CPL FC Edmonton

FC Edmonton Pre-Match Report

June 26, 2021 - Canadian Premier League (CPL)
FC Edmonton News Release


Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m. MST / 2:00 p.m. EST

FC Edmonton vs Atlético Ottawa.

IG Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Head Coach: Alan Koch

Over the past month, Canada was reminded of the tragedy of residential schools when the remains of children were found at several residential school sites throughout the country. Residential schools remain a dark and sad chapter in Canada's history and the Canadian Premier League joins with Indigenous communities across this nation in mourning alongside Canadians who continue to learn about the violence that took place in the past and into today.

In acknowledgement of this tragedy and the hundreds of children and families affected by this starting with the inaugural Canadian Premier League 2021 season match between FC Edmonton vs Atletico Ottawa on June 26 at 2pm ET / 1pm CT, during each Club's first match, players will enter the field and line up with the officials and all will be wearing an orange Every Child Matters warmup top for their first match of the regular season.

In honour of the hundreds of children whose remains have been found a vigil of hundreds of children shoes has been set up for the player walkout from the vigil site at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba. An orange box with Every Child Matters has been painted on the pitch at IG Field, located on Treaty 1 Territory and will remain for the duration of The Kickoff.

A special land blessing and acknowledgement will be conducted during the first match on Saturday by Elder Florence Paynter, Singer Ray Stevenson and Niigaan Sinclair, Professor of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba who will say some opening words in acknowledgement and offer an opening song.

Starting XI 1 GK Connor James CAN

2 MF Paris Gee CAN

3 DF Jeannot Esua CMR

5 DF Ramon Soria ESP

7 MF Shamit Shome CAN

12 DF Sharly Mabussi FRA

19 FW Tobias Warschewski GER

27 DF Hunter Gorskie USA

28 MF Thomas Gardner CAN

33 MF Fraser Aird CAN

55 DF Amer Didić CAN

FC Edmonton 2021 Summary

FC Edmonton looks forward to a third season in the Canadian Premier League after a 8th place finish in the 2020 Island Games (Charlottetown,PEI) bubble last August. The Eddies have a new coach- Alan Koch. The South African-born Koch, who went to school at Simon Fraser University, with a head-coaching journey that has taken him to SFU and U.S schools, then go pro in Cincinnati, and also working with Vancouver Whitecaps, is replacing Jeff Paulus.

The 2021 season is led by stalwart returnees like Amer Didic and Easton Ongaro, as well as some key newcomers like Shamit Shome and Fraser Aird. The team has plenty of talent and will be hoping to finally break into the upper echelon of CPL contenders. Coach Koch's team is young and eager.

The Eddies have also acquired Eric Newendorp as the team's President and General Manager.

In his career Newendorp has spent time in Major League Soccer (MLS), the United Soccer League (USL), and the North American Soccer League (NASL). He most-recently served as Vice President of Sales and Analytics for the Tulsa Drillers, the double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and in this same capacity for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the USL (now FC Tulsa) within the same organization.

Founded by brothers Tom and Dave Fath in 2010, FC Edmonton is a founding member of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), a Tier 1 Canadian professional men's soccer league that debuted in 2019. Previously, the club was a founding

member of the most-recent iteration of the now-defunct North American Soccer League (NASL), making the playoffs twice during its time in that league. The club plays home games at Clarke Stadium and continues to be an outlet for the development of Canadian soccer players to compete at play professionally in their own country.

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