FC Edmonton went undefeated through four preseason games in Scotland, and kept the streak going with a scoreless draw to open the spring season on the road against Rayo OKC on Saturday.

Making their NASL debut in front of a sellout crowd of 6,416, with 200 more standing in Yukon, Oklahoma’s Miller Stadium, Rayo OKC dominated possession from the 30th minute, when Eddies captain Albert Watson was handed a red card after taking his marker down just outside of the 18-yard box.

After an unsuccessful attempt on net from Rayo OKC, the physical element of the match picked up once again, with Sebastien Velasquez receiving a yellow of his own after an aggressive challenge on defender Eddie Edward.

The 10-man Eddies fought to the final whistle to kick things off with an all-important point, despite playing down a man for 60 minutes.

And Edmonton was lucky to escape unscathed after Greek international Gerogios Samaras entered the match in the 79th minute and nearly scored the first goal in club history, only to be turned aside by Eddied keeper Matt VanOekel, who also came up with the rebound by Rayo OKC’s El Salvador international Richard Menjivar.

“I thought it was a fantastic effort,” FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller stated on the team’s website. “I was really pleased with how we started the game. I thought the players responded really well [after having to play a man down].

“The work that we’ve done in preseason defensively was there for everyone to see.”

Making their debuts for Edmonton were Nik Ledgerwood, Pape Diakite, Adam Eckersley and Jake Keegan.

FC Edmonton returns to Clarke Park for their Canadian Tire home opener against Minnesota United FC, April 10 at 2 p.m.

EASY WIN FOR LEICESTER

On a day Arsenal, Manchester City, and Chelsea swept to 4-0 victories in the English Premier League, Leicester was the biggest winner of them all.

Leicester, the unlikely league leader, doesn’t play until Sunday but was given a boost in its remarkable title challenge when second-place Tottenham was held at Liverpool to 1-1.

Leicester will move seven points clear with six games left by beating Southampton at home.

Harry Kane’s 63rd-minute equalizer earned Spurs a point and moved him onto 22 league goals for the season — something never previously achieved in the league by a Tottenham player.

Man City has struggled away from home this season but was a comfortable winner at Bournemouth, with Kevin De Bruyne scoring on his return to the team after a two-month injury layoff, and Sergio Aguero heading in his 22nd goal of the season. City was 3-0 up after 19 minutes, and Aleksandr Kolarov added a late fourth.

Fourth-place City moved three points ahead of West Ham, which drew with Crystal Palace 2-2 after conceding a 75th-minute equalizer soon after going down to 10 men following Cheikhou Kouyate’s sending-off. Dwight Gayle, the player fouled by Kouyate, grabbed the equalizer at Upton Park.

Manchester United will leapfrog West Ham into sixth by beating Everton on Sunday.

At the bottom, Newcastle slipped six points adrift of safety after conceding an injury-time goal to lose at relegation rival Norwich 3-2.

Chelsea thrashed last-place Aston Villa 4-0, with Alexandre Pato scoring on his debut after coming on as a substitute. Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened the scoring and Pedro Rodriguez scored the other goals, leaving Villa 15 points from safety with six games left.

Swansea came from two goals down to draw at Stoke 2-2, and Sunderland drew with West Bromwich Albion 0-0.

— Postmedia wire services