Make-or-break for Edmonton: If Clarke doesn’t sell out, a new stadium is an impossible task 28 Jan 2013 Make no bones about it. This will be the year that will determine the future of FC Edmonton. This summer, the Edmonton soccer community needs to show city council that it supports the club.
LeBlanc: Canadian women drawing their NWSL battle lines 23 Jan 2013 “We were in China (for the Yongchuan Cup), so we didn’t find out live,” said LeBlanc, who was on a media conference call Tuesday promoting her upcoming visit to Edmonton with national teammates Christine Sinclair, Rhian Wilkinson and Diana Matheson. “But we all looked at our e-mail to find out where we were going, and then the trash talking started right away.”
Eddies old and new will unite at Commonwealth fieldhouse 18 Dec 2012 The identity of one more player is being held back. That player will be announced just before the game Tuesday.
Women’s World Cup: Edmonton debates Commonwealth funding 1 Nov 2012 The dressing room for the CFL Eskimos was not part of the proposal, and Mayor Stephen Mandel told reporters that he wants to know why it can’t be used. If the Eskimos simply don’t want to share, he said he “has no sympathy” for that position.
Edmonton city council to look at new WWC Commonwealth renovation proposal 30 Oct 2012 A new fourth way for the renovation of Commonwealth Stadium ahead of the U-20 Women’s World Cup and the Women’s World Cup will be debated by Edmonton City Council on Halloween.
CSA to stay mum as Edmonton debates Commonwealth WWC plan 26 Oct 2012 “No one from the Association will be attending the meeting,” read a statement from the CSA.
Tosaint Ricketts: In his own words about Romania, growing up in Edmonton, living the life 11 Oct 2012 Earlier this year, I had the chance to sit down with Tosaint Ricketts and talk at length about his soccer-playing life, from growing up in Edmonton to the months of not getting paid at FC Politehnica Timisoara.
Halloween debate: Why the eyes of Canadian soccer fans need to be on Edmonton 10 Oct 2012 The eyes of Canadian soccer fans need to be trained on Edmonton’s City Council Chambers on Oct. 31.
Commonwealth Stadium WWC debate shows just how much work CSA has to do in Alberta 9 Oct 2012 And in Alberta, the richest, most prosperous province in Canada by a country mile, a place where people who drive buses make more than execs in Toronto, we have a debate about whether or not to stick temporary trailers on a track in order to get our World Cup bid to a passing-grade level. And it shows just how much PR work the CSA has to do in Canada’s centre of wealth.
NASL Commissioner talks Edmonton stadium, new expansion team, Minnesota situation 21 Sep 2012 A new soccer stadium for Edmonton. The fate of the Minnesota Stars. More expansion teams. These were all hot topics as NASL Commissioner David Downs sat down with The 11 in Edmonton Thursday afternoon.