# 2017 FC Edmonton season

The 2017 FC Edmonton season was the club's seventh season of existence. The club would play in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. It would also be the clubs last in the NASL before taking an 8-month hiatus before joining the CPL ahead of its inaugural season in 2019.

## Roster

    As of match played 1 October 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Chris Konopka | GK | (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 39) | Portland Timbers | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Tyson Farago | GK | (1991-05-01) 1 May 1991 (age 33) | WSA Winnipeg | 2014 | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | Nathan Ingham | GK | (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 31) | K-W United | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Shawn Nicklaw | DF | (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35) | Jacksonville Armada | 2016 | 46 | 0 |
| 3 | Allan Zebie | DF | (1993-05-29) 29 May 1993 (age 31) | NAIT Ooks | 2015 | 57 | 1 |
| 4 | Papé Diakité | DF | (1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 32) | Royal Antwerp | 2016 | 54 | 3 |
| 5 | Albert Watson | DF | (1985-09-08) 8 September 1985 (age 39) | Linfield | 2013 | 134 | 5 |
| 6 | Nikolas Ledgerwood | DF | (1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 40) | Energie Cottbus | 2016 | 49 | 2 |
| 13 | Karsten Smith | DF | (1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 (age 36) | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2016 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Marko Aleksic | DF | (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) | Academy | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Netan Sansara | DF | (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 35) | Fredrikstad | 2017 | 14 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Ben McKendry | MF | (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) | loan from Vancouver Whitecaps | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Ben Fisk | MF | (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) | Fabril | 2016 | 40 | 3 |
| 10 | Mauro Eustáquio | MF | (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) | Ottawa Fury | 2017 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | Dustin Corea | MF | (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) | FAS | 2015 | 66 | 8 |
| 12 | Pedro Galvão | MF | (1989-03-18) 18 March 1989 (age 35) | Gil Vicente | 2016 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | Sainey Nyassi | MF | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 35) | RoPS | 2015 | 74 | 7 |
| 20 | Nico di Biase | MF | (1988-12-09) 9 December 1988 (age 36) | Club Blooming | 2016 | 21 | 0 |
| 25 | Adam Straith | MF | (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 34) | Fredrikstad | 2017 | 13 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 16 | Daryl Fordyce | FW | (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 38) | FC Cincinnati | 2017 | 118 | 33 |
| 18 | Tomi Ameobi | FW | (1988-08-16) 16 August 1988 (age 36) | Whitley Bay | 2014 | 107 | 26 |
| 23 | Jake Keegan | FW | (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33) | Galway United | 2016 | 42 | 7 |
| Left During the Season ||||||||||
| 8 | Sabri Khattab | MF | (1990-01-12) 12 January 1990 (age 35) | Kvik Halden | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Dean Shiels | MF | (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 39) | Dundalk | 2017 | 14 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Chris Konopka (from Portland Timbers) |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sabri Khattab (from Kvik Halden) |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Mauro Eustáquio (from Ottawa Fury) |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Dean Shiels (from Dundalk) |
| 25 | MF | CAN | Adam Straith (from Fredrikstad) |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Netan Sansara (from Fredrikstad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Matt Van Oekel (to Real Salt Lake) |
| 7 | MF | HON | Cristian Raudales |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Sadi Jalali |
| 16 | FW | NIR | Daryl Fordyce (to FC Cincinnati) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Gustavo |
| 24 | DF | USA | Johann Smith |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Shamit Shome (to Montreal Impact) |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Adam Eckersley (to St Mirren) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | CAN | Ben McKendry (loan from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| 16 | FW | NIR | Daryl Fordyce (from Cincinnati) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sabri Khattab (to Elverum) |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Dean Shiels (to Dunfermline Athletic) |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Miami FC (S) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 36 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 26 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 9 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 July 2017. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Miami FC (F) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 24 | |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 16 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2017. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### Canadian Championship
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 28 October 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Chris Konopka | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Allan Zebie | 24 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Papé Diakité | 30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Albert Watson | 29 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Nikolas Ledgerwood | 23 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CAN | Ben McKendry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CAN | Ben Fisk | 30 | 1 | 9+4 | 0 | 15+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Mauro Eustáquio | 18 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SLV | Dustin Corea | 24 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7+4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | POR | Pedro Galvão | 25 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Karsten Smith | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GAM | Sainey Nyassi | 31 | 3 | 11+4 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | NIR | Daryl Fordyce | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Tomi Ameobi | 26 | 6 | 14+2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Nico di Biase | 15 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | CAN | Tyson Farago | 18 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw | 31 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Jake Keegan | 32 | 3 | 7+8 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | LBR | Abraham Dukuly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | CAN | David Doe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Netan Sansara | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | CAN | Nathan Ingham | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left FC Edmonton during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NOR | Sabri Khattab | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NIR | Dean Shiels | 14 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Adam Straith | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 18 | Tomi Ameobi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Dustin Corea | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 14 | Sainey Nyassi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | | 23 | Jake Keegan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 16 | Daryl Fordyce | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | 22 | Dean Shiels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 25 | Adam Straith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Mauro Eustáquio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Albert Watson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 9 | Ben Fisk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 3 | Allan Zebie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 14 | 2 | 27 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Allan Zebie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Papé Diakité | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Albert Watson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Nikolas Ledgerwood | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Ben McKendry | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sabri Khattab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ben Fisk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mauro Eustáquio | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dustin Corea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Karsten Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Sainey Nyassi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Daryl Fordyce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Tomi Ameobi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Nico di Biase | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Tyson Farago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Dean Shiels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Abraham Dukuly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Adam Straith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Netan Sansara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Nathan Ingham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 34 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 4 |