Voyageurs Cup: Eddies predict goals aplenty in the second leg against Ottawa 29 Apr 2014 Miller said that he felt the Eddies should have won the first leg going away. “In the game in Ottawa, we should have scored two or three. Ottawa created next to nothing, in all honesty.”
Players happy that FC Edmonton has abandoned its black home kit 13 Mar 2014 The team unveiled their new home and away kits for the 2014 season. The Adidas kits sees the team go back to a blue and white design, with only flashes of black.
Elementary, my dear Watson: Northern Irish defender is lone Eddie to make NASL Best XI 8 Nov 2013 Watson, who was one of two Eddies on the MVP ballot (the now-departed Chris Nurse was the other) got enough votes from the league’s eight head coaches, who select the season-ending all-star team.
FC Edmonton updates its roster, opens up international roster slots 5 Nov 2013 On Monday, FC Edmonton’s brass brought in each of its players for face-to-face end-of-season meetings. And, on Tuesday, the club announced the status of all its players who were under contract at the end of the 2013 season.
Eddies end their NASL season with a, you guessed it, 1-1 draw 3 Nov 2013 “It was an absolute circus,” Miller said of the pre-game festivities in Fort Lauderdale. “We go off the field at 20 minutes past to get ready for the game, we’re ready to go at 7:30 and we’re waiting for almost half an hour. Anyone involved in professional football knows that’s too much time to wait.”
Last thing FC Edmonton wants to see this weekend is a Cosmos trophy presentation 18 Oct 2013 “No, there’s no way we want to see the trophy (presented),” said Miller after FCE’s training session Friday on the grass at Concordia College. “We’ve had a very good week, we’ve had to make one or two changes in personnel. And, anyone who is not motivated to go to New York and play the Cosmos, well that would be hard to believe.”
FCE’s Fordyce named NASL Player of the Week 7 Oct 2013 FC Edmonton’s Northern Irish striker got both goals in the team’s 2-1 win over Carolina, Sunday. Fordyce nodded home the opener after fellow Northern Irishman Alberta Watson flicked on a long throw from Corey Hertzog.
Fordyce’s brace gives FCE its second win of the fall season 6 Oct 2013 Daryl Fordyce scored twice, pacing the Eddies to a 2-1 win over the Carolina RailHawks. The big winners out of the weekend? The New York Cosmos. With Carolina’s loss, the gap between the Cosmos and the RailHawks (tied for second place) is now seven points.
FC Edmonton can’t crack 10-man Silverbacks; Barrera ejected for third time since June 29 Sep 2013 NASL commissioner Bill Peterson has an unfortunate problem on his hands. And that’s what to do with Silverbacks midfielder Danny Barrera, who is earning (or has earned) the reputation as the league’s dirtiest player.
NASL needs to be public and transparent in how it deals with the fallout from Strikers-FCE match 17 Sep 2013 The North American Soccer League has a mini-crisis on its hands at the moment. And, in the coming days, how the NASL handles the fallout from Sunday’s Fort Lauderdale Strikers/FC Edmonton match can either go a long way to building the credibility of the league or entrenching the image of North American soccer outside of MLS as rudderless.
