Blue and White Army Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. FC Edmonton North American Soccer League Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Saturday, April 9, 2011 Kick-off 5:30pm MT / 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET Streaming internet video: FC Edmonton website or FL Strikers' website Official Edmonton viewing venue: Sports Central Bar and Grill 9221-34 Avenue, Edmonton, T6E 5T5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 My game preview and game day thread at Eighty Six Forever. As I discussed when looking at FC Edmonton's roster, this level gets a lot of journeymen trying to get back on track at a lower level as well as a lot of unproven kids trying to make the step up. Fort Lauderdale's actually not all that differently-built than FC Edmonton. The team's poached heavily from the Philadelphia Union, and as Marco Velez could tell you from the bench in Puerto Rico, picking up mediocre MLS players from mediocre MLS teams isn't always a recipe for success. I give FC Edmonton a very tentative advantage: they seem to have better technical players in the lineup. Their journeymen looking for a second chance seem better than Fort Lauderdale's, and Edmonton's players are more familiar with each other. On the other hand, Fort Lauderdale has a heavy advantage in North American professional experience and their forwards have proven more than Edmonton's have. I'm changing my mind: advantage to Fort Lauderdale. Ironically, I won't actually be watching most of this game because I've got family from Edmonton in town. By the way, those looking for the web stream: check http://www.strikers.com/live first. As of last report, a live stream on the Strikers website was definite, while on the FC Edmonton website it was only a maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedinathan Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 They have a link up on the FCE website right now. Hopefully it'll go off with min glitches, last year they streamed a game (against Miami FC) that went off almost hitch-free from Edmonton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESG Shawn Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thanks for posting the GDT. I never got around to it. I'm looking forward to the match tonight. Hoping for a decent turn out at the pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Calm Before the Storm: the prepations begin before the game - http://vimeo.com/22171662 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedinathan Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 very cool vid, but it seems like a really crappy layout, where the players have to go outside the stadium before entering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The streaming quality of this game looks to be a bit crap. Too bad they couldn't use the same equipment as CONCACAF uses for their streaming of the u17 and u20 men's tournaments. Now that's a high quality stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex D Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 It's amazing that Lockhart was ever an MLS stadium. Whatta dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Wonder if the FLS Kid with the Big Red Hair is any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZmac Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Sky divers into the stadium! Ft. Lauderdale goes all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 FLS may have the worst pro soccer jerseys I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Sky divers into the stadium! Ft. Lauderdale goes all out. You may not have noticed, but the smoke-emitting sky divers landed into a giant apple pie in the middle of the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 FC Edmonton certainly don't look out of their depth and are playing rather composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Saiko scores FCE's first goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Currently Fort Lauderdale 1-2 FC Edmonton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 YYYEEESSSS!!! GET IN THERE!:D:cool: any posters from FLS. thanks for a good game. Love that you got 6402 out to watch. Even the Feed had atmosphere Quick someone post to the CBC Newsroom, EDMONTON WIN ON ROAD TRIP! that'll throw a few locals into a loop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Impact Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Congrats ... Well Done Edmonton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 YYYEEESSSS!!! GET IN THERE!:D:cool: any posters from FLS. thanks for a good game. Love that you got 6402 out to watch. Even the Feed had atmosphere Quick someone post to the CBC Newsroom, EDMONTON WIN ON ROAD TRIP! that'll throw a few locals into a loop! Keep doing it, and have a successful season (and hope the Eskimos tank). It'll draw attention to the team during the summer if they're contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I'm having trouble getting on fcedmonton.com. You think their site crashed? Also, the other games were Tampa 1-0 Gulls and NSC 2-1 Silverbacks. Puerto Rico up 1-0 in their game so far - start was delayed by ~2 hours due to lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Metioned the same thing on the ESG thread. Apparently the 34 ave bar was Jumping, Perhaps they had newbie overload? *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Your first D2 game, on the road, you get a result and it's a full 3 points? Well done FCE! Bring on that Taranta team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoatsforever Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Keep doing it, and have a successful season (and hope the Eskimos tank). It'll draw attention to the team during the summer if they're contenders. Great result!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobe_z Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Way to get some respect in our first game... The NASL site has the result switched, FLS is in second place with 3 pts. Grrrr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobe_z Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Heh... I tweeted my outrage, and now it's all fixed. Good thing I took a screenshot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobe_z Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Edmonton+wins+first+ever+NASL+game/4590030/story.html Nice to see both the team and the ESG gettin' some press. A few nice quotes by (ESG)Shawn... hopefully we'll pick up a few converts with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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