John Herdman, Viktor Frankl and the attempt to revitalize a “broken” Canadian WNT 20 Apr 2015 “When I picked the Canadian team up, the discipline wasn’t there, because the passion wasn’t there. They’d forgotten what it meant to play for Canada,” he said.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 7/NASL Week 3 20 Apr 2015 FC Edmonton not only got a thrilling win in the most compelling game played in either MLS or NASL this weekend, but the Eddies are putting some distance between themselves and the rest of the pack when it comes to playing Canadians.
Smits will go back on loan to Impact for CCL final: “Excited to be part of Montreal making history” 19 Apr 2015 Smits admitted he's received plenty of tweets and messages from friends and family wondering how he can bury the hatchet with Montreal, considering how many still feel sour about the way Montreal beat Edmonton last year.
Super subs lead FCE to thrilling comeback victory over Fort Lauderdale 19 Apr 2015 Sunday’s battle between the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and FC Edmonton was one of these how-do-I-squeeze it all in matches. The Eddies fought back from a 2-1 second-half deficit and hung on for a 3-2 win. This game had so much to offer; two teams playing contrasting, attacking styles; lights-out goalkeeping from the Strikers’ David Meves, who deserves to be on the NASL team of the week despite giving up three; a penalty save; an assistant coach tossed from the game (Fort Lauderdale’s Ricardo Lopes felt that referee Robert Schaap should have given FCE striker Frank Jonke a harsh punishment for a challenge that bloodied the nose of defender Daniel Navarro); and what turned out to be a series of brilliant substitution decisions from FCE coach Colin Miller which changed the game.
Eddies can’t afford another slow start when the Strikers come to town 16 Apr 2015 FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller knows that he doesn’t have to repeat the same messages. He doesn’t have to get angry during training.
Akindele “99.9 per cent” committed to Canada; Floro unhappy with double standard applied to his call-ups and Klinsmann’s call-ups 14 Apr 2015 Even though he needed the aid of a translator — and some of the answers were not delivered in perfect English, Benito Floro let us in the media see some of the frustrations he experiences in coaching the Canadian national team.
Quintessentially Canadian Power Rankings, MLS Week 6/NASL Week 2 12 Apr 2015 And FC Edmonton has run out to a commanding lead amongst MLS and NASL teams — when it comes to giving Canadian players minutes in league games. The Eddies started three Canadians — who all played the full 90 — in their 1-1 draw with Carolina; add to that sub Michael Nonni, who came on for 14 minutes of action.
VanOekel’s heroics allow FCE to get a point despite “disappointing” effort vs. Carolina 12 Apr 2015 “It was as poor a half as I’ve seen since I’ve been here,” FCE Coach Colin Miller said of the Eddies’ first 45 minutes against the RailHawks.
On-loan keeper Smits had to to duck and dodge the projectiles that were tossed at him in Costa Rica 9 Apr 2015 “After Evan had finished warming up, it was time for me to go in and face the shooters,” recalled Smits, who was back in Edmonton on Thursday. “And, any time the ball went over the goal, the fans on that side weren’t trying to just toss the ball back; they were trying to hit me. They were throwing it as hard as they could. They were throwing objects at me.”
Herdman: Don’t expect mind games when Canada faces France 8 Apr 2015 “France offered us this game, and I think it’s for a reason,” said Herdman. “I think it’s because we’re a bogey team for them.”