2020 FC Edmonton 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.

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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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]

Current squad

As of August 12, 2020.

No.	Name	Nationality	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[A]		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)

Transfers

In

Transferred in

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]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. 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	4	MF	David Chung	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears
2	11	MF	Jacob Bosch	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
57	DF	Terique Mohammed	Toronto FC II	Season-long loan	August 3, 2020	[11]

Out

Transferred out

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]

Loans out

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]

Pre-season

Matches

All three matches were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Langley United v FC Edmonton

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

SK Soccer Selects v FC Edmonton

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

SK Soccer Selects v FC Edmonton

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

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

First stage

Table

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[a]
3	Forge	7	3	3	1	13	9	+4	12[a]
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[b]
7	Atlético Ottawa	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5	8[b]
8	FC Edmonton	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	1

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.^[16]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
2. Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

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

Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Forge FC v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC

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

Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC

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

Valour FC v FC Edmonton

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

FC Edmonton v York9 FC

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

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

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

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 6, 2020^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
				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

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Easton Ongaro	FW	3	3
2		Keven Alemán	MF	1	1
		Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	FW	1	1
Totals				5	5

Updated to match played September 6, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Antony Caceres	MF	1	1
		Terique Mohammed	DF	1	1
Totals				2	2

Updated to match played September 6, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
Totals			0	0

Updated to match played September 6, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
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

Updated to match played September 6, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

1. 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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