With the club’s path unclear, FC Edmonton begins releasing players 16 Nov 2017 The group of FC Edmonton players had their contracts expire on November 15. And with the team in limbo at the moment, it’s really no surprise that the team is now making the news of these players’ departures official.
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?”
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.
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.”
Eddies dreadful start puts them in a hole they can’t escape 23 Sep 2017 The pit that the Eddies dug for themselves was simply too deep from which to escape, and Dustin Corea’s headed effort could only serve as a consolation in a 2-1 loss.
Eddies beat Indy, then learn that Hurricane Maria has changed their plans 17 Sep 2017 But, after the Eddies dominated Indy and won 2-0 at Clarke Stadium, Sunday, they found out they wouldn’t be getting on the plane on Monday. The league announced that the game at Puerto Rico has been postponed. Forecasts are calling for Hurricane Maria to arrive at Puerto Rico Wednesday.
Farago’s field-length kicks add new wrinkles to FCE’s attack 18 Aug 2017 This brings us to FC Edmonton keeper Tyson Farago. When it comes to a heavy kicking foot, the only NASL keeper I can remember hitting the ball for the same kind of distance as Farago does was Daniel Illyes, who played for the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2012 and ‘13.
Broken record: Controversial call, lack of scoring touch send Eddies to another loss 1 Jul 2017 For the fourth straight NASL match, FC Edmonton failed to score a goal. For the fourth straight match, the Eddies chalked up a loss.
Referee’s critical error, missed chances cost Eddies in San Francisco 17 Jun 2017 But, on Saturday night, referee Daniel Radford just got it plain wrong. To call a hand-ball in the box, you need to have an essential ingredient: The ball has to make contact with the arm or hand of the offending player.
FC Edmonton prepares for “local derby” in San Francisco 14 Jun 2017 “This is a local derby, this is,” Miller joked. “We could almost walk there or take bikes or whatever. It’s great; it’s a west-coast rivalry, it’s as close as you can be for a rivalry in our league. It does feel like a genuinely short trip.”
