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
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
Home colours Away colours
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Competitions

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

FC Tucson v FC Edmonton

10 March 2012 (2012-03-10)	FC Tucson	1–1	FC Edmonton	Casa Grande, AZ
	Donny Toia 10'	FCE Report FCT Report	OG 70'

New Mexico Lobos v FC Edmonton

11 March 2012 (2012-03-11)	New Mexico Lobos	0–0	FC Edmonton	Casa Grande, AZ
		FCE Report		Stadium: Grande Sports Complex

New Mexico Lobos v FC Edmonton

13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)	New Mexico Lobos	1–3	FC Edmonton	Casa Grande, AZ
	23 16'		Matt Lam 14' Paul Craig 25' Ilja van Leerdam 62'	Stadium: Grande Sports Complex

VMSL All-Stars v FC Edmonton

17 March 2012 (2012-03-17)	VMSL All-Stars	1–3	FC Edmonton	Burnaby, BC
		FCE Report		Stadium: Simon Fraser University

WSA Winnipeg v FC Edmonton

24 March 2012 (2012-03-24)	WSA Winnipeg	0–7	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, MB
				Stadium: Winnipeg Indoor Soccer Complex

WSA Winnipeg v FC Edmonton

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

Minnesota Stars FC v FC Edmonton

2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)	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

See also: 2012 North American Soccer League season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton

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

Tampa Bay Rowdies v FC Edmonton

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

Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars FC

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

FC Edmonton v Carolina Railhawks

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

Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Edmonton

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

San Antonio Scorpions v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v San Antonio Scorpions

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

FC Edmonton v Atlanta Silverbacks

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

FC Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton

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

Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Puerto Rico Islanders

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

San Antonio Scorpions v FC Edmonton

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

Puerto Rico Islanders v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Tampa Bay Rowdies

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

Atlanta Silverbacks v FC Edmonton

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

Tampa Bay Rowdies v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Minnesota Stars FC

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

FC Edmonton v San Antonio Scorpions

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

FC Edmonton v Puerto Rico Islanders

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

Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton

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

Minnesota Stars FC v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Atlanta Silverbacks

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

Minnesota Stars FC v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks

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

FC Edmonton v Tampa Bay Rowdies

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

FC Edmonton v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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

Canadian Championship

See also: 2012 Canadian Championship

FC Edmonton v Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v FC Edmonton

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

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