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.
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 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.
After loss to RailHawks, we can compare FCE of 2012 to the Impact of 2011 24 Jun 2012 After a disheartening 2-0 loss on the road to the Carolina RailHawks on Saturday, the parallels between the Eddies and the Impact of 2011 are more and more evident.
FC Edmonton’s walking wounded to be assessed on Wednesday 21 May 2012 FC Edmonton will be sweating on the status of several players ahead of next Sunday’s return match against the San Antonio Scorpions.
Rago’s return to starting XI has been a major boost for FC Edmonton 16 May 2012 But, over the last two weeks, Rago has reclaimed his starting spot. Before Rago came in as a started, Edmonton was winless in four league games. Since he came back, the team has won its two NASL matches by an aggregate 5-0 count and showed very well in an Amway Canadian Championship semifinal loss to Vancouver at BC Place — in which Rago set up Yashir Pinto’s goal for the Eddies.
Blame FCE’s losses, not City of Edmonton, for poor attendance at Commonwealth Stadium 3 May 2012 The number was painful to read, painful to report. In a concrete monolith of a stadium that’s built to seat more than 60,000, just 2,777 people came to see FC Edmonton play the Vancouver Whitecaps in their first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal.
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.”
FC Edmonton succumbs to early pressure from the Rowdies 15 Apr 2012 FC Edmonton couldn’t survive an early surge from the home team, and would later rue a series of missed opportunities, as the Eddies fell 1-0 to the Tampa Bay Rowdies Saturday night.
10-man Strikers outplay, outhustle FC Edmonton 8 Apr 2012 FC Edmonton was a man up for more than 50 minutes of soccer, but never asserted its numerical superiority and fell 1-0 on the road to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in their NASL season opener.
