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.
| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | Dave Fath Tom Fath | ||
| Head Coach | Harry Sinkgraven | ||
| NASL | 8th | ||
| Canadian Championship | Semifinals | ||
| Top goalscorer | Shaun Saiko (7 goals) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 2,777 (2 May v. Vancouver) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,120 (6 May v. Carolina) | ||
| Average home league attendance | League: 1,492 All: 1,577 | ||
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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Preseason
| 10 March 2012 | FC Tucson | 1–1 | FC Edmonton | Casa Grande, AZ |
Donny Toia 10' | FCE Report FCT Report | OG 70' |
| 11 March 2012 | New Mexico Lobos | 0–0 | FC Edmonton | Casa Grande, AZ |
| FCE Report | Stadium: Grande Sports Complex |
| 13 March 2012 | 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 | VMSL All-Stars | 1–3 | FC Edmonton | Burnaby, BC |
| FCE Report | Stadium: Simon Fraser University |
| 24 March 2012 | WSA Winnipeg | 0–7 | FC Edmonton | Winnipeg, MB |
| Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex |
| 25 March 2012 | 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 | 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
| 7 April 2012 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
| 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| 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
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