April 28, 2022 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – FC Edmonton News Release
EDMONTON – FC Edmonton may be underdogs this year, but they’re proving to have quite a bite.
The Eddies battled the defending Canadian Premier League champions, Pacific FC to a 0-0 draw, Wednesday night at Clarke Stadium.
It was a strong bounce back effort for FC Edmonton, who controlled the play for strong portions of the match, and despite not scoring a goal, looked dangerous offensively.
“We just went toe-to-toe with the champions who are undefeated, and could have won the game,” said FC Edmonton head coach Alan Koch.
“I think for who we are and where we’ve come from, that’s a massive achievement.
“We’re not going to go out and go crazy and celebrate tonight, but that is a little bit of a morale victory for us; to put in a performance like that and get a clean sheet.”
Pacific FC is loaded with talent and experience, but that didn’t stop the Eddies to push back and show that they can hang with the defending CPL champs. Defensively, they made it tough on Pacific FC to get any big opportunities from inside the box, and they attacked with speed, which gave the Eddies plenty of solid scoring chances, they just couldn’t finish.
One of their best scoring opportunities came in the first half off the foot of Mamadi Camara, who raced up the right side of the pitch, made a nice move inside and got his shot off, but goalkeeper Callum Irving got his fingertips on the ball to just steer it wide of the post.
The Eddies are a young group, and are still trying to find their way offensively, but the chemistry is starting to build amongst the team.
“These things are going to take time, it takes time to build chemistry and to know what people are like on the field,” said Camara, who was making his first career start at midfield for the Eddies.
“I think the game that we play is just going to keep getting better and better.
“We came in with a game plan and we executed. The first half was a little bit difficult,…
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