2016 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton

2016 season
Owner	Dave Fath Tom Fath
Head Coach	Colin Miller
Stadium	Clarke Stadium
NASL	Spring: - Fall: - Combined: -
Soccer Bowl	TBD
Canadian Championship	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: Jake Keegan (1 goal) Albert Watson (1 goal) Papé Diakité (1 goal) All: Jake Keegan (1 goal) Albert Watson (1 goal) Papé Diakité (1 goal)
Highest home attendance	2,731 (10 Apr v. Minnesota)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (24 Apr v. Ottawa)
Average home league attendance	2,115
Home colors Away colors
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The 2016 FC Edmonton season will be the club's sixth season of existence. The club will play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Roster

As of match played 24 April 2016^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Matt Van Oekel		GK	20 September 1986	Minnesota United	2015		33	0
21	Tyson Farago		GK	1 May 1991	Winnipeg Wesmen	2014		3	0
29	Nathan Ingham		GK	27 June 1993	K-W United	2016		0	0
Defenders
2	Allan Zebie		DF	29 May 1993	NAIT Ooks	2015		21	0
3	Edson Edward		DF	20 September 1988	Puerto Rico Islanders	2013		83	0
4	Papé Diakité		DF	22 December 1992	Royal Antwerp	2016		4	0
5	Albert Watson		DF	8 September 1985	Linfield	2013		84	3
15	Mallan Roberts		DF	6 June 1992	Edmonton Academy	2013		54	3
24	Johann Smith		DF	25 April 1987	Cumberland United	2015		26	0
25	Marko Aleksic		DF	10 September 1996	Edmonton Academy	2014		2	0
44	Adam Eckersley		DF	7 September 1985	Hibernian	2016		1	0
Midfielders
6	Nikolas Ledgerwood		MF	16 January 1985	Energie Cottbus	2016		4	0
7	Cristian Raudales		MF	3 October 1989	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden	2014		37	1
8	Ritchie Jones		MF	26 September 1986	Grimsby Town	2014		51	7
10	Pablo Cruz		MF	30 December 1991	San Antonio Scorpions	2015		16	0
11	Dustin Corea		MF	21 March 1992	FAS	2015		18	1
14	Sainey Nyassi		MF	31 January 1989	RoPS	2015		29	4
19	Jason Plumhoff		MF	9 August 1991	Harrisburg City Islanders	2016		1	0
20	Gustavo		MF	7 July 1985	Murici	2016		1	0
26	Shamit Shome		MF	5 September 1997	Alberta Golden Bears	2016		2	0
Forwards
9	Sadi Jalali		FW	6 June 1995	Edmonton Academy	2013		28	2
16	Daryl Fordyce		FW	2 January 1987	Linfield	2013		80	25
18	Tomi Ameobi		FW	16 August 1988	Whitley Bay	2014		51	18
23	Jake Keegan		FW	21 April 1991	Galway United	2016		4	1

Staff

• Colin Miller – Head Coach
• Rod Proudfoot – General Manager
• Jeff Paulus – Assistant Coach
• Darren Woloshen – Goalkeeping Coach
• Andeas Morse – Team Administrator
• Jose Jimenez – Athletic Therapist
• Brandon Salter – Assistant Athletic Therapist
• Dr. Terry De Freitas – Team Physician

Transfers

Winter

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 DF Papé Diakité (from Royal Antwerp)[2] 6 MF Nikolas Ledgerwood (from Energie Cottbus)[3] 19 MF Jason Plumhoff (from Harrisburg City Islanders) 20 MF Gustavo (from Murici)[4] 23 FW Jake Keegan (from Galway United) 26 MF Shamit Shome (from Alberta Golden Bears)[5] 29 GK Nathan Ingham (from K-W United)[4] 44 DF Adam Eckersley (from Hibernian)[6]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 12 DF Kareem Moses (to Carolina RailHawks) 17 MF Lance Laing (to Minnesota United)

Friendlies

FC Edmonton Blue v FC Edmonton White

4 March 2016	FC Edmonton Blue	2 – 0	FC Edmonton White	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10:00 EDT	Fordyce  30' Keegan  65'	Summary		Stadium: Saskatoon Soccer Centre

Partick Thistle v Edmonton

13 March 2016	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Edmonton	Glasgow, Scotland
EDT		Report	Ledgerwood  18' Keegan  49'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium

Airdrieonians v Edmonton

15 March 2016	Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Edmonton	Airdrie, Scotland
EDT	Leighton  34'	Summary	Fordyce  11' (pen.), 35'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium

Newcastle United Reserves v Edmonton

18 March 2016	Newcastle United Reserves	2 – 2	Edmonton	Newcastle, England
EDT	Charman  10' Roberts  31'	Report	Ameobi  37' Jalali  72'	Stadium: Newcastle United Training Ground

Queen's Park v Edmonton

22 March 2016	Queen's Park	0 – 1	Edmonton	Glasgow, Scotland
EDT		Report	Ameobi  80'	Stadium: Lesser Hampden

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7	12	2016 NASL Spring season winner
2	Carolina RailHawks	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
3	Minnesota United	5	3	1	1	9	4	+5	10
4	Indy Eleven	5	2	3	0	6	4	+2	9
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5	2	2	1	4	4	0	8
6	Edmonton	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
7	Rayo OKC	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
8	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	5	1	2	2	5	7	−2	5
9	Ottawa Fury	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5
10	Jacksonville Armada	5	1	1	3	3	6	−3	4
11	Miami	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2

Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2016. Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	1	2	3	3	0	7	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0

Last updated: 4 May 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	W
Position	5	9	10	8	6

Last updated: 4 May 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Rayo OKC v Edmonton

April 2, 2016 1	Rayo OKC	0 – 0	Edmonton	Yukon, Oklahoma
18:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Boateng  24' Velásquez  34'	Summary	Watson  30' Eckersley  67' Ledgerwood  72'	Stadium: Miller Stadium Attendance: 6,416 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Edmonton v Minnesota United

April 10, 2016 2	Edmonton	0 – 2	Minnesota United	Edmonton, Alberta
14:00 MDT (UTC−6)	Roberts  47'	Summary	Speas  13', 55' Vicentini  32'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,731 Referee: David Barrie

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Edmonton

April 16, 2016 3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1 – 0	Edmonton	St. Petersburg, Florida
17:30 MST (UTC−07)	Guerra  39' Heinemann  73' Avila  90+1' Hristov  90+4' Collins  90+5'	Summary	Edward  37' Nyassi  90' Ameobi	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,429 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Edmonton v Ottawa Fury

April 24, 2016 4	Edmonton	2 – 0	Ottawa Fury	Edmonton, Alberta
14:00 MST (UTC−07)	Watson  46' Keegan  69' Raudales  76'	Summary	Bailey  56' Timbó  67'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Jacksonville Armada v Edmonton

May 4, 2016 5	Jacksonville Armada	0 – 1	Edmonton	Jacksonville, Florida
16:30 MST (UTC−07)	George  23' Keita  85' Eloundou  90+3'	Summary	Edward  26' Diakité  64' Van Oekel  87'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Indy Eleven v Edmonton

May 7, 2016 6	Indy Eleven	–	Edmonton	Indianapolis, Indiana
17:30 MST (UTC−07)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Carroll Stadium

Canadian Championship

Edmonton v Ottawa Fury

May 11, 2016 Preliminary Round 1st leg	Edmonton	–	Ottawa Fury	Edmonton
MST (UTC−07)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Clarke Stadium

Ottawa Fury v Edmonton

May 18, 2016 Preliminary Round 2nd leg	Ottawa Fury	– (– agg.)	Edmonton	Ottawa
MST (UTC−07)		[ Summary]		Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 4 May 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matt Van Oekel	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Allan Zebie	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Edson Edward	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Papé Diakité	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Albert Watson	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Nikolas Ledgerwood	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Cristian Raudales	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Pablo Cruz	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Dustin Corea	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Sainey Nyassi	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Mallan Roberts	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Daryl Fordyce	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Tomi Ameobi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Jason Plumhoff	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Gustavo Salgueiro	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Jake Keegan	5	1	3+2	1	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Johann Smith	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Shamit Shome	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Adam Eckersley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left FC Edmonton during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	Canadian Championship	Total
1	DF		4	Papé Diakité	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Albert Watson	1	0	0	1
	FW		23	Jake Keegan	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					3	0	0	3

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		Canadian Championship		Total
1		GK	Matt Van Oekel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Edson Edward	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Albert Watson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6		MF	Nikolas Ledgerwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Cristian Raudales	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Sainey Nyassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Mallan Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Adam Eckersley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1

References

1. "FC Edmonton Roster". fcedmonton.com. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
2. "FC EDMONTON SOLIDIFIES DEFENCE WITH SIGNING OF PAPÉ DIAKITÉ". www.fcedmonton.com. FC Edmonton. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
3. "Canadian international Ledgerwood signs with FC Edmonton". www.goal.com. Goal.com. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
4. "FC EDMONTON ADDS GOALKEEPER INGHAM, MIDFIELDER SALGUEIRO". www.fcedmonton.com. FC Edmonton. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
5. "FC EDMONTON SIGNS ACADEMY GRADUATE AND CANADIAN U-20 INTERNATIONAL SHAMIT SHOME". fcedmonton.com. FC Edmonton. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
6. "FC EDMONTON ADDS ENGLISH DEFENDER ECKERSLEY TO FOLD". www.fcedmonton.com. FC Edmonton. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

• Official website