2021 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton 2021 football season
FC Edmonton
2021 season
General managerEric Newendorp
Head coachAlan Koch
StadiumClarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League7th
Canadian ChampionshipPreliminary Round
Top goalscorerEaston Ongaro (12 goals)
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The 2021 FC Edmonton season was the club's tenth competitive season as well as their third in the Canadian Premier League.

Overview

The 2021 season was very disappointing for FC Edmonton. Edmonton's average home attendance of 961 was by far the lowest in the league, and the team finished in 7th out of 8 teams. Additionally, the club shut down its academy. However, there were some bright spots, including young Canadian forward Easton Ongaro who became the league's all-time top goalscorer this season, and secured a transfer to Romania after the season ended.[1][2]

Current squad

As of July 6, 2021.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Connor James Canada GK (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 25) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
48 Darlington Murasiranwa Canada GK (2001-02-07)February 7, 2001 (aged 20) Canada Guelph Gryphons
90 Joseph Holliday Canada GK (2005-01-18)January 18, 2005 (aged 16) Academy
Defenders
3 Jeannot Esua Cameroon RB / RW (1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 25) Cameroon Rainbow Bamenda
4 Allan Zebie Canada LB (1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 28) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
5 Ramón Soria Spain CB / DM (1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 32) Spain Formentera
8 Mélé Temguia Germany CB (1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 26) Australia Valentine Phoenix
12 Sharly Mabussi Democratic Republic of the Congo LB (1997-05-27)May 27, 1997 (aged 24) France Bergerac Foot
14 Saah T-Boy Fayia Canada CB (2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (aged 20) Academy
27 Hunter Gorskie United States CB (1991-06-27)June 27, 1991 (aged 30) United States San Antonio FC
55 Amer Didic Canada CB (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 27) United States San Antonio FC
Midfielders
2 Paris Gee Canada DM / CB (1994-07-05)July 5, 1994 (aged 27) United States Saint Louis FC
7 Shamit Shome Canada AM (1997-09-05)September 5, 1997 (aged 24) Canada Montreal Impact
10 Kyle Porter Canada RM (1990-01-19)January 19, 1990 (aged 31) Canada York9 FC
17 Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Canada LW / RW / ST (2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 20) Academy
20 Antony Caceres Canada CM (2000-01-31)January 31, 2000 (aged 21) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
21 Tomas Giraldo Canada AM (2003-03-08)March 8, 2003 (aged 18) Canada CF Montréal
28 Thomas Gardner Canada CM (1998-03-17)March 17, 1998 (aged 23) Canada UBC Thunderbirds
33 Fraser Aird Canada MF (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 26) Canada Valour FC
Forwards
9 Easton Ongaro Canada ST (1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 23) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
13 Roberto Avila United States CF / AM (2000-10-16)October 16, 2000 (aged 21) United States Austin Bold
19 Tobias Warschewski Germany CF (1998-02-06)February 6, 1998 (aged 23) Germany Phönix Lübeck
26 Matthew Durrans Canada CF (1998-12-10)December 10, 1998 (aged 23) Germany 1860 Munich

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
2 MF Canada Paris Gee United States Saint Louis FC Free December 10, 2020 [3]
10 MF Canada Kyle Porter Canada York9 FC Free December 23, 2020 [4]
33 MF Canada Fraser Aird Canada Valour FC Free December 24, 2020 [5]
7 MF Canada Shamit Shome Canada Montreal Impact Free January 4, 2021 [6]
12 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Sharly Mabussi France Bergerac Foot Free January 7, 2021 [7]
48 GK Canada Darlington Murasiranwa Canada Guelph Gryphons Free February 5, 2021 [8]
19 FW Germany Tobias Warschewski Germany Phönix Lübeck Free February 19, 2021 [9]
28 MF Canada Thomas Gardner Canada UBC Thunderbirds Selected 1st overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft March 23, 2021 [10]
27 DF United States Hunter Gorskie United States San Antonio FC Free June 9, 2021 [11]
90 GK Canada Joseph Holliday Academy Graduate June 22, 2021 [12]
14 DF Canada Saah T-Boy Fayia Academy Graduate June 24, 2021 [13]
26 FW Canada Matthew Durrans Germany 1860 Munich Free July 6, 2021 [14]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
21 MF Canada Tomas Giraldo Canada CF Montréal Season-long loan February 12, 2021 [15]
13 FW United States Roberto Avila United States Austin Bold Season-long loan June 14, 2021 [16]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 1 MF Thomas Gardner  Canada UBC Thunderbirds
2 16 DF Jackson Farmer  Canada UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
13 GK Canada Dylon Powley Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired January 18, 2021 [17]
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi Tanzania Young Africans Contract expired January 27, 2021 [18]
11 MF Canada Keven Alemán Canada Valour FC Contract expired February 4, 2021 [19]
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses Finland Vaasan Palloseura Contract expired February 4, 2021 [20]
23 DF Canada Duran Lee Canada Pacific FC Contract expired March 18, 2021 [21]
21 MF Sweden Erik Zetterberg Sweden Lindome GIF Contract expired March 22, 2021 [22]
26 FW Canada David Doe United States South Bend Lions Contract expired April 2, 2021 [23]
MF Peru Raúl Tito Contract terminated by mutual consent June 21, 2021 [24]
14 MF Canada Chance Carter Retired June 24, 2021 [25]

Loans out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
MF Peru Raúl Tito Peru Santos de Nasca Loaned until March 31, 2021 October 10, 2020 [26]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge (S) 28 16 2 10 39 24 +15 50 Advance to playoffs
2 Cavalry 28 14 8 6 34 30 +4 50
3 Pacific (C) 28 13 6 9 47 34 +13 45
4 York United 28 8 12 8 35 39 −4 36
5 Valour 28 10 5 13 38 36 +2 35
6 HFX Wanderers 28 8 11 9 28 34 −6 35
7 FC Edmonton 28 6 10 12 34 41 −7 28
8 Atlético Ottawa 28 6 8 14 30 47 −17 26
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.[27]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Updated to match(es) played on November 13, 2021. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa
June 26 1 FC Edmonton 0–1 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET
Report
  • Lawson Yellow card 78'
  • Viti 82'
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alain Ruch
FC Edmonton v Forge FC
July 1 2 FC Edmonton 2–0 Forge FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Marquez
FC Edmonton v York United
July 4 3 FC Edmonton 1–1 York United Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton
July 10 4 HFX Wanderers FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Hoskins
Forge FC v FC Edmonton
July 14 5 Forge FC 1–0 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00pm ET
Report
  • Avila Yellow card 36'
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: David Barrie
Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton
July 18 6 Atlético Ottawa 1–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers
July 21 7 FC Edmonton 1–0 HFX Wanderers Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
York United v FC Edmonton
July 24 8 York United 1–0 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Marquez
FC Edmonton v Valour FC
July 31 9 FC Edmonton 3–1 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm MT
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,501
Referee: David Gantar
Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
August 3 10 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 2,418
Referee: Juan Marquez
Pacific FC v FC Edmonton
August 7 11 Pacific FC 2–2 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
4:30 pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,259
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
FC Edmonton v Valour FC
August 12 12 FC Edmonton 0–0 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 803
Referee: Juan Marquez
Valour FC v FC Edmonton
August 24 13 Valour FC 3–0 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,480
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
August 29 14 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 2–2 FC Edmonton Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,489
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC
September 1 15 Wildrose Cup FC Edmonton 0–1 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 470
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
FC Edmonton v Pacific FC
September 4 16 FC Edmonton 1–2 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,352
Referee: Alain Ruch
Valour FC v FC Edmonton
September 7 17 Valour FC 0–3 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,446
Referee: Juan Marquez
FC Edmonton v Pacific FC
September 14 18 FC Edmonton 1–1 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 670
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
HFX Wanderers v FC Edmonton
September 25 19 HFX Wanderers 1–0 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00 pm
Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,133
Referee: David Barrie
FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC
September 29 20 Wildrose Cup FC Edmonton 2–3 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 991
Referee: David Gantar
Valour FC v FC Edmonton
October 2 21 Valour FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00 pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Referee: Ben Hoskins
FC Edmonton v Pacific FC
October 6 22 FC Edmonton 2–1 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Referee: Nicolas Joubert
Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
October 9 23 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Alain Ruch
FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa
October 12 24 FC Edmonton 3–4 Atlético Ottawa Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 580
Referee: Juan Marquez
York United v FC Edmonton
October 17 25 York United 1–1 FC Edmonton Toronto, Ontario
12:00 pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
Pacific FC v FC Edmonton
October 26 26 Pacific FC 5–1 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
8:30 pm
Report
  • James Yellow card 69'
  • Aird 78' (pen.)
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
FC Edmonton v Valour FC
November 6 27 FC Edmonton 3–3 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
1:30 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 716
Referee: David Barrie
FC Edmonton v Forge FC
November 13 28 FC Edmonton 1–0 Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
12:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 564
Referee: Juan Marquez

Canadian Championship

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC
August 21 PR FC Edmonton 0–2 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 PM Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,189
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Statistics

No. Pos Nat Name Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
2 DF Canada Paris Gee 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua 20 1 0 19 1 0 1 0 0
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria 27 1 1 26 1 1 1 0 0
6 MF Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Adam Najem 17 1 2 16 1 2 1 0 0
7 MF Canada Shamit Shome 28 0 2 27 0 2 1 0 0
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia 22 0 0 21 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW Canada Easton Ongaro 28 12 2 27 12 2 1 0 0
10 FW Canada Kyle Porter 20 1 0 19 1 0 1 0 0
11 FW United States Azriel Gonzalez 17 5 3 16 5 3 1 0 0
12 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Sharly Mabussi 12 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0
13 FW United States Beto Avila 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Canada T-Boy Fayia 11 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0
17 FW El Salvador Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 9 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 0
19 FW Germany Tobias Warschewski 27 4 7 26 4 7 1 0 0
20 MF Canada Antony Caceres 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Canada Gabriel Boakye 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Tanzania Prince Amanda 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Canada Matthew Durrans 17 0 1 16 0 1 1 0 0
27 DF United States Hunter Gorskie 26 0 1 25 0 1 1 0 0
28 MF Canada Thomas Gardner 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW Canada Fraser Aird 29 5 5 28 5 5 1 0 0
55 DF Canada Amer Đidić 25 3 1 24 3 1 1 0 0

Goalkeepers

No. Nat Name Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Conceded Shutouts Apps Conceded Shutouts Apps Conceded Shutouts
1 Canada Connor James 24 36 4 24 36 4 0 0 0
48 Zimbabwe Darlington Murasiranwa 6 7 1 5 5 1 1 2 0

References

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