2021 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton
2021 season
General manager	Eric Newendorp
Head coach	Alan Koch
Stadium	Clarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League	7th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	Easton Ongaro (12 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2021 FC Edmonton season was the club's tenth competitive season as well as their third in the Canadian Premier League.

Overview

The 2021 season was very disappointing for FC Edmonton. Edmonton's average home attendance of 961 was by far the lowest in the league, and the team finished in 7th out of 8 teams. Additionally, the club shut down its academy. However, there were some bright spots, including young Canadian forward Easton Ongaro who became the league's all-time top goalscorer this season, and secured a transfer to Romania after the season ended.

Current squad

As of July 6, 2021.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Connor James	GK	July 17, 1996 (aged 25)	Alberta Golden Bears
48	Darlington Murasiranwa	GK	February 7, 2001 (aged 20)	Guelph Gryphons
90	Joseph Holliday	GK	January 18, 2005 (aged 16)	Academy
Defenders
3	Jeannot Esua	RB / RW	August 6, 1996 (aged 25)	Rainbow Bamenda
4	Allan Zebie	LB	May 29, 1993 (aged 28)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
5	Ramón Soria	CB / DM	March 7, 1989 (aged 32)	Formentera
8	Mélé Temguia	CB	August 1, 1995 (aged 26)	Valentine Phoenix
12	Sharly Mabussi	LB	May 27, 1997 (aged 24)	Bergerac Foot
14	Saah T-Boy Fayia	CB	February 1, 2001 (aged 20)	Academy
27	Hunter Gorskie	CB	June 27, 1991 (aged 30)	San Antonio FC
55	Amer Didic	CB	December 28, 1994 (aged 27)	San Antonio FC
Midfielders
2	Paris Gee	DM / CB	July 5, 1994 (aged 27)	Saint Louis FC
7	Shamit Shome	AM	September 5, 1997 (aged 24)	Montreal Impact
10	Kyle Porter	RM	January 19, 1990 (aged 31)	York9 FC
17	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	LW / RW / ST	July 1, 2001 (aged 20)	Academy
20	Antony Caceres	CM	January 31, 2000 (aged 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
21	Tomas Giraldo	AM	March 8, 2003 (aged 18)	CF Montréal
28	Thomas Gardner	CM	March 17, 1998 (aged 23)	UBC Thunderbirds
33	Fraser Aird	MF	February 2, 1995 (aged 26)	Valour FC
Forwards
9	Easton Ongaro	ST	June 5, 1998 (aged 23)	Alberta Golden Bears
13	Roberto Avila	CF / AM	October 16, 2000 (aged 21)	Austin Bold
19	Tobias Warschewski	CF	February 6, 1998 (aged 23)	Phönix Lübeck
26	Matthew Durrans	CF	December 10, 1998 (aged 23)	1860 Munich

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date
2	MF	Paris Gee	Saint Louis FC	Free	December 10, 2020
10	MF	Kyle Porter	York9 FC	Free	December 23, 2020
33	MF	Fraser Aird	Valour FC	Free	December 24, 2020
7	MF	Shamit Shome	Montreal Impact	Free	January 4, 2021
12	DF	Sharly Mabussi	Bergerac Foot	Free	January 7, 2021
48	GK	Darlington Murasiranwa	Guelph Gryphons	Free	February 5, 2021
19	FW	Tobias Warschewski	Phönix Lübeck	Free	February 19, 2021
28	MF	Thomas Gardner	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 1st overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	March 23, 2021
27	DF	Hunter Gorskie	San Antonio FC	Free	June 9, 2021
90	GK	Joseph Holliday	Academy Graduate		June 22, 2021
14	DF	Saah T-Boy Fayia	Academy Graduate		June 24, 2021
26	FW	Matthew Durrans	1860 Munich	Free	July 6, 2021

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	MF	Tomas Giraldo	CF Montréal	Season-long loan	February 12, 2021
13	FW	Roberto Avila	Austin Bold	Season-long loan	June 14, 2021

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	1	MF	Thomas Gardner	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds
2	16	DF	Jackson Farmer	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date
13	GK	Dylon Powley	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	January 18, 2021
6	MF	Edem Mortotsi	Young Africans	Contract expired	January 27, 2021
11	MF	Keven Alemán	Valour FC	Contract expired	February 4, 2021
12	DF	Kareem Moses	Vaasan Palloseura	Contract expired	February 4, 2021
23	DF	Duran Lee	Pacific FC	Contract expired	March 18, 2021
21	MF	Erik Zetterberg	Lindome GIF	Contract expired	March 22, 2021
26	FW	David Doe	South Bend Lions	Contract expired	April 2, 2021
	MF	Raúl Tito		Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 21, 2021
14	MF	Chance Carter	Retired		June 24, 2021

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Raúl Tito	Santos de Nasca	Loaned until March 31, 2021	October 10, 2020

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	W
Position	6	5	3	7	8	8	5	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on November 13, 2021. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 26 1	FC Edmonton	0–1	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Soria 28' Đidić 67' Esua 71'	Report	Lawson 78' Viti 82'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 1 2	FC Edmonton	2–0	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Avila 29' Soria 87' Esua 90+4'	Report	Jaković 53' Bekker 68'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 4 3	FC Edmonton	1–1	York United	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Aird 52'	Report	Thompson 42' Petrasso 67' Zator 78' Mohammed 88' Ramírez 89' Halley 90' Giantsopoulos 90'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 10 4	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm ET	Morelli 7' 44' 55' Doner 90+1'	Report	Aird 64' Gorskie 84'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Hoskins

July 14 5	Forge FC	1–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00pm ET	Babouli 38' (pen.), 69' Sabak 43' Henry 77' Awuah 90+1'	Report	Avila 36'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 18 6	Atlético Ottawa	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30pm	Verhoven 4', 28' Mannella 70'	Report	Mabussi 27' Porter 86'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

July 21 7	FC Edmonton	1–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm ET	Soria 31' Temguia 33' Ongaro 81'	Report	Firth 38' Oxner 75'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 24 8	York United	1–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm ET	Johnston 12' Abzi 61' Toussaint 63'	Report	Didic 26' Mabussi 42'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 31 9	FC Edmonton	3–1	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm MT	Ongaro 13' Mabussi 25' Warschewski 55' Didic 63'	Report	Alemán 2' Baquero 88'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,501 Referee: David Gantar

August 3 10 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
7:00 pm	Yao 16' Mason 64' Klomp 71'	Report	Mabussi 10' Ongaro 19' Temguia 85'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,418 Referee: Juan Marquez

August 7 11	Pacific FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
4:30 pm	Bassett 15' Polisi 42' Campbell 87'	Report	Đidić 35' Ongaro 58' Aird 62' Shome 65' Warschewski 76' Warschewski 83'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,259 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 12 12	FC Edmonton	0–0	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Ongaro 30' Gee 38'	Report	Dyer 15' Fordyce 45' Soto 53' Ohin 60' Kacher 90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 803 Referee: Juan Marquez

August 24 13	Valour FC	3–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm	Akio 2', 52' Galhardo 62' Rodrigo Reyes 75' Bouka Moutou 80' Mikhael 90+2'	Report	Ongaro 37' Didic 41'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 29 14 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Di Chiara 14', 30' Mason 90' Loturi 90+6'	Report	Gonzalez 7' Aird 36' (pen.) Najem 87'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 1 15 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	0–1	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Gorskie 90+2'	Report	Trafford 6' Novak 26' Di Chiara 45'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 4 16	FC Edmonton	1–2	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Aird 54' Ongaro 72'	Report	Dixon 14' Díaz 28' Chung 34'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,352 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 7 17	Valour FC	0–3	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Ohin 90+2'	Report	Gee 33' Warschewski 40' Ongaro 44' Shome 71' Gonzalez 73'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,446 Referee: Juan Marquez

September 14 18	FC Edmonton	1–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 57'	Report	Heard 59' Dixon 77' MacNaughton 90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 670 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 25 19	HFX Wanderers	1–0	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00 pm	Morelli 24' Schaale 87' Rampersad 90+1' Garcia 90+1' Baskett 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,133 Referee: David Barrie

September 29 20 Wildrose Cup	FC Edmonton	2–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00 pm	Ongaro 47' Didic 70' Esua 84'	Report	Fisk 34' Escalante 35' Selemani 44' Klomp 80' Farsi 90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 991 Referee: David Gantar

October 2 21	Valour FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:00 pm	Dyer 14' Baquero 50' Alemán 57' Galán 86'	Report	Tboy Fayia 33' Ongaro 67'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Ben Hoskins

October 6 22	FC Edmonton	2–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 pm	Gonzalez 30', 52' Ongaro 38' Gee 43' Aird 57' Zebie 90+1'	Report	Hojabrpour 48', 49' McNaughton 52'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Referee: Nicolas Joubert

October 9 23 Wildrose Cup	Cavalry FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Calgary, Alberta
2:00 pm	Luca 20' Camargo 38' Ledgerwood 64'	Report	Velado-Tsegaye 15' Najem 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Alain Ruch

October 12 24	FC Edmonton	3–4	Atlético Ottawa	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Gonzalez 17' Gorskie 45' Najem 63' Aird 76' (pen.)	Report	Wright 5' (pen.), 39' McKendry 49' Soto 57' Beckie 86'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 580 Referee: Juan Marquez

October 17 25	York United	1–1	FC Edmonton	Toronto, Ontario
12:00 pm	Wilson 28' Faria 53' Abzi 90+1'	Report	Fayia 34' Ongaro 47' Najem 90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

October 26 26	Pacific FC	5–1	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
8:30 pm	Díaz 6' Aparicio 20', 51', 57' Basset 27' Bustos 41', 69' (pen.) Campbell 56'	Report	James 69' Aird 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,548 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

November 6 27	FC Edmonton	3–3	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
1:30 pm	Warschewski 4' Didic 16' Gonzalez 48' Temguia 72' Najem 90+3'	Report	Dyer 78' 81' Fordyce 88' Romeo 90+3'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 716 Referee: David Barrie

November 13 28	FC Edmonton	1–0	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
12:00 pm	Gorskie 61' Temguia 75' Ongaro 75'	Report	Navarro 43'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 564 Referee: Juan Marquez

Canadian Championship

August 21 PR	FC Edmonton	0–2	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00 PM		Report	Mason 31' Fisk 62'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Statistics


No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	DF		Paris Gee	27	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Jeannot Esua	20	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Allan Zebie	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Ramón Soria	27	1	1	26	1	1	1	0	0
6	MF		Adam Najem	17	1	2	16	1	2	1	0	0
7	MF		Shamit Shome	28	0	2	27	0	2	1	0	0
8	DF		Mélé Temguia	22	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Easton Ongaro	28	12	2	27	12	2	1	0	0
10	FW		Kyle Porter	20	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Azriel Gonzalez	17	5	3	16	5	3	1	0	0
12	DF		Sharly Mabussi	12	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0
13	FW		Beto Avila	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		T-Boy Fayia	11	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0
17	FW		Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	9	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Tobias Warschewski	27	4	7	26	4	7	1	0	0
20	MF		Antony Caceres	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Gabriel Boakye	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Prince Amanda	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Matthew Durrans	17	0	1	16	0	1	1	0	0
27	DF		Hunter Gorskie	26	0	1	25	0	1	1	0	0
28	MF		Thomas Gardner	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Fraser Aird	29	5	5	28	5	5	1	0	0
55	DF		Amer Đidić	25	3	1	24	3	1	1	0	0

Goalkeepers


No.	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Nat	Name	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts
1		Connor James	24	36	4	24	36	4	0	0	0
48		Darlington Murasiranwa	6	7	1	5	5	1	1	2	0