2014 FC Edmonton season

The 2014 FC Edmonton season was the club's fourth season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the Canadian soccer pyramid.

FC Edmonton
2014 season
OwnersDave Fath
Tom Fath
Head CoachColin Miller
StadiumClarke Stadium
NASLSpring: 9th

Fall: 3rd

Combined: 6th
Canadian ChampionshipSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lance Laing
(7 goals)

All:
Daryl Fordyce
(8 goals)
Highest home attendance4,399
(19 Apr v. New York)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,796
(31 Aug v. Minnesota) All: 1,946
(7 May v. Montreal)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,384
All: 3,196

Background

Review

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

March 22, 2014 PreseasonSimon Fraser Clan1 – 3FC EdmontonBurnaby, British Columbia
6:00 p.m. PST  74' Report Moses  21'
Jonke  26'
Watson  34'
Mortotsi  83'
Ameobi  88'
Stadium: Terry Fox Field
March 26, 2014 PreseasonUFV Cascades0 – 4FC EdmontonAbbotsford, British Columbia
6:00 p.m. PST Report Fordyce  3'
Mortotsi  22'
Edward  34'
Ameobi  55'
Stadium: Bateman Park
March 29, 2014 PreseasonUBC Thunderbirds1 – 1FC EdmontonVancouver
6:00 p.m. PST Cousens  35' Report Fordyce  54' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
April 1, 2014 PreseasonVancouver Whitecaps FC4 – 2FC EdmontonVancouver
6:00 p.m. PST Fernández  4'
Manneh  10'  40'
Hurtado  17'  42'
Prasad  78'
Report Ameobi  9'  26'
Blanco  55'
Jonke  89'
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

Exhibitions

June 29, 2014 Mid-Season FriendlyKamloops Men's All-Stars1 – 5FC EdmontonKamloops, British Columbia
3:00 p.m. PST Bowman  53' Report Jonke  1'
Hlavaty  24' (pen.)
Mortotsi  57'
James  70'
Zebie  90'
Stadium: McArthur Island Park
August 26, 2014 Mid-Season FriendlyAlberta Golden Bears0 – 2FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
7:00 p.m. PST Report Jonke  57'
James  65'
Stadium: Foote Field

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.[1] Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Minnesota United (S) 9 6 2 1 16 9 +7 20 Playoffs
2 New York Cosmos 9 6 1 2 14 3 +11 19
3 San Antonio Scorpions 9 5 2 2 13 9 +4 17
4 Carolina RailHawks 9 4 2 3 11 15 4 14
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 9 4 1 4 18 18 0 13
6 Ottawa Fury 9 3 1 5 14 13 +1 10
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 2 4 3 11 16 5 10
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 9 3 1 5 12 20 8 10
9 FC Edmonton 9 2 2 5 11 11 0 8
10 Indy Eleven 9 0 4 5 14 20 6 4
Source: NASL Standings
(S) Spring season champion.

Results

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 2 2 5 11 11  0 8 1 0 3 8 7  +1 1 2 2 3 4  −1

Last updated: 16 February 2014.
Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945

Results by round
Round123456789
GroundAHAHAAHAH
ResultDLLLWDLLW
Position48101099999
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2014. Source: nasl.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

All times listed using Mountain Time Zone.

April 12 NASL 1FC Edmonton1–1Tampa Bay RowdiesSt. Petersburg, Florida
5:30PM MST Watson  62'
Fordyce  64'
Hlavaty  86'
Ameobi (Jones)  88'
Laing  90'
report Russell  18'
Moses  32' (o.g.)
Shriver  77'
Hristov  87'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 7,003
Referee: Sorin Stoica
April 19 NASL 2New York Cosmos1–0FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
7:00PM MST Díaz  28'
Guenzatti (Stokkelien)  37'
Maurer  90+4'
report Nonni  30'
Jones  34'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 4,399
Referee: Mathieu Boudreau
April 26 NASL 3FC Edmonton0–1Minnesota United FCBlaine, Minnesota
6:00PM MST Nonni  18'
Moses  20'
Aleksic  88'
report Calvano  4'
Bracalello  70' (pen.)
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
May 3 NASL 4Fort Lauderdale Strikers3–1FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
7:00PM MST Nurse  26'
Antonijevic  36'
Núñez (Picault)  40'
Picault (King)  63'
Chavez  72'
Anderson  79' (pen.)
report Jones  32'
Fordyce (Ameobi)  73'
Watson  78'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,276
Referee: Alain Ruch
May 10 NASL 5FC Edmonton2–1Indy ElevenIndianapolis
7:30PM MST Banner  10'
Fordyce  24'
Moses (Jones)  26'
Hlavaty  57'
Laing  67'
Edward  84'
report Ring  12'
Roberts  29' (o.g.)
Ambersley  61'
Hyland  81'
Norales  84'
Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 10,285
Referee: Sorin Stoica
May 17 NASL 6FC Edmonton0–0San Antonio ScorpionsSan Antonio, Texas
6:30PM MST Laing  13'
Roberts  27'
Edward  48'
Jones  90+3'
report Menjivar  33'
Borrajo  45+1'
Hassli  90'
Restrepo  90+3'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,087
Referee: Juan Guzman
May 24 NASL 7Atlanta Silverbacks2–1FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
7:00PM MST Randolph  38'
Chavez  49'
Canovas  73'
Poku (Randolph)  80'
Carillo  90+4'
report James (Laing)  75' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,961
Referee: Robert Schaap
May 31 NASL 8FC Edmonton0–1Ottawa Fury FCOttawa, Ontario
5:00PM MST Edward  63'
James  77'
Moses  79'
report Minatel  59'
Maykon  80'
Heinemann  90'
Stadium: Harris Stadium
Attendance: 3,207
Referee: Alexis Vaughan
June 8 NASL 9Carolina Railhawks1–6FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Grella  31'
Au. King  64'
Tobin (Grella)  74'
report Fordyce (Laing)  1'
Ameobi (Hlavaty)  13'
Laing (Hlavaty)  31'
Fordyce  44'
Fordyce (Edward)  75'
Jalali  90' (pen.)
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,641
Referee: Francis Latulippe

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.[2] The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (F) 18 11 2 5 30 15 +15 35 Playoffs
2 Minnesota United 18 10 5 3 31 19 +12 35
3 FC Edmonton 18 8 5 5 23 18 +5 29
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 18 7 6 5 20 21 1 27
5 Carolina RailHawks 18 7 3 8 27 28 1 24
6 New York Cosmos 18 5 8 5 23 24 1 23
7 Indy Eleven 18 6 5 7 21 26 5 23
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 5 5 8 25 34 9 20
9 Ottawa Fury 18 4 5 9 20 25 5 17
10 Atlanta Silverbacks 18 3 4 11 20 30 10 13
Source: NASL Standings
(F) Fall season champion.

Results

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 8 5 5 23 18  +5 29 6 2 1 14 6  +8 2 3 4 9 12  −3

Last updated: 2 November 2014.
Source:

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHHAAAHHAAHHAHAAH
ResultDLLWDLWWWLDWDDWWLW
Position578779644453433333
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Fall season 2014 results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
July 13 NASL 1Ottawa Fury FC0–0FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
4:00PM MST Richter  7'
Ryan  14'
Richter  57' 
Jarun  83'
Report Raudales  30' Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 3,609
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 19 NASL 2FC Edmonton0–1Atlanta SilverbacksAtlanta
5:30PM MST Moses  42'
Jonke  47'
Raudales  54'
Watson  74'
Report Gavin  72'
Cruz  75'
Cruz  76'
Chavez  87'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
July 27 NASL 3Indy Eleven1–0FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Kléberson  90' Report Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Chris Grabas
August 3 NASL 4San Antonio Scorpions1–3FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Hassli  23' (pen.)
Hassli  45'
Barrera  79'
Restrepo  81'
Report James (Laing)  9'
Blanco  45'
Ameobi (Laing)  69'
Jonke  70'
Fordyce (Blanco)  79'
Edward  87'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,849
Referee: David Barrie
August 6 NASL 5FC Edmonton0–0New York CosmosHempstead, New York
5:30PM MST Fordyce  42'
Laing  45'
Ameobi  78'
Hlavaty  81'
Watson  83'
Jonke  90+3'
Report Freeman  49' Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium
Attendance: 4,524
Referee: Robert Sibiga
August 9 NASL 6FC Edmonton2–3Minnesota United FCBlaine, Minnesota
6:00PM MST Laing  4'
Moses  45+1'
Edward  61'
Hlavaty  81' (pen.)
Report Ramirez  15' (pen.)
Mendes (Davis)  48'
Mendes (Ibarra)  59'
Calvano  71'
Hildebrandt  78'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 5,112
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
August 16 NASL 7FC Edmonton3–2Carolina RailHawksCary, North Carolina
5:30PM MST Laing (Burt)  53'
Nonni  61'
Jones (Nonni)  64'
Edward  73'
Navarro  76'
Hlavaty  90+5' (pen.)
Report Schilawski (Graye)  12'
Schilawski  75' (pen.)
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,666
Referee: Chris Penso
August 24 NASL 8Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–2FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Pecka  6'
Anderson  12'
Alves  27'
Nurse  76'
Hassan  86' (pen.)
Report Raudales  6'
Nonni  25'
Jones (Laing)  33'
Burt  39'
Ameobi  45'
Laing (Burt)  72'
Hlavaty  84'
Edward  86'
Jonke  90+3'
Hlavaty  90+4' 
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Sheena Dickson
August 31 NASL 9Minnesota United FC1–2FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Mendes  80'
Venegas  82'
Report Burt (Ameobi)  65'
Laing (Boakai)  71'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,796
Referee: Alain Ruch
September 6 NASL 10FC Edmonton0–3San Antonio ScorpionsSan Antonio, Texas
6:30PM MST Edward  65'
Raudales  70'
Navarro  90+1'
Report DeRoux  23'
Castillo (Elizondo)  37'
James  64'
Zahorski  80'
Billy Forbes  82'
Caesar (Castillo)  90+5'
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 5,594
Referee: Sorin Stoica
September 13 NASL 11FC Edmonton1–1Indy ElevenIndianapolis
5:30PM MST Hlavaty  25'
Watson  79'
Report Pineda  16'
Frías  70'
Kléberson  82'
Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 10,567
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira
September 21 NASL 12Tampa Bay Rowdies0–1FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Report Laing (Hlavaty)  64' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 4,392
Referee: David Barrie
September 28 NASL 13New York Cosmos1–1FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Lade  27'
Szetela (Stokkelien)  51'
Stokkelien  56'
Report Burt  57'
Ameobi (James)  62'
Hlavaty  74'
Moses  90'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,830
Referee: Robert Schaap
October 4 NASL 14FC Edmonton1–1Tampa Bay RowdiesSt. Petersburg, Florida
5:30PM MST Burt  43'
Edward  63'
Edward  90+1' 
Report Pickens  63'
Russell  63'
Hristov  68' (pen.)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,313
Referee: Ted Unkel
October 12 NASL 15Carolina RailHawks0–3FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST Shipalane  55'
Scott  57'
Albadawi  84'
Report Roberts  5'
Jones (James)  16'
Ameobi  51'
Jones  64'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,903
Referee: Dave Gantar
October 18 NASL 16FC Edmonton2–0Ottawa Fury FCOttawa, Ontario
1:00PM MST Burt (Laing)  9'
Laing  20'
Smits  88'
Raudales  90'
Report Dantas  74' Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3,935
Referee: Robert Schaap
October 25 NASL 17FC Edmonton0–1Fort Lauderdale StrikersFort Lauderdale, Florida
5:30PM MST Jones  6'
James  45+1'
Hlavaty  75'
Report Čontofalský  50'
Marcelin  72'
Pecka  83'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 5,756
Referee: Robert Sibiga
November 2 NASL 18Atlanta Silverbacks1–2FC EdmontonEdmonton, Alberta
2:00PM MST S. Bangura  71' Report Ameobi (Edward)  17'
Nonni (Fordyce)  34'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,085
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Match reports

Canadian Championship

Preliminary round

April 23 First legOttawa Fury FC0–0FC EdmontonOttawa, Ontario
5:30PM MST Beckie  33'
Dantas  51'
Davies  70'
Mayard  80'
report Edward  28'
Ameobi  72'
Stadium: Harris Stadium
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: Geoff Gamble
April 30 Second legFC Edmonton3–1Ottawa Fury FCEdmonton, Alberta
7:30PM MST Edward  24'
Fordyce (Boakai)  30'
Jones  34'
Boakai  48'
Fordyce  61'
Fordyce (Boakai)  62'
report Ryan  40'
Dantas (Ubiparipović)  90'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,001
Referee: Drew Fischer

Semifinals

May 7 First legFC Edmonton2–1Montreal ImpactEdmonton, Alberta
7:30PM MST Jones  45'
Moses  56'
Ameobi (Boakai)  60'
Nonni  90+1'
report Camara  41'
McInerney (Bernier)  56'
Pearce  82'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 14 Second legMontreal Impact4–2FC EdmontonMontreal
5:30PM MST McInerney (Mapp)  10'
McInerney (Mapp)  17'
Brovsky (Bernardello)  47'
Bernier  90+5' (pen.)
report Edward  45+3'
Jonke (Boakai)  67'
Jonke  70' (pen.)
Boakai  79'
Hlavaty  90+5'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,826
Referee: Drew Fischer

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNorth American Soccer LeagueCanadian Championship
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Lance Parker 606+000+00
2 MF Mike Banner 402+001+10
3 DF Edson Edward 27021+302+10
4 MF Neil Hlavaty 30321+534+00
5 DF Albert Watson 30026+004+00
6 MF Edem Mortotsi 301+100+10
7 MF Horace James 30216+1121+20
8 MF Ritchie Jones 25317+533+00
9 FW Sadi Jalali 311+210+00
10 MF Milton Blanco 906+300+00
11 MF Massimo Mirabelli 700+500+20
12 DF Kareem Moses 29125+113+00
13 FW Frank Jonke 2129+803+12
14 MF Cristian Raudales 13010+300+00
15 DF Mallan Roberts 14112+012+00
16 FW Daryl Fordyce 24814+664+02
17 MF Lance Laing 31727+074+00
18 FW Tomi Ameobi 26720+363+01
19 MF Hanson Boakai 1912+1304+01
20 MF Chad Burt 12311+130+00
21 GK Justin Farago 101+000+00
22 DF Michael Nonni 23211+811+31
23 GK John Smits 24020+004+00
24 DF Beto Navarro 18018+000+00
25 DF Marko Aleksic 200+101+00

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
13FW Frank Jonke FF JaroFree TransferNovember 20, 2013[3]
21GK Tyson Farago WSA WinnipegFree TransferDecember 4, 2013[4]
10MF Milton Blanco Atlanta SilverbacksFree TransferDecember 10, 2013[5]
8MF Ritchie Jones Grimsby Town FCFree TransferJanuary 15, 2013[6]
2MF Mike Banner FF JaroFree TransferJanuary 15, 2013[6]
12DF Kareem Moses North East Stars F.C.January 23, 2014[7]
25DF Marko Aleksic FC Edmonton AcademyAcademy signingFebruary 5, 2014[8]
7MF Horace James Atlanta SilverbacksFree TransferMarch 14, 2014[9]
18FW Tomi Ameobi VPSFree TransferMarch 31, 2014[10]
MF Cristian RaudalesUnattachedJuly 9, 2014[11]
MF Chad BurtUnattachedJuly 11, 2014[12]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
GK Norbert JanasFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13]
DF Chris de Guise CS LongueuilFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13][14]
MF Shaun Saiko San Antonio ScorpionsFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13][15]
MF Chris Nurse Fort Lauderdale StrikersFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13][16]
MF Robert Garrett Linfield FCLoan ReturnNovember 5, 2013[13]
FW Anthony AdurFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13]
FW Michael Cox KuPSFree AgentNovember 5, 2013[13]
FW Corey Hertzog Vancouver WhitecapsLoan ReturnNovember 5, 2013[13]
DF Antonio RagoFree AgentNovember 7, 2013[17]
DF David Proctor Airdrieonians F.C.Free AgentNovember 15, 2013[18]
MF Wes KnightFree AgentNovember 15, 2013[13]

References

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