A 2-3 roster

— issue 004 — — 2012 edition —

A 4 wag A 5 player profile A 8-9 team poster A 13 scottish united

THE EDDIES GO LIVEEddies Ink Deal with Shaw TV and GolTV Canada—By Andreas Morse

FC Edmonton is thrilled to an-­nounce partnerships with two major Canadian media outlets who will be airing Eddies games throughout the season.

Shaw TV out of Edmonton and

GolTV Canada, a nationally broad-­casted media outlet, will air live and re-­broadcast games starting immedi-­ately.

“We’re so happy to have this deal in place and we look forward to grow-­ing FC Edmonton’s fan base with our broadcasts,” said Eric Fath-­Kolmes, manager of M31 Design Group, which does the broadcast of FC Edmonton’s games. “We feel that we have one of

— JULY — HOME SCHEDULE

PUERTO RICO ISLANDERS2pm Sunday, July 1

Clarke Stadium

TAMPA BAY ROWDIES2pm Sunday, July 15

Clarke Stadium

Local club pulls in cash through FCE fundraiser—By Andreas Morse

June 3 was special for more than one reason. Yes, the Eddies were tak-­ing on the Atlanta Silverbacks on a beautiful June afternoon at Clarke Stadium. The fans and supporters

were in full voice that day, which was in no small part due to FC Edmon-­ton’s biggest ticket-­selling fundraiser in club history.

On a day dubbed “Xtreme FC Day”, the Eddies teamed up with elite youth soccer club Xtreme FC to raise money for the locally based soccer team. In total, Xtreme FC was able to raise over $15,000 by including the

cost in the club’s registration fees.“We strive to offer the best op-­

portunities for our players to fos-­ter physical, mental and emotional growth and development on and off the soccer pitch,” said Edina Hoopern, Xtreme FC administrator.

constantly looking for fun and excit-­ing was to fundraise to keep our fees

down and keep the kids on the pitch.”Xtreme FC players acted as the

Dream Team;; where young soccer players get to walk out with the pro teams and stand with them during the singing of the national anthems;; Ball Kids and Flag Bearers.

“It was great to see the enthusi-­asm from all the Xtreme kids on June 3,” said Janelle Janis, FCE’s grass-­

the best products in the league and our goal has always been to air on television. We’re proud to have part-­

Shaw TV will be airing four live

will be on July 15 when FC Edmonton takes on the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Clarke Stadium.

GolTV Canada will be re-­broad-­casting games throughout the sea-­

XTREME FUNDRAISER FOR YOUTH SOCCER CLUB

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roots soccer coordinator. “Whenever

fundraising and gain support for the

a win-­win!”For more information on

fundraising, Dream Team, Ball Kids or Flag Bearers, please con-­tact Janelle Janis by email at jjanis@fcedmonton.com.

son and have already begun showing games on digital cable.

Games played on Saturdays and Sundays this season will air on GolTV Canada the following Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. MDT. Wednesday games will air on Saturdays at 5 p.m. MDT. Each game will be replayed on GolTV as well.

SHAW TV SCHEDULEJuly 15, 2012 – FC Edmonton vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies @ 2p.m. MDTSept. 2, 2012 – FC Edmonton vs. Atlanta Silverbacks @ 2 p.m. MDTSept. 12, 2012 – FC Edmonton vs. Carolina RailHawks @ 7 p.m. MDTSept. 16, 2012 – FC Edmonton vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies @ 2 p.m. MDT

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FC EDMONTON

1 Lance ParkerGK – 6’4”, 200lbs

22 David Monsalve GK – 6’2”, 180lbs

23 John SmitsGK – 6’4”, 185lbs

25 Michal MisiewiczGK – 6’1”, 163lbs

3 Adam WestD -­ 6’0”, 175lbs

24 Antonio RagoD – 5’8”, 165lbs

5 Kévin HatchiD -­ 5’11”, 172lbs

26 Fabrice LassondeD – 5’8”, 165lbs

13 Jonathan Joseph-­AugustinD – 6’0”, 175lbs

27 Fabien VorbeD – 6’0”, 182lbs

15 Dino GardnerD - 5’11”, 172 lbs.

18 Paul HamiltonD – 6’1”, 175lbs

4 Sérisay BarthélémyF – 5’6”, 147lbs

14 Paul CraigF – 6’0”, 182lbs

7 Alex SemenetsF – 5’7”, 155lbs

17 Elvir GigolajF – 6’1”, 166lbs

9 Michael CoxF – 6’2”, 180lbs

19 Kyle PorterF – 6’0”, 160lbs

11 Matt LamF – 5’11”, 165lbs

29 Yashir PintoF – 5’9”, 168lbs

6 Shaun SaikoM – 5’10”, 160lbs

20 Chris KooyM – 6’0”, 175lbs

8 Ilja van LeerdamM – 5’7”, 165lbs

21 Dominic OppongM – 6’0”, 175lbs

10 Kyle YamadaM – 6’1”, 175lbs

16 Kenny CacerosM – 5’11”, 170lbs

GOALKEEPERS # NAME MIN GAA GA SAVES YC RC

1 Lance Parker 450 1.40 7 12 1 -­

22 David Monsalve 90 0.00 0 3 -­ -­

23 John Smits 180 1.00 2 7 -­ -­

DEFENDERS# NAME MIN ASSISTS GOALS YC RC

3 Adam West 193 -­ 1 -­ -­

13 Jonathan 457 -­ -­ 1 -­ Joseph-­Augustin

15 Dino Gardner -­ -­ -­ -­ -­

18 Paul Hamilton 982 -­ 1 1 -­

MIDFIELDERS# NAME MIN ASSISTS GOALS YC RC

8 Ilja van Leerdam 1047 3 1 4 -­

10 Kyle Yamada -­ -­ -­ -­ -­

20 Chris Kooy 749 -­ -­ 1 -­

21 Dominic Oppong 558 -­ -­ 1 -­

STRIKERS# NAME MIN ASSISTS GOALS YC RC

4 Sérisay Barthélémy 309 -­ -­ -­ -­

9 Michael Cox 392 -­ 2 1 -­

11 Matt Lam 959 1 -­ 4 -­

14 Paul Craig 250 1 -­ 1 -­

17 Elvir Gigolaj 5 -­ -­ -­ -­

19 Kyle Porter 554 -­ 1 -­ -­

29 Yashir Pinto 582 2 1 -­ -­

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PUERTO RICO ISLANDERSHead Coach: Adrian Whitbread

# NAME POS. HT. WT.

28 Yaw Danso M 5’9” 175 lbs.

5 Noah Delgado M 5’10” 155 lbs.

21 Stephen DeRoux M 5’9” 170 lbs.

9 Jonathan Faña F 5’5” 132 lbs.

7 David Foley F 5’7” 147 lbs.

20 Joshua Hansen M/F 5’10” 175 lbs.

10 Gregory Richardson F 5’7” 150 lbs.

18 Osei Telesford M 5’11” 190 lbs.

July 15, 2012, 2pm Kick Off

TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Head Coach: Ricky Hill

# NAME POS. HT. WT.

15 Mike Ambersley F 5’9” 155 lbs.

4 Stuart Campbell M 5’10” 148 lbs.

20 Evans Frimpong F/M 5’8” 142 lbs.

8 Luke Mulholland F 5’9” 150 lbs.

23 Fafa Picault F 5’8” 140 lbs.

32 Takuya Yamada M 5’11” 180 lbs.

10 Tsuyoshi Yoshitake F 5’8” 150 lbs.

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FC EDMONTON IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS EIGHTEEN OR OVER TO HELP

OUT WITH GAME DAY ACTIVITIES.

FOR GREAT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE, CONTACT MARCIA@FCEDMONTON.COM

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The Eddie introduces the people behind the scenes…

Rebecca Ferguson

#18 Paul Hamilton’s fiancée–Q: How is a Calgary girl enjoying her time in the City of Champions?

A:Edmonton has been great! I thought I would hate Edmonton, just because all Calgarians do -­ but I’m really enjoying adventuring in a new city.

Q: If you could bring one thing from Calgary and put it in Edmonton, what would it be?

A: I would probably bring my family, we haven’t lived in the same city since I moved away for school so it would be nice to have them around. If they didn’t want to move I’d bring Chinooks -­ I love the warm wind and blue sky in the winter.

Q: You just recently got engaged to Hammy, can you tell us how he proposed?

A: It was perfect, on NYE day we went for lunch to catch up as Christmas had been really busy. We had decided not to exchange Christmas presents, but over lunch Paul told me he had a surprise -­ he had organized for our good friend Leah to meet us and take some pic-­tures. I was thrilled with this idea as we don’t have many pictures of the two of us, so we drove to Scots-­man’s Hill which overlooks the entire city. We walked along the ridge of the hill waiting for Leah,

I was absorbed with with plan-­ning my “poses” and making sure my hair didn’t stick to my lip gloss when he pulled me aside and got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It was perfectly Paul, short and sweet, and of course I said yes! To top it off Paul had Leah and her sister on stake out taking pictures of the proposal. The best part was being able to go home and celebrate with my family before heading off to a NYE party with all our close friends.

Q: When’s the wedding and where?

A: The date is set for December 31st 2012 in Calgary. eeek! Less than 6 months away, I suppose I should start doing some planning!

Q: You also added a new addition to your small family, tell us about Dash.

A: She is the best! Dash is a 3 2/1 month old Great Dane / Mastiff cross so she is going to be big big big. For me, the best part about Dash is having someone to come home to when the boys are travel-­ing, it’s just nice to have company. Plus she is a d o r a b l e!!

Q: Who buys the shampoo in the Hamilton/Ferguson household?

A: Funny, one of the biggest fights we have ever had erupted after I used the last of the conditioner. We now use and purchase our own hair products.

Q: Speaking of that, whose name will you be taking?

WIVES & GIRLFRIENDS OF FC EDMONTON

A: Ummmm TBD.

Q: If Hammy were ever to cut his f lowing locks, what style would you want him to wear?

A: I let him do his own thing now, before he met me he had a pretty solid bowl cut so I’m happy with the progress he has made. My little sister occasionally sends Paul pic-­tures of Justin Bieber, or slips him photos of the latest and greatest from Chace Crawford.

Q: Your fiancé is having a great season on the pitch, if he were to ever move on to another club, where would you like him to end up?

A: As long as he’s happy I’m pretty cool with anywhere. We are young and haven’t had a chance to take many trips together because of soc-­cer so somewhere in Europe would be awesome. If we were to stay in North America I would love to be on the West Coast, Van, Seattle, Portland... we both went to school in Vancouver so we have a great group of friends in the surround-­ing area.

Q: Last month’s WAG, Lyndsay Stewart, said her favourite player on the team was Paul. Who’s yours?

A: M.L. #11 -­ he’s a total stud. Plus his roommate is pretty sweet!

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Q: With the hopes of the Ottawa Fury joining the NASL in 2014 -­ what are your predictions for the team in a

of interest when the two teams play in the future?

A: The Ottawa Fury has really ce-­mented its spot as a successful club

ownership, coaches, and staff. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that they will continue that success in the NASL. But having said that, when the two teams meet in the future and I’m wearing an FC Edmonton jersey, Ottawa is the enemy on that day.

Q: How is the City of Edmonton com-­paring to Ottawa so far?

A: It’s tough to compare the two. Ottawa is home to me so I’ll always

be biased in that sense. But it’s a nice change, I enjoy change. A new city and meeting new people is always fun. Edmonton is a really nice city, but I have to admit though, it has some crazy weather, it’s very unpre-­dictable.

Q: Favourite part about Edmonton so far?

A: It’s hard to pick just one. I’ve had a great experience here so far. The people here are great, very friendly and welcoming. The river valley is also really nice, a lot of nice trails and scenery. The sun stays up forever so the days feel long which I like. The city has a lot to offer, I’m very happy here.

Q: Best place that you’ve travelled to -­ either with the team or personally

and what made it your favourite?

A: I played with a team in the US one year and we travelled to Germany for a few weeks and did a tour play-­ing against youth Bundesliga teams and that had to be my favourite place. The people were amazing, they held a huge parade for us and treated us so well. On top of that, playing against some of the top youth teams in the world made the experience that much better.

Q: Do you have any preference over the number you wear with a team?

A: I’ve always been or wanted to be lucky number 13. But unfortunately Jonathan Joseph-­Augustin beat me

to it this year.

Q: Do you have any pre/post game

rituals or superstitions?

A: Might sound pretty boring but I don’t have any rituals like that. I’m

not a superstitious kind of guy.

Q: Favourite thing to do with your time off?

A: I’m always up for anything, my girlfriend and I like to walk around and see the city. We like to go eat at different restaurants and try new things. We went to a gun range, played disc golf (I didn’t know they had actual disc golf courses), we’re planning a camping trip in Banff. We’ll do anything, but sometimes when I have time off I want to do absolutely nothing but relax.

Q: Highlight of your soccer career so far?

A: I think my highlight would have to be playing the Whitecaps at BC Place. Even though we lost, we played better soccer the majority of

playing in front of 15,000 people and on national TV. That’s the kind of thing I dreamed about as a kid.

Q: What was the best piece of advice you were given and who gave it to you? (Soccer or otherwise)

A: It might sound extremely cliché but I think it’s very true and applies to just about anything. “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — either way, you’re right.” Now I know it’s a quote by Henry Ford but a coach I had when I was young told me that and it stuck with me.

PLAYER PROFILE

KENNY CACEROS—OFF SEASON SIGNING, KENNY CACEROS, HAS STARTED TO CALL EDMONTON HOME. FIND OUT HIS FAVOURITE PARTS AND PLACES IN THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS AND HOW HE’S SETTLING IN WITH HIS NEW TEAM.

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Down to 10, Eddies still come out on Top:Parker saves a penalty and earns a shutout—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (June 10, 2012) – The clouds over Clarke cleared away just in time for kick off on Sunday and the Eddies were hap-­py they did as they picked up three points against the Strikers in front of

the two teams battled back and forth with the play being fairly even. Both teams had a few shots on net but noth-­ing that bothered either Matt Glaeser for the Strikers or Lance Parker for FC Edmonton.

Shaun Saiko made a nice run down the left side in the 21st minute, beating several defenders along the way before cutting it back into the box. The Strikers defender was the

and it was cleared for a corner.The Strikers were forced to make

minute. FCE’s Paul Hamilton went in for a 50/50 ball, he collided with Andy Herron who injured his leg on the play and was replaced by Aly Hasan.

The skies opened up in the 33rd minute, just in time for a turn-­ing point in the game. Strikers’ Abe

FC Edmonton Fall to the ‘Hawks in Cary:Team returns home to take on the Islanders on Canada Day—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (June 23, 2012) – The action started early on Saturday evening in Cary, North Carolina as the Eddies took on the RailHawks for the second time this season.

In the third minute, FCE ‘keep-­er Lance Parker was forced to make

row to keep his team tied early. The

push the ball on to the post. The ball rebounded back into the box but Parker was able to push it away from an oncoming attacker but the ‘Hawks got another shot off that Parker saved and the play was eventually whistled down for a foul in the box.

hour mark but the Dutchman didn’t get everything on the shot and it was saved by Carolina ‘keeper Ray Burse

Second half rally not enough for an FC Edmonton win

game of the season 2-­1—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (June 3,

2012) – It was a bit of a sloppy start for both sides on Sunday as the Atlan-­ta Silverbacks came to town to take on FC Edmonton at Clarke Stadium.

It was another enthusiastic crowd of 2,521 and the players seemed

half rolled on.May’s NASL Player of the Month,

for the Eddies in the 13th minute but the striker couldn’t get the ball to settle at his feet and the Silverbacks’ defense was able to shut him down in time to send the ball wide of the tar-­get.

The Silverbacks won a free kick just outside the 18-­yard box in the

stepped up and bent in into the top

Same Teams, Opposite Result in Fort Lauderdale:Strikers hold Eddies off the board—By Jill Horbay

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

(June 16, 2012) – For the second time in less than a week, FC Ed-­monton and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers played a 1-­0 game.

This time it was down in Flor-­ida and the Eddies came out on the losing end.

FCE had a chance to jump over the Strikers with a win and end with 14 points but the Strikers held the majority of the possession early, and tested FC Edmonton’s ‘keeper Lance Parker a number of times inside the first 20 minutes.

The tempo of the game changed slightly when Strikers forward Leopoldo Morales went down after a challenge and had to be taken off the field by paramed-­ics with a compound fracture of the leg.

When the play continued, the Eddies were unable to find their spot in the game – Parker continu-­ing to make a couple of big saves from Strikers forward Andy Her-­ron and midfielder Mark Ander-­son. Chris Kooy, who partnered Paul Hamilton in the centre of de-­fence, also had to step up and make a save when Herron beat Parker from a tight angle.

Closing out the first half, the Eddies had yet to record a clear shot on net and Strikers goalkeep-­

time between the posts.

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in just his second start of the season, didn’t have a chance.

1-­0 for the Silverbacks.In the 34th minute Saiko sent

a long ball into the box, over the de-­fender’s head. Yashir Pinto ran onto the ball and slammed it against the near post.

The Silverbacks doubled their lead in the 40th minute thanks to a glancing header in the box by Shane Moroney off a cross from David Santa Maria.

2-­0 for the Silverbacks.The Eddies came out of the break

early goal to cut the Silverbacks’ lead in half.

Off a set piece in the 52nd min-­ute, Saiko cross the ball low into the box and defender Kévin Hatchi de-­

of the season.Coach Harry Sinkgraven made

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FC Edmonton’s head coach Harry Sinkgraven said at half time.

With only two natural defend-­ers on the field, in Paul Hamilton and Fabrice Lassonde, the Eddies were perhaps lucky to not be down by a goal or two going into the break.

FC Edmonton came out for the second half an improved side how-­ever. Michael Cox and Shaun Saiko showed how well they can play to-­gether with Cox having two good chances early on, but his shots were high and just wide of the net.

It remained difficult for the Eddies to get out of defensive mode as they were set against the waves of pressure from the Fort Lauder-­

for Andy Herron to find his way past Lance Parker and put the Strikers up 1-­0.

Coach Sinkgraven continued to add to the FC Edmonton attack as he put Yashir Pinto into the game, but they were unable to find that final finishing ball.

“Comparing the first half to the second half, we played the sec-­ond half better,” Sinkgraven said after the game. “We had more con-­trol of the game in the second half and played well.”

FC Edmonton slip to seventh place in the league – as the Caroli-­na RailHawks defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks -­ but the Eddies still have a game in hand. FC Edmon-­ton continues its road-­trip with a game against the RailHawks next Saturday June 23 (K.O. 5pm MDT).

JUNE MATCH RECAPS

as he dove to his right.Parker was forced into another

big save in the 23rd minute off a hard shot from the left side inside the 18-­yard box.

In the 34th, Nick Zimmerman was able to slide and keep the ball alive near the touchline and managed to pull it by defender Paul Hamilton and his shot beat Parker on the near post to take a 1-­0 lead.

1-­0 RailHawks.In the 38th minute, Breiner Or-­

a wide-­open shot from inside the 18-­yard box, which he tucked into the net just inside the far post. Parker had no chance on the goal.

2-­0 RailHawks.The ‘Hawks took that two-­goal

league into the half.“I think the start of the game

wasn’t good,” said FCE head coach Harry Sinkgraven. “We lost the ball too easily and the start wasn’t good. In the defense, we gave chances away too easily as well. Cox made some good runs but we have to improve on that in the second half.”

At halftime Sinkgraven made a -­

ly-­married Sérisay Barthélémy on

Thompson was brought down in the box, according to the referee, and was awarded a penalty kick. Parker made a diving save to keep it out but An-­tonio Rago was sent off for the chal-­lenge, leaving the Eddies with 10 men for the remainder of the game.

The teams went into the locker rooms at half time tied 0-­0.

Coach Harry Sinkgraven brought Michael Cox in for Paul Craig up front at the restart, which ended up being a pivotal substitution.

The second half was much the

possession of the ball and half-­chanc-­es were available on both ends of the pitch.

It was the hometown Eddies who

minute. Saiko received a long ball from Ilja van Leerdam on the left side and the striker sent it into the box where substitute Cox was able to get a foot on it and direct it passed Glaeser.

The Strikers picked up the pres-­sure after the goal but the Eddies backline held strong and helped

the season and third Eddies’ victory.The Eddies end their 3-­game

home streak with a 1-­0 win against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. The team heads down to Fort Lauderdale

5:30 pm MDT).

ing Kyle Porter on for Matt Lam in the

Sinkgraven made his second sub in the 71st bringing Dominic Oppong on for Fabien Vorbe at the back.

The Silverbacks went down to 10 men in the 78th minute when Martyn Lancaster took Paul Craig down from behind while he had a chance to shoot on net.

Craig had another great chance in the 81st to tie the game up but his header, which beat Daniel Illyes, was called offside.

Although the Eddies had chance after chance in the dying minutes of the game, and outshot Atlanta 10-­2 in the second half, they were unable to

-­feat at home since the home opener on April 22 and Atlanta have earned

-­son.

The Eddies take on the Fort Lau-­derdale Strikers next Sunday June 10. Kick-­off is 2 p.m. at Clarke Stadium

after being out for an extended time with an injury.

Yashir Pinto replaced Michael

to spark the offense but it was Shaun

Burse was able to make the simple save from a long-­range effort.

The Eddies got some help from the referee in the 78th when Amir Lowery was sent off for his second yellow after a hard and late tackle on Saiko, who minutes later, missed a great chance off a hard shot from distance.

The chances for the visitors came often in the second half, a chippy half in which a number of yellow cards were shown. But in the end, the Rail-­Hawks held serve on their home pitch and the Eddies return home without a point.

“We played better in the second

no goals,” Sinkgraven said at full time. “We had some good crosses but no goals. We showed spirit in the sec-­ond half though.”

Next up for FC Edmonton will be a Canada Day clash against the Puer-­to Rico Islanders at Clarke Stadium.

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The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation

Every month Delux Burger Bar presents a Celebrity Chef and creates a special burger in their honour. Au-­gust will feature the “Hammy Burg-­er”, as FC Edmonton star centreback Paul Hamilton steps into the spotlight as the Delux’s Celebrity Chef. Paul has selected the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation as his charity of choice and you can help him raise funds for this world-­class hospital just by buying a burger. One dollar from every “Hammy Burger” sold during the month of August will go to the kids at the Stollery.

“We are incredibly honoured -­

ciary of this exciting initiative with FC Edmonton and the Delux Burger Bar,” says Stephanie Perilli, Commu-­nity Initiatives Manager at the Stol-­lery Children’s Hospital Foundation. “The needs at the hospital change

with the advancements in medicine and new knowledge, and it’s through our donors and events such as this that we can ensure the Stollery has what it takes to send more children home earlier and safely every day. We look forward to seeing everyone at Delux on July 31st for the launch of the Hammy Burger and at the Eddies game on August 12th when the burg-­ers will also be sold!”

The Stollery Children’s Hospi-­tal Foundation is dedicated to rais-­

sub-­specialty medical education to train the best of the best, research to pave the way to the discovery of new treatments or cures for child health

improve patient and family outcomes at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

There are more than 1.7 million children counting on the health care provided by the Stollery and these children come from across Canada.

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atric emergency in northern Alberta, the referral centre for all complex pediatric heart surgeries and trans-­plants, a major organ transplanta-­tion centre, and some of the most advanced treatments for child health issues in the country.

Through community initiatives like the Celebrity Chef, the Stollery is able to help children like Brennen Zaplachinski. When Brennen was just a little over 5 months old, he was fortunate to receive his life-­saving liver transplant. “On his birthday we celebrate his life, and we always hold dear the reminder that someone else lost their child,” said Erinn, Brennen’s

there who gave us a gift of life. We will be forever grateful.” It’s hard to imag-­ine what it would be like to be a mom who has just been told her newborn needs a liver transplant, but because of the Stollery and events like this, Brennen is now 10 years old and is able to play hockey, indoor soccer, and

snowboard ….and of course hang out with his friends. August is Brennen’s 10th anniversary of his successful transplant, so it’s all the more reason to celebrate with a Hammy Burger and support the Stollery!

Join the Eddies and Delux Burg-­er Bar on Tuesday, July 31 at West Edmonton Mall for the launch of the Hammy Burger in support of the Stol-­lery Children’s Hospital Founda-­

tion. If you stop in from 3:30 to 4:30 pm you’ll make the autograph ses-­sion, too. A dollar from every Hammy Burger sold during August goes to the Foundation and gets you a discount for a ticket to FC Edmonton’s home game on August 12.

For more information on the Stollery Children’s Hos-­pital Foundation, please visit www.stollerykids.com.

AUGUST IS SURE TO BE EXCITING FOR SOCCER FANS AND BURGER FANS A LIKE

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Canadian U-­15 Side loses 3-­0 to MexicoBy Jill Horbay—

It was FC Edmonton Re-­serve player Aymar Sigue’s first trip down to Mexico and also his first time pulling on the red and white jersey for the U-­15 Canadian

The team participated in the Copa Mexico de Naciones Sub-­15, a boy’s U-­15 tournament in Ciudad de Mexico, which ran June 18 -­ 24.

The team suffered a 3-­0 loss to Mexico in its first game of the tournament.

“It was our first time playing together, but once we start train-­ing together more, we’ll get better,”

Coach Paulus is “extremely happy” with his team’s per-­formanceBy Andreas Morse—

During the month of June, the Junior Eddies have continued their run of impressive play in the AMSL, compiling a record of four wins, one loss, and one tie.

Overall in season play, the FC Edmonton Reserves have run their

and only six against (as of June 25). After a disappointing 1-­0 loss to the Calgary Villains on June 1, where the team only conceded one shot on goal and that being a PK, the young prospects have since been on a five game undefeated streak that has seen them post three clean sheets.

“In each of the reserve team games during this month, the Junior Eddies have been able to maintain an advantage in ball pos-­session over their opponents as they really do look to keep the ball on the ground,” said Reserve Team

Sigue said confidently after his first match for the Canadian side.

Even though he’d only played one game with the team, Sigue said he’d had a great experience meeting and playing with his team members from other provinces and hoped that the tournament and

-­pel him into other national sides in the future.

The young Canucks’ second game was against another Mexi-­can side which they lost 1-­0. They lost by the same score line against Chile and finished off the tourna-­ment with a friendly against Costa Rica where they picked up a 3-­0 win.

head coach Jeff Paulus. “Their growing confidence and patience in buildup has frustrated many op-­ponents and has highlighted their growth in the academy that usually trains four times per week.”

Defensively, the Junior Ed-­dies have really excelled, often limiting their opposition to only a few chances on goal and many of those coming from outside of the 18. Inside their own half, opposi-­tion players do not often find much space to play into as the Junior

and often get numbers around the ball to win it back. Their commit-­ment to defending as a team and following team defending princi-­ples is validated by their six clean sheets in only 10 games.

As a special note, the acad-­emy saw two players;; Hanson Boakai and Aymar Sigue, selected for Canadian national team proj-­ects. Hanson accompanied the U-­17 national team to Italy while Aymar made his way to Mexi-­co with the U-­15 national team to compete in a tournament.

A FRESH CANADIAN SIDE CAN’T TAKE THE EARLY ADVANTAGE

RESERVE TEAM LIGHTING UP THE AMSL

“The goal of the FC Edmon-­ton Academy and Reserve team is to try to develop players for our first team and at this point, I’m ex-­tremely happy with what I’ve seen from these young athletes,” Paulus said. “The inclusion of two players into national team projects is a big moment for our first year academy and highlights Tom Fath’s commit-­ment to developing young Canadi-­an talent. While it is incredibly im-­portant for any young player to get to represent our national team, it is also very special to the club and our academy as the work we are do-­ing with the young players is being

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Saiko Earns Second Player of the Week HonoursStriker scored a goal and added an assist on Sunday—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (May 29, 2012) – After adding another goal and assist to his league-­leading point total, FC Edmonton striker Shaun Saiko has been named the NASL Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Saiko, who previously earned the honour in week four, scored the second goal against the San Antonio Scorpions on Sunday and looked like he may have

-­mate Yashir Pinto got just enough of his head on the ball to claim the goal and earn Saiko the assist.

Shaun Saiko – May’s NASL Player of the MonthEddies’ top scorer earns league-­wide recognition—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (June 1, 2012) – After a month where FC Edmonton’s

3 goals and assisted on another, the home-­grown talent has been named the NASL’s Player of the Month.

Saiko, a member of the NASL Best XI in 2011 – has started off the 2012 season on the right track. In eight games so far this season, Saiko has net-­

assists – which is not only the highest goal tally on the team, but third highest

the back of the net 10 times so far this season, Saiko can personally claim 50 per cent of those goals.

penalty to secure the win—By Andreas Morse

Edmonton, Ab. (June 11,

2012) – FC Edmonton has started four different ‘keepers this season and each of them have recorded a shutout, the latest going to Lance Parker on Sunday afternoon, earn-­ing him Defensive Player of the Week status from the league.

“We are lucky to have so much talent in one position,” said FCE general manager Tom Leip. “I’m re-­ally happy for Lance. He’s fully re-­covered from his arm injury and he’s playing great for us right now.”

Almost a year ago to the day, in a game against the Carolina RailHawks, Parker went up for a cross and was undercut by then-­Carolina striker Etienne Barbara.

awkwardly on his right arm and suf-­fered a snapped humerus and a torn

things I’m doing,” Saiko said.While the Edmontonian is proud

of the honour, he said team success out-­weighs any individual achievements.

“Individual honours are nice be-­cause of the hard work put in, to see something come out of it is great,” he said. “But I’m just trying my best to help the team win and get points.”

FC Edmonton has earned three Player of the Week honours this season. Saiko has two of them (Week four and eight) and Paul Hamilton has the third

Saiko leads the league with seven

has 11 shots on goal in 719 minutes of play.

The Eddies next game is against the Atlanta Silverbacks on Sunday, June 3 at Clarke Stadium. Kick-­off is 2 p.m.

“I did a lot of work trying to get ready for the 2012 season so I could build off of what I did in 2011,” Saiko said. “Obviously I’ve started off well so I’m excited about the individual honours but hopefully we can turn it around a little bit on the team front.”

NASL Offensive Player of the Week in Week Four after his impressive hat-­trick against the Carolina RailHawks, which saw the Eddies to a 3-­0 victory. By fan vote, he also won the NASL Play of the Week for his hat-­trick. He won the title of Offensive Player of the Week for a second time in Week Eight after his one goal and one assist game against the San Antonio Scorpions in a 2-­2 draw.

Saiko’s impressive play has been

he represented Canada earlier this year in the U-­23 Olympic Qualifying tourna-­ment. Wearing the captain’s arm band,

he helped lead the Canadian team to an impressive tournament falling just

has not only started in all eight NASL games this season for FC Edmonton, but he’s also played in both Amway Ca-­nadian Championship games against the Vancouver Whitecaps giving him the team’s top spot for minutes played so far this season.

“Shaun is one of the original mem-­bers of our team going back to our ex-­hibition season in 2010,” said technical director Joe Petrone. “He’s the perfect example of the talent that can be found in Canada. This honour is well-­de-­served.”

Saiko and his teammates take on the Atlanta Silverbacks on Sunday at Clarke Stadium. Kick-­off is 2 p.m.

tricep tendon. He needed 10 months of recovery, two steel plates and 15 screws to repair the damage.

This season, Parker has played 270 minutes and has a 1.33 GAA. He’s only allowed four goals and has made six saves in games against the San Antonio Scorpions, Atlanta Sil-­verbacks and Fort Lauderdale Strik-­ers.

In the first half of Sunday’s game against the Strikers, Abe Thompson was brought down in the box and was awarded a penalty. Parker, having played with Thomp-­son in Miami, had a good idea of where the shot was going and made the crucial save. The Eddies, down to 10-­men, managed to score in the second half and held on to win the game 1-­0.

This is Parker’s second Player of the Week award with the Eddies.

CLEAN SHEET EARNS PARKER PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOURS

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Scottish United on the Field at 2012 FC Edmonton Home Opener—By Andreas Morse

Federico Sanmartin Technical Operations Coordinator, ASA

winning and losing, seven Alberta Soccer Association instructors hope to instill something a bit more valu-­able for local students at two Edmon-­ton schools.

Throughout May, the tenth an-­nual spring school camps will once again run. The ASA instructors look forward to igniting a love of the game to kids in Kindergarten to grade six at Tempo and St. Maria Goretti Elemen-­tary schools.

With the launch of Canada Soc-­cer’s new Long Term Player Devel-­opment (LTPD) coaching courses, the timing of the camps couldn’t be better. The instructors will look to inspire a generation of soccer fanat-­ics while implementing sessions de-­

-­tal movement patterns.

Nearly 200 students are regis-­tered in the programs and early feed-­back suggests that the students are once again having a blast! “We learn a lot of different soccer moves. My favorite part is when we get to scrim-­mage,” says Mariam Takla, Grade 5.

Barrie WhiteEIYSA COO

Since its inception 25 years ago, the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Association (EIYSA) has strived to create a superior soccer

young players.EIYSA operates an elite-­level

club soccer program for boys and girls in the U10 to U18 age categories. It has become a stepping stone for hundreds of its graduates who have gone on to play college, university soccer, and even on to the professional ranks.

The clubs under EIYSA umbrella are:

The Edmonton Strikers, Edmon-­-­

ers, SW United, Scottish United, Ju-­ventus, KC Trojans, Sherwood Park Phoenix, St Albert Impact, Red Deer Renegades.

EIYSA, in its 25 year history, has sent more teams to Provincial and National Championships than any

is the strongest club program in the country.

An example of success by its members, in the past 5 years, has seen 90 medals earned at provincial

Indeed, they are developing the tools necessary to take part in sport for both life-­long enjoyment and for sporting excellence. These tools form the basis of what is known as Physi-­

their niche -­ from the child dreaming of being the next Lionel Messi to the hockey player looking for something a little different.

Too often we get caught up on

The students of Tempo and St. Maria Goretti will continue their path to-­wards developing a winning attitude

-­ries enjoyed by these young players

According to Rumi Tychyn-­ski (Grade 1), “The coaches are good, pretty great actually. I’m learning to have fun and play soccer.” So often we argue about wins and losses as well as rules and the interpretation of those rules. However, one cannot help but be humbled by the sheer enjoyment these kids get out of simply playing the game they love or are beginning to love.

When asked if she would do the camp again, Mariam said, “I would

year.” Perhaps success can be mea-­sured in more ways than one.

teams advancing to Nationals.EIYSA is the league to play in for

those who want maximum use of all the opportunities soccer offers. Play-­ing in EIYSA you can compete at na-­tional competitions, and EIYSA is the league that scouts from colleges, uni-­versities and even professional ranks look to when searching for young tal-­ent. 80% of the players on Edmonton area colleges/universities teams come through the EIYSA ranks.

EIYSA club teams like to test their skills against soccer players from across the country, and around the world. Last year, EIYSA teams played in England, Ireland, Scot-­land, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, South America, and USA.

One of the reasons for the suc-­cess of EIYSA teams is the caliber of

and the clubs have technical directors to assist in the improvement of the coaches on ongoing basis.

EIYSA soccer is not for everyone;;

players in Edmonton and area com-­peting in high level games. Unlike other levels of soccer, try-­outs are

players who are dedicated to playing soccer – and having fun while doing it – the rewards can be long lasting.

SCOTTISH UNITED ON THE FIELD

EIYSA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

KIDS GO TO SOCCER SCHOOL

The Scottish United FS U10 Pro-­gram is off and running. The players got the opportunity to walk on the

their season home opener and up-­coming again at the Amway Canadian Championship on May 2. They were

all thrilled with the event.Scottish has recruited a top

notch coaching crew to oversee their new U10 Program including Kevin Poissant, Jennifer Jubinville, Krista Gavin, Dean Cordeiro, Sergio Teix-­eira, Daniel Drummond and Chris

Devlin.The boys and girls have been

busy training at the Commonwealth Field-­House in preparation for their inaugural season with the Edmonton Interdistrict Youth Soccer Associa-­tion (EIYSA). With the best coaching

and resources being made available to these young Scottish players, the sky’s the limit.

Thanks FC Edmonton for provid-­ing these opportunities to our young-­est players, our Scottish Future Stars.

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Canadian Women’s National soccer team members share their knowledge of the beautiful game. By Jill Horbay—

West Edmonton Mall is wide-­ly known for its indoor water and amusement parks;; also for its world class clothing stores and thousands of

rink was turned into a skills course for local girls’ soccer teams from across the city.

The ring leaders of this operation were some of Canada’s soccer best -­ Karina LeBlanc, Lauren Sesselmann and Desiree Scott, all members of the Canadian Women’s National Team. They took time out of their busy Olympic training schedule to come out to Edmonton and share some of their knowledge of the game with those who support them.

A few FC Edmonton players, not wanting to be out done, also came to help out at the event.

the mall since arriving in Edmonton, Adam West was able to control his cu-­riosity long enough to give the girls a hand.

“The girls are very energetic and know a lot about the sport;; I’m learn-­ing a lot myself!” West joked.

The American, along with Andre Duberry, David Monsalve and Anto-­nio Rago were the girls’ assistants for the day and also took part in the auto-­graph session.

“It was such a great experience to meet them!” said Braxtyn Horbay, a U-­14 Juventus Tier 1 player, about her hour-­long session with girls. “I re-­ceived some great pointers and advice from each of [the Canadian Women’s National Team players] while having lots of fun in a great soccer atmo-­sphere. It reminded all of us of the work and motivation behind success and what it takes to play at the high-­est level possible.”

-­lanc, Sesselmann and Scott have done and they were certainly encouraged

by the response they received as far as actual numbers and the attitude held by the young players.

The Canadian Women’s National Team head off to London to take part in the 2012 Summer Olympics. They

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game is against Japan on Wednesday

July 25, 11 a.m. MDT KO.

LONDON BOUND ATHLETES MAKE A PIT STOP IN EDMONTON

Left to Right: Desiree Scott, Antonio Rago, Adam West, Karina LeBlanc, David Monsalve, Andre Duberry, Lauren Sesselmann

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EDDIE CHANTSEver wonder who those guys standing in the corner are? You know, the ones who are

being loud? The Edmonton Supporters Group has been standing united with FC Edmonton since 2010, and have been creating a repertoire of songs and chants since then. Feel free to sing along and help cheer on the Eddies with us!

1) Ole Edmonton

Oooooooole

Oooooooole

Ole, ole, ole!

Edmonton!

Edmonton!

Oh, FC Edmonton!

(Repeat)

2) Where you go we’ll follow

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee love you! We love you! We love you!

And where you go, we’ll follow! We’ll follow! We’ll follow!

‘Cuse we support the Eddies! The Eddies! The Eddies!

And that’s the way we like it! We like it! We like it!

Woah oh oh oh oh oooooooooooooooooooooh

Woah oh oh oh oh oooooooooooooooooooooh

Woah oh oh oh oh oooooooooooooooooooooh

Woah oh oh oh oh oooooooooooooooooooooh

(Repeat)

3) Stand up

Stand uppppppppppp for the boys in black!

(Repeat)

4)We’re Edmonton

We’re Edmonton! We’re Edmonton!

Everywhere we go! Everybody knows!

We’re Edmonton!

(Repeat)

5) S.A.I.K.O (sung to “Bingo was his name-­o”)

There was a lad from Edmonton

And Saiko was his name-­o!

S! A! I! K! O!

S! A! I! K! O!

S! A! I! K! O!

And Saiko was his name-­o!

6) He’s big

He’s Big! He’s Red!

His feet stick out of bed!

Mon-­salv-­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Mon-­salv-­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(Repeat)

7) Walking in a (insert player name here)-­wonderland (sung to Walking in a Winter wonderland)

There’s only oooooooooooonnneee (Shaun Saiko, Kyle Yamada, Paul Hamilton)!

There’s only oooooooooooonnneee (Shaun Saiko, Kyle Yamada, Paul Hamilton)!

Walking along, singing a song, walking in a (Saiko, Yamada, Hamilton) wonderland!

(Repeat)

8) His name is Ilya (Sung to The Great Escape Theme)

His name is Ilja!

He looooks like Sneijder!

Do-­doooo, do, do, do-­do-­do, do-­do

(Repeat)

FCE BINGO

FCE JULY EVENTSFC Edmonton’s Street Team can always be seen at soccer events around the city.

1

SUNDAy

8

15FCE Home Game: Clarke Stadium: 2-­5

22Dieter Knob-­loch Memorial Adult Tourna-­ment: St. Albert

29

2

Monday

9

16EIYSA U14B:Foote Field: 5:30 -­ 9

23

30

3

tuesday

10

17

24

31EIYSA U14B: Millwoods Park: 5-­9

4

wednesday

11

18

25Midsummer event: Tweedle Park: 11:30 -­ 4:30

5

thursday

12

19Coke at WEM: West Edmonton Mall: 10-­5

26

6

friday

13

20Dieter Knobloch Memorial Adult Tournament:

5 -­ 9

27

7FCE Away Game: Pint on Whyte: 5:30 -­ 8:30

sunday

14

21Dieter Knobloch Memorial Adult Tournament:

10 -­ 4

28FCE Away Game: Pint on Whyte: 5:30 -­ 8:30

Get an FCE Blackout and submit your Bingo card for a chance to win 4 tickets to any home game of your choice in the 2012 FC Edmonton season!