Edmonton Aviators SC - last updated on 5 July 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Edmonton Aviators Soccer Club
Foundation: 2004
City: Edmonton, Alberta
Colours: Red and blue
Website: no website
Honours:
Edmonton Aviators SC has no honours.
A bit of history:
The Edmonton Aviators were a soccer club based in Edmonton, Canada. They were a member of the North American A-League and folded after playing only one season, 2004. Midway through the season, with the club in financial trouble, the league took it over to save it from folding. The renamed Edmonton F.C. only lasted until the end of the year.
Expectations that Edmonton could support an A-League team were high, as the city had recently hosted the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship at Commonwealth Stadium to tremendous success and similarly had success in hosting a number of the Canadian men's international games.
The group that brought the Aviators to Edmonton claimed that they were in it for the long haul, believing that they could keep the team in Edmonton for three years at a minimum, offering both men's and women's soccer to the city of Edmonton. However, the owners were planning for average crowds of 11,000 at Commonwealth Stadium, which some members of the local press held as unrealistic. This would have placed the Aviators, a mere expansion team, near the top of the A-League in attendance. On April 29th, 2004, they announced their men's roster, including former Drillers Kurt Bosch, Rick Titus, Nikola Vignjevic, Eric Munoz, and Sipho Sibya, as well as a number of highly regarded local players such as U-20 National Team player Chris Lemire. To round out the roster, internationals Claudio Salinas, Jamie Lopresti, and Jose Luis Campi were added. There was great hope and optimism for the local teams success.
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