2012 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton
2012 season
OwnersDave Fath
Tom Fath
Head CoachHarry Sinkgraven
NASL8th
Canadian ChampionshipSemifinals
Top goalscorerShaun Saiko
(7 goals)
Highest home attendance2,777
(2 May v. Vancouver)
Lowest home attendance1,120
(6 May v. Carolina)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,492
All: 1,577

The 2012 FC Edmonton season was the club's second official season of existence, the club's third season altogether. For the 2012 season, Edmonton played in the North American Soccer League, which serves as the second tier to both the American and Canadian soccer pyramids. Outside of the NASL, Edmonton also participated in the 2012 edition of the Canadian Championship for a berth into the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League.

Competitions

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 −2 40 Playoff quarterfinals
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 −6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33 +1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46 −11 30
8 FC Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36 −10 25
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Preseason

10 March 2012 (2012-03-10) FC Tucson 1–1 FC Edmonton Casa Grande, AZ
Donny Toia 10' FCE Report
FCT Report		 OG 70'
11 March 2012 (2012-03-11) New Mexico Lobos 0–0 FC Edmonton Casa Grande, AZ
FCE Report Stadium: Grande Sports Complex
13 March 2012 (2012-03-13) New Mexico Lobos 1–3 FC Edmonton Casa Grande, AZ
23 16' [1] Matt Lam 14'
Paul Craig 25'
Ilja van Leerdam 62'		 Stadium: Grande Sports Complex
17 March 2012 (2012-03-17) VMSL All-Stars 1–3 FC Edmonton Burnaby, BC
FCE Report Stadium: Simon Fraser University
24 March 2012 (2012-03-24) WSA Winnipeg 0–7 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, MB
Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex
25 March 2012 (2012-03-25) WSA Winnipeg 1–3 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, MB
Moses Danto 27' FCE Report
WSA Winnipeg Report		 20' (o.g.) Jordan Smith
22' Alex Semenets
31' Serisay Barthélémy		 Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex
2 April 2012 (2012-04-02) Minnesota Stars FC 2–0 FC Edmonton Blaine, MN
Simone Bracalello 35'
Devin Deldo 87'		 Stadium: National Sports Center

North American Soccer League regular season

See also: 2012 North American Soccer League season
7 April 2012 (2012-04-07) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 – 0 FC Edmonton Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 pm EDT Hassan  40'
Herron 61'		 Match Recap Lassonde  19'
Kooy  26'
van Leerdam  90'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 4,779
Referee: Ted Unkel
14 April 2012 (2012-04-14) Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 – 0 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Yamada 26'
Hill  82'		 Match Recap Joseph-Augustin  26'
Oppong  67'
van Leerdam  78'
Hatchi  84'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
18 April 2012 (2012-04-18) Puerto Rico Islanders 0 – 0 FC Edmonton Bayamón, PR
7:30 pm EDT Foley  37'
Fana  60'		 Match Recap Caceros  33'
Saiko  66'
Hatchi  90'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 520
22 April 2012 (2012-04-22) FC Edmonton 3 – 4 Minnesota Stars FC Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Saiko (Pinto) 5'
Hatchi  7'
Hamilton (Saiko) 52'
Porter (Pinto) 64'
Rago  84'		 Match Recap Hlavaty 8' (pen.)
Altman 17'
Altman  29'
Takada (Walker) 68'
Del Do (Kallman) 90+2'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Justin Tasev
6 May 2012 (2012-05-06) FC Edmonton 3 – 0 Carolina Railhawks Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Saiko (Lam) 55'
Lam  57'
Saiko (van Leerdam) 59'
Saiko 82' (pen.)		 Match Recap Krause  40'
Nurse  81'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: David Barrie
12 May 2012 (2012-05-12) Atlanta Silverbacks 0 – 2 FC Edmonton Atlanta, GA
7:30 pm EDT Turcios  18'
Navia  26'
Moroney  58'
Santamaria  85'		 Match Recap Hatchi  11'
Cox (van Leerdam) 14'
Cox  77'
van Leerdam (Craig) 88'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 4,743
Referee: Kari Seitz
19 May 2012 (2012-05-19) San Antonio Scorpions 2 – 0 FC Edmonton San Antonio, TX
8:30 pm EDT Greenfield 40'
Harmse  61'
Cochrane (Greenfield) 75'		 Match Recap Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 8,310
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
27 May 2012 (2012-05-27) FC Edmonton 2 – 2 San Antonio Scorpions Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Pinto (Saiko) 37'
Saiko (van Leerdam) 54'
Craig  56'		 Match Recap Kling  56'
Soto (Ramírez) 62'
Greenfield  68'
Pitchkolan  70'
Ramírez  81'
Pitchkolan (Denissen) 83'
Greenfield  89' 		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,515
Referee: Sheena Dickson
3 June 2012 (2012-06-03) FC Edmonton 1 – 2 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Hatchi  6'
Hatchi (Saiko) 52'		 Match Recap O'Brien 30'
Moroney (O'Brien) 40'
Matsushita  72'
Lancaster  78'
Cox  83'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,521
Referee: Drew Fischer
10 June 2012 (2012-06-10) FC Edmonton 1 – 0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Rago  33'
Lam  63'
Cox (Saiko) 66'
Caceros  80'
Parker  85'
Saiko  88'		 Match Recap Motagalvan  55' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,496
Referee: Rubinco Smilev
16 June 2012 (2012-06-16) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 – 0 FC Edmonton Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 pm EDT Herron (Restrepo) 68'
Shanosky  84'		 Match Recap Saiko  49'
van Leerdam  64'
Lam  82'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,663
Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn
23 June 2012 (2012-06-23) Carolina RailHawks 2 – 0 FC Edmonton Cary, NC
7:00 pm EDT Shipalane  7'
Zimmerman (da Luz) 34'
Ortiz (Schilawski) 38'
Stockley  61'
Agbossoumonde  68'
Lowery  76'
Lowery  77' 		 Match Recap Lam  54'
Hamilton  85'
van Leerdam  88'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
1 July 2012 (2012-07-01) FC Edmonton 0 – 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT van Leerdam  22'
Hatchi  37'
Hatchi  58' 
Rago  64'		 Match Recap Addlery  45+1'
Hansen  75'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,474
Referee: Alain Ruch
4 July 2012 (2012-07-04) San Antonio Scorpions 1 – 0 FC Edmonton San Antonio, TX
7:00 pm EDT Wagner  34'
Bayona (Greenfield) 66'		 Match Recap Vorbe  19'
Saiko  60'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: Matt Foerster
7 July 2012 (2012-07-07) Puerto Rico Islanders 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Bayamón, PR
7:30 pm EDT Telesford  25'
Faña (Martinez) 32'
Richardson  54'		 Match Recap Rago  35'
Porter (van Leerdam) 52'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,502
Referee: Jesus Lebron
15 July 2012 (2012-07-15) FC Edmonton 0 – 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Hatchi  36'
Lam  70'
Joseph-Augustin  90+'		 Match Recap Yoshitake  33'
Mulholland (Ambersley) 89'
Sanfilippo  90+'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
21 July 2012 (2012-07-21) Atlanta Silverbacks 1 – 2 FC Edmonton Atlanta, GA
7:30 pm EDT O'Brien 74' (pen.) Match Recap Barthélémy (Saiko) 64'
Pinto 65'
Joseph-Augustin  72'
Pinto  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Kevin Terry
28 July 2012 (2012-07-28) Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 – 0 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Antoniuk (Amersley) 44' Match Recap Arguez  20'
Barthélémy  33'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Niko Bratsis
4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) FC Edmonton 1 – 1 Minnesota Stars FC Edmonton, AB
9:05 pm EDT Barthélémy  21'
Tchoupe 88' (own)
Hamilton  90+2'		 Match Recap Nuñez (Kallman) 44' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Justin Tasev
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) FC Edmonton 1 – 1 San Antonio Scorpions Edmonton, AB
9:05 pm EDT Pinto (Barthélémy) 45+1'
Rago  88'		 Match Recap Greenfield (Campos) 23'
Knight  43'
Soto  66'
Soto  66' 
Pitchkolan  73'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Sheena Dickson
12 August 2012 (2012-08-12) FC Edmonton 1 – 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Saiko (Caceros) 32'
Pinto  56'
Lam  62'		 Match Recap Nurse  45'
Needham  55'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,229
Referee: Chris Grabas
18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) Carolina RailHawks 3 – 2 FC Edmonton Cary, NC
7:00 pm EDT Zimmerman 30'
Lowery  33'
Schilawski (Palacio) 79'
Stockley  87'
Shipalane (Palacio) 90+1'		 Match Recap Craig 9'
West  59'
Porter 72'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Elie Aguilar
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) Minnesota Stars FC 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Blaine, MN
8:30 pm EDT Dias (Walker) 17'
Davis  41'
Venegas  44'		 Match Recap Hamilton  20'
Arguez 75'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,427
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Match Recap Horth (Barrera) 56'
Horth (Moroney) 61'
Blanco  84'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,475
Referee: David Barrie
8 September 2012 (2012-09-08) Minnesota Stars FC 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Blaine, MN
8:30 pm EDT Walker (Davis) 19' Match Recap Cox  33'
Saiko (Arguez) 90+2'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,365
12 September 2012 (2012-09-12) FC Edmonton 2 – 2 Carolina RailHawks Edmonton, AB
9:05 pm EDT Porter (Cox) 9'
Porter (Saiko) 49'		 Match Recap Zimmerman (Shipalane) 5'
Garey  31'
Zimmerman 57'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,251
Referee: Alain Ruch
16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) FC Edmonton 0 – 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Barthélémy  45'
Rago  87'		 Match Recap Antoniuk (Mulholland) 21'
Ambersley  39'
Ambersley (Savage) 43'
Mulholland (Antoniuk) 51'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,376
Referee: Drew Fischer
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) FC Edmonton 2 – 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Edmonton, AB
4:05 pm EDT Gigolaj 90'
Craig 90+3'		 Match Recap Thompson 11'
Hassan  62'
Tetteh  64'
Hassan (Thompson) 78'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: David Gantar

NASL Playoffs

Canadian Championship

See also: 2012 Canadian Championship
May 2, 2012 Semifinals FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Edmonton, Alberta
10:00 pm EDT Saiko  67'
van Leerdam  74'		 Hassli (Salgado) 18'
Harris 41'
Harvey  73'		 Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 2,777
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
May 9, 2012 Semifinals Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 – 1 FC Edmonton Vancouver, British Columbia
10:00 pm EDT Thorrington  42'
Le Toux (Chiumiento) 75'
Le Toux (Chiumiento) 88'
Mattocks (Chiumiento) 90+3'
Mattocks  90+3'		 Vorbe  33'
Hamilton  41'
Cox  44'
Kooy  51'
Pinto (Rago) 54'		 Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Team information

Roster

As of July 27, 2012.[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Lance Parker
2 DF  SCO David Proctor
3 DF  USA Adam West
4 MF  FRA Serisay Barthélémy
5 DF  FRA Kevin Hatchi
6 MF  CAN Shaun Saiko
7 FW  CAN Alex Semenets
8 MF  NED Ilja van Leerdam
9 FW  CAN Michael Cox
11 MF  CAN Matthew Lam
13 DF  FRA Jonathan Joseph-Augustin
14 FW  CAN Paul Craig
15 DF  CAN Dino Gardner
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  CAN Kenny Caceros
17 FW  CAN Elvir Gigolaj
18 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton (vice captain)
19 MF  CAN Kyle Porter
20 MF  CAN Chris Kooy (captain)
21 MF  CAN Dominic Oppong
22 GK  CAN David Monsalve
23 GK  CAN John Smits[2]
24 DF  CAN Antonio Rago
25 GK  CAN Michal Misiewicz
27 DF  HAI Fabien Vorbe
28 MF  USA Bryan Arguez (on loan from Montreal Impact)
29 FW  CHI Yashir Pinto (on loan from Colo-Colo)

Staff

Position Staff
General Manager Tom Liep
Head Coach Harry Sinkgraven
Assistant Coach Hans Schrijver
Assistant Coach Jeff Paulus
Technical Director Joe Petrone
Goalkeeping Coach Tomasz Janas

Last updated: March 21, 2012
Source: FC Edmonton

Reserve Roster

The Reserve team played full-time in the Alberta Major Soccer League this season.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CAN Norbert Janas
2 DF  CAN Mallan Roberts
3 MF  CAN Mark Kadlubicki
4 MF  FRA Allan Zebie
5 DF  CAN Andre Duberry
6 MF  CAN Zachary Kaiser
7 FW  CAN Ajeej Singh Sarkaria
8 FW  CAN Ajay Khabra
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 MF  CAN Edem Mortotsi
10 MF  CAN Hanson Boakai
11 FW  FRA Bruno Zebie
12 DF  BIH Amir Didic
14 FW  CAN Aymar Sigue
15 DF  CAN Marko Aleksic
16 MF  CAN Julian Sansano

Squad statistics

Players

Last updated for match on September 23, 2012.[1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total North American Soccer League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  USA Lance Parker 16 0 16+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF  SCO David Proctor 9 0 8+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF  USA Adam West 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0
4 FW  FRA Serisay Barthélémy 21 1 13+7 1 1+0 0
5 DF  FRA Kevin Hatchi 23 1 21+0 1 2+0 0
6 MF  CAN Shaun Saiko 24 7 20+2 7 2+0 0
7 FW  CAN Alex Semenets 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0
8 MF  NED Ilja van Leerdam 17 1 15+0 1 1+1 0
9 FW  CAN Michael Cox 20 3 10+9 3 1+0 0
11 FW  CAN Matt Lam 21 0 12+7 0 1+1 0
13 DF  FRA Jonathan Joseph-Augustin 15 0 12+2 0 1+0 0
14 FW  CAN Paul Craig 17 2 8+7 2 0+2 0
15 DF  CAN Dino Gardner 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
16 MF  CAN Kenny Caceros 25 0 18+6 0 1+0 0
17 FW  CAN Elvir Gigolaj 6 1 1+5 1 0+0 0
18 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton 25 1 23+0 1 2+0 0
19 FW  CAN Kyle Porter 26 5 19+5 5 1+1 0
20 MF  CAN Chris Kooy 25 0 20+3 0 1+1 0
21 MF  CAN Dominic Oppong 16 0 9+6 0 1+0 0
22 GK  CAN David Monsalve 3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 GK  CAN John Smits 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF  CAN Antonio Rago 25 0 21+3 0 1+0 0
25 GK  CAN Michal Misiewicz 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  CAN Fabrice Lassonde 9 0 7+1 0 1+0 0
27 DF  HAI Fabien Vorbe 7 0 5+1 0 1+0 0
28 MF  USA Bryan Arguez 13 1 13+0 1 0+0 0
29 FW  CHI Yashir Pinto 23 4 15+6 3 2+0 1

Disciplinary records

Only players with at least one card included.

Number Position Name NASL Regular Season Canadian Championship Total
1 GK Lance Parker 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF Adam West 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 FW Serisay Barthélémy 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 DF Kevin Hatchi 7 1 0 0 7 1
6 MF Shaun Saiko 4 0 1 0 5 0
8 MF Ilja van Leerdam 5 0 1 0 6 0
9 FW Michael Cox 2 0 1 0 3 0
11 FW Matt Lam 6 0 0 0 6 0
13 DF Jonathan Joseph-Augustin 2 1 0 0 2 1
14 FW Paul Craig 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Kenny Caceros 2 0 0 0 2 0
18 DF Paul Hamilton 2 1 1 0 3 1
20 MF Chris Kooy 1 0 1 0 2 0
21 MF Dominic Oppong 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF Antonio Rago 5 1 0 0 5 1
26 DF Fabrice Lassonde 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Fabien Vorbe 1 0 1 0 2 0
28 MF Bryan Arguez 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW Yashir Pinto 2 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 48 4 6 0 54 4

Transfers

Recognition

References

  1. ^ a b "Roster". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "UofT Varsity Blues Bio". Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  3. ^ "FC EDMONTON AND ST. JOSEPH PARTNER UP FOR RESIDENCY PROGRAM". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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