FC Edmonton

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.

For the defunct team once named Edmonton F.C., see Edmonton Aviators.

FC Edmonton
Nickname(s)The Eddies
Short nameFCE[1]
FoundedFebruary 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)
StadiumClarke Stadium
Edmonton, Alberta
Capacity5,100
OwnerThe Fath Group
PresidentEric Newendorp
Head coachAlan Koch
LeagueCanadian Premier League
2020Canadian Premier League, 8th
WebsiteClub website

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

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 Brickmen, 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 Edmonton's Old Town Pub.[42]

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.[43] 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.[44] The Rally Rabbit has also been known as Eddie Bunny or Eddie Jackalope.[45]

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.[46] 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.[47] A week later, FC Edmonton won 3–1 in the home leg with two goals from Daryl Fordyce and one from Hanson Boakai.[48] 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.[49] 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.[50][51]

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.[52] 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.[53]

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.[54][55] The fixtures were also used to gauge Edmonton's interest into a potential return to join the Canadian Premier League.[56] 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.[57] The rivalry continued between FC Edmonton and Cavalry FC when the Canadian Premier League began in April of 2019.[58]

Players and staff

Current roster
As of February 5, 2021[59]

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

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Connor James  Canada
3 Defender Jeannot Esua  Cameroon
4 Defender Allan Zebie  Canada
5 Defender Ramόn Soria  Spain
7 Midfielder Son Yong-chan  South Korea
8 Defender Mélé Temguia  Germany
9 Forward Easton Ongaro  Canada
10 Midfielder Hanson Boakai  Canada
14 Midfielder Chance Carter  Canada
16 Forward Prince Amanda  Canada
17 Forward Marcus Velado-Tsegaye  El Salvador
18 Forward Tomi Ameobi  England
19 Midfielder Antony Caceres  Canada
21 Midfielder Erik Zetterberg  Sweden
23 Defender Duran Lee  Canada
26 Forward David Doe  Canada
33 Defender Sam Gardner  Canada
55 Defender Amer Đidić  Canada
— Midfielder Fraser Aird  Canada
— Midfielder Paris Gee  Canada
— Defender Sharly Mabussi  DR Congo
— Goalkeeper Darlington Murasiranwa  Zimbabwe
— Midfielder Kyle Porter  Canada
— Midfielder Shamit Shome  Canada
— Midfielder Raúl Tito  Peru

Current staff
As of January 31, 2021[60]
Executive
President
General manager		 Eric Newendorp
Coaching staff
Head coach Alan Koch
Goalkeeping coach Lars Hirschfeld

Head coaches
As of November 24, 2020
Coach From To Record[lower-alpha 1]
GWDLWin %
Dwight Lodeweges March 9, 2010 December 3, 2010 0 0 0 0 !—
Harry Sinkgraven December 7, 2010 September 28, 2012 60 15 16 29 025.00
Colin Miller November 27, 2012 November 24, 2017 162 52 43 67 032.10
Jeff Paulus July 3, 2018 September 21, 2020[61] 37 10 9 18 027.03
Alan Koch November 24, 2020[62] present 0 0 0 0 !—
  1. Includes regular season, playoff, and Canadian Championship games.

Club captains
Years Name Nation
2011–2012 Chris Kooy  Canada
2013–2016 Albert Watson  Northern Ireland
2017 Nik Ledgerwood  Canada
2019–present Tomi Ameobi  England

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.[63] 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.[64]

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.[65][66][67]

Under the Canadian Premier League's media rights, all matches are streamed on the subscription service OneSoccer.[68][69]

Record

Year-by-year
Main article: List of FC Edmonton seasons

This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by the club in CPL play. For the full season-by-season history, see List of FC Edmonton seasons.

Season League Position Playoffs CC Continental Average
attendance		 Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Name Goals
2019 1 CPL 28 8 8 12 27 33 –6 32 1.14 4th DNQ QR2 DNQ 2,936 Easton Ongaro[70][71] 10
2020 CPL 7 0 1 6 5 14 –9 1 0.14 8th DNQ N/A Easton Ongaro 3

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

Top goalscorers
As of October 19, 2019
# 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–present		 25 0 5 30
3 Midfielder Shaun Saiko  Canada 2011–13 18 0 0 18
4 Midfielder Lance Laing  Jamaica 2013–15 16 0 1 17
5 Forward Easton Ongaro  Canada 2019–present 13 0 0 13
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 August 23, 2020
# Pos. Name Nation Career League Playoffs CC Total
1 Forward Tomi Ameobi  England 2014–17,
2019–present		 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
5 Defender Allan Zebie  Canada 2015-17,
2019–present		 79 – 4 83
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
10 Defender Kareem Moses  Trinidad and Tobago 2014–15,
2019–present		 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) Tomi Ameobi 11 2016 North American Soccer League
Goals (league matches) Easton Ongaro 10 2019 Canadian Premier League
Appearances (all competitions) Jake Keegan 34 2016 North American Soccer League

NASL Best XI
Season Player Position
2011 Shaun Saiko Midfielder
2012 Paul Hamilton Defender
2013 Albert Watson Defender
2014 Lance Laing Midfielder
2015 Lance Laing Midfielder
2016 Matt Van Oekel Goalkeeper
Albert Watson Defender

NASL Player of the Month
Season Month Player Position
2012 May Shaun Saiko Midfielder
2013 August Chris Nurse Midfielder
2016 May Papé Diakité Defender
August Matt Van Oekel Goalkeeper

NASL Young Player of the Year
Season Player Position
2016 Papé Diakité Defender

NASL Golden Glove
Season Player
2014 John Smits
2016 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)

See also

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