Eddies spurn chance to make up ground in NASL fall season race 24 Sep 2016 FC Edmonton’s rivals in the NASL post-season race — the ones who have yet to clinch their spots, that is — all endured miserable weekends. Miami FC lost. The New York Cosmos got hammered. Minnesota was beaten by the Ottawa Fury for the second consecutive time.
“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.
The Alberta return 28 Jun 2016 Nik Ledgerwood was born and raised in Lethbridge, but left town when he was a teenager so he could pursue his soccer career. More than a decade later, he’s come back to his home province...
Ritchie Jones and FC Edmonton forced to part ways due to knee injury 22 Jun 2016 Miller said that, when healthy, Jones was the “best box-to-box midfielder” in NASL. He added that the injury is not forecast to be a career-ender, and that he hopes Jones can eventually make a full recovery.
Diakite’s volley leads Eddies to win over Jacksonville on a woeful field 4 May 2016 It is becoming clearer with every FC Edmonton match that Diakite is a real diamond-in-the-rough signing for the Eddies. He may be one of the meanest tacklers NASL has ever seen. He’s dominant in the air. He’s unorthodox at times, but he’s an absolute shutdown defender.
“We can’t all be the very best of friends all of the time”: Tempers on display at FCE’s training session 20 Apr 2016 “I’d take that every day,” said Miller. “Every club I played at, I’d fought. Not that I’m condoning fighting or promoting fighting, but I’ve been in a few of those. But it’s only because I cared and other people didn’t care quite as much. I don’t think that was the case this morning. The guys, I think, are in a very good place. I don’t mind that so long as they shake hands after and we’re all good. We can’t all be the very best of friends all of the time, that’s for sure.”
Same player, different team: A Heinemann goal beats the Eddies… again 16 Apr 2016 The slump in oil prices? Tom Heinemann’s fault. The Leap Manifesto? Tom Heinemann. The LRT line to NAIT? Tom Heinemann designed that.
Miller upbeat about draw after Eddies’ nightmarish trip to Minnesota 8 Aug 2015 No word if Tom Hanks will play FCE coach Colin Miller in the Edmonton version of The Terminal.
Defending a “calamity” as FCE gifts three goals to the Silverbacks 26 Jul 2015 “The defending was a calamity,” said FCE coach Colin Miller after the match. “We didn’t give ourselves a chance.”
Eddies come back twice to earn point in San Antonio 15 Jul 2015 "I'm absolutely delighted," said Miller after the game. "This stadium is one of the most difficult places to come in the league. They have so many quality players here [in San Antonio]. But the credit has to go to our guys, they just never gave up."
