2011 FC Edmonton season

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.

FC Edmonton
2011 season
OwnersDave Fath
Tom Fath
Head CoachHarry Sinkgraven
NASLQuarterfinals
Canadian ChampionshipSemifinals
Top goalscorerShaun Saiko
(9 goals)
Highest home attendance5,781
(27 Apr v. Toronto)
Lowest home attendance797
(15 Jun v. Puerto Rico)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,816[1]
All: 2,081

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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

In

Date Player Position Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
January 14, 2011 Robbie TiceMF FK Bodø/Glimt 2Off-season trialist[4]
January 14, 2011 Jimmie MayalehMF Thunder Bay ChillOff-season trialist[4]
February 28, 2011 Niko SalerDF[5]
March 1, 2011 Jaswinder GillGK Alberta Golden Bears[6]
March 1, 2011 Antonio RagoDF Alberta Golden Bears[6]
March 3, 2011 Paul CraigFW Saskatchewan Huskies[7]
March 3, 2011 Dominic OppongMF Harrisburg City Islanders[7]
March 3, 2011 Alex SurprenantDF Montreal Impact[7]
March 5, 2011 Jerome BakerMF Vancouver Whitecaps[8]
March 5, 2011 Alex SemenetsFW Vancouver Whitecaps[8]
March 7, 2011 John JonkeDF SC Toronto[9]
March 7, 2011 Dan AntoniukFW San Diego SockersTraining camp trialist[10]
March 10, 2011 Will BeaugéFW Ottawa FuryTraining camp trialist[11]
March 10, 2011 Shawn ChinMF South Florida Bulls[12]
March 10, 2011 Lance ParkerGK Miami FC[13]
March 10, 2011 Shaun PejicDF Crystal Palace BaltimoreTraining camp trialist[11]
March 12, 2011 Eduardo DenaliFWTraining camp trialist[12]
March 16, 2011 Dan AntoniukFW San Diego SockersSigned to a contract[14]
March 22, 2011 Conrad SmithMF Joe Public FC[15]
March 27, 2011 Sam LamMF FC EdmontonRe-signed[16]
April 2, 2011 Eddy SidraMF Energie Cottbus[2]
April 3, 2011 Kyle PorterFW Vancouver WhitecapsTrialist[17]
April 20, 2011 Adrian LeRoyDF Ottawa Fury[18]
June 26, 2011 Jeffrey QuijanoDF Michigan WolverinesSigned to a contract
July 14, 2011 Ilja van LeerdamMF Helmond SportSigned to a contract
July 17, 2011 David MonsalveGK FC Inter TurkuIn-season Trial[19]
August 2, 2011 David MonsalveGK FC Inter TurkuSigned to a contract

Out

Date Player Position Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
January 17, 2011 Sander van GesselMF JEF United Ichihara Chiba[20]
February 7, 2011 Matthew LamMF JEF United Ichihara ChibaLoaned for the duration of the Japanese season[21]
August 1, 2011 Shaun PejicDF Barrow A.F.C.[22]
August 2, 2011 Justin AmmarGK NAIT Ooks

Competitions

Updated as published April 9, 2011.[23]

Standings

Overall

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 1 38
5 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 5 36[lower-alpha 1]
6 NSC Minnesota Stars (C) 28 9 9 10 30 32 2 36[lower-alpha 1]
7 Montreal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.[24]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Matches

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 7, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 3 FC Dallas Reserves Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
(report) Luna (Villar 3'
Wiedeman 24'
Rodriguez (Leva) 60'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 10, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 1 New Mexico Lobos Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Antoniuk 66' (report) Venter 79'
Baldinger  82'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 12, 2011 FC Edmonton 4 – 1 New Mexico Lobos Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Hamilton 13'
Yamada 25'
Craig 62'
Craig 74'
(report) Young 36' (pen.) Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 18, 2011 FC Edmonton 6 – 1 FC Tucson Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Yamada 17'
Lemire 22'
Saiko 33'
Saiko 58'
Saiko 67'
Yamada 75'
(report) Kaufman 63' Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 19, 2011 FC Edmonton 5 – 0 Phoenix Monsoon Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Semenets 2'
Antoniuk 24'
Jonke ??'
Semenets ??'
Antoniuk ??'
(report) Stadium: Grande Sports World
March 27, 2011 FC Edmonton 5 – 0 WSA Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Smith 16'
Lemire 18'
Surprenant 77'
Semenets 86'
Jonke 89'
(report) Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex
April 4, 2011 FC Edmonton 6 – 2 Florida Selects Sunrise, Florida, United States
Lemire 2'
Antoniuk ??'
Antoniuk ??'
Yamada ??'
Lam ??'
Kooy 83' (pen.)
(report) ??'
??'

North American Soccer League regular season

April 9, 2011 FC Edmonton 2 – 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Kooy  33'
Saiko (Surprenant) 53'
Antoniuk (Saiko) 66'
Surprenant  74'
Saiko  ??'
Rago  ??'
(report) Lancaster (Coudet) 47'
???  ??'
???  ??'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 6,402
April 16, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 0 Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta, Georgia, United States
7:30 pm EDT Surprenant (Saiko) 11' (report) Paulini  78'
Cox  84'
Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Patrick Baker
April 20, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Carolina RailHawks Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 pm EDT Antoniuk  18'
Lam  28'
Surprenant  60'
Lemire  90'
(report) Barbara 19'
Krause  26'
Franks  73'
Zimmerman 76'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,181
May 1, 2011 Montreal Impact 5 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Gerba (Kreamalmeyer) 9'
Ribeiro  12'
Le Gall (Tsiskaridze) 31'
Gerba (Le Gall) 36'
Le Gall  74'
Pizzolitto 86' (pen.)
Ech-Chergui 90'
(report) Saiko  31'
Baart  84'
Lemire  84'
Hamilton  90'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 2,651
Referee: David Barrie
May 7, 2011 FC Edmonton 2 – 0 Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta, Georgia, United States
7:30 pm EDT Kooy  13'
Craig (Oppong) 69'
Porter (Craig) 76'
Davis  23'
Quintero  90+'
Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
Attendance: 2,433
May 11, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 1 FC Tampa Bay St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
7:00 pm EDT Kooy (Craig) 90+' Burt (Millien) 51'
Ambersley  55'
Sanfilippo  75'
Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 1,775
May 23, 2011 NSC Minnesota Stars 1 – 2 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Bracalello (Rodríguez) 24' Porter (Yamada) 26'
Matthijs  45'
Porter 65'
Saiko  69'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 2,260
May 31, 2011 FC Tampa Bay 0 – 4 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Porter (Yamada) 29'
Yamada 37'
Saiko (Cox) 85'
Chin 88'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,838
June 4, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Montreal Impact Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2:30 pm EDT Baart  79' Diouf (Ribeiro) 34'
Billy (Di Lorenzo) 82'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,232
Referee: John Oliva
June 10, 2011 Carolina RailHawks 1 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Watson 53' Hamilton  70'
Oppong  76'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,846
June 15, 2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 0 – 3 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Faña  25' Chin (Porter) 9'
Antoniuk (Saiko) 38'
Saiko 57' (pen)
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 797
June 18, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 1 NSC Minnesota Stars Blaine, Minnesota, United States
8:30 pm EDT Saiko (Rago) 14'
Saiko  19'
Antoniuk  35'
Surprenant  66'
Saiko  85' 
Stewart  52'
Hlavaty 55' (pen)
Davis  61'
Kallman  89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,315
June 26, 2011 Montreal Impact 0 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6:00 pm EDT Lowery  43'
Camara  58'
Ribeiro  90'
Porter 5'
Rago  30'
Hamilton  84'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Alain Ruch
July 4, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 1 NSC Minnesota Stars Blaine, Minnesota, United States
8:30 pm EDT Rago  57'
Surprenant 63'
Lemire  85'
Stewart  47'
Deldo 85'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,287
July 13, 2011 Carolina RailHawks 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Farber 2'
Krause  37'
Miller  76'
Steele  78'
Krause  78' 
Jonke  22'
Surprenant  42'
Yamada  63'
Saiko  74'
Saiko 76' (pen.)
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,857
July 17, 2011 FC Tampa Bay 2 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6:00 pm EDT King 30'
Sanfilippo  34'
Ambersley 71'
Porter (van Leerdam) 19' Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,574
July 23, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 4 Carolina RailHawks Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 pm EDT Oppong  61'
Kooy  75'
Saiko (Antoniuk) 84'
Nurse  18'
Campos (Miller) 37'
Barbara  45+'
Franks  49'
Campos (Barbara) 67'
Hamilton 81' (own)
Barbara (Farber) 86'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,034
July 27, 2011 FC Edmonton 1 – 3 FC Tampa Bay St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
7:00 pm EDT Semenets (Antoniuk) 28'
Lemire  90'
King (Millien) 6'
Hayes  51'
Hill 60'
Millien (Ambersley) 84'
Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,003
July 30, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Jonke  45' Shriver (Thompson) 14'
Thompson (Palacio) 29'
Arguez  46'
Shriver 76'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
August 6, 2011 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Emory  11'
Faña  34'
Pitchkolan 90+1'
Lemire  11'
Saiko  90'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,480
August 14, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6:00 pm EDT Stahl  31'
Santamaria (Palacio) 79'
Laing  90'
Lemire  25'
Hamilton (Lemire) 30'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,845
August 21, 2011 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 – 3 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Ruthven  79' Surprenant  33'
Saiko (Yamada) 63'
Cox (Oppong) 71'
Cox (Chin) 73'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,607
August 27, 2011 FC Edmonton 2 – 3 Puerto Rico Islanders Bayamón, Puerto Rico
7:30 pm EDT Saiko (van Leerdam) 28'
Duberry  53'
Hamilton  79'
Porter (Craig) 90'
Addlery (Telesford) 41'
Faña (Foley) 42'
Needham  50'
Needham (Emory) 90+3'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2,702
September 3, 2011 NSC Minnesota Stars 1 – 3 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Altman  24'
Cvilikas (Gotsmanov) 42'
Yamada (Porter) 56'
Saiko (Baart) 71'
Antoniuk (Rago) 90+2'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,823
September 7, 2011 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 – 2 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Robertson  29'
Casarona  58'
Ruthven (O'Brien) 75'
Hunt  88'
Yamada (Surprenant) 52'
Craig (Saiko) 90+4'
Craig  90+4'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,868
September 11, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 – 1 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
9:30 pm EDT Granado  44'
Hamilton 65' (own)
Shriver 90'
Palacio  90+3'
Jonke (Hamilton) 45'
Saiko  76'
Hamilton  90'
Rago  90+2'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,682
September 17, 2011 FC Edmonton 0 – 2 Montreal Impact Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7:30 pm EDT Surprenant  53'
Hamilton  80'
Pore (Montaño) 12'
Billy  16'
Montaño  20'
Pore (Montaño) 78'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,433
Referee: Justin Tasev

North American Soccer League playoffs

October 1, 2011 Quarter-Finals FC Edmonton 0 – 5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 pm EDT Rago  35'
Hamilton  56'
Saiko  67'
Hamilton  82' 
Shriver 45+1'
Thompson (Laing) 46'
Shriver (Palacio) 51'
Shriver  55'
Thompson (Gordon) 61'
Thompson (Arguez) 76'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Canadian Championship

April 27, 2011 Semi-Finals Toronto FC 3 – 0 FC Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
8:00 pm EDT Santos (Plata) 35'
Gordon  43'
Gordon 47'
Santos 61'
Santos  67'
(report) Saiko  24'
Sidra  90+'
Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 5,781
Referee: Paul Ward
May 4, 2011 Semi-Finals FC Edmonton 0 – 1 Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8:00 pm EDT (report) Gordon (Plata) 21'
Yourassowsky  60'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 17,937
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Squad statistics

Players

Last updated for match on October 1, 2011.[3]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNorth American Soccer LeagueCanadian Championship
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  NED Rein Baart 26025+001+00
2 DF  CAN Adrian LeRoy 200+100+10
4 DF  CAN Alex Surprenant 21219+121+00
5 DF  CAN André Duberry 502+200+10
6 MF  CAN Shaun Saiko 28926+191+00
7 FW  CAN Alex Semenets 1314+910+00
8 DF  CAN John Jonke 19118+110+00
9 FW  CAN Chris Lemire 1409+401+00
10 MF  CAN Kyle Yamada 23319+232+00
11 FW  CAN Paul Craig 1425+820+10
12 DF  CAN Niko Saler 605+001+00
13 FW  TRI Conrad Smith 1603+1102+00
14 DF  NED Paul Matthijs 505+000+00
15 MF  USA Shawn Chin 1427+620+10
16 MF  CAN Eddy Sidra 806+100+10
17 MF  ZAM Mutanda Kwesele 200+100+10
18 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton 30128+012+00
19 FW  CAN Michael Cox 1539+630+00
20 MF  CAN Chris Kooy 30128+012+00
21 MF  CAN Dominic Oppong 24021+102+00
22 FW  USA Dan Antoniuk 23313+931+00
23 GK  USA Lance Parker 503+101+00
24 DF  CAN Antonio Rago 31026+302+00
26 GK  CAN David Monsalve 101+000+00
26 GK  CAN Justin Ammar 100+100+00
27 MF  CAN Sam Lam 1104+501+10
28 MF  NED Ilja van Leerdam 14014+000+00
29 FW  CAN Kyle Porter 27719+672+00

Formation

Disciplinary records

Only players with at least one card included.

Number Position Name NASL Regular Season Canadian Championship Total
1GKRein Baart 020002
4DFAlex Surprenant 600060
5DFAndré Duberry 100010
6MFShaun Saiko 710172
8DFJohn Jonke 110011
9FWChris Lemire 510051
10MFKyle Yamada 100010
11FWPaul Craig 100010
14DFPaul Matthijs 100010
16MFEddy Sidra 001010
18DFPaul Hamilton 710071
20MFChris Kooy 300030
21MFDominic Oppong 200020
22FWDan Antoniuk 200020
24DFAntonio Rago 500050
27MFSam Lam 100010
28MFIlja van Leerdam 100010
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

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