2020_FC_Edmonton_season

FC Edmonton
2020 season
General manager	Jeff Paulus
Head coach	Jeff Paulus
Stadium	Clarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League	8th
Canadian Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Easton Ongaro; (3 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
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2020 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton 2020 football season

The 2020 FC Edmonton season was the club's ninth competitive season as well as their second in the Canadian Premier League. In their previous season, FC Edmonton finished 3rd in the Spring season and 6th in the Fall season, failing to qualify for the finals.

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FC Edmonton celebrated their tenth anniversary by introducing home kits featuring the Roman numeral 'X' on the front and back.^[1] The club finished the COVID-19 shortened season in last place, failing to record a win in seven matches.^[2] Following the 2020 campaign, Jeff Paulus resigned as head coach and general manager but remained with the club in a new role.^[3]

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[table_hth_HFX0.077523655294219-17] Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4

[table_hth_VAL0.077523655294219-18] Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

[spring-4] Player is signed, but has not been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Connor James	GK	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 24)	Alberta Golden Bears
13	Dylon Powley	GK	(1996-09-05)September 5, 1996 (aged 24)	Gute
Defenders
3	Jeannot Esua	RB / RW	(1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 24)	Rainbow Bamenda
4	Allan Zebie	LB	(1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 27)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
5	Ramón Soria	CB / DM	(1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 31)	Formentera
8	Mélé Temguia	CB	(1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 25)	Valentine Phoenix
12	Kareem Moses	RB	(1990-02-11)February 11, 1990 (aged 30)	FF Jaro
23	Duran Lee	CB	(1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (aged 25)	HFX Wanderers
33	Sam Gardner	CB	(1997-04-04)April 4, 1997 (aged 23)	Grand Canyon Antelopes
55	Amer Didic	CB	(1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 26)	San Antonio FC
57	Terique Mohammed	FB	(2000-01-27)January 27, 2000 (aged 20)	Toronto FC II
Midfielders
6	Edem Mortotsi	CM	(1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 27)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
7	Son Yong-chan	CM	(1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 29)	Ozone
10	Hanson Boakai	LM / RM / LW / RW / ST	(1996-10-28)October 28, 1996 (aged 24)	FC Inter Turku
11	Keven Alemán	AM	(1994-03-25)March 25, 1994 (aged 26)	Sacramento Republic
14	Chance Carter	CM	(2001-09-15)September 15, 2001 (aged 19)	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
16	Prince Amanda	LW / RW	(2001-03-23)March 23, 2001 (aged 19)	Academy
17	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	LW / RW / ST	(2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 19)	Academy
20	Antony Caceres	CM	(2000-01-31)January 31, 2000 (aged 20)	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy
21	Erik Zetterberg	CM	(1997-02-16)February 16, 1997 (aged 23)	Varbergs BoIS
	Raúl Tito^{[upper-alpha 1]}	LW / RW	(1997-09-05)September 5, 1997 (aged 23)	Cienciano
Forwards
18	Tomi Ameobi	CF	(1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 32)	FC Cincinnati
19	Easton Ongaro	ST	(1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 22)	Alberta Golden Bears
26	David Doe	ST	(2000-11-30)November 30, 2000 (aged 20)	FC Edmonton (NASL)

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
10	MF	Hanson Boakai	FC Inter Turku	Free transfer	December 3, 2019	^[4]
23	DF	Duran Lee	HFX Wanderers	Free transfer	January 29, 2020	^[5]
21	MF	Erik Zetterberg	Varbergs BoIS	Free transfer	February 5, 2020	^[6]
20	MF	Antony Caceres	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy	Free transfer	February 12, 2020	^[7]
14	MF	Chance Carter	Vancouver Whitecaps Academy	Free transfer	February 12, 2020	^[7]
	MF	Raúl Tito	Cienciano	Free transfer	February 19, 2020	^[8]
11	MF	Keven Alemán	Sacramento Republic	Free transfer	March 24, 2020	^[9]
33	DF	Sam Gardner	Grand Canyon Antelopes	Free transfer	August 3, 2020	^[10]

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	4	MF	David Chung	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears
2	11	MF	Jacob Bosch	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
22	MF	Tony Tchani		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
45	FW	Oumar Diouck	Fjallabyggð	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
14	MF	James Marcelin		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
9	FW	Ajeej Sarkaria		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
20	MF	Bruno Zebie	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
11	FW	Randy Edwini-Bonsu		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
10	MF	Philippe Lincourt-Joseph		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	^[12]
23	MF	Ajay Khabra	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	March 5, 2020	^[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
19	FW	Easton Ongaro	Vendsyssel FF	Loaned until December 31, 2020; option to buy	October 4, 2020	^[14]
	MF	Raúl Tito	Santos de Nasca	Loaned until March 31, 2021	October 10, 2020	^[15]

2020_FC_Edmonton_season

2020 FC Edmonton season

Current squad

Transfers

In

Transferred in

Draft picks

Loans in

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Pre-season

Matches

Canadian Premier League

First stage

Table

Results by match

Matches

Statistics

Squad and statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

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March 17	Langley United	v	FC Edmonton	Langley, British Columbia
7:00 pm PT				Stadium: Willoughby Community Park

March 28	SK Soccer Selects	v	FC Edmonton	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
7:00 pm CT				Stadium: SaskTel Soccer Centre

March 29	SK Soccer Selects	v	FC Edmonton	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
6:00 pm CT				Stadium: SaskTel Soccer Centre

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	7	4	1	2	10	7	+3	13	Advance to group stage
2	HFX Wanderers	7	3	3	1	12	7	+5	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Forge	7	3	3	1	13	9	+4	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Pacific	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2	11
5	York9	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10
6	Valour	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	8^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Atlético Ottawa	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5	8^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	FC Edmonton	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	1

August 16 1	Forge FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Awuah 11' Samuel 40' Moses 90+2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 20 2	FC Edmonton	0–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Ameobi 31' Mohammed 49'	Report	Brown 44', 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 23 3	Atlético Ottawa	2–2	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
11:00am	Acuña 1', 15' Coupland 41' Fisk 43' Kourouma 48'	Report	Alemán 20' 88' Gardner 68' Ongaro 90+1'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

August 26 4	FC Edmonton	1–3	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Esua 37' Velado-Tsegaye 87'	Report	Garcia 35' Morelli 45', 76' Geffrard 64'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

August 29 5	Valour FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
10:00am	Fordyce 61' Ricci 68' Cebara 81' Carreiro 83' Kacher 88'	Report	Lee 36' Zetterberg 65' Ongaro 73' Ameobi 81'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

September 1 6	FC Edmonton	0–1	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
6:00pm	Zetterberg 43'	Report	Aparicio 44' Mannella 74'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Connor James	6	0	6+0	0
3	DF	CMR	Jeannot Esua	7	0	7+0	0
4	DF	CAN	Allan Zebie	5	0	5+0	0
5	DF	ESP	Ramón Soria	7	0	7+0	0
6	MF	GHA	Edem Mortotsi	0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	KOR	Son Yong-chan	4	0	4+0	0
8	DF	GER	Mélé Temguia	5	0	5+0	0
9	FW	CAN	Easton Ongaro	7	3	5+2	3
10	MF	CAN	Hanson Boakai	6	0	4+2	0
11	MF	CAN	Keven Alemán	7	1	6+1	1
12	DF	TRI	Kareem Moses	4	0	2+2	0
13	GK	CAN	Dylon Powley	1	0	1+0	0
14	MF	CAN	Chance Carter	6	0	1+5	0
16	FW	CAN	Prince Amanda	4	0	2+2	0
17	FW	CAN	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	4	1	2+2	1
18	FW	ENG	Tomi Ameobi	7	0	3+4	0
20	MF	CAN	Antony Caceres	7	0	2+5	0
21	MF	SWE	Erik Zetterberg	7	0	6+1	0
23	DF	CAN	Duran Lee	2	0	2+0	0
26	FW	CAN	David Doe	2	0	0+2	0
33	DF	CAN	Sam Gardner	2	0	0+2	0
55	DF	CAN	Amer Đidić	3	0	3+0	0
57	DF	CAN	Terique Mohammed	5	0	3+2	0

September 6 7	Pacific FC	2-1	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Heard 64' Bustos 85'	Report	Soria 54' Ongaro 59' Mohammed 92'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
3	DF		Jeannot Esua	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Ramon Soria	1	0	1	0
11	MF		Keven Alemán	1	0	1	0
18	FW		Tomi Ameobi	2	0	2	0
33	DF		Sam Gardner	1	0	1	0
57	DF		Terique Mohammed	1	1	1	1
Totals				7	1	7	1