Former Oilers executive appointed president of FC Edmonton
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Former Edmonton Oilers executive Jeff Harrop has been named president of FC Edmonton, which is currently being run by the Canadian Premier League.
Former Edmonton Oilers executive Jeff Harrop has been named president of FC Edmonton, which is currently being run by the Canadian Premier League.
The league announced Dec. 31 that it had taken over operation of FC Edmonton while a search for new ownership continues. That hunt is ongoing.
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Harrop, who served as senior vice-president marketing and a member of the executive leadership team at Oilers Entertainment Group from 2015 to 2021, says he expects to continue work under the new ownership.
“That’s the goal,” he said in an interview. “Certainly they’ve hired me here for the long-term. I think they took a look at my track record in sports-entertainment and prior to that with some blue-chip companies (Molson Coors, Johnson and Johnson) and certainly my local market knowledge.
“So their expectation is that a new owner would come in and want to have that continuity and expertise to move forward.”
Harrop, an Edmonton native, replaces FC Edmonton president and GM Eric Newendorp, who joined the club in 2020.
Harrop points to the Olympic triumph by the Canadian women last summer in Tokyo and the rise of the Canadian men, including bumper crowds for November World Cup qualifying matches at Commonwealth Stadium, saying he sees a bright future for the sport in Edmonton.
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