Arguez strike gets FCE a point in Minnesota, but Eddies needed three 26 Aug 2012A spectacular drive from the boot of Bryan Arguez gave the Eddies a point on the road in Blaine, Minn., cancelling out Cristiano Dias’s opener.
FCE won’t have Saiko for Minnesota match 24 Aug 2012For the second week in a row, FC Edmonton enters a critical match without the service of leading scorer Shaun Saiko.
FCE won’t look at the standings… Instead, the Eddies have to look to run the table 21 Aug 2012“We can’t worry about the schedules of the other teams or the standings,” said FCE keeper Lance Parker.
FC Edmonton takes two leads, but squanders them in loss at Carolina 19 Aug 2012“You get to a point in the game where we score, we have taken the lead, we are dominating possession,” said Porter. “And then it was like we just dropped. And the game just changed. And then they get the goals, and the winner came so late, there was no chance for us to come back.”
Saiko, Pinto forced to stay at home as their FCE teammates jet to North Carolina 16 Aug 2012FC Edmonton has scored just 18 goals this season. And two players who have scored nine of those markers could not make the team’s road trip to North Carolina for this weekend’s big six-pointer against the Carolina RailHawks.
FC Edmonton licks its wounds ahead of massive six-pointer against Carolina 15 Aug 2012Heading into what is the team's biggest game of the NASL season so far, FC Edmonton’s practice was as notable for who was sitting out with injuries as who was actually on the field working out.
Ex-Whitecaps Residency defender Hickson joins the FC Edmonton fold 14 Aug 2012Hickson, a 19-year-old who can play in the middle of the park or in defence, had been with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency from 2009-2012. But FC Edmonton confirmed that he joined the reserve/Residency program on Monday.
Thanks, Montreal! FC Edmonton’s Bryan Arguez named NASL Defensive Player of the Week 13 Aug 2012FC Edmonton holding midfielder Bryan Arguez dominated the middle of the park in Sunday’s 1-0 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders; and, his yeoman’s work has been recognized league-wide.
FCE back in the playoff chase with home win over Puerto Rico 12 Aug 2012FC Edmonton narrowed the gap to four points between itself and the Carolina Railhawks for the final NASL playoffs spot with a 1-0 home win Sunday over an undermanned and overmatched Puerto Rico Islanders side.
Julio Cesar da Silva ineligible to play for FCE in 2012 11 Aug 2012Edmonton has learned that the forward’s paperwork didn’t get completed in time to beat the deadline to be eligible to play in NASL in the final couple of months of the season.