FC Edmonton feels “a different type of pressure” as NASL frontrunners 16 Aug 2016 But the Eddies know that, going into this weekend’s match on the road to the Tampa Bay Rowdies, that this fall season isn’t like the ones that have come before. It’s about building a lead over their rivals, not playing catch-up.
Same player, different team: A Heinemann goal beats the Eddies… again 16 Apr 2016 The slump in oil prices? Tom Heinemann’s fault. The Leap Manifesto? Tom Heinemann. The LRT line to NAIT? Tom Heinemann designed that.
Execution needs to improve for the scoreless Eddies 13 Apr 2016 But when the chance comes, the quality of that final ball is disappointing. It’s a habit the players hope to correct when they visit the Tampa Bay Rowdies Saturday.
Miller on Eddies’ loss to Cosmos: “If we’re going to defend like that, we’re going to get what we deserve” 11 Oct 2015 The Eddies now trail the Tampa Bay Rowdies by one point for the fourth and final playoff spot in NASL. Both teams have three games left on their schedules. The Eddies are at Carolina Wednesday, then have a home-and-home with Jacksonville to end their season.
Ubiparipovic’s brace helps Fury beat Eddies, clinch NASL post-season spot 4 Oct 2015 Miller said that the Eddies knew coming into the game that the Fury was one of the best, if not the best, counterattacking sides in NASL. So, he was disappointed that the Eddies were caught on two counters.
Watson scores, Eddies beat Rowdies, you can’t complain! 13 Sep 2015 “The more I see the goal [on the replay monitors], the more I like it,” Watson joked after the match. “And the more I think I’m wasted as a centre back.”
Practice? Who needs practice? Eddies beat Rowdies despite lack of training 18 Jul 2015 What made Saturday’s win over the Rowdies all the more special was that the Eddies didn’t have one on-field training session between Wednesday’s draw in San Antonio and the kickoff at Al Lang Stadium.
No signal: NASL’s Canadian broadcast woes highlighted by FCE/Rowdies match 6 Jun 2015 So, this is the challenge. On Monday morning, when NASL executives get into the office, the first order of business is how to get the Canadian mess sorted it out. After all, it is the North American Soccer League, not American Soccer League.
FCE camp update: Lousy weather, great expectations 29 Mar 2015 And while no coach will confirm or deny what the starting XI will be ahead of time, there’s a feeling that Tuesday’s preseason curtain-closer against Jacksonville United might give Eddies fans a closer idea of what the lineup will look like when Colin Miller and his troops begin the NASL season April 4 in the first-ever home opener for the expansion Jacksonville Armada.
The three games that ruined FCE’s chances for a post-season spot 28 Oct 2014 In the end, that supporter should come to the logical conclusion that the Eddies could have easily gone into that game with Fort Lauderdale with an NASL post-season slot already salted away. I’ll look at three games that should have been wins for the Eddies — instead, they only got two points from those matches.
