NASL FC Edmonton

FCE Match Preview: vs Ottawa Fury FC

Published on July 10, 2014 under North American Soccer League (NASL)
FC Edmonton News Release


EDMONTON, AB (July 10, 2014) - Sunday in Edmonton will be full of soccer as FC Edmonton kicks off its 2014 North American Soccer League (NASL) Fall Season against Ottawa Fury FC at Commonwealth Stadium (4 p.m. MT KO). The match, presented by West Edmonton Mall, will be the start of FC Edmonton's Summer of Soccer, where fans can enjoy something a little different for each FC Edmonton home match.

The FIFA 2014 World Cup final will help kick off the Eddies Summer of Soccer by being the feature in FCE's Pre-Match Party in the Jackie Parker Room at Commonwealth Stadium. The first 200 fans of legal drinking age to arrive for the 1 p.m. World Cup kick off will be admitted with a valid match ticket.

The main event, FC Edmonton vs Ottawa Fury FC, will kick off a 4 p.m. and it will be the first time since 1981 that an Edmonton professional soccer team has a played a league match at Commonwealth Stadium. The first 1,000 fans to attend the match will receive special edition FC Edmonton sunglasses.

"It will be a difficult game to start off with," said FCE head coach Colin Miller about the Fall Season opener against Ottawa Fury FC. "I think if we can continue along the lines of the way we played against Carolina, especially offensively and in our attacking ways, we'll be in a good place."

The Eddies will hope to start off on the right foot against Ottawa, preferably the same foot that the club ended off the Spring Season with after recording a 6-1 victory over the Carolina RailHawks. The last time FC Edmonton faced off against Ottawa, it was the club's last away match of the Spring Season on May 31 and saw the Eddies fall in the last minute to the Fury off a Tom Heinemann header.

FC Edmonton will also have some fresh legs for the match having just signed central midfielder Cristian Raudales to help booster the Eddies attack.

"It's a real positive for us to have signed Cristian," said Miller. "The new addition well help freshen the group up for the season."

Fans can purchase tickets to FC Edmonton's Fall Season home opener presented by West Edmonton Mall by calling 780.700.2600 or by purchasing tickets at Gate 2 of Commonwealth Stadium.

FC Edmonton's featured charity of the match is the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation.

Fans can purchase tickets for as low as $10 when they purchase tickets for the YMCA Family Fun Zone at any participating Edmonton YMCA location.

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