Lord Bob Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Surely FC Edmonton will keep bringing on international teams people have heard of for the Edmonton Cup, no? The Vancouver Whitecaps aren't nearly so exotic to the casual fan, and half the hardcores probably saw the Whitecaps playing the Aviators ten years ago. If there's a blank on the schedule, it's probably in case FC Edmonton beats Toronto and has to play in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 What is the "Edmonton Cup"? A friendly cup competition? Frankly, I doubt we would travel in numbers if it's not a competitive match. The Canadian Championship not only crowns the best Canadian club, but it's admission into the CONCACAF Champions League. We would travel in large numbers for that sort of a match. But for a friendly? Not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 We would travel in large numbers for that sort of a match. Large, by vancouver's standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Large, by vancouver's standards. oh snap ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedinathan Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 What is the "Edmonton Cup"? A friendly cup competition? Exactly. Nothing really at the end of the match except getting a big-ass trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Large, by vancouver's standards. Stones, glass houses? You lot send between zero and two people to Vancouver for matches. Plus, we'll be in MLS next season. Numbers will swell from D2 standards, darling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Stones, glass houses? You lot send between zero and two people to Vancouver for matches. Plus, we'll be in MLS next season. Numbers will swell from D2 standards, darling. Out of all people who would brag about having more of what is perceived as "plastic fans" at games, the Southsiders are the least likley choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 NASL schedule is out (PDF). Any guesses when the Canadian Championship fixtures will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Clearly late April, early May. Maybe a fist set of games on Wednesday April 27th - Montreal plays on the 23rd and then the 1st and Edmonton on the 20th and the 1st (don't know what the MLS schedule is). And the final Wednesday May 4th - Montreal plays on the 1st and the 14th & Edmonton plays on the 1st and 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 MLS schedule out today; shouldn't be long until we get the Voyageurs Cup fixtures. EDIT: Will be released in the next couple of weeks, according to Joey Saputo. Sounds like NASL's Div2 sanctioning might hold things up.... although if that takes too long, the CSA could simply sanction Montreal and Edmonton to play in the Voyageurs Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Read into it what you will, but Ticketmaster has Voyageurs Cup matches between "Vancouver and Montreal" as well as "Vancouver and Toronto", dates TBA. Oh, and the NASL was sanctioned for the 2011 season by the USSF today, so hopefully we should get the official fixtures from the CSA in the coming days. EDIT: schedule "coming soon", says the CSA on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedinathan Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 About time! I'm psyched for it... Hopefully the dates can be announced so the team can start putting up ads around town.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'm not sure I'm clear on the new format... can someone confirm for me? That it's 4 against 1 and 3 against 2, in two legged series, then the winners in another two legged series. If this is the case... how are the seedings determined? Last year's finish in respective leagues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I think seedings will now be based upon Voyageurs Cup results from the previous year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 April 27: FC Edmonton v Toronto FC May 4: Toronto FC v FC Edmonton (according to Toronto Sun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I think seedings will now be based upon Voyageurs Cup results from the previous year. Ok and for this year Edmonton is 4th by virtue of not having existed I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 April 27 Vancouver @ Stade Saputo Empire Field May 4 Impact @ Empire Field http://www.lfpress.com/sports/soccer/20 ... 09496.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Your link is broken. Do you mean http://www.lfpress.com/sports/soccer/2011/02/17/17309496.html ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Format confirmed: http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4668 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moldy9 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Edmonton vs Toronto and Vancouver vs Montreal. I think it will be good for soccer in Edmonton to have TFC show up. That will be one way to gather attention for the new club and rallying the people who call themselves City of Champions to join their ranks against the evil empire, center of the universe TFC. I sure hope there's no upset in the making... not. Go Edmonton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whale_31 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Have they announced who will be carrying this on TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 How do they determine seeds 3 and 4 for next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Damn shame. I was hoping for the Caps to play Edmonton so I could do the short road trip. Oh well that could still happen ...... Oh never mind Long road trip it is. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munseahawk Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 How do they determine seeds 3 and 4 for next year? I'd hazard a guess that unless Edmonton wins it this year, they will be the #4 seed again next year. They will be the only non-MLS team in the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I'd hazard a guess that unless Edmonton wins it this year, they will be the #4 seed again next year. They will be the only non-MLS team in the competition. I doubt they'll punish Edmonton just for being the only non-MLS team. More likely, they'll have some tie-breaker format (ie goal-differential, goals for, goals against, etc) and use that to determine which of the two semi-final losers from this year seeded 3rd and 4th for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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