Goalkeeping carousel: Parker, Smits make the road trip for FCE, while Monsalve left at home 18 May 2012 And, for Saturday’s game in San Antonio — he can choose to give Lance Parker his first NASL start since last June, or he can stick with the hot hand with John Smits, who recorded a clean sheet against Atlanta last week.
Le Toux, Whitecaps, beat down FC Edmonton’s brave resistance 10 May 2012 For 75 minutes of Wednesday’s second leg of the club’s Amway Canadian Championship final against the Vancouver Whitecaps, things looked good for FC Edmonton to be Cinderella at the BC Place ball.
FCE learns some tough lessons from the Whitecaps 3 May 2012 “When you see the game, you see the difference in the way we play,” said FCE coach Harry Sinkgraven after the match. “They are more mature, you can see that. In battles, they are stronger. We lost too many individual battles.”
FCE focused on not allowing Whitecaps to get an away goal 1 May 2012 Keep it clean. That’s the prevailing message from FC Edmonton’s final training session before Wednesday’s Amway Canadian Championship semifinal first leg against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
FC Edmonton has week and a half to prepare for Whitecaps clash 25 Apr 2012 If a looming Amway Canadian Championship semifinal against the Vancouver Whitecaps wasn’t enough to get the minds of FC Edmonton’s players off of Sunday’s crushing 4-3 defeat to Minnesota, two training sessions on the same day in blustery 4C temperatures did the trick.
FC Edmonton falls to Minnesota in final preseason match 2 Apr 2012 Playing their final tuneup match before Saturday’s NASL curtain raiser in Fort Lauderdale, FC Edmonton lost 2-0 on the road to the Minnesota Stars.
Good news, bad news for FCE: Caceros signed, Monsalve to miss road trip 30 Mar 2012 The good news? The team added another Canadian to the roster, with Ottawa native and former Syracuse University defender Kenny Caceros being added to the team. The bad news? Goalkeeper David Monsalve is expected to miss the first road trip of the season after spraining his ankle in training Thursday.
Sinkgraven not worried by FCE draws; goalie Parker dealing with setback 12 Mar 2012 “No, I am not disappointed at all,” said Sinkgraven after FC Edmonton needed a last-ditch 93rd-minute save from David Monsalve to preserve a 0-0 draw with the University of New Mexico. “Of course, you want to win games. But the goal right now is to make sure all the players get their time on the field. You have to give everyone a fair chance.”
Monsalve wants to help FCE build into North America’s top team outside of MLS 23 Feb 2012 “I really want to see FC Edmonton build. I want to see this club build to the point where it’s the most popular team in North America that’s not in MLS — where Montreal has been up until this year. Everyone used to ask, ‘why isn’t Montreal in MLS?’ I want people to say ‘why isn’t Edmonton in MLS?’ "
U-23 keeper Misiewicz in FC Edmonton camp 18 Jan 2012 FC Edmonton could carry four goalkeepers in the 2012 season.
