2011 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton
2011 season
Owners Dave Fath, Tom Fath
Head Coach Harry Sinkgraven
NASL Quarterfinals
Canadian Championship Semifinals
Top goalscorer Shaun Saiko
(9 goals)
Highest home attendance 5,781
(27 Apr v. Toronto)
Lowest home attendance 797
(15 Jun v. Puerto Rico)
Average home attendance League: 1,816[1]
All: 2,081
Home colours
Away colours

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.

Contents

Club

Coaching staff

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

Last updated: April 3, 2011
Source: FC Edmonton

Squad

As of October 1, 2011 [3]

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

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
January 17, 2011 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 Shaun Pejic DF Barrow A.F.C. [22]
August 2, 2011 Justin Ammar GK NAIT Ooks

Competitions

Updated as published April 9, 2011.[23]

Regular season

Standings

Overall

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
Head-to-head
1 Carolina RailHawks (C) 28 17 3 8 50 26 +24 54 2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 15 7 6 41 32 +9 52
3 FC Tampa Bay 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 41 2011 NASL Playoffs first round
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 −1 38
5 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 −5 36 EDM: 8 pts
MIN: 2 pts
6 NSC Minnesota Stars 28 9 9 10 30 32 −2 36
7 Montreal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 4 20 25 63 −38 16

Updated to games played on September 24, 2011
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
In the case of two or more teams are tied on points, the first tie-breaker is the head-to-head record among the tied teams.[24]
(C) denotes regular season champion.

Matches

Pre-season

      Win       Draw       Loss

North American Soccer League regular season

North American Soccer League playoffs

Canadian Championship

Squad statistics

Players

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

Formation

[25]
No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
1 GK NED Baart 26
23 GK USA Parker 4
26 GK CAN Monsalve 1
26 GK CAN Ammar 0 No longer with the club
2 DF CAN LeRoy 0
4 DF CAN Surprenant 20
5 DF CAN Duberry 2
8 DF CAN Jonke 18
12 DF CAN Saler 6
14 DF NED Matthijs 5
18 DF CAN Hamilton 30
24 DF CAN Rago 28
6 MF CAN Saiko 27
10 MF CAN Yamada 21
15 MF USA Chin 7
16 MF CAN Sidra 6
17 MF ZAM Kwesele 0
20 MF CAN Kooy 30
21 MF CAN Oppong 23
27 MF CAN Lam 5
28 MF NED van Leerdam 14
7 FW CAN Semenets 4
9 FW CAN Lemire 10
11 FW CAN Craig 5
13 FW TRI Smith 5
19 FW CAN Cox 9
22 FW USA Antoniuk 14
29 FW CAN Porter 21

Last updated: October 1, 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Configuration based on October 1, 2011 match.

Disciplinary records

Only players with at least one card included.

Number Position Name NASL Regular Season Canadian Championship Total
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 Lance Parker (GK) Defensive
7 Kyle Porter (FW) Offensive
11 Shaun Saiko (MF) Offensive
20 Michael Cox (FW) Offensive
Paul Hamilton (DF) Defensive
23 John Jonke (DF) Defensive

References

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