Today at 2 p.m. the St. Albert Impact premier men’s team hosts the FC Edmonton reserve academy team at Riel Recreation Park.
The exhibition match is part of the St. Alberta Soccer Association’s coaching symposium, featuring FC Edmonton coaches and players.
From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. today, FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller will run a training session with his first team players in preparation for Sunday’s North American Soccer League contest against the Carolina RailHawks at 2 p.m. at Clarke Park.
The Impact are coming off a come-from-behind 4-2 decision Thursday against the DV Oldboys (1-6-1) in St. Albert.
Down 2-0 with only 10 players, the Impact rallied to posted their fourth victory in eight matches in the Edmonton District Soccer Association. Jeff Bruha scored three times and Moritz Schmidt also tallied. Connor MacEachran started in net and Adam Pinco finished the game.
Monday the Impact lost 3-1 to Sherwood Park Karpaty (4-2-1) in St. Albert. Ciaran Thompson scored and MacEachran was in net.
The next home game for the Impact (4-3-1) is this Thursday versus AC Milan (4-2-1) at 8:30 p.m.
Jason Miller of the St. Albert Raiders is the recipient of the Brian Sutter Award as the top defensive forward in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League.
The award was voted on by the league’s coaches and managers.
Previous winners from the Raiders were Mike Klassen in 1995/96 and Thomas Foster last year.
Miller, a first-year Raiders’ centre, tied for seventh in team scoring with 18 points. The Grade 11 Spruce Grove Composite High School student recorded seven goals and 11 assists in 34 games.
The AMHL also awarded a $1,000 post-secondary scholarship to Sebastien Auray, a second-year Raiders’ forward and Grade 12 St. Albert Catholic High School student.
The Panther Athletic Club and Skyhawks Basketball are holding a three-hour coaching clinic with former national senior women’s head coach Allison McNeill on Sept. 14.
McNeill coached Team Canada from 2002 to 2012 and finished her reign with a quarter-final appearance at the London Olympic Games.
Coaches will come away from the clinic with concepts, drills and ideas they can implement at any level in their next practice or next season.
Space is limited for the clinic at Spruce Grove Composite High School, plus the player development session that evening in Spruce Grove and the next day at St. Albert Catholic High School.
To register or for more information, contact Dave Oldham at [email protected] or John Dedrick at [email protected]
