Welcome FC Edmonton!

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  1. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    FC Edmonton have announced their team. They are playing Montreal Impact June 16th as their first game. Congrats!
     
  2. devioustrevor

    devioustrevor Member

    Jun 17, 2007
    Napanee, Ontario
    Club:
    Toronto FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada

    I'm pretty sure Shaun Saiko was in Middlesbrough's youth set-up at one time. Ajax also used to have a Canadian kid named Lam in their youth set-up and I'm wondering if it was that Sam Lam FC Edmonton have listed.
     
  3. soccerfanatiq

    soccerfanatiq New Member

    Feb 17, 2009
    Montreal
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Very happy for Edmonton, look like you guy's mean serious busyness ! ;)
     
  4. StlSpursFan

    StlSpursFan Member

    Jan 29, 2008
    Da 314
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Russia
    just looked at their website. WOW. very impressed. They have scheduled some very good clubs to play. And they're still a year away! This team really looks to know what they're doing.


    if only St. Louis had such competent owners, we could draw Sounders numbers........
     
  5. EPJr

    EPJr Member+

    Los Angeles FC
    United States
    Mar 21, 2009
    Richmond VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    FC Edmonton!

    Exhibition Game Schedule 2010
    June 16 Montreal Impact 7:35pm
    July 6 Ottawa Fury 7:35pm
    August 11 Victoria Highlanders 7:35pm
    August 15 Spokane Spiders 2:05pm
    August 28 Miami FC 7:35pm

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    FC Edmonton will host Chilean giant Colo-Colo on June 20th at Commonwealth Stadium, Brazil’s Vitória of Brazil’s premier division on June 27th at Foote Field and finally Portsmouth FC formerly of the English Premier League on July 21st at Commonwealth Stadium for the 2010 Edmonton Cup.
    •June 20 — Colo Colo (Commonwealth Stadium)
    •June 27 — Vitória (Foote Field)
    •July 21 — Portsmouth (Commonwealth Stadium)
     
  6. eclipse02

    eclipse02 Member

    Sep 20, 2009
    Re: FC Edmonton!

    I wish Edmonton the best of luck and the rise of any soccer clubs in MLS, USL, and NASL is always a welcome as long as they arent a 1 and done.
     
  7. dccoulthard

    dccoulthard New Member

    Sep 6, 2009
    Valier, IL
    Club:
    Toulouse FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Re: FC Edmonton!

    The way that this team is organizing is amazing! As many of you might know, I do the AC St. Louis Fanatic website, and the organization is, well, just a few steps short of hell. It is nice to see a team that has all of their ducks in a row. Hell, I followed to Oilers in the 80s (though I am a Blackhawks fan till I die), and I love how they keep the blue color scheme with the FC logo. I still think it is a great logo!

    Oh, and I have started the FC Edmonton Fanatic, and I will have it up and running in the coming days as well.
     
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  8. Maza1987

    Maza1987 Member

    Mar 6, 2009
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Re: FC Edmonton!

    link it here, when its uploaded, mate.
     
  9. brandonsoccerfan

    brandonsoccerfan New Member

    Aug 24, 2009
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    FC Edmonton beat Montreal 3-0 last night. While the Impact fielded a squad mainly comprised of reserves, it's great to see the club in Edmonton this far ahead. Their team is probably more stable than most D-2 teams and their inaugural season is still a year away! I like that the team's owners expect to lose money and are more focused on growing soccer in that area. There was about 2,000 fans at the game last night, which isn't bad, and hopefully they draw even more against the Chilean team on Sunday!
     
  10. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    Report on the game from 24th Minute. Interesting notes...

    - Ticket prices were at NASL levels, so that was a nice barometer of possible support, especially since it was a friendly against Impact reserves.
    - Salary budget for next year is set at 1 million Cdn.
    - A 17 year old scored 2 of the goals in the game. Nice start.
    - Blue and white for the uniforms? I think we have enough of that colour scheme in Canada already. Hopefully those are only practice jerseys.

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  11. EPJr

    EPJr Member+

    Los Angeles FC
    United States
    Mar 21, 2009
    Richmond VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am hoping they will have black away kits since MTL no longer uses one
     
  12. Andy Bulldog

    Andy Bulldog Member

    Dec 17, 2007
    Alabama
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Congrats!

    Are the team colors Blue/Black/Grey? Doesn't Montreal have the same colors?
     
  13. EPJr

    EPJr Member+

    Los Angeles FC
    United States
    Mar 21, 2009
    Richmond VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    MTL no longer uses the black kit
    this year it was replaced with pink
     
  14. DoyleG

    DoyleG Member+

    CanPL
    Canada
    Jan 11, 2002
    YEG-->YYJ-->YWG-->YYB
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    Colo Colo 4 FC Edmonton 3
    Attendance: 5570
     
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  15. eclipse02

    eclipse02 Member

    Sep 20, 2009
    not bad
     
  16. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, doesn't that stadium hold like 60,000? So I think from a technical stand point, yes it wasn't that bad. The coaches and players are doing a good job. But from a marketing/financial point of view, its almost a disaster.

    Maybe scheduling a friendly during the World Cup WASN'T a good idea. :rolleyes:
     
  17. DoyleG

    DoyleG Member+

    CanPL
    Canada
    Jan 11, 2002
    YEG-->YYJ-->YWG-->YYB
    Club:
    FC Edmonton
    Nat'l Team:
    Canada
    They only sold tickets for one area of the stadium, which would amount to about 10,000 seats. Getting over 5,000 for an event with little to no promotion and going up against a big ticket event up the road (WEC at Rexall Place) turned out to be very good.

    The game was at 4pm, long after the World Cup games for the day were actually finished. They also got a good response from the Chilean community, including a good sized group of vocal supporters.
     
  18. eclipse02

    eclipse02 Member

    Sep 20, 2009
    Foote Field holds about 3500
     
  19. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It wasn't at Foote it was at Commonwealth.
     
  20. eclipse02

    eclipse02 Member

    Sep 20, 2009
    Im just saying that if it were there they would have needed more seats
     
  21. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    That's a pretty good number and result for a team that only played it's second game and against a rather obscure foreign team. How was the game? Did they look good?
     
  22. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Media seems to think they played very well, as did the Chilean side.

    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Edmonton+holds+against+Chilean+side/3179683/story.html

    Local media also thought attendance was rather small.
    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Ticket+sales+light+Colo+Colo+match/3169935/story.html
     
  23. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    Well, it is going to take a while for the crowds to come out. Anything between 3 k to 5 k average would be great for the first year. Hopefully the owners have the money to absorb years of losses. If you look at the Impact, it took a good decade for them to get where they are and it was all because of a deep pocketed owner who had patience and vision.
     
  24. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here's a nice pic ;)
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    http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Bogado+takes+boots+Edmonton/3180028/story.html

    I guess if team owner Fath is okay writing those big checks then its okay. I wasn't trying to diss FC Ed. I think they are doing a great job. But I am sure it costs more than the 5,000 who did attend to pay the rent check for the Commonwealth Stadium.

    Hopefully a lot of them will become return fans when they are more permanently at Foote.
     
  25. eclipse02

    eclipse02 Member

    Sep 20, 2009
    That should be a Poster or on flyers to promote the team.
     

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