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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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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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
Number	Position	Name
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Roster". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
^ "UofT Varsity Blues Bio". Retrieved April 1, 2012.
^ "FC EDMONTON AND ST. JOSEPH PARTNER UP FOR RESIDENCY PROGRAM". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

[roster-1] "Roster". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

[2] "UofT Varsity Blues Bio". Retrieved April 1, 2012.

[3] "FC EDMONTON AND ST. JOSEPH PARTNER UP FOR RESIDENCY PROGRAM". FC Edmonton. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

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