Eddies can clinch NASL post-season berth with a win over the Rowdies on Sunday 6 Oct 2016 With a little less than a month to go in the NASL regular season, Watson and his FCE teammates will clinch a playoff spot if they beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rowdies Sunday afternoon. If they clinch, it will mark the first time since 2011 that the Eddies have qualified for the post-season.
“It felt like I was in my backyard”: Rayo OKC keeper enjoys stellar Edmonton homecoming 14 Sep 2016 Daniel Fernandes grew up just a couple of blocks away from Clarke Field. He remembers walking past the stadium day after day. He kicked his first ball in Edmonton.
Fordyce’s brace rallies Eddies from two goals down in Ottawa 2 Sep 2016 The Fury’s 2-0 lead evaporated thanks to two goals from Eddies’ forward Daryl Fordyce — and it took a last-second goal-line clearance from Ottawa’s Rafael Alves to preserve the 2-2 tie.
Eddies take ninth in a row at home, as top three teams break away 14 Aug 2016 This may be the week where the NASL narrative changes. We’re edging towards the halfway point of the fall season, and we might now be talking about FCE, Indy and the Cosmos all being playoff teams, and everyone else fighting for that fourth and final spot — unless one of those other clubs can make a mark on the fall-season race.
Silent assassins: League continues to ignore table-topping FC Edmonton 11 Aug 2016 “I’ve been here four seasons, and I think the league has always underestimated our players,” said Watson. “We’re surprised about it this year, because we have better calibre of players. But, we’ve always been underestimated, even in stupid things like player of the week, and team of the week, which we really don’t really take into account. Because some of the selections, you put your head in your hands and go ‘where did that come from?’
Superhero cape: After Eddies beat Puerto Rico, is it time to start MVO-for-MVP talk? 6 Aug 2016 Once again, Matt VanOekel will be an NASL play-of-the-week candidate. He could be the league’s player of the week, week after week after week. You get the feeling that the brass at NASL is just being nice, letting other players have the awards.
Clarke vs. Clarke: Carolina coach fumes as Edmonton goes to the top of the table 31 Jul 2016 Maybe the Carolina RailHawks need to hire a shaman. Maybe someone at the club has wronged a Canadian in the past, and to fix it they’ll need to have Drew Beckie sing William Shatner quotes to the tunes of Rush songs.
“We’ll play a lot worse than we did tonight and win:” Miller’s take on FCE’s loss to Indy 23 Jul 2016 It was only the Eddies second loss in 10 games. But, you might have figured that this one was gonna be a problem for FCE.
Ben Fisk on his training stint with FC Edmonton: “We’ll see how the club likes me and we’ll go from there” 19 Jul 2016 “We wanted to have a look at him, but nothing has been finalized yet,” said Miller.
Trial by fire: Karsten Smith makes FC Edmonton debut just hours after deal announced 17 Jul 2016 To say the last couple of days have been a whirlwind for centre back Karsten Smith would be an understatement. He arrived in Edmonton Saturday. Smith passed his medical Sunday morning, and he was announced as a new signing by the Eddies shortly after. There was a scare that captain Albert Watson might not be able to play, but he …
