FC Edmonton announces more signings 25 Feb 2013Hometown products Shaun Saiko, who led the team in scoring last season, and fullback Antonio Rago were officially placed on the list, but Alberta-born centre back and NASL Best XI member Paul Hamilton was not part of the 16.
Watson and Fordyce will be part of 17 signings announced by Eddies on Monday 25 Feb 2013According to a release on the Belfast club Linfield FC's website released this weekend: "Former Linfield players Albert Watson and Daryl Fordyce have today signed for FC Edmonton in Canada following a two-week trial."
Whitecaps give Rennie a happy homecoming with win over RailHawks 25 Feb 2013Three goals from Camilo — one on a penalty — gave the Whitecaps a comfortable 3-0 preseason win over the NASL’s Carolina RailHawks in Cary, N.C. Sunday.
New FC Edmonton keeper Ramos wants to keep representing Cuba, but can’t 23 Feb 2013Andy 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 2013Porter 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.”
Midweek scrimmages: TFC draws with SKC, while Impact loses to Orlando City 20 Feb 2013Both Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact took part in full scrimmages Wednesday as they took advantage of a break in the schedule at the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic in Orlando, Fla.
USL teams will allow rosters to carry MLS academy players 20 Feb 2013The USL-Pro division has announced it will allow its teams to each add five roster spots for academy players.
