FC Edmonton’s home finale features a loss on the field, and uncertainty off of it 21 Oct 2017 But Saturday’s game felt different than any other home-season-ender. We don’t know what the future holds. Heck, we don’t know in what league FC Edmonton will play in 2018, or if the team will play at all. Instead of “see you next year,” the handshakes with the broadcast crew and the stadium regulars had a feel of “we’ll see you… sometime?”
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 32/NASL Week 29/USL Week 30 16 Oct 2017 Congratulate Ottawa Fury keeper Callum Irving for finishing as the top Canadian minute-getter in USL this season.
Farago’s goalkeeping heroics can’t keep FCE from NASL playoff elimination 14 Oct 2017 “I knew it was always going to take a miracle for us to make the playoffs,” said FCE coach Colin Miller after the match. “I would rather focus on the team’s performance tonight. I am very pleased with the effort, and hopefully we can carry that momentum into Wednesday’s game.”
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 31/NASL Week 28/USL Week 29 9 Oct 2017 MLS has just two who have passed 2,000; Cyle Larin and Will Johnson from Orlando City. Drew Beckie from Jacksonville is the only Canadian NASL player to push through the 2,000-minute barrier. In USL, there are six — Callum Irving, Mastanabal Kacher, Ryan James, Mallan Roberts, Ryan Telfer and Jordan Murrell.
Here comes Santa Claus: FCE’s defensive lapse gives gift of a winning goal to the Armada 6 Oct 2017 Unfortunately for the Eddies, Miller was right to be worried. Santa Claus did indeed show up in the second half.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 30/NASL Week 27/USL Week 28 2 Oct 2017 Congratulations go out this week to teenager Abraham Dukuly, who made his professional debut Sunday for FC Edmonton.
Adversity-eating Deltas win in Edmonton: “Hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018” 1 Oct 2017 “The only thing we can control, me as a coach and them as the players, is the better we perform, the better chance we have to be in another club next year or with the San Francisco Deltas,” said Dos Santos. “If San Francisco continues, good. If it doesn’t, and we do well, hopefully we’ll all have jobs in 2018.”
FCE needs to be better out of the gate 29 Sep 2017 Last week’s loss in San Francisco was just an extreme example of a trend in Eddies’ games. Even when the Eddies triumph, they grow into games, they don’t dominate right from the start.
NASL makes it clear: Either it gets the injunction, or else it doesn’t continue 28 Sep 2017 Kessler stated over and over that there is no plan B — NASL “has no other option or plan to continue” if the injunction to keep its Div-2 status isn’t granted by the court.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 29/NASL Week 26/USL Week 27 25 Sep 2017 Orlando City’s Cyle Larin, Jacksonville’s Drew Beckie and Ottawa Fury keeper Callum Irving continue to lead their respective leagues when it comes to minutes played by Canadians.
