2012 FC Edmonton season

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.

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
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Competitions

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Regular season

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Standings

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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

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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

North American Soccer League regular season

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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

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Canadian Championship

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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

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Roster

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As of July 27, 2012.[1]

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   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

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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

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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. 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

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Players

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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

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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

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Recognition

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References

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  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.