Bear necessities: Three U of A alumni sign on with FC Edmonton 13 Dec 2018 Three former Golden Bears were unveiled Thursday as FC Edmonton signings; Bruno Zebie, Ajay Khabra and Ajeej Sarkaria. All three also spent time under the watchful eye of Eddies coach Jeff Paulus at FCE’s Academy.
It’s a Bitar-sweet beginning to the CanPL draft 13 Nov 2018 The first-ever No. 1 pick in a Canadian Premier League draft is Carleton University’s Gabriel Bitar.
Deal between CanPL and U Sports is very close, but some fine print still left to be written 18 Oct 2018 “This is a new project,” Brown said. “And this is a league that is just trying to figure out how to get a talent pool in place, and how to align that with the programs that we have.”
Levis a fit for the Whitecaps: CIS product makes the MLS jump 23 Aug 2016 Levis is not the first CIS product to play in MLS. Right now, University of Montreal product Wandrille Lefevre is playing for the Montreal Impact. And he’s not the sole Husky to play pro soccer. Paul Craig played with FC Edmonton in NASL.
FCE teenager Shome made NASL debut Saturday, wrote university exam Tuesday 20 Apr 2016 FC Edmonton’s 18-year-old midfielder made his professional debut Saturday, playing 80 minutes against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. But, he couldn’t let himself get too carried away — on Tuesday, the University of Alberta first-year engineering student wrote an exam.
Shome’s decision to say no to the NCAA spurred a quick return to the FC Edmonton fold 12 Feb 2016 Shome turned down offers from a couple of NCAA programs; instead he chose to play at the University of Alberta, where he could be closely monitored by the FC Edmonton brass.
A head for the game 11 Jan 2016 Soccer officials in the United States are moving to ban heading of the ball in youth soccer. Similar measures have been debated in Canada — but we’ve decided to go with an approach that stresses education over regulation. But, is there hard, peer-reviewed evidence out there that supports the notion that heading the ball leads to brain injuries?
What are the odds? 15 Jul 2015 Is FC Edmonton the wild card of coincidence when it comes to soccer in Canada?
One in nearly 1.14 million: How FC Edmonton’s last two ACC losses defied the odds 22 May 2015 How about this: That the mathematical chance of FC Edmonton losing in the semifinal stage of the Amway Canadian Championship — on goals scored in the 96th minute of the second leg — is one in 1,137,777.77.
The Aviator flies again 17 Mar 2014 Born at the wrong time. Born under a bad sign. If Selenia Iacchelli had any luck at all, she might be as familiar to Canadian women’s soccer followers as Diana Matheson, Sophie Schmidt or Desiree Scott. But, Iacchelli had to wait till she was 27 years of age to break into the Canadian soccer mainstream. Her story is remarkable; filled withbroken limbs, career-path changes and a love of frozen yogurt...
