FCE’s Saiko gets clean bill of health ahead of Atlanta match 30 Aug 2012 FC Edmonton’s leading scorer, Shaun Saiko, has been greenlighted by doctors to play in Sunday’s must-win tilt against the Atlanta Silverbacks.
FC Edmonton takes two leads, but squanders them in loss at Carolina 19 Aug 2012 “You get to a point in the game where we score, we have taken the lead, we are dominating possession,” said Porter. “And then it was like we just dropped. And the game just changed. And then they get the goals, and the winner came so late, there was no chance for us to come back.”
FC Edmonton licks its wounds ahead of massive six-pointer against Carolina 15 Aug 2012 Heading into what is the team's biggest game of the NASL season so far, FC Edmonton’s practice was as notable for who was sitting out with injuries as who was actually on the field working out.
Own goal allows Saiko-less FCE to salvage draw with Minnesota 5 Aug 2012 Cox got a low shot on goal, that Stars keeper Matt Van Oekel got down to stop. But the rebound caromed off the shin of defender Ernest Tchoupe, and bounded across the goal line.
Antoniuk gets his revenge: Goal gives Rowdies win over his old FCE teammates 29 Jul 2012 Antoniuk, who scored the first-ever winning goal in FC Edmonton’s NASL history but was released by the team at the end of the 2011 season, got the only tally as the Tampa Bay Rowdies edged the Eddies by a 1-0 score.
FCE scores two goals in 93 seconds in win over Atlanta 22 Jul 2012 But, the Eddies got two second-half goals in the space of 93 seconds, then held on to beat the Silverbacks by a 2-1 count. The win saw FC Edmonton spring off the league basement, ahead of the Silverbacks.
FCE remains in league cellar after loss to 10-man Rowdies 15 Jul 2012 Despite being up a man for an hour, FC Edmonton couldn’t score — and, to make matters worse for the home team, the Eddies were caught at the back late in the game, as Luke Mulholland’s goal gave the Tampa Bay Rowdies a 1-0 win.
Smits’s saves, Porter’s goal get FCE road point in Puerto Rico 8 Jul 2012 From the way the teams traded scoring chances, you wouldn’t believe that 0-0 draws were the results of the first two encounters this season between the clubs. Really, if this game would have finished 5-5, it would have been fair based on the quality scoring chances each team was able to carve out.
FCE changes formation, dominates match, has to settle for draw with Islanders 1 Jul 2012 After two losses on the road, coach Harry Sinkgraven unveiled a new-look lineup. Instead of a 4-3-3, FCE switched to a 4-4-2, with Shaun Saiko moved from the outside to a free attacking midfield role behind the strikers.
FC Edmonton needs to be better out of the gate 27 Jun 2012 And, if Edmonton is to break the losing skid, and improve on what has been a disappointing 2-2-1 home record, it needs to do a heck of a lot better job right after the opening kickoff.
