# 2016 FC Edmonton season

The 2016 FC Edmonton season was the club's sixth season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

## Roster

    As of match played 24 April 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Matt Van Oekel | GK | (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 38) | Minnesota United | 2015 | 33 | 0 |
| 21 | Tyson Farago | GK | (1991-05-01) 1 May 1991 (age 33) | Winnipeg Wesmen | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Nathan Ingham | GK | (1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 31) | K-W United | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Allan Zebie | DF | (1993-05-29) 29 May 1993 (age 31) | NAIT Ooks | 2015 | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Papé Diakité | DF | (1992-12-22) 22 December 1992 (age 31) | Royal Antwerp | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Albert Watson | DF | (1985-09-08) 8 September 1985 (age 39) | Linfield | 2013 | 84 | 3 |
| 13 | Karsten Smith | DF | (1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 (age 35) | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Johann Smith | DF | (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 37) | Cumberland United | 2015 | 26 | 0 |
| 25 | Marko Aleksic | DF | (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) | Edmonton Academy | 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Adam Eckersley | DF | (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 39) | Hibernian | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Nikolas Ledgerwood | MF | (1985-01-16) 16 January 1985 (age 39) | Energie Cottbus | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Cristian Raudales | MF | (1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 35) | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden | 2014 | 37 | 1 |
| 10 | Pablo Cruz | MF | (1991-12-30) 30 December 1991 (age 32) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2015 | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | Dustin Corea | MF | (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 (age 32) | FAS | 2015 | 18 | 1 |
| 14 | Sainey Nyassi | MF | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 35) | RoPS | 2015 | 29 | 4 |
| 20 | Gustavo | MF | (1985-07-07) 7 July 1985 (age 39) | Murici | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Shamit Shome | MF | (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 27) | Alberta Golden Bears | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Sadi Jalali | FW | (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 (age 29) | Edmonton Academy | 2013 | 28 | 2 |
| 16 | Daryl Fordyce | FW | (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37) | Linfield | 2013 | 80 | 25 |
| 18 | Tomi Ameobi | FW | (1988-08-16) 16 August 1988 (age 36) | Whitley Bay | 2014 | 51 | 18 |
| 23 | Jake Keegan | FW | (1991-04-21) 21 April 1991 (age 33) | Galway United | 2016 | 4 | 1 |

### Staff

* Colin Miller – Head Coach
* Rod Proudfoot – General Manager
* Jeff Paulus – Assistant Coach
* Darren Woloshen – Goalkeeping Coach
* Andeas Morse – Team Administrator
* Jose Jimenez – Athletic Therapist
* Brandon Salter – Assistant Athletic Therapist
* Dr. Terry De Freitas – Team Physician

## Transfers
### Winter

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Papé Diakité (from Royal Antwerp) |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Nikolas Ledgerwood (from Energie Cottbus) |
| 19 | MF | GER | Jason Plumhoff (from Harrisburg City Islanders) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Gustavo (from Murici) |
| 23 | FW | USA | Jake Keegan (from Galway United) |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Shamit Shome (from Alberta Golden Bears) |
| 29 | GK | CAN | Nathan Ingham (from K-W United) |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Adam Eckersley (from Hibernian) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Kareem Moses (to Carolina RailHawks) |
| 17 | MF | JAM | Lance Laing (to Minnesota United) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Indy Eleven (S) | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 16 | |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 16 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 14 | |
| 8 | Rayo OKC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | |
| 10 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Miami FC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 June 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 47 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Indy Eleven | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Rayo OKC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Miami FC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 26 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 26 | |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ottawa Fury | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 22 | |

#### 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 2016. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

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

    As of Match played 5 November 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | NASL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Matt Van Oekel | 32 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Allan Zebie | 12 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SEN | Papé Diakité | 30 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 16+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Albert Watson | 30 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Nikolas Ledgerwood | 32 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | HON | Cristian Raudales | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CAN | Ben Fisk | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Pablo Cruz | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SLV | Dustin Corea | 28 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | POR | Pedro Galvao | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Karsten Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GAM | Sainey Nyassi | 23 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NIR | Daryl Fordyce | 33 | 7 | 9+1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Tomi Ameobi | 33 | 2 | 6+2 | 0 | 20+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Gustavo Salgueiro | 16 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | CAN | Tyson Farago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GUM | Shawn Nicklaw | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Jake Keegan | 34 | 5 | 7+3 | 4 | 14+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Johann Smith | 15 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Marko Aleksic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Shamit Shome | 28 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Nicolás Di Biase | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Adam Eckersley | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players who left FC Edmonton during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CAN | Edson Edward | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CAN | Mallan Roberts | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Jason Plumhoff | 7 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 16 | Daryl Fordyce | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | 23 | Jake Keegan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | 4 | Papé Diakité | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | | 5 | Albert Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | | 18 | Tomi Ameobi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 9 | Ben Fisk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Nikolas Ledgerwood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 19 | Jason Plumhoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 20 | Gustavo Salgueiro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | 11 | Dustin Corea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | | 44 | Adam Eckersley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 26 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoffs | NASL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Matt Van Oekel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Edson Edward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Papé Diakité | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Albert Watson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Nikolas Ledgerwood | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Cristian Raudales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pablo Cruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Dustin Corea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Pedro Galvao | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Karsten Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Sainey Nyassi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Mallan Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Daryl Fordyce | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Tomi Ameobi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Gustavo Salgueiro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jake Keegan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Shamit Shome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Nicolás Di Biase | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Adam Eckersley | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 23 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 3 |