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For FC Edmonton, their pre-season trip through Scotland was as much about the journey as it was the destination.

And the fact that they came home undefeated after four games in a little over a week would have been unprecedented if not only for the minor detail that it was the first voyage of its kind the Eddies have ever taken.

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They followed up a 2-0 win over Partick Thistle with a 2-1 victory over Airdrieonians FC before drawing 2-2 with a strong Newcastle United U-21 crew.

And they wrapped up the 13-day experience with a 1-0 blanking of Queen’s Park FC.

“The biggest thing that we wanted to get out of it was obviously get in good games. That’s a no-brainer,” FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller said Monday. “But the speed of the game in Scotland, the passion of the players you compete against, and the culture of how much the game means there and the supporters of every club, that was the biggest thing that we tried to get across to the lads.