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May 3, 2013 - North American Soccer League (NASL)
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Despite being winless until last weekend, FC Edmonton could sit in second place if results go their way in Week 5.

The Eddies have aspirations of moving into contention for a home berth in Soccer Bowl 2013 as they take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies in St. Petersburg Saturday (K.O. 5:30 p.m. MT) with second place in sight.

The game will mark the fifth in just over two weeks, two of which were against MLS-side Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the Amway Canadian Championships, and FCE will be looking for its first win on the road this season.

If there is a winner from the top of the table clash between Minnesota and Carolina on Saturday, one of those teams will boast 10 points and the other seven, with a dent in their goal difference.� If Atlanta loses against San Antonio, they will remain on six points.� That would open the door for FC Edmonton to tally seven points by beating the Rowdies, joining them on seven points overall and hoping for enough of a goal difference swing to steal second place.

"The character has been there for all to see all season and we've never given up," said Eddies coach Colin Miller.� "If we continue to play with the same attitude there's so many positives, but I still expect more.� We're back in the pack and now we go to a very tough place to play the Tampa Bay Rowdies." After this match, the Eddies will head home before facing the Atlanta Silverbacks at Clarke Stadium on May 12.The game versus the Rowidesi will be available at www.fcedmonton.com and will also be shown at the Pint off Whyte.

2012 Series History

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04/14/12 (FC Edmonton 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 @ Al Lang Stadium) : In the Eddies second game of the season, the visiting team fell by one goal early in the first half. FC Edmonton and the Rowdies looked to be evenly matched until a goal by Takaya Yamada brought the home team ahead by one. Although the Eddies improved their play in the second half, they were unable to find the equalizing goal.

07/15/12 (FC Edmonton 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 @ Clarke Stadium) : Even with the Rowdies going down to 10 men in the first 30 minutes of the match, FCE were unable to secure a win at home against the Rowdies. The game looked as though it was going to end in a 0-0 draw until the dying minutes of injury time when Rowdies midfielder Luke Mulholland slid the ball passed Eddies 'keeper John Smits from close range for a 1-0 victory for the visitors.

07/28/12 (FC Edmonton 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 @ Al Lang Stadium): The Eddies looked to break their losing streak against the Rowdies in the third match up of the season. FCE defender Paul Hamilton almost had the breakthrough goal early on, but it was cleared off the line at the last minute. It was in the dying minutes of the first half when former Eddie Daniel Antoniuk brought the home team in the lead. Although the Eddies had several more chances before the end of the match, they were unable to find the tying goal.

09/16/12 ((FC Edmonton 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 @ Clarke Stadium) : In their last meeting of the season, the Eddies hoped to be able to put one passed the Rowdies. It was the visiting team that struck first, and continued to strike even though FC Edmonton held the majority of the possession. With a two goal lead heading into the half, the Rowdies added another goal to their talley in the second half to finish off the Eddies.

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