2011 FC Edmonton season

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FC Edmonton
2011 season
OwnersDave Fath
Tom Fath
Head CoachHarry Sinkgraven
NASLQuarterfinals
Canadian ChampionshipSemifinals
Top goalscorerShaun Saiko
(9 goals)
Highest home attendance5,781
(27 Apr v. Toronto)
Lowest home attendance797
(15 Jun v. Puerto Rico)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,816[1]
All: 2,081
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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

Position Staff
General Manager United States Tom Liep
Head Coach Netherlands Harry Sinkgraven
Technical Coach Canada Dave Randall
Assistant Coach Netherlands Edwin Petersen[2]

Last updated: April 3, 2011
Source: FC Edmonton

Squad

As of October 1, 2011[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Rein Baart
2 DF Canada CAN Adrian LeRoy
3 DF United States USA Jeffrey Quijano
4 DF Canada CAN Alex Surprenant
5 DF Canada CAN André Duberry
6 MF Canada CAN Shaun Saiko
7 FW Canada CAN Alex Semenets
8 DF Canada CAN John Jonke
9 FW Canada CAN Chris Lemire
10 MF Canada CAN Kyle Yamada
11 FW Canada CAN Paul Craig
12 DF Canada CAN Niko Saler
13 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Conrad Smith
14 DF Netherlands NED Paul Matthijs
15 MF United States USA Shawn Chin
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Canada CAN Eddy Sidra
17 MF Zambia ZAM Mutanda Kwesele
18 DF Canada CAN Paul Hamilton
19 FW Canada CAN Michael Cox
20 MF Canada CAN Chris Kooy (captain)
21 MF Canada CAN Dominic Oppong
22 FW United States USA Dan Antoniuk
23 GK United States USA Lance Parker
24 DF Canada CAN Antonio Rago
25 GK Canada CAN Jas Gill
26 GK Canada CAN David Monsalve
27 MF Canada CAN Sam Lam
28 MF Netherlands NED Ilja van Leerdam
29 FW Canada CAN Kyle Porter
MF Canada CAN
JEF United
)

Transfers

In

Date Player Position Previous club Fee/notes Ref
January 14, 2011 Canada Robbie Tice MF
FK Bodø/Glimt 2
Off-season trialist [4]
January 14, 2011 Canada Jimmie Mayaleh MF Canada Thunder Bay Chill Off-season trialist [4]
February 28, 2011 Canada Niko Saler DF Canada [5]
March 1, 2011 Canada Jaswinder Gill GK
Alberta Golden Bears
[6]
March 1, 2011 Canada Antonio Rago DF
Alberta Golden Bears
[6]
March 3, 2011 Canada Paul Craig FW Canada Saskatchewan Huskies [7]
March 3, 2011 Canada Dominic Oppong MF United States Harrisburg City Islanders [7]
March 3, 2011 Canada Alex Surprenant DF Canada Montreal Impact [7]
March 5, 2011 Canada Jerome Baker MF Canada Vancouver Whitecaps [8]
March 5, 2011 Canada Alex Semenets FW Canada Vancouver Whitecaps [8]
March 7, 2011 Canada John Jonke DF Canada SC Toronto [9]
March 7, 2011 United States Dan Antoniuk FW United States San Diego Sockers Training camp trialist [10]
March 10, 2011 Canada Will Beaugé FW
Ottawa Fury
Training camp trialist [11]
March 10, 2011 United States Shawn Chin MF United States South Florida Bulls [12]
March 10, 2011 United States Lance Parker GK
Miami FC
[13]
March 10, 2011 Wales Shaun Pejic DF United States Crystal Palace Baltimore Training camp trialist [11]
March 12, 2011 Canada Eduardo Denali FW Canada Training camp trialist [12]
March 16, 2011 United States Dan Antoniuk FW United States San Diego Sockers Signed to a contract [14]
March 22, 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Conrad Smith MF
Joe Public FC
[15]
March 27, 2011 Canada Sam Lam MF Canada FC Edmonton Re-signed [16]
April 2, 2011 Canada Eddy Sidra MF
Energie Cottbus
[2]
April 3, 2011 Canada Kyle Porter FW
Vancouver Whitecaps
Trialist [17]
April 20, 2011 Canada Adrian LeRoy DF
Ottawa Fury
[18]
June 26, 2011 United States Jeffrey Quijano DF United States Michigan Wolverines Signed to a contract
July 14, 2011 Netherlands Ilja van Leerdam MF Netherlands Helmond Sport Signed to a contract
July 17, 2011 Canada David Monsalve GK Finland FC Inter Turku In-season Trial [19]
August 2, 2011 Canada David Monsalve GK Finland FC Inter Turku Signed to a contract

Out

Date Player Position Destination club Fee/notes Ref
January 17, 2011 Netherlands Sander van Gessel MF
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
[20]
February 7, 2011
Matthew Lam
MF
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Loaned for the duration of the Japanese season [21]
August 1, 2011 Wales Shaun Pejic DF England Barrow A.F.C. [22]
August 2, 2011 Canada Justin Ammar GK Canada NAIT Ooks

Competitions

Updated as published April 9, 2011.[23]

Regular season

Standings

Overall

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 −1 38
5 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 −5 36[a]
6
NSC Minnesota Stars
(C)
28 9 9 10 30 32 −2 36[a]
7 Montreal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.[24]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 18, 2011 FC Edmonton 6 – 1 FC Tucson Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Yamada 17'
Lemire 22'
Saiko 33'
Saiko 58'
Saiko 67'
Yamada 75'
(report) Kaufman 63' Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 27, 2011
WSA Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Smith 16'
Lemire 18'
Surprenant 77'
Semenets 86'
Jonke 89'
(report) Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex
April 4, 2011 FC Edmonton 6 – 2 Florida Selects Sunrise, Florida, United States
Lemire 2'
Antoniuk ??'
Antoniuk ??'
Yamada ??'
Lam ??'
Kooy 83' (pen.)
(report) ??'
??'

North American Soccer League regular season

April 9, 2011 FC Edmonton 2 – 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Kooy Yellow card 33'
Saiko (Surprenant) 53'
Antoniuk (Saiko) 66'
Surprenant Yellow card 74'
Saiko Yellow card ??'
Rago Yellow card ??'
(report) Lancaster (Coudet) 47'
??? Yellow card ??'
??? Yellow card ??'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,402
April 16, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
, United States
7:30 pm EDT Surprenant (Saiko) 11' (report) Paulini Yellow card 78'
Cox Red card 84'
Stadium:
RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium

Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Patrick Baker
April 20, 2011
Carolina RailHawks
Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 pm EDT Antoniuk Yellow card 18'
Lam Yellow card 28'
Surprenant Yellow card 60'
Lemire Yellow card 90'
(report) Barbara 19'
Krause Yellow card 26'
Franks Yellow card 73'
Zimmerman 76'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,181
May 1, 2011 Montreal Impact 5 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT
Tsiskaridze) 31'
Gerba (Le Gall) 36'
Le Gall Yellow card 74'
Pizzolitto 86' (pen.)
Ech-Chergui
90'
(report) Saiko Yellow card 31'
Baart Red card 84'
Lemire Red card 84'
Hamilton Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 2,651
Referee: David Barrie
May 7, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
, United States
7:30 pm EDT Kooy Yellow card 13'
Craig (Oppong) 69'
Porter (Craig) 76'
Davis Yellow card 23'
Quintero Yellow card 90+'
Stadium:
RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium

Attendance: 2,433
May 11, 2011
FC Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
7:00 pm EDT Kooy (Craig) 90+' Burt (Millien) 51'
Ambersley Yellow card 55'
Sanfilippo Yellow card 75'
Stadium:
Progress Energy Park

Attendance: 1,775
FC Edmonton v Montreal Impact
June 4, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Montreal Impact Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2:30 pm EDT Baart Red card 79' Diouf (Ribeiro) 34'
Billy (Di Lorenzo) 82'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,232
Referee: John Oliva
Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Edmonton
June 15, 2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 0 – 3 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Faña Yellow card 25' Chin (Porter) 9'
Antoniuk (Saiko) 38'
Saiko 57' (pen)
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 797
June 18, 2011
NSC Minnesota Stars
Blaine, Minnesota, United States
8:30 pm EDT Saiko (Rago) 14'
Saiko Yellow card 19'
Antoniuk Yellow card 35'
Surprenant Yellow card 66'
Saiko Yellow card 85' Red card
Stewart Yellow card 52'
Hlavaty 55' (pen)
Davis Yellow card 61'
Kallman Yellow card 89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,315
June 26, 2011 Montreal Impact 0 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6:00 pm EDT Lowery Yellow card 43'
Camara Yellow card 58'
Ribeiro Yellow card 90'
Porter 5'
Rago Yellow card 30'
Hamilton Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Alain Ruch
July 4, 2011
NSC Minnesota Stars
Blaine, Minnesota, United States
8:30 pm EDT Rago Yellow card 57'
Surprenant 63'
Lemire Yellow card 85'
Deldo
85'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,287
July 23, 2011
Carolina RailHawks
Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 pm EDT
Antoniuk
) 84'
Miller) 37'
Barbara Yellow card 45+'
Franks Yellow card 49'
Campos (Barbara) 67'
Hamilton 81' (own)
Barbara (Farber
) 86'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,034
July 27, 2011
FC Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
7:00 pm EDT
Antoniuk) 28'
Lemire
Yellow card 90'
King (Millien) 6'
Hayes Yellow card 51'
Hill 60'
Millien (Ambersley) 84'
Stadium:
Progress Energy Park

Attendance: 2,003
FC Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
July 30, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Jonke Yellow card 45' Shriver (Thompson) 14'
Thompson (Palacio) 29'
Arguez Yellow card 46'
Shriver 76'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
August 6, 2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Emory Yellow card 11'
Faña Yellow card 34'
Pitchkolan 90+1'
Lemire Yellow card 11'
Saiko Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,480
August 14, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6:00 pm EDT
Stahl Yellow card 31'
Santamaria (Palacio) 79'
Laing
Yellow card 90'
Lemire Yellow card 25'
Hamilton (Lemire) 30'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,845
FC Edmonton v Puerto Rico Islanders
August 27, 2011
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
7:30 pm EDT Saiko (van Leerdam) 28'
Duberry Yellow card 53'
Hamilton Yellow card 79'
Porter (Craig) 90'
Addlery (Telesford) 41'
Faña (Foley) 42'
Needham Yellow card 50'
Needham (Emory) 90+3'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2,702
August 30, 2011
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
7:30 pm EDT Cox (Saiko) 46'
van Leerdam Yellow card 77'
Hamilton Yellow card 88'
Telesford Yellow card 14'
Faña 52'
Telesford Yellow card 54' Red card
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton
September 11, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Granado Yellow card 44'
Hamilton 65' (own)
Shriver 90'
Palacio Yellow card 90+3'
Jonke (Hamilton) 45'
Saiko Yellow card 76'
Hamilton Yellow card 90'
Rago Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,682
September 17, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Montreal Impact Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7:30 pm EDT Surprenant Yellow card 53'
Hamilton Yellow card 80'
Pore (Montaño) 12'
Billy Yellow card 16'
Montaño Yellow card 20'
Pore (Montaño) 78'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,433
Referee: Justin Tasev

North American Soccer League playoffs

October 1, 2011 Quarter-Finals
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Rago Yellow card 35'
Hamilton Yellow card 56'
Saiko Yellow card 67'
Hamilton Yellow card 82' Red card
Shriver 45+1'
Thompson (Laing) 46'
Shriver (Palacio) 51'
Shriver Yellow card 55'
Thompson (Gordon) 61'
Thompson (Arguez) 76'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Canadian Championship

April 27, 2011 Semi-Finals Toronto FC 3 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
8:00 pm EDT Santos (Plata) 35'
Gordon Yellow card 43'
Gordon 47'
Santos 61'
Santos Yellow card 67'
(report) Saiko Red card 24'
Sidra Yellow card 90+'
Stadium:
Commonwealth Stadium

Attendance: 5,781
Referee: Paul Ward
May 4, 2011 Semi-Finals FC Edmonton 0 – 1 Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8:00 pm EDT (report) Gordon (Plata) 21'
Yourassowsky Yellow card 60'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 17,937
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Squad statistics

Players

Last updated for match on October 1, 2011.[3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total North American Soccer League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Rein Baart 26 0 25+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Canada CAN Adrian LeRoy 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
4 DF Canada CAN Alex Surprenant 21 2 19+1 2 1+0 0
5 DF Canada CAN André Duberry 5 0 2+2 0 0+1 0
6 MF Canada CAN Shaun Saiko 28 9 26+1 9 1+0 0
7 FW Canada CAN Alex Semenets 13 1 4+9 1 0+0 0
8 DF Canada CAN John Jonke 19 1 18+1 1 0+0 0
9 FW Canada CAN Chris Lemire 14 0 9+4 0 1+0 0
10 MF Canada CAN Kyle Yamada 23 3 19+2 3 2+0 0
11 FW Canada CAN Paul Craig 14 2 5+8 2 0+1 0
12 DF Canada CAN Niko Saler 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0
13 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Conrad Smith 16 0 3+11 0 2+0 0
14 DF Netherlands NED Paul Matthijs 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF United States USA Shawn Chin 14 2 7+6 2 0+1 0
16 MF Canada CAN Eddy Sidra 8 0 6+1 0 0+1 0
17 MF Zambia ZAM Mutanda Kwesele 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
18 DF Canada CAN Paul Hamilton 30 1 28+0 1 2+0 0
19 FW Canada CAN Michael Cox 15 3 9+6 3 0+0 0
20 MF Canada CAN Chris Kooy 30 1 28+0 1 2+0 0
21 MF Canada CAN Dominic Oppong 24 0 21+1 0 2+0 0
22 FW United States USA Dan Antoniuk 23 3 13+9 3 1+0 0
23 GK United States USA Lance Parker 5 0 3+1 0 1+0 0
24 DF Canada CAN Antonio Rago 31 0 26+3 0 2+0 0
26 GK Canada CAN David Monsalve 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK Canada CAN Justin Ammar 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
27 MF Canada CAN Sam Lam 11 0 4+5 0 1+1 0
28 MF Netherlands NED Ilja van Leerdam 14 0 14+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW Canada CAN Kyle Porter 27 7 19+6 7 2+0 0

Formation

Disciplinary records

Only players with at least one card included.

Number Position Name NASL Regular Season Canadian Championship Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Rein Baart 0 2 0 0 0 2
4 DF Alex Surprenant 6 0 0 0 6 0
5 DF André Duberry 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 MF Shaun Saiko 7 1 0 1 7 2
8 DF John Jonke 1 1 0 0 1 1
9 FW Chris Lemire 5 1 0 0 5 1
10 MF Kyle Yamada 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW Paul Craig 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Paul Matthijs 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Eddy Sidra 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF Paul Hamilton 7 1 0 0 7 1
20 MF Chris Kooy 3 0 0 0 3 0
21 MF Dominic Oppong 2 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW Dan Antoniuk 2 0 0 0 2 0
24 DF Antonio Rago 5 0 0 0 5 0
27 MF Sam Lam 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF Ilja van Leerdam 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 44 6 1 1 45 7

Recognition

NASL Player of the Week

Week Player Category
6 United States Lance Parker (GK) Defensive
7 Canada Kyle Porter (FW) Offensive
11 Canada Shaun Saiko (MF) Offensive
20 Canada Michael Cox (FW) Offensive
Canada Paul Hamilton (DF) Defensive
23 Canada John Jonke (DF) Defensive

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