Adam Loga

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Adam Loga
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Loga with Edmonton Scottish in 2023
Personal information
Full name Adam Loga
Date of birth (1987-03-21) March 21, 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Bryan Lions
2010–2013 Northwest Eagles
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Edmonton Aviators
2004–2006 Santiago Morning
2008 PSSA Rapids
2009 C.D. Fuerte Aguilares
Managerial career
2015 Mount Royal Cougars (assistant)
2016– MacEwan Griffins
2023–2024 Edmonton Scottish
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Loga (born March 21, 1987) is a Canadian former soccer midfielder. He served as general manager for Edmonton Scottish's League1 Alberta teams, and holds head coaching roles with both the MacEwan Griffins varsity men's soccer team in U Sports and the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy Centre in Edmonton.

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College career

Loga played for the Bryan Lions during the 2008 season, contributing to the team ending their AAC regular season as the #1 seed before being eliminated in the conference playoffs. [1] [2]

After a year abroad in El Salvador, Loga joined the Northwest Eagles, where he would play from 2010 to 2011, and again in 2013. [3] [4] During his time there, he earned accolades including being named a 2011 All-American Scholar Athlete and receiving Academic All-Conference honors in 2010, 2011, and 2013. [5] He was also named to the First Team All-Conference in 2013. [6]

Club career

After a brief training spell with the Edmonton Aviators, Loga began his senior career with Santiago Morning in Chile in 2004, playing there until 2006. [7]

In 2007, Loga played for the PSSA Rapids before going on to join C.D. Fuerte Aguilares on a short stint in El Salvador in 2009. [8] [9] [10]

Coaching career

Loga served as an Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Mount Royal Cougars in 2015, before being named the Head Coach for the MacEwan Griffins at MacEwan University in 2016. [11]

In 2023, Loga took the helm as the head coach for the Edmonton Scottish men's soccer team for its League1 Exhibition Series. [12] For the 2024 season, he was promoted to general manager of the club's League1 squads, where he oversaw and won both the men's Supporters' Shield and League Cup double, in addition to their berth in the 2025 Canadian Championship. [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Bryan 4, Truett-McConnell 0". Bryan College Athletics. August 23, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via bryanlions.com.
  2. ↑ "Scots Upset #1 Seed Bryan to Advance to Conference Championship". Covenant College Scots. November 7, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via athletics.covenant.edu.
  3. ↑ "Welcome back after a year off, Loga!". facebook.com. Northwest University Athletics. August 30, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Day of drama in Kirkland as Northwest Men and Women host Corban". goalWA.net Local Soccer News. November 9, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via goalwa.wordpress.com.
  5. ↑ "Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). nueagles.com. Northwest University Eagles. December 21, 2021. pp. 11–12. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ "CCC Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-Conference Recognition" (PDF). cascadeconference.org (Press release). La Grande, Oregon: Cascade Collegiate Conference. October 28, 2013. p. 4. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mother of all Canadians Abroad". bigsoccer.com. BigSoccer. March 28, 2004. p. 146. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gundred wins four events". The Bellingham Herald. May 22, 2007 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Hagen, Jefferson (April 28, 2022). "In a full circle moment, Loga adds former roommate Millar as key part of 2022 recruiting class". MacEwan Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via macewangriffins.ca.
  10. ↑ "Former soccer player in charge of Edge program". Airdrie Today. August 11, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via airdriecityview.com.
  11. ↑ Hills, Jason (August 23, 2016). "Adam Loga brings years of experience in the pros to new position as MacEwan soccer coach". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved July 21, 2023– via edmontonsun.com.
  12. ↑ "Men - Edmonton Scottish United SC". league1alberta.com. League1 Alberta. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ The Beast Mode Era [@jointhebme] (December 17, 2024). "Meet Adam Loga" . Retrieved February 11, 2025– via Instagram.
  14. ↑ "League1 Alberta – Club Officials and Support Staff". scottishunited.com. Edmonton Scottish United Soccer Club. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
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