Miller accepts that he won’t hang on to coaching job if Eddies can’t turn things around 5 Jun 2014 “One win in our first eight games, that’s a recipe for disaster anywhere in the world,” said Miller after FCE trained Thursday at Clarke Stadium. “If things don’t change, there will be changes. That’s the nature of the profession I’m in.”
Fury brims with confidence heading into crucial second leg 30 Apr 2014 “If you would have asked me before the first game what would have been the perfect result, I would have said 5-0,” said Fury coach Marc Dos Santos after the team’s Tuesday evening training session at Clarke Stadium. “But, if you are going to have a tie, a nil-nil score is the best score you can have. It leaves everything wide open for the second game, you’ve given yourself a chance.”
Edmonton City Council green-lights new $1.25M turf for Clarke Stadium 12 Mar 2014 Edmonton’s city council has unanimously green-lighted the plan to tear up the existing turf at Clarke Stadium, and replace it with a new surface in time for the NASL fall season.
FC Edmonton and Clarke Stadium: Le turf est mort, vive le turf! 3 Mar 2014 “Hopefully we’ll just have the four league games left plus Amway Canadian Championship games on the old turf,” said FC Edmonton General Manager Rod Proudfoot. “We felt that council was very thorough today. They had lots of questions. That’s fine with us.”
Edmonton City Council to mull recommendation that would see the end to football lines at FCE matches 27 Feb 2014 FC Edmonton could be playing on brand new football-line-free turf after the NASL World Cup break.
Fath hopes FCE gets its “game changer” — new turf, that is 5 Feb 2014 “For us, this (changing the turf) would be massive,” said Fath. “Last year, we had live national broadcasts on Sportsnet 360, through our own production company, M31. And one of the biggest concerns Sportsnet had was the lines.”
Incoming Edmonton mayor non-committal on turf change on Clarke 28 Oct 2013 “We can’t say yet what will happen over there (Clarke) one way or the other. Will it be changed in time for next year? I can’t say at this point. People have to be aware that our resources are limited and potholes need to be addressed. Though, I do understand the turf at Clarke has potholes as well.”
Eddies dominate the Rowdies on the frozen tundra of Clarke Stadium 28 Oct 2013 Crews worked to clear the snow off the artificial pitch in the morning but, by 2 p.m. kickoff, there were patches of ice that could clearly bee seen on the surface. According to Environment Canada’s Weather Office, the temperature at kickoff was -2C, but it felt like -8C with the wind chill. With members of the Canadian national women’s team in attendance ahead of their game Wednesday against South Korea, Clarke Stadium offered a home-field advantage that needed the words “frozen tundra” to do it justice. For the final home game of the season, FCE finally did have a distinct advantage over the opposition.
Clarke Stadium turf claims third victim of the year: Michael Nonni the latest Eddie to go down 29 Aug 2013 The aging Clarke Stadium turf is certainly taking its toll.The number of non-contact injuries that FC Edmonton players have suffered this season is up to three.
NASL Commissioner: If Puerto Rico wants back in, must go through expansion process; Edmonton meetings went well 19 Aug 2013 With the announcement that the Islanders won’t be back for spring 2014, the NASL will no longer play the waiting game with the franchise.