2011 season | |||
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Owners | Dave Fath Tom Fath | ||
Head Coach | Harry Sinkgraven | ||
NASL | Quarterfinals | ||
Canadian Championship | Semifinals | ||
Top goalscorer | Shaun Saiko (9 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,781 (27 Apr v. Toronto) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 797 (15 Jun v. Puerto Rico) | ||
Average home league attendance | League: 1,816 [1] All: 2,081 | ||
The 2011 NASL season was the first official season in FC Edmonton's existence. The club had played an exhibition season consisting of friendlies against various domestic and international opponents in 2010.
Position | Staff |
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General Manager | Tom Liep |
Head Coach | Harry Sinkgraven |
Technical Coach | Dave Randall |
Assistant Coach | Edwin Petersen [2] |
Last updated: April 3, 2011
Source: FC Edmonton
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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January 14, 2011 | Robbie Tice | MF | FK Bodø/Glimt 2 | Off-season trialist | [4] |
January 14, 2011 | Jimmie Mayaleh | MF | Thunder Bay Chill | Off-season trialist | [4] |
February 28, 2011 | Niko Saler | DF | [5] | ||
March 1, 2011 | Jaswinder Gill | GK | Alberta Golden Bears | [6] | |
March 1, 2011 | Antonio Rago | DF | Alberta Golden Bears | [6] | |
March 3, 2011 | Paul Craig | FW | Saskatchewan Huskies | [7] | |
March 3, 2011 | Dominic Oppong | MF | Harrisburg City Islanders | [7] | |
March 3, 2011 | Alex Surprenant | DF | Montreal Impact | [7] | |
March 5, 2011 | Jerome Baker | MF | Vancouver Whitecaps | [8] | |
March 5, 2011 | Alex Semenets | FW | Vancouver Whitecaps | [8] | |
March 7, 2011 | John Jonke | DF | SC Toronto | [9] | |
March 7, 2011 | Dan Antoniuk | FW | San Diego Sockers | Training camp trialist | [10] |
March 10, 2011 | Will Beaugé | FW | Ottawa Fury | Training camp trialist | [11] |
March 10, 2011 | Shawn Chin | MF | South Florida Bulls | [12] | |
March 10, 2011 | Lance Parker | GK | Miami FC | [13] | |
March 10, 2011 | Shaun Pejic | DF | Crystal Palace Baltimore | Training camp trialist | [11] |
March 12, 2011 | Eduardo Denali | FW | Training camp trialist | [12] | |
March 16, 2011 | Dan Antoniuk | FW | San Diego Sockers | Signed to a contract | [14] |
March 22, 2011 | Conrad Smith | MF | Joe Public FC | [15] | |
March 27, 2011 | Sam Lam | MF | FC Edmonton | Re-signed | [16] |
April 2, 2011 | Eddy Sidra | MF | Energie Cottbus | [2] | |
April 3, 2011 | Kyle Porter | FW | Vancouver Whitecaps | Trialist | [17] |
April 20, 2011 | Adrian LeRoy | DF | Ottawa Fury | [18] | |
June 26, 2011 | Jeffrey Quijano | DF | Michigan Wolverines | Signed to a contract | |
July 14, 2011 | Ilja van Leerdam | MF | Helmond Sport | Signed to a contract | |
July 17, 2011 | David Monsalve | GK | FC Inter Turku | In-season Trial | [19] |
August 2, 2011 | David Monsalve | GK | FC Inter Turku | Signed to a contract |
Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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January 17, 2011 | Sander van Gessel | MF | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | [20] | |
February 7, 2011 | Matthew Lam | MF | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Loaned for the duration of the Japanese season | [21] |
August 1, 2011 | Shaun Pejic | DF | Barrow A.F.C. | [22] | |
August 2, 2011 | Justin Ammar | GK | NAIT Ooks |
Updated as published April 9, 2011. [23]
Overall
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 41 | Playoff quarterfinals |
4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 38 | |
5 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 36 [lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | NSC Minnesota Stars (C) | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 36 [lower-alpha 1] | |
7 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 35 |
Win Draw Loss
March 7, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 0 – 3 | FC Dallas Reserves | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States |
(report) | Luna (Villar 3' Wiedeman 24' Rodriguez (Leva) 60' | Stadium: Grande Sports World |
March 10, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 1 | New Mexico Lobos | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States |
Antoniuk 66' | (report) | Venter 79' Baldinger 82' | Stadium: Grande Sports World |
March 12, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 4 – 1 | New Mexico Lobos | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States |
Hamilton 13' Yamada 25' Craig 62' Craig 74' | (report) | Young 36' (pen.) | Stadium: Grande Sports World |
March 18, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 6 – 1 | FC Tucson | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States |
Yamada 17' Lemire 22' Saiko 33' Saiko 58' Saiko 67' Yamada 75' | (report) | Kaufman 63' | Stadium: Grande Sports World |
March 19, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 5 – 0 | Phoenix Monsoon | Casa Grande, Arizona, United States |
Semenets 2' Antoniuk 24' Jonke ??' Semenets ??' Antoniuk ??' | (report) | Stadium: Grande Sports World |
March 27, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 5 – 0 | WSA Winnipeg | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Smith 16' Lemire 18' Surprenant 77' Semenets 86' Jonke 89' | (report) | Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex |
April 4, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 6 – 2 | Florida Selects | Sunrise, Florida, United States |
Lemire 2' Antoniuk ??' Antoniuk ??' Yamada ??' Lam ??' Kooy 83' (pen.) | (report) | ??' ??' |
April 9, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 2 – 1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
7:30 pm EDT | Kooy 33' Saiko (Surprenant) 53' Antoniuk (Saiko) 66' Surprenant 74' Saiko ??' Rago ??' | (report) | Lancaster (Coudet) 47' ??? ??' ??? ??' | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 6,402 |
April 16, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
7:30 pm EDT | Surprenant (Saiko) 11' | (report) | Paulini 78' Cox 84' | Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Patrick Baker |
April 20, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 0 – 2 | Carolina RailHawks | Cary, North Carolina, United States |
7:00 pm EDT | Antoniuk 18' Lam 28' Surprenant 60' Lemire 90' | (report) | Barbara 19' Krause 26' Franks 73' Zimmerman 76' | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,181 |
May 1, 2011 | Montreal Impact | 5 – 0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Gerba (Kreamalmeyer) 9' Ribeiro 12' Le Gall (Tsiskaridze) 31' Gerba (Le Gall) 36' Le Gall 74' Pizzolitto 86' (pen.) Ech-Chergui 90' | (report) | Saiko 31' Baart 84' Lemire 84' Hamilton 90' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 2,651 Referee: David Barrie |
May 7, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 2 – 0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
7:30 pm EDT | Kooy 13' Craig (Oppong) 69' Porter (Craig) 76' | Davis 23' Quintero 90+' | Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 2,433 |
May 11, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 1 | FC Tampa Bay | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
7:00 pm EDT | Kooy (Craig) 90+' | Burt (Millien) 51' Ambersley 55' Sanfilippo 75' | Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 1,775 |
May 23, 2011 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 1 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Bracalello (Rodríguez) 24' | Porter (Yamada) 26' Matthijs 45' Porter 65' Saiko 69' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 2,260 |
May 31, 2011 | FC Tampa Bay | 0 – 4 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Porter (Yamada) 29' Yamada 37' Saiko (Cox) 85' Chin 88' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,838 |
June 4, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 0 – 2 | Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
2:30 pm EDT | Baart 79' | Diouf (Ribeiro) 34' Billy (Di Lorenzo) 82' | Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 11,232 Referee: John Oliva |
June 10, 2011 | Carolina RailHawks | 1 – 0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Watson 53' | Hamilton 70' Oppong 76' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,846 |
June 15, 2011 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 0 – 3 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Faña 25' | Chin (Porter) 9' Antoniuk (Saiko) 38' Saiko 57' (pen) | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 797 |
June 18, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 1 | NSC Minnesota Stars | Blaine, Minnesota, United States |
8:30 pm EDT | Saiko (Rago) 14' Saiko 19' Antoniuk 35' Surprenant 66' Saiko 85' | Stewart 52' Hlavaty 55' (pen) Davis 61' Kallman 89' | Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,315 |
June 26, 2011 | Montreal Impact | 0 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
6:00 pm EDT | Lowery 43' Camara 58' Ribeiro 90' | Porter 5' Rago 30' Hamilton 84' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 2,306 Referee: Alain Ruch |
July 4, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 1 | NSC Minnesota Stars | Blaine, Minnesota, United States |
8:30 pm EDT | Rago 57' Surprenant 63' Lemire 85' | Stewart 47' Deldo 85' | Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,287 |
July 13, 2011 | Carolina RailHawks | 1 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Farber 2' Krause 37' Miller 76' Steele 78' Krause 78' | Jonke 22' Surprenant 42' Yamada 63' Saiko 74' Saiko 76' (pen.) | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,857 |
July 17, 2011 | FC Tampa Bay | 2 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
6:00 pm EDT | King 30' Sanfilippo 34' Ambersley 71' | Porter (van Leerdam) 19' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,574 |
July 23, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 4 | Carolina RailHawks | Cary, North Carolina, United States |
7:00 pm EDT | Oppong 61' Kooy 75' Saiko (Antoniuk) 84' | Nurse 18' Campos (Miller) 37' Barbara 45+' Franks 49' Campos (Barbara) 67' Hamilton 81' (own) Barbara (Farber) 86' | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,034 |
July 27, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 3 | FC Tampa Bay | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
7:00 pm EDT | Semenets (Antoniuk) 28' Lemire 90' | King (Millien) 6' Hayes 51' Hill 60' Millien (Ambersley) 84' | Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,003 |
July 30, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 0 – 3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
7:30 pm EDT | Jonke 45' | Shriver (Thompson) 14' Thompson (Palacio) 29' Arguez 46' Shriver 76' | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
August 6, 2011 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 – 0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Emory 11' Faña 34' Pitchkolan 90+1' | Lemire 11' Saiko 90' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,480 |
August 14, 2011 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
6:00 pm EDT | Stahl 31' Santamaria (Palacio) 79' Laing 90' | Lemire 25' Hamilton (Lemire) 30' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,845 |
August 21, 2011 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0 – 3 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Ruthven 79' | Surprenant 33' Saiko (Yamada) 63' Cox (Oppong) 71' Cox (Chin) 73' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,607 |
August 27, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 2 – 3 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
7:30 pm EDT | Saiko (van Leerdam) 28' Duberry 53' Hamilton 79' Porter (Craig) 90' | Addlery (Telesford) 41' Faña (Foley) 42' Needham 50' Needham (Emory) 90+3' | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 2,702 |
August 30, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 1 – 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
7:30 pm EDT | Cox (Saiko) 46' van Leerdam 77' Hamilton 88' | Telesford 14' Faña 52' Telesford 54' | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium |
September 3, 2011 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 1 – 3 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Altman 24' Cvilikas (Gotsmanov) 42' | Yamada (Porter) 56' Saiko (Baart) 71' Antoniuk (Rago) 90+2' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,823 |
September 7, 2011 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Robertson 29' Casarona 58' Ruthven (O'Brien) 75' Hunt 88' | Yamada (Surprenant) 52' Craig (Saiko) 90+4' Craig 90+4' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,868 |
September 11, 2011 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
9:30 pm EDT | Granado 44' Hamilton 65' (own) Shriver 90' Palacio 90+3' | Jonke (Hamilton) 45' Saiko 76' Hamilton 90' Rago 90+2' | Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,682 |
September 17, 2011 | FC Edmonton | 0 – 2 | Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
7:30 pm EDT | Surprenant 53' Hamilton 80' | Pore (Montaño) 12' Billy 16' Montaño 20' Pore (Montaño) 78' | Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,433 Referee: Justin Tasev |
October 1, 2011Quarter-Finals | FC Edmonton | 0 – 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States |
7:30 pm EDT | Rago 35' Hamilton 56' Saiko 67' Hamilton 82' | Shriver 45+1' Thompson (Laing) 46' Shriver (Palacio) 51' Shriver 55' Thompson (Gordon) 61' Thompson (Arguez) 76' | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
April 27, 2011Semi-Finals | Toronto FC | 3 – 0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
8:00 pm EDT | Santos (Plata) 35' Gordon 43' Gordon 47' Santos 61' Santos 67' | (report) | Saiko 24' Sidra 90+' | Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 5,781 Referee: Paul Ward |
May 4, 2011Semi-Finals | FC Edmonton | 0 – 1 | Toronto FC | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
8:00 pm EDT | (report) | Gordon (Plata) 21' Yourassowsky 60' | Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,937 Referee: Mauricio Navarro |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | North American Soccer League | Canadian Championship | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | NED | Rein Baart | 26 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | CAN | Adrian LeRoy | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
4 | DF | CAN | Alex Surprenant | 21 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | CAN | André Duberry | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
6 | MF | CAN | Shaun Saiko | 28 | 9 | 26+1 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 |
7 | FW | CAN | Alex Semenets | 13 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
8 | DF | CAN | John Jonke | 19 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | CAN | Chris Lemire | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
10 | MF | CAN | Kyle Yamada | 23 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
11 | FW | CAN | Paul Craig | 14 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
12 | DF | CAN | Niko Saler | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
13 | FW | TRI | Conrad Smith | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | NED | Paul Matthijs | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
15 | MF | USA | Shawn Chin | 14 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | CAN | Eddy Sidra | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
17 | MF | ZAM | Mutanda Kwesele | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
18 | DF | CAN | Paul Hamilton | 30 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | CAN | Michael Cox | 15 | 3 | 9+6 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | CAN | Chris Kooy | 30 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
21 | MF | CAN | Dominic Oppong | 24 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
22 | FW | USA | Dan Antoniuk | 23 | 3 | 13+9 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
23 | GK | USA | Lance Parker | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | CAN | Antonio Rago | 31 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
26 | GK | CAN | David Monsalve | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
26 | GK | CAN | Justin Ammar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
27 | MF | CAN | Sam Lam | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
28 | MF | NED | Ilja van Leerdam | 14 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
29 | FW | CAN | Kyle Porter | 27 | 7 | 19+6 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 |
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Last updated: October 1, 2011 |
Only players with at least one card included.
Number | Position | Name | NASL Regular Season | Canadian Championship | Total | |||
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1 | GK | Rein Baart | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | DF | Alex Surprenant | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
5 | DF | André Duberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | Shaun Saiko | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
8 | DF | John Jonke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | FW | Chris Lemire | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
10 | MF | Kyle Yamada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | FW | Paul Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 | DF | Paul Matthijs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | Eddy Sidra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | DF | Paul Hamilton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
20 | MF | Chris Kooy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
21 | MF | Dominic Oppong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | FW | Dan Antoniuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
24 | DF | Antonio Rago | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
27 | MF | Sam Lam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
28 | MF | Ilja van Leerdam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 7 |
Week | Player | Category |
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6 | Lance Parker (GK) | Defensive |
7 | Kyle Porter (FW) | Offensive |
11 | Shaun Saiko (MF) | Offensive |
20 | Michael Cox (FW) | Offensive |
Paul Hamilton (DF) | Defensive | |
23 | John Jonke (DF) | Defensive |
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