Ottawa Fury wins division for, ahem, ninth season in a row 8 Jul 2012It’s not a surprise — but the heavily favoured Ottawa Fury’s women’s team captured its regular-season division title with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Lady Lynx on Saturday.
Smits’s saves, Porter’s goal get FCE road point in Puerto Rico 8 Jul 2012From the way the teams traded scoring chances, you wouldn’t believe that 0-0 draws were the results of the first two encounters this season between the clubs. Really, if this game would have finished 5-5, it would have been fair based on the quality scoring chances each team was able to carve out.
FCE loses in Texas heat; held scoreless for fourth match in a row 5 Jul 2012In a game that saw FC Edmonton take a defensive posture on the road against NASL-topping San Antonio, the Eddies yielded a second-half goal to Esteban Bayona, and dropped a 1-0 decision to the Scorpions.
In Canada, the 4-4-2 is making a big comeback 3 Jul 2012Toronto FC is a much bigger club than second-division FC Edmonton but, relatively speaking, FCE’s decision to go 4-4-2 is more stunning than the Reds’ change.
FCE changes formation, dominates match, has to settle for draw with Islanders 1 Jul 2012After two losses on the road, coach Harry Sinkgraven unveiled a new-look lineup. Instead of a 4-3-3, FCE switched to a 4-4-2, with Shaun Saiko moved from the outside to a free attacking midfield role behind the strikers.
Ottawa Fury’s Woods named W-League player of the week 29 Jun 2012Woods got both of the markers as the Fury beat Laval 2-1, then scored two more in 10-rout of London, as the Ottawa team continues to be the most dominant team in Canadian women’s club soccer.
FC Edmonton needs to be better out of the gate 27 Jun 2012And, if Edmonton is to break the losing skid, and improve on what has been a disappointing 2-2-1 home record, it needs to do a heck of a lot better job right after the opening kickoff.
After loss to RailHawks, we can compare FCE of 2012 to the Impact of 2011 24 Jun 2012After a disheartening 2-0 loss on the road to the Carolina RailHawks on Saturday, the parallels between the Eddies and the Impact of 2011 are more and more evident.
GolTV Canada will broadcast FC Edmonton matches for the rest of the 2012 season 21 Jun 2012This week, M31, the company which produces the FC Edmonton broadcasts which air live on TEAM 1260 and CBC.ca, confirmed that it has finalized a deal with GolTV Canada which would see all remaining 2012 FCE home broadcasts air on the national soccer specialty channel.
FC Edmonton dominated once again in Fort Lauderdale 17 Jun 2012In fact, it’s like fate has taken its revenge on the Eddies. FC Edmonton won its first-ever NASL match at Lockhart Stadium; but, since that win, the Eddies’ performances in Fort Lauderdale have been some of the young franchise’s worst.
