2021 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton

2021 season
General manager	Eric Newendorp
Head coach	Alan Koch
Stadium	Clarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League	7th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	Easton Ongaro (12 goals)
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The 2021 FC Edmonton season was the club's tenth competitive season as well as their third in the Canadian Premier League.

Overview

The 2021 season was very disappointing for FC Edmonton. Edmonton's average home attendance of 961 was by far the lowest in the league, and the team finished in 7th out of 8 teams. Additionally, the club shut down its academy. However, there were some bright spots, including young Canadian forward Easton Ongaro who became the league's all-time top goalscorer this season, and secured a transfer to Romania after the season ended. ^{[1] [2]}

Current squad

As of July 6, 2021.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Connor James		GK	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 25)	Alberta Golden Bears
48	Darlington Murasiranwa		GK	(2001-02-07)February 7, 2001 (aged 20)	Guelph Gryphons
90	Joseph Holliday		GK	(2005-01-18)January 18, 2005 (aged 16)	Academy
Defenders
3	Jeannot Esua		RB / RW	(1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 25)	Rainbow Bamenda
4	Allan Zebie		LB	(1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 28)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
5	Ramón Soria		CB / DM	(1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 32)	Formentera
8	Mélé Temguia		CB	(1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 26)	Valentine Phoenix
12	Sharly Mabussi		LB	(1997-05-27)May 27, 1997 (aged 24)	Bergerac Foot
14	Saah T-Boy Fayia		CB	(2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (aged 20)	Academy
27	Hunter Gorskie		CB	(1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 (aged 30)	San Antonio FC
55	Amer Didic		CB	(1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 27)	San Antonio FC
Midfielders
2	Paris Gee		DM / CB	(1994-07-05)July 5, 1994 (aged 27)	Saint Louis FC
7	Shamit Shome		AM	(1997-09-05)September 5, 1997 (aged 24)	Montreal Impact
10	Kyle Porter		RM	(1990-01-19)January 19, 1990 (aged 31)	York9 FC
17	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye		LW / RW / ST	(2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 20)	Academy
20	Antony Caceres		CM	(2000-01-31)January 31, 2000 (aged 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
21	Tomas Giraldo		AM	(2003-03-08)March 8, 2003 (aged 18)	CF Montréal
28	Thomas Gardner		CM	(1998-03-17)March 17, 1998 (aged 23)	UBC Thunderbirds
33	Fraser Aird		MF	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 26)	Valour FC
Forwards
9	Easton Ongaro		ST	(1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 23)	Alberta Golden Bears
13	Roberto Avila		CF / AM	(2000-10-16)October 16, 2000 (aged 21)	Austin Bold
19	Tobias Warschewski		CF	(1998-02-06)February 6, 1998 (aged 23)	Phönix Lübeck
26	Matthew Durrans		CF	(1998-12-10)December 10, 1998 (aged 23)	1860 Munich

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
2	MF	Paris Gee	Saint Louis FC	Free	December 10, 2020	[3]
10	MF	Kyle Porter	York9 FC	Free	December 23, 2020	[4]
33	MF	Fraser Aird	Valour FC	Free	December 24, 2020	[5]
7	MF	Shamit Shome	Montreal Impact	Free	January 4, 2021	[6]
12	DF	Sharly Mabussi	Bergerac Foot	Free	January 7, 2021	[7]
48	GK	Darlington Murasiranwa	Guelph Gryphons	Free	February 5, 2021	[8]
19	FW	Tobias Warschewski	Phönix Lübeck	Free	February 19, 2021	[9]
28	MF	Thomas Gardner	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 1st overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	March 23, 2021	[10]
27	DF	Hunter Gorskie	San Antonio FC	Free	June 9, 2021	[11]
90	GK	Joseph Holliday	Academy Graduate		June 22, 2021	[12]
14	DF	Saah T-Boy Fayia	Academy Graduate		June 24, 2021	[13]
26	FW	Matthew Durrans	1860 Munich	Free	July 6, 2021	[14]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	MF	Tomas Giraldo	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	February 12, 2021	[15]
13	FW	Roberto Avila	Austin Bold	Season-long loan	June 14, 2021	[16]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	1	MF	Thomas Gardner	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds
2	16	DF	Jackson Farmer	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
13	GK	Dylon Powley	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	January 18, 2021	[17]
6	MF	Edem Mortotsi	Young Africans	Contract expired	January 27, 2021	[18]
11	MF	Keven Alemán	Valour FC	Contract expired	February 4, 2021	[19]
12	DF	Kareem Moses	Vaasan Palloseura	Contract expired	February 4, 2021	[20]
23	DF	Duran Lee	Pacific FC	Contract expired	March 18, 2021	[21]
21	MF	Erik Zetterberg	Lindome GIF	Contract expired	March 22, 2021	[22]
26	FW	David Doe	South Bend Lions	Contract expired	April 2, 2021	[23]
	MF	Raúl Tito		Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 21, 2021	[24]
14	MF	Chance Carter	Retired		June 24, 2021	[25]

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Raúl Tito	Santos de Nasca	Loaned until March 31, 2021	October 10, 2020	[26]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2021 Canadian Premier League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins. ^[27]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W
Position	6	5	3	7	8	8	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on November 13, 2021. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa

June 261	FC Edmonton	0–1	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Soria  28' Đidić  67' Esua  71'	Report	Lawson  78' Viti 82'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

FC Edmonton v Forge FC

July 12	FC Edmonton	2–0	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Avila  29' Soria 87' Esua 90+4'	Report	Jaković  53' Bekker  68'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

FC Edmonton v York United

July 43	FC Edmonton	1–1	York United	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Aird 52'	Report	Thompson  42' Petrasso 67' Zator  78' Mohammed  88' Ramírez  89' Halley  90' Giantsopoulos  90'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton

July 104	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Morelli 7' 44'55' Doner  90+1'	Report	Aird 64' Gorskie  84'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Forge FC v FC Edmonton

July 145	Forge FC	1–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00pm ET	Babouli 38' (pen.),  69' Sabak  43' Henry  77' Awuah  90+1'	Report	Avila  36'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton

July 186	Atlético Ottawa	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30pm	Verhoven 4',  28' Mannella  70'	Report	Mabussi  27' Porter 86'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers

July 217	FC Edmonton	1–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm ET	Soria  31' Temguia  33' Ongaro 81'	Report	Firth  38' Oxner  75'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

York United v FC Edmonton

July 248	York United	1–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm ET	Johnston 12' Abzi  61' Toussaint  63'	Report	Didic  26' Mabussi  42'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

FC Edmonton v Valour FC

July 319	FC Edmonton	3–1	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm MT	Ongaro 13' Mabussi  25' Warschewski 55' Didic 63'	Report	Alemán  2' Baquero 88'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: David Gantar

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

August 3 10 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm	Yao  16' Mason 64' Klomp 71'	Report	Mabussi  10' Ongaro 19' Temguia  85'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,418 Referee: Juan Marquez

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

August 711	Pacific FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
4:30 pm	Bassett  15' Polisi 42' Campbell 87'	Report	Đidić  35' Ongaro 58' Aird  62' Shome  65' Warschewski 76' Warschewski  83'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,259 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

FC Edmonton v Valour FC

August 1212	FC Edmonton	0–0	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Ongaro  30' Gee  38'	Report	Dyer  15' Fordyce  45' Soto  53' Ohin  60' Kacher  90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 803 Referee: Juan Marquez

Valour FC v FC Edmonton

August 2413	Valour FC	3–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm	Akio 2', 52' Galhardo 62' Rodrigo Reyes  75' Bouka Moutou  80' Mikhael  90+2'	Report	Ongaro  37' Didic  41'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

August 29 14 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Di Chiara  14', 30' Mason 90' Loturi  90+6'	Report	Gonzalez 7' Aird 36' (pen.) Najem  87'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

September 1 15 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	0–1	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Gorskie  90+2'	Report	Trafford  6' Novak 26' Di Chiara  45'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

FC Edmonton v Pacific FC

September 416	FC Edmonton	1–2	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Aird  54' Ongaro 72'	Report	Dixon  14' Díaz 28' Chung 34'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,352 Referee: Alain Ruch

Valour FC v FC Edmonton

September 717	Valour FC	0–3	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Ohin  90+2'	Report	Gee  33' Warschewski 40' Ongaro 44' Shome  71' Gonzalez 73'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,446 Referee: Juan Marquez

FC Edmonton v Pacific FC

September 1418	FC Edmonton	1–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 57'	Report	Heard  59' Dixon  77' MacNaughton 90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 670 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

HFX Wanderers v FC Edmonton

September 2519	HFX Wanderers	1–0	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00 pm	Morelli 24' Schaale  87' Rampersad  90+1' Garcia  90+1' Baskett  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,133 Referee: David Barrie

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

September 29 20 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	2–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 47' Didic 70' Esua  84'	Report	Fisk 34' Escalante  35' Selemani 44' Klomp 80' Farsi  90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 991 Referee: David Gantar

Valour FC v FC Edmonton

October 221	Valour FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00 pm	Dyer 14' Baquero  50' Alemán  57' Galán  86'	Report	Tboy Fayia  33' Ongaro 67'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Ben Hoskins

FC Edmonton v Pacific FC

October 622	FC Edmonton	2–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 pm	Gonzalez 30',  52' Ongaro 38' Gee  43' Aird  57' Zebie  90+1'	Report	Hojabrpour 48',  49' McNaughton  52'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Referee: Nicolas Joubert

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton

October 9 23 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Luca 20' Camargo  38' Ledgerwood  64'	Report	Velado-Tsegaye 15' Najem  90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Alain Ruch

FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa

October 1224	FC Edmonton	3–4	Atlético Ottawa	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Gonzalez 17' Gorskie  45' Najem 63' Aird 76' (pen.)	Report	Wright 5' (pen.), 39' McKendry 49' Soto 57' Beckie  86'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Juan Marquez

York United v FC Edmonton

October 1725	York United	1–1	FC Edmonton	Toronto, Ontario
12:00 pm	Wilson  28' Faria 53' Abzi  90+1'	Report	Fayia  34' Ongaro 47' Najem  90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

October 2626	Pacific FC	5–1	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
8:30 pm	Díaz 6' Aparicio 20', 51',  57' Basset  27' Bustos 41', 69' (pen.) Campbell  56'	Report	James  69' Aird 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,548 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

FC Edmonton v Valour FC

November 627	FC Edmonton	3–3	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
1:30 pm	Warschewski 4' Didic 16' Gonzalez 48' Temguia  72' Najem  90+3'	Report	Dyer 78'81' Fordyce 88' Romeo  90+3'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 716 Referee: David Barrie

FC Edmonton v Forge FC

November 1328	FC Edmonton	1–0	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
12:00 pm	Gorskie  61' Temguia  75' Ongaro 75'	Report	Navarro  43'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 564 Referee: Juan Marquez

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2021 Canadian Championship

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

August 21PR	FC Edmonton	0–2	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 PM		Report	Mason 31' Fisk 62'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	DF		Paris Gee	27	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Jeannot Esua	20	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Allan Zebie	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ramón Soria	27	1	1	26	1	1	1	0	0
6	MF		Adam Najem	17	1	2	16	1	2	1	0	0
7	MF		Shamit Shome	28	0	2	27	0	2	1	0	0
8	DF		Mélé Temguia	22	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Easton Ongaro	28	12	2	27	12	2	1	0	0
10	FW		Kyle Porter	20	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Azriel Gonzalez	17	5	3	16	5	3	1	0	0
12	DF		Sharly Mabussi	12	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0
13	FW		Beto Avila	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		T-Boy Fayia	11	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0
17	FW		Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	9	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Tobias Warschewski	27	4	7	26	4	7	1	0	0
20	MF		Antony Caceres	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Gabriel Boakye	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Prince Amanda	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Matthew Durrans	17	0	1	16	0	1	1	0	0
27	DF		Hunter Gorskie	26	0	1	25	0	1	1	0	0
28	MF		Thomas Gardner	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Fraser Aird	29	5	5	28	5	5	1	0	0
55	DF		Amer Đidić	25	3	1	24	3	1	1	0	0

Goalkeepers

No.	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
			Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts
1		Connor James	24	36	4	24	36	4	0	0	0
48		Darlington Murasiranwa	6	7	1	5	5	1	1	2	0

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