FC Edmonton to launch women’s program 2 Aug 2013 The Alberta Soccer Association and the club have made plans for an August 7 press conference at Commonwealth Stadium where the new FC Edmonton women’s program will be unveiled.
FCE coach Miller has known about Dosanjh’s soccer talents for almost 15 years 1 Aug 2013 “A lot of CIS coaches will be delighted knowing that he won’t be playing for UBC in the fall,” Miller said. “I didn’t bring him in here to make up the numbers. Hes got a great football brain. He can find tiny pockets of space in the field.”
CIS standout goes pro: Dosanjh signs FC Edmonton deal 1 Aug 2013 Former University of British Columbia standout Gagandeep Dosanjh has committed to FC Edmonton, and will join the club this week.
Adur dreams of MLS, national team; hopes that FC Edmonton can relaunch his career 29 Jul 2013 Before coming to FC Edmonton on trial, the Canadian striker was training with the Columbus Crew where his cousin, Trinidad and Tobago international Kevan George, is under contract. Adur wants to attract the attention of MLS scouts. He wants to one day wear the Canadian national jersey. But, even though he boasted a solid scoring record in Thailand, it wasn’t going to put him on the radar of the national program.
NASL to have unbalanced split season in 2014 to accommodate World Cup 26 Jul 2013 The 11 understands that there was debate about starting the season earlier in year, which would have allowed for a balanced spring-fall schedule. But, that would have been unfair to northern members in Minnesota, Edmonton and Ottawa. A schedule which would start in early March would have meant the Fury and FC Edmonton could have been playing game at home in heavy snow, or been forced to start the campaigns with ridiculously long road trips.
Miller finding the search for loan possibilities is very tough going; Adur to arrive in FCE camp 25 Jul 2013 Right now, FC Edmonton has midfielders David Zaharija and Dominic Oppong for the week. On Friday, Anthony Adur (also known as Anthony Bahadur), a former Maccabi Haifa youth team forward who has also played in Singapore and Thailand, will join the Eddies on trial.
FCE camp: July break came just as Fordyce was heating up, Oppong in camp, Knight return delayed 23 Jul 2013 “It was just as I was starting to get going,” said Fordyce of the break. “When you get in a good routine, you don’t want it to end. But, for the three of us (Fordyce, Robert Garrett and captain Albert Watson, who all came to FCE from Belfast’s Linfield FC), it’s the first break we’ve had in a year. It was June of last year that we started training camp, went six to eight weeks, then the start of the season."
Experiment underway to paint over the football lines at Edmonton’s Clarke Stadium 23 Jul 2013 But, the reviews from FC Edmonton’s coach Colin Miller and the players weren’t all that positive. A day after the paint was applied to the test patch, the turf had matted down and become very hard — and sticky, too.
Zaharija in Edmonton, hopes to make jump to NASL 22 Jul 2013 David Zaharija will try and take his game from the Vancouver Metro Soccer League to the North American Soccer League.
FC Edmonton battles Minnesota to preseason draw 21 Jul 2013 “Mallan Roberts had two or three chances from inside the box, open headers and a couple were put into the keeper’s chest,” said Miller. “Antonio Rago hit the post. I think they had two shots on goal for the entire game. I thought, overall, we did very well.