Provincial rivalries will definitely help gets butts in seats. I'm going to the game in Edmonton with a few others, and am hoping for a large turnout for the return leg in Calgary.
Also, this was a preseason derby that the two clubs' supporters groups proposed years ago to both clubs. Foothills were interested at the time, but FC Edmonton wanted nothing to do with it. Funny how now that they've lost their NASL club, they're all over it.
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