CanPL roundup: Wanderers go local, former England U-17 joins the Cavalry 30 Jan 2019 On Wednesday, Wanderers announced the signing of the club’s first local player, 17-year-old Scott Firth.
Chance to be a CanPL original attracted Simmons to Halifax 23 Jan 2019 There’s something that no one will ever be able to take away from the players who are in uniform for their respective teams’ first-ever Canadian Premier League games: Those players will always be able to say they were CanPL day-one’rs. They’ll always have that historical link to the league and Canadian soccer.
Lamy: “It was an easy choice to come to Halifax” 22 Jan 2019 “Soccer is about opportunity, and the Impact didn’t need me right now,” said Lamy. “I hope that the opportunity comes that they are going to need me.”
Hocine looks to anchor the back line in Halifax 16 Jan 2019 Hocine spent last season with Finnish side Ekenas IF. At six-foot-five, he is expected to be a commanding presence in the box. He was with Ekenas IF of the Finnish second division, and enjoyed a great season where he was nominated for defender-of-the-year honours in the second tier.
Wanderers sign four players from T&T 10 Jan 2019 Halifax Wanderers unveiled four Trinidad and Tobago players on Thursday; veteran keeper Jan-Michael Williams, forward Akeem Garcia, midfielder Andre Rampersad and midfielder Elton John.
Three CanPL sides get first-round byes in new Canadian Championship format 10 Jan 2019 Greenhouses don’t have as many seedings as the new, improved Canadian Championship will have in 2019.
Sukunda on being the first Wanderer: “It’s too good to be true” 29 Nov 2018 For Canadian fullback Zachary Sukunda, making the move to Halifax was heavily influenced by a single factor — Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart.
It’s a Bitar-sweet beginning to the CanPL draft 13 Nov 2018 The first-ever No. 1 pick in a Canadian Premier League draft is Carleton University’s Gabriel Bitar.
Can the CanPL start fixing our country’s “Mayan pyramid?” 24 Oct 2018 The task is daunting. The CanPL coaches are building a soccer league in a country that has never really embraced one. Success on the field, in the stands, and with player development may be elusive for years.
Hart to lead Halifax Wanderers as the club’s first coach and GM 28 Jun 2018 The Canadian Premier League’s silly season for coaching announcements continued Thursday, as Halifax Wanderers unveiled former Canadian national-team boss Stephen Hart as the man who will lead the club in its inaugural season.
