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Watson was first to the ball delivered in by midfielder Sainey Nyassi and headed it into the net to give Edmonton the lead.

“We got the first goal and that got us up and running,” Watson said. “You could see the relief in the celebration. We know that we can score goals, we have players on the team that can score goals, and we just need to get that first one. I thought we bossed (controlled) the game after that. I don’t think we were lucky to win the game, we had a few other chances and I thought we defended well.”

Forward Jake Keegan added a second in the 69th minute off another defensive mistake, made by Fernando Timbo, who was caught flat-footed on a clearance out of the Edmonton end.

Timbo went up to head the ball and attempted to knock it back to his goalkeeper, but put it right in the path of Keegan. The newly signed striker took the gift, went in on goal and turned Alves and Peiser inside out, before slotting the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

“It’s not a surprise he was looking for the ball in behind, because we’ve worked on it all week in training,” Miller said. “He’s going to be a fan favourite here, there is no question about it, our fans are going to love this guy. He gives you heart and soul for 90 minutes and he’s going to be a real pest to play against. Defenders are going to be looking right, left, and centre to see where he’s going and where he’s come from.

“He’s going to score a lot of goals for us, because he’s scored in a good league in Ireland and he’s now making that transition to the Eddies.”