"The game against Man City is great, a great experience, it's a friendly," Van 't Schip said. "The game against Edgeworth is an official game and for us it can mean we can play more and go for a prize.
"Every game counts but this game will count more as we prepare for the season ... for us, (Edgeworth) is more important."
Van 't Schip's view is not at all a slight on his parent club, touring Australia for the International Champions Cup, but a reflection of where the A-League club places its priorities for the season ahead.
Melbourne City will take on Manchester City on the Gold Coast later this month, with its FFA Cup clash to be scheduled in the next four weeks.
Van 't Schip's side was dumped out of the Cup at the same stage last season, losing 3-1 to Sydney FC at the same stage.
Having already added Socceroos defender Ivan Franjic and star striker Corey Gameiro to its squad since season's end - and extending French winger Harry Novillo's stay - Van 't Schip said he would use the time to bring the team together.
"We're going to prepare for it as professionally as possible, we can use it to gel and have a good official game up in Newcastle," he said.
The FFA Cup draw was significant for another Victorian club, South Melbourne.
The National Soccer League (NSL) powerhouse will travel to the Gold Coast to play Palm Beach.
"We would have liked it at home but that's the magic of the cup and the luck of the draw ... the players and the coaching staff are happy," club president Leo Athanasakis said.
Arguably Australia's largest club outside the A-League, South Melbourne missed qualification last year at the last hurdle.
Athanasakis said the club was eager to again perform on the national stage.
"Being an ambitious club and the history we've got, we were champing at the bit to make it," he said.
"We knew how big this tournament would be and thankfully it spurred us on to success this year."
