New FC Edmonton keeper Ramos wants to keep representing Cuba, but can’t 23 Feb 2013 Andy Ramos didn’t defect. He didn’t slip away before a national-team game. He didn’t ask for asylum.
Martin Nunez “shocked” to be let go by Minnesota, has a point to prove in Edmonton 23 Feb 2013 “Minnesota wasn’t interested in me and they were going in a different direction,” said Nunez. “Edmonton seemed to really like me a lot. I was kind of shocked at what happened in Minnesota. I thought I was a big part of their plans. I guess I was mistaken.”
FC Edmonton veterans are A-OK with “trialist” tags 23 Feb 2013 “It has been fantastic so far,” said midfielder and 2011 NASL Best XI member Shaun Saiko. “From my time at Middlesbrough, this was the kind of preseason training that we did. We’ve started the preseason off brightly, there have been no lulls. You have got to get after it.”
All signs point to Porter’s D.C. United gamble paying off 23 Feb 2013 Porter only played seven minutes in DCU’s final game of the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic, a 2-0 win over Philadelphia. That’s a sign that he’s indeed a part of the club, as coach Ben Olsen has already made up his mind about the Mississauga native and used the game as a chance to see other prospects.
FC Edmonton announces signings of five youth prospects 20 Feb 2013 “We want to drip-feed these young men into our first-team environment and, hopefully, get them into our first team as quickly as possible,” Miller said. “In the first team, there will be massive changes, but there always will be a continuing influx of Canadians into the first-team group.”
Ex-Linfield duo enjoying their new lives in Edmonton 15 Feb 2013 It sounds like the beginning of a bad pub joke: Two Irish guys walk up to a police constable, and the officer tells them to get in the back of the van.
FCE reveals full training camp roster… Whitecaps friendly set… Monsalve out, Cuban keeper in 15 Feb 2013 FC Edmonton announced its list of 30 “trialists” invited to training camp, which officially begins tomorrow with fitness testing at the University of Alberta Butterdome.
Miller lays down the law in Edmonton; ex-Linfield players Fordyce and Watson on trial with Eddies 12 Feb 2013 He has two new Northern Irish trialists in the fold — and FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller is putting his stamp on the club.
Islanders also left off NASL fall schedule 11 Feb 2013 As has been widely rumoured, the Puerto Rico Islanders’ absence from the NASL will continue through the fall season.
Veterans slowly making their way back to FC Edmonton camp 8 Feb 2013 Goalkeeper John Smits and Scottish defender David Proctor had just returned to the city and were working out. Fullback Wes Knight has been in Edmonton since January; same goes for holding midfielder Neil Hlavaty. Local products Antonio Rago and Shaun Saiko have been regular fixtures at the indoor training sessions since December.