Farago’s goalkeeping heroics can’t keep FCE from NASL playoff elimination 14 Oct 2017 “I knew it was always going to take a miracle for us to make the playoffs,” said FCE coach Colin Miller after the match. “I would rather focus on the team’s performance tonight. I am very pleased with the effort, and hopefully we can carry that momentum into Wednesday’s game.”
Here comes Santa Claus: FCE’s defensive lapse gives gift of a winning goal to the Armada 6 Oct 2017 Unfortunately for the Eddies, Miller was right to be worried. Santa Claus did indeed show up in the second half.
Adversity-eating Deltas win in Edmonton: “Hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018” 1 Oct 2017 “The only thing we can control, me as a coach and them as the players, is the better we perform, the better chance we have to be in another club next year or with the San Francisco Deltas,” said Dos Santos. “If San Francisco continues, good. If it doesn’t, and we do well, hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018.”
FCE needs to be better out of the gate 29 Sep 2017 Last week’s loss in San Francisco was just an extreme example of a trend in Eddies’ games. Even when the Eddies triumph, they grow into games, they don’t dominate right from the start.
Eddies dreadful start puts them in a hole they can’t escape 23 Sep 2017 The pit that the Eddies dug for themselves was simply too deep from which to escape, and Dustin Corea’s headed effort could only serve as a consolation in a 2-1 loss.
Eddies beat Indy, then learn that Hurricane Maria has changed their plans 17 Sep 2017 But, after the Eddies dominated Indy and won 2-0 at Clarke Stadium, Sunday, they found out they wouldn’t be getting on the plane on Monday. The league announced that the game at Puerto Rico has been postponed. Forecasts are calling for Hurricane Maria to arrive at Puerto Rico Wednesday.
FC Edmonton owner confirms attendance at CanPL meetings, says USL not an option 17 Sep 2017 “We have been going to the meetings,” he said. “I believe in the Canadian Premier League. I think it will be great for Canada.”
Off the mark at Clarke: Eddies still looking for first home win of the NASL fall season 15 Sep 2017 FC Edmonton’s fall-season performance breaks all the conventional wisdom about second-division soccer in North America.
NCFC ends Clarke Stadium winless drought, and makes stew of the Rally Rabbit, too 10 Sep 2017 Even the rally rabbit couldn’t save FC Edmonton, this time. Down 1-0 to North Carolina FC early in the first half of Sunday’s NASL match at Clarke Field, the Eddies had their good luck charm run onto the field; a grey rabbit interrupted the match. Now, history tells us that whenever the rabbit is seen, good things happen for the …
Eddies prepare for a run of “10 Cup finals” and try to shut out the NASL gossip 8 Sep 2017 “There’s nothing we can do about it as players,” said FCE captain Nik Ledgerwood of the latest episode of As the NASL Turns. “We try to go on with our work, although it is a distraction. It’s your workplace, it’s up in the air. But, at the same token, it’s the same thing as last year. We were dealing with the same thing in the off-season. Nobody knew if there was going to be a league, a team, whatever it was. We’ll continue to work hard and do our stuff, and we hope the fans will come out and continue to support the team.”
