Pinto strikes, Pinto misses in bizarre lightning-delayed game for FC Edmonton 9 Aug 2012In front of a full house at Clarke Stadium, Yashir Pinto scored the goal that allowed FC Edmonton to draw level with the San Antonio Scorpions. Nearly three hours later, in front of just a handful of fans, he missed the sitter that would have given the Eddies the win.
FCE’s Saiko shows his frustration over benching 7 Aug 2012“No, I am not happy,” said Saiko. “It looks like I am not playing. But, if that’s what the coach wants to do, if he feels that what it takes for this team to win is keeping me on the bench, I’ll do whatever it takes to help the team.”
FC London caps stunning PDL run with championship victory 5 Aug 2012Goals from Montreal Impact Supplemental draft pick and Canadian U-23 Carl Haworth and English striker Jordan Ayris gave FC London the victory after it fell behind 1-0 to the home team on a Donnie Smith goal.
Own goal allows Saiko-less FCE to salvage draw with Minnesota 5 Aug 2012Cox got a low shot on goal, that Stars keeper Matt Van Oekel got down to stop. But the rebound caromed off the shin of defender Ernest Tchoupe, and bounded across the goal line.
FC Edmonton’s reserves see match abandoned after melee 2 Aug 2012Scottish features former FC Edmonton forward Chris Lemire and defender Chris Devlin, a former Edmonton Aviator and co-coach of the Edmonton Drillers than won the CMISL indoor title this spring. There are plenty of ties between FC Edmonton and players in the Scottish lineup, which made this incident so odd.
New Eddies get acclimated to life in the NASL 1 Aug 2012Brazilian striker Julio Cesar da Silva Rodrigues trained for the first time with FC Edmonton Wednesday, and the early reviews are good.
Canadian forward Michael Nonni arrives in Edmonton as a trialist 30 Jul 2012Nonni, who has made one appearance for Canada’s U-23 team, was a former conference all-star at the University of California-Santa Barbara, where he teamed with Toronto FC rookie Luis Silva.
Palmeiras product Julio Cesar da Silva to audition for FCE 30 Jul 2012Both Canadian Michael Nonni and Brazilian Julio Cesar da Silva Rodrigues are strikers, who the team hopes can help boost what is the NASL’s least productive offence in 2012.
Seattle shocker! Forest City London adds yet another stunning chapter to its playoff run 29 Jul 2012FC London is turning the impossible into the possible on a weekly basis. Miracles have become so ho-hum in southwestern Ontario, that you have to wonder if the club’s players turn water into wine in their spare time just for kicks.
Antoniuk gets his revenge: Goal gives Rowdies win over his old FCE teammates 29 Jul 2012Antoniuk, who scored the first-ever winning goal in FC Edmonton’s NASL history but was released by the team at the end of the 2011 season, got the only tally as the Tampa Bay Rowdies edged the Eddies by a 1-0 score.
