2011 FC Edmonton season explained

Club:FC Edmonton
Season:2011
Manager:Harry Sinkgraven
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Chairman:
Chrtitle:Owners
League:NASL
League Result:Quarterfinals
Cup1:Canadian Championship
Cup1 Result:Semifinals
Cup2:Champions League
Cup3:Playoffs
League Topscorer:Shaun Saiko
(9 goals)
Highest Attendance:5,781
(27 Apr v. Toronto)
Lowest Attendance:797
(15 Jun v. Puerto Rico)
Average Attendance:League: 1,816[1]
All: 2,081
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Prevseason:Inaugural Season
Nextseason:2012

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.

Club

Coaching staff

[2]

Squad

Transfers

In

DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef
January 14, 2011 MF Off-season trialist [3]
January 14, 2011 MF Off-season trialist
February 28, 2011 DF [4]
March 1, 2011 GK [5]
March 1, 2011 DF
March 3, 2011 FW [6]
March 3, 2011 MF
March 3, 2011 DF
March 5, 2011 MF [7]
March 5, 2011 FW
March 7, 2011 DF [8]
March 7, 2011 FW Training camp trialist [9]
March 10, 2011 FW Training camp trialist [10]
March 10, 2011 MF [11]
March 10, 2011 GK [12]
March 10, 2011 DF Training camp trialist
March 12, 2011 FW Training camp trialist
March 16, 2011 FW Signed to a contract [13]
March 22, 2011 MF [14]
March 27, 2011 MF Re-signed [15]
April 2, 2011 MF
April 3, 2011 FW Trialist [16]
April 20, 2011 DF [17]
June 26, 2011 DF Signed to a contract
July 14, 2011 MF Signed to a contract
July 17, 2011 GK In-season Trial [18]
August 2, 2011 GK Signed to a contract

Out

DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef
January 17, 2011 MF [19]
February 7, 2011 MF Loaned for the duration of the Japanese season [20]
August 1, 2011 DF [21]
August 2, 2011 GK

Competitions

Updated as published April 9, 2011.[22]

Regular season

Standings

Overall

Matches

North American Soccer League regular season

See also: 2011 North American Soccer League season.

Canadian Championship

See also: 2011 Canadian Championship.

Squad statistics

Players

Last updated for match on October 1, 2011.|}

Formation

[23]

Disciplinary records

Only players with at least one card included.

NumberPositionNameNASL Regular SeasonCanadian ChampionshipTotal
1 GK Rein Baart0 2 0 0 0 2
4 DF Alex Surprenant6 0 0 0 6 0
5 DF André Duberry1 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF Shaun Saiko7 1 0 1 7 2
8 DF John Jonke1 1 0 0 1 1
9 FW Chris Lemire5 1 0 0 5 1
10 MF Kyle Yamada1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW Paul Craig1 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Paul Matthijs1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Eddy Sidra0 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF Paul Hamilton7 1 0 0 7 1
20 MF Chris Kooy3 0 0 0 3 0
21 MF Dominic Oppong2 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW Dan Antoniuk2 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Antonio Rago5 0 0 0 5 0
27 MF Sam Lam1 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF Ilja van Leerdam1 0 0 0 1 0
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Recognition

NASL Player of the Week

WeekPlayerCategory
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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=885 NASL Weekend in Review
  2. News: Diary From The Road - Day 1 . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 2 April 2011 . 3 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191651/http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2011-04-02/Diary%20from%20the%20Road%20%E2%80%94%20Day%201 . 2012-03-20 . dead .
  3. News: Off-Season Trials Continue at FCE . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 14 January 2011 . 7 February 2011 .
  4. News: FC Edmonton adds four more . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 28 February 2011 . 6 March 2011 .
  5. News: Team keeps growing . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 1 March 2011 . 4 March 2011 .
  6. News: FC Edmonton Adds Three More to Roster . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 3 March 2011 . 4 March 2011 .
  7. News: FC Edmonton Heading for the Sun . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 5 March 2011 . 5 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211527/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/fc-edmonton-heading-sun . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. News: FC Edmonton Faces FC Dallas Tonight . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 7 March 2011 . 7 March 2011 .
  9. News: FC Edmonton Gets the Preseason Ball Rolling . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 7 March 2011 . 8 March 2011 .
  10. News: Game two of FCE's Preseason Kicks Off Today . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 10 March 2011 . 12 March 2011 .
  11. News: FC Edmonton Records First Victory of the Preseason . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 12 March 2011 . 12 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182554/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/fc-edmonton-records-first-victory-preseason . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  12. News: FC Edmonton Earns a Draw Against UNM in the Desert Sun. FC Edmonton Media Relations. 10 March 2011. 12 March 2011.
  13. News: Daniel "Dizzy" Antoniuk Signs With FC Edmonton . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 16 March 2011 . 16 March 2011 .
  14. News: Keeper and Attacker Sign with FC Edmonton . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 22 March 2011 . 22 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235018/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/keeper-and-attacker-sign-fc-edmonton . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  15. News: FCE Pot Five in the Peg . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 27 March 2011 . 27 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309113443/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/fce-pot-five-peg . 9 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  16. News: Diary From The Road - Day 2 . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 3 April 2011 . 3 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191627/http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2011-04-03/Diary%20from%20the%20Road%20%E2%80%94%20Day%202 . 20 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  17. News: Diary From the Road — Day 18 . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 19 April 2011 . 20 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191930/http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2011-04-19/Diary%20From%20the%20Road%20%E2%80%94%20Day%2018 . 20 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  18. News: Former TFC keeper Monsalve expected to start FC Edmonton's reserve match . The11.ca . 18 July 2011 . 1 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320001957/http://the11.ca/2011/07/18/former-tfc-keeper-monsalve-expected-to-start-fc-edmontons-reserve-match/ . 20 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  19. News: Sander van Gessel Follows Coaches to Japan . FC Edmonton Media Relations . 17 January 2011 . 7 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110122034233/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/sander-van-gessel-follows-former-coaches-japan . 22 January 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  20. News: FC Edmonton's Matt Lam leaves for JEF United . the11.ca . 7 February 2011 . 7 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110415024000/http://the11.ca/2011/02/07/big-in-japan-another-fc-edmonton-player-leaves-for-jef-united/#more-1209 . 2011-04-15 . dead .
  21. News: Barrow AFC sign Shaun Pejic and Jack Mackreth. BBC Sport. 2011-08-01. 2011-08-01.
  22. News: FC Edmonton Schedule. 2011-04-09. 2011-04-09. FC Edmonton Media Relations. https://web.archive.org/web/20110403073824/http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/fc-edmonton-game-schedule-2011. 2011-04-03. dead.
  23. Web site: Match Center . Boxscore.com . April 10, 2011 .