2014 FC Edmonton season
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| 2014 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | Dave Fath Tom Fath | ||
| Head Coach | Colin Miller | ||
| Stadium | Clarke Stadium | ||
| NASL | Spring: 9th Fall: 3rd | ||
| Canadian Championship | Semifinals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Lance Laing (7 goals) All: Daryl Fordyce (8 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,399 (19 Apr v. New York) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 2,796 (31 Aug v. Minnesota) All: 1,946 (7 May v. Montreal) | ||
| Average home league attendance | League: 3,384 All: 3,196 | ||
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The 2014 FC Edmonton season was the club's fourth season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the Canadian soccer pyramid.
Pre-season and exhibitions
Pre-season
| March 19, 2014 Preseason | Trinity Western Spartans | 0 – 3 | FC Edmonton | Langley, British Columbia |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Report | Jonke  5'James 50'Fordyce 57' |
Stadium: Rogers Field |
| March 22, 2014 Preseason | Simon Fraser Clan | 1 – 3 | FC Edmonton | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | 74' |
Report | Moses 21' Jonke 26'Watson  34'Mortotsi 83'Ameobi 88' |
Stadium: Terry Fox Field |
| March 26, 2014 Preseason | UFV Cascades | 0 – 4 | FC Edmonton | Abbotsford, British Columbia |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Report | Fordyce 3' Mortotsi 22'Edward 34'Ameobi 55' |
Stadium: Bateman Park |
| March 29, 2014 Preseason | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 – 1 | FC Edmonton | Vancouver |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Cousens 35' |
Report | Fordyce 54' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium |
| April 1, 2014 Preseason | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Vancouver |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Fernández 4' Manneh 10' 40'Hurtado 17' 42'Prasad 78' |
Report | Ameobi 9' 26' Blanco 55'Jonke 89' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium |
Exhibitions
| June 29, 2014 Mid-Season Friendly | Kamloops Men's All-Stars | 1 – 5 | FC Edmonton | Kamloops, British Columbia |
| 3:00 p.m. PST | Bowman 53' |
Report | Jonke 1' Hlavaty 24' (pen.)Mortotsi 57'James 70'Zebie 90' |
Stadium: McArthur Island Park |
| July 2, 2014 Mid-Season Friendly | Victoria Highlanders | 0 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Report | Jalali 71' Boakai 90' |
Stadium: Centennial Stadium |
| July 6, 2014 Mid-Season Friendly | Seattle Sounders FC | 0 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Tukwila, Washington |
| 6:00 p.m. PST | Report | Raudales 25' James 85' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports |
| August 26, 2014 Mid-Season Friendly | Alberta Golden Bears | 0 – 2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:00 p.m. PST | Report | Jonke 57' James 65' |
Stadium: Foote Field |
NASL Spring Season
The Spring season lasted for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule would feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.[1] Half the teams would host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams would play 4 home games and 5 road games.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 |
Results
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Last updated: 16 February 2014.
Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2014. Source: nasl.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
All times listed using Mountain Time Zone.
| April 12 NASL 1 | FC Edmonton | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 5:30PM MST | Watson 62' Fordyce 64'Hlavaty 86'Ameobi (Jones) 88'Laing 90' |
report | Russell 18' Moses 32' (o.g.)Shriver 77'Hristov 87' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,003 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| April 19 NASL 2 | New York Cosmos | 1–0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:00PM MST | Díaz 28' Guenzatti (Stokkelien) 37'Maurer 90+4' |
report | Nonni 30' Jones 34' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 4,399 Referee: Mathieu Boudreau |
| April 26 NASL 3 | FC Edmonton | 0–1 | Minnesota United FC | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 6:00PM MST | Nonni 18' Moses 20'Aleksic 88' |
report | Calvano 4' Bracalello 70' (pen.) |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
| May 3 NASL 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3–1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:00PM MST | Nurse 26' Antonijevic 36'Núñez (Picault) 40'Picault (King) 63'Chavez 72'Anderson 79' (pen.) |
report | Jones 32' Fordyce (Ameobi) 73'Watson  78' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,276 Referee: Alain Ruch |
| May 10 NASL 5 | FC Edmonton | 2–1 | Indy Eleven | Indianapolis |
| 7:30PM MST | Banner 10' Fordyce 24'Moses (Jones) 26'Hlavaty 57'Laing 67'Edward 84' |
report | Ring 12' Roberts 29' (o.g.)Ambersley 61'Hyland 81'Norales 84' |
Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,285 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| May 17 NASL 6 | FC Edmonton | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions | San Antonio, Texas |
| 6:30PM MST | Laing 13' Roberts 27'Edward 48'Jones 90+3' |
report | Menjivar 33' Borrajo 45+1'Hassli 90'Restrepo 90+3' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,087 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| May 24 NASL 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:00PM MST | Randolph 38' Chavez 49'Canovas 73'Poku (Randolph) 80'Carillo 90+4' |
report | James (Laing) 75' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,961 Referee: Robert Schaap |
| May 31 NASL 8 | FC Edmonton | 0–1 | Ottawa Fury FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 5:00PM MST | Edward 63' James 77'Moses 79' |
report | Minatel 59' Maykon 80'Heinemann 90' |
Stadium: Harris Stadium Attendance: 3,207 Referee: Alexis Vaughan |
| June 8 NASL 9 | Carolina Railhawks | 1–6 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Grella 31' Au. King 64'Tobin (Grella) 74' |
report | Fordyce (Laing) 1' Ameobi (Hlavaty) 13'Laing (Hlavaty) 31'Fordyce 44'Fordyce (Edward) 75'Jalali 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,641 Referee: Francis Latulippe |
Match reports
NASL Fall Season
The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.[2] The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 |
Results
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 |
Last updated: 2 November 2014.
Source: [citation needed]
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2014. Source: Fall season 2014 results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
| July 13 NASL 1 | Ottawa Fury FC | 0–0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 4:00PM MST | Richter 7' Ryan 14'Richter 57' Jarun 83' |
Report | Raudales 30' |
Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 3,609 Referee: Yusri Rudolf |
| July 19 NASL 2 | FC Edmonton | 0–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Atlanta |
| 5:30PM MST | Moses 42' Jonke 47'Raudales 54'Watson 74' |
Report | Gavin 72' Cruz 75'Cruz 76'Chavez 87' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
| July 27 NASL 3 | Indy Eleven | 1–0 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Kléberson 90' |
Report | Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Chris Grabas |
| August 3 NASL 4 | San Antonio Scorpions | 1–3 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Hassli 23' (pen.) Hassli 45'Barrera 79'Restrepo 81' |
Report | James (Laing) 9' Blanco 45'Ameobi (Laing) 69'Jonke 70'Fordyce (Blanco) 79'Edward 87' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,849 Referee: David Barrie |
| August 6 NASL 5 | FC Edmonton | 0–0 | New York Cosmos | Hempstead, New York |
| 5:30PM MST | Fordyce 42' Laing 45'Ameobi 78'Hlavaty 81'Watson 83'Jonke 90+3' |
Report | Freeman 49' |
Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 4,524 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| August 9 NASL 6 | FC Edmonton | 2–3 | Minnesota United FC | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 6:00PM MST | Laing 4' Moses 45+1'Edward 61'Hlavaty 81' (pen.) |
Report | Ramirez 15' (pen.) Mendes (Davis) 48'Mendes (Ibarra) 59'Calvano 71'Hildebrandt 78' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau |
| August 16 NASL 7 | FC Edmonton | 3–2 | Carolina RailHawks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 5:30PM MST | Laing (Burt) 53' Nonni 61'Jones (Nonni) 64'Edward 73'Navarro 76'Hlavaty 90+5' (pen.) |
Report | Schilawski (Graye) 12' Schilawski 75' (pen.) |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Chris Penso |
| August 24 NASL 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Pecka 6' Anderson 12'Alves 27'Nurse 76'Hassan 86' (pen.) |
Report | Raudales 6' Nonni 25'Jones (Laing) 33'Burt 39'Ameobi 45'Laing (Burt) 72'Hlavaty 84'Edward 86'Jonke 90+3'Hlavaty 90+4' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Sheena Dickson |
| August 31 NASL 9 | Minnesota United FC | 1–2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Mendes 80' Venegas 82' |
Report | Burt (Ameobi) 65' Laing (Boakai) 71' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,796 Referee: Alain Ruch |
| September 6 NASL 10 | FC Edmonton | 0–3 | San Antonio Scorpions | San Antonio, Texas |
| 6:30PM MST | Edward 65' Raudales 70'Navarro 90+1' |
Report | DeRoux 23' Castillo (Elizondo) 37'James 64'Zahorski 80'Billy Forbes 82'Caesar (Castillo) 90+5' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 5,594 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
| September 13 NASL 11 | FC Edmonton | 1–1 | Indy Eleven | Indianapolis |
| 5:30PM MST | Hlavaty 25' Watson 79' |
Report | Pineda 16' Frías 70'Kléberson 82' |
Stadium: IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium Attendance: 10,567 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira |
| September 21 NASL 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0–1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Report | Laing (Hlavaty) 64' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 4,392 Referee: David Barrie |
| September 28 NASL 13 | New York Cosmos | 1–1 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Lade 27' Szetela (Stokkelien) 51'Stokkelien 56' |
Report | Burt 57' Ameobi (James) 62'Hlavaty 74'Moses 90' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,830 Referee: Robert Schaap |
| October 4 NASL 14 | FC Edmonton | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 5:30PM MST | Burt 43' Edward 63'Edward 90+1' |
Report | Pickens 63' Russell 63'Hristov 68' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,313 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| October 12 NASL 15 | Carolina RailHawks | 0–3 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | Shipalane 55' Scott 57'Albadawi 84' |
Report | Roberts 5' Jones (James) 16'Ameobi 51'Jones 64' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,903 Referee: Dave Gantar |
| October 18 NASL 16 | FC Edmonton | 2–0 | Ottawa Fury FC | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1:00PM MST | Burt (Laing) 9' Laing 20'Smits 88'Raudales 90' |
Report | Dantas 74' |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,935 Referee: Robert Schaap |
| October 25 NASL 17 | FC Edmonton | 0–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 5:30PM MST | Jones 6' James 45+1'Hlavaty 75' |
Report | Čontofalský 50' Marcelin 72'Pecka 83' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,756 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| November 2 NASL 18 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | FC Edmonton | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2:00PM MST | S. Bangura 71' |
Report | Ameobi (Edward) 17' Nonni (Fordyce) 34' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,085 Referee: Yusri Rudolf |
Match reports
Canadian Championship
Preliminary round
| April 23 First leg | Ottawa Fury FC | 0–0 | FC Edmonton | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 5:30PM MST | Beckie 33' Dantas 51'Davies 70'Mayard 80' |
report | Edward 28' Ameobi 72' |
Stadium: Harris Stadium Attendance: 2,411 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
| April 30 Second leg | FC Edmonton | 3–1 | Ottawa Fury FC | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:30PM MST | Edward 24' Fordyce (Boakai) 30'Jones 34'Boakai 48'Fordyce 61'Fordyce (Boakai) 62' |
report | Ryan 40' Dantas (Ubiparipović) 90' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,001 Referee: Drew Fischer |
Semifinals
| May 7 First leg | FC Edmonton | 2–1 | Montreal Impact | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 7:30PM MST | Jones 45' Moses 56'Ameobi (Boakai) 60'Nonni 90+1' |
report | Camara 41' McInerney (Bernier) 56'Pearce 82' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| May 14 Second leg | Montreal Impact | 4–2 | FC Edmonton | Montreal |
| 5:30PM MST | McInerney (Mapp) 10' McInerney (Mapp) 17'Brovsky (Bernardello) 47'Bernier 90+5' (pen.) |
report | Edward 45+3' Jonke (Boakai) 67'Jonke 70' (pen.)Boakai 79'Hlavaty 90+5' |
Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,826 Referee: Drew Fischer |
