on various formats. Radio commentaries were broadcast on The Team 1260, the local sports radio station, from 2011 to 2013.[64] In 2013, matches were televised on Sportsnet 360. Matches were also previously available to view free through the team's Ustream channel until the introduction of NASL Live, a paid-subscription service, which was subsequently abandoned.[65]

In 2016 and 2017, Canadian viewers could stream matches for free at NASL.com while American viewers required subscriptions to various broadcasters including ESPN3, beIN Sports and the CBS Sports Network.[66][67][68]

Under the Canadian Premier League's media rights, all matches are streamed on the subscription service OneSoccer.[69][70]

Seasons[]

Season League Playoffs CC Continental / Other Average
attendance 		Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Pos. Name Goals
2011 2 NASL 28 10 6 12 35 40 −5 36 1.29 5th QF SF DNQ 1,817 Canada Shaun Saiko[71] 9
2012 NASL 28 5 10 13 26 36 –10 25 0.89 8th DNQ SF 1,492 Canada Shaun Saiko[72] 7
2013 NASL 26 6 12 8 26 26 0 30 1.15 7th SF 2,437 Northern Ireland Daryl Fordyce[73][74] 6
2014 NASL 27 10 7 10 34 29 +5 37 1.37 6th SF 3,384 Northern Ireland Daryl Fordyce[75][76] 8
2015 NASL 30 9 8 13 41 46 −5 35 1.17 7th SF 3,122 England Tomi Ameobi[77][78] 11
2016 NASL 32 15 8 9 25 21 +4 53 1.66 3rd SF PR 2,060 Northern Ireland Daryl Fordyce[79][80] 7
2017 NASL 32 7 6 19 25 42 –17 27 0.84 7th DNQ PR N/A 3,408 El Salvador Dustin Corea
England Tomi Ameobi[81][82] 		6
2018 On hiatus
2019 1 CPL 28 8 8 12 27 33 –6 32 1.14 4th DNQ R2 DNQ 2,936 Canada Easton Ongaro[83][84] 10
2020 CPL 7 0 1 6 5 14 –9 1 0.14 8th DNQ N/A Canada Easton Ongaro 3
2021 CPL 28 6 10 12 34 41 –7 28 1.00 7th PR 961 Canada Easton Ongaro 12
Total – – 266 76 76 114 278 328 –50 304 1.14 – – – – – Northern Ireland Daryl Fordyce 34

1. Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league, league playoffs, Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and other competitive continental matches.

Top goalscorers[]

As of November 16, 2021
# Pos. Name Nation Career League Playoffs CC Total
1 Forward Daryl Fordyce  Northern Ireland 2013–17 30 0 4 34
2 Forward Tomi Ameobi  England 2014–17,
2019–2020 		25 0 5 30
3 Forward Easton Ongaro  Canada 2019–present 25 0 0 25
4 Midfielder Shaun Saiko  Canada 2011–13 18 0 0 18
5 Midfielder Lance Laing  Jamaica 2013–15 16 0 1 17
6 Forward Kyle Porter  Canada 2011–12 12 0 0 12
7 Forward Michael Cox  Canada 2011–13 9 0 1 10
8 Midfielder Dustin Corea  El Salvador 2015–17 7 0 1 8
Forward Jake Keegan  United States 2016–17 7 0 1 8
10 Forward Oumar Diouck  Belgium 2019 6 0 1 7

Bold indicates active player

Most appearances[]

As of September 7, 2021
# Pos. Name Nation Career League Playoffs CC Total
1 Forward Tomi Ameobi  England 2014–17,
2019–2020 		127 1 13 141
2 Defender Albert Watson  Northern Ireland 2013–17 128 1 11 140
3 Forward Daryl Fordyce  Northern Ireland 2013–17 110 1 12 123
4 Defender Eddie Edward  Canada 2013–16 79 – 10 89
Defender Allan Zebie  Canada 2015-17,
2019–2021 		85 – 4 89
6 Midfielder Lance Laing  Jamaica 2013–15 71 – 9 80
7 Midfielder Sainey Nyassi  Gambia 2015–17 71 1 7 79
8 Defender Antonio Rago  Canada 2011–13 68 1 4 73
9 Midfielder Shaun Saiko  Canada 2011–13 65 1 5 71
Defender Kareem Moses  Trinidad and Tobago 2014–15,
2019–2020 		65 – 6 71

Bold indicates active player,

Single season club records[]

Record Player Stat Season League
Clean sheets Matt Van Oekel 16 2016 North American Soccer League
Goals (all competitions) Easton Ongaro 12 2021 Canadian Premier League
Goals (league matches) Easton Ongaro 12 2021 Canadian Premier League
Appearances (all competitions) Jake Keegan 34 2016 North American Soccer League

Individual awards[]

NASL Best XI[]

Season Player Position
2011 Canada Shaun Saiko Midfielder
2012 Canada Paul Hamilton Defender
2013 Northern Ireland Albert Watson Defender
2014 Jamaica Lance Laing Midfielder
2015 Jamaica Lance Laing Midfielder
2016 United States Matt Van Oekel Goalkeeper
Northern Ireland Albert Watson Defender

NASL Player of the Month[]

Season Month Player Position
2012 May Canada Shaun Saiko Midfielder
2013 August Guyana Chris Nurse Midfielder
2016 May Senegal Papé Diakité Defender
August United States Matt Van Oekel Goalkeeper

NASL Young Player of the Year[]

Season Player Position
2016 Senegal Papé Diakité Defender

NASL Golden Glove[]

Season Player
2014 Canada John Smits
2016 United States Matt Van Oekel

Supporters Awards[]

Year Award Player
2019 U21 Player of the Year Easton Ongaro
Player of the Season (spring) Connor James
Player of the Season (fall) Easton Ongaro
2020 U21 Player of the Year not awarded
Player of the Season (spring)
Player of the Season (fall)
2021 U21 Player of the Year Darlington Murasiranwa
Player of the Season Easton Ongaro

Notes[]

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