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Old Posted May 25, 2018, 10:21 PM
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HFX Wanderers FC

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Halifax officially has a team in the professional top tier Canadian Premier League (soccer). It's great to be part of a coast to coast national pro league in it's inaugural season.

I like the name wanderers and I think the football team's crest looks good.

Can't wait to see the 7,000 seat stadium packed downtown on the Wanderers Grounds.
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Congratulations Halifax on your soccer team. I like the name as well. Maybe in a few years you'll have a football team too.
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Stephen Hart announced as coach of new Halifax Wanderers FC

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Open trials are being held on Sep. 20 and 21 for HFX Wanderers FC.
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Thanks to JHikka for finding this (on the stadium and arenas thread):





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HFX @ Pacific seems like it has the potential to be very visually confusing... the kits are almost identical.
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I imagine that when Pacific comes to Halifax they will just wear there home kits.
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I imagine that when Pacific comes to Halifax they will just wear there home kits.
They can easily just change kits for that one (?) match they play in Victoria.
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Wanderers approaching sell-outs as Halifax’s ‘reputation’ entices fans
2019-04-09
by ARMEN BEDAKIAN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — HFX Wanderers FC executive Derek Martin is starting to see something special take hold in Halifax. In true Haligonian spirit, the city has embraced soccer – Canadian soccer – not for what it is, but for what it will soon be.

See, there’s a reason Halifax is the almost-unanimous away trip of choice among CPL players, coaches and staff. It’s the same reason that the team’s flag has become a symbol for a movement that has brought a professional sports team to the city for the first time, and the reason why the club’s newly-unveiled kits have already proved massively popular, and, as Martin revealed, the reason why ticket sales are through the roof.

“Halifax has a reputation –,” Martin begins, pausing for a moment before coyly adding: ” – It’s a party town.”

Oh?

“There are great bars and restaurants, lots of students out and about on the weekends. And all of that is within a five-minute walk of our grounds,” he continued.

Indeed, Wanderers Grounds is located right in the heart of downtown Halifax, and the party’s just getting started as supporters begin organizing and rallying ahead of the team’s inaugural season. That central location is why Martin expects the HFX gameday experience to resonate further out than the confines of his team’s rafters.

“Halifax will live up to its reputation,” Martin told CanPL.ca. “We expect to see the entire city lit up and engaged during game days.

“That’s the secret sauce to making this work; it’s not just about 6,000 fans at the venue – when the entire city can feel when an event is happening, and knows that a game is on because of the noise and the energy, that’s when you really capture the hearts of the people.”

While Martin expects the entirety of Halifax to enjoy the Wanderers’ experience, the city isn’t exactly shying away from watching matches in-person, either.

Martin revealed the club is “going to get pretty close to sell outs” across the season, with less than 500 single tickets remaining for the club’s first home match against Forge FC on May 4.

There are also fewer than 500 season tickets up for grabs, too, and less than 1,000 single-match tickets remaining for matches throughout the rest of the season.

It means the Wanderers – who are currently in the Dominican Republic for pre-season training – head into their first season knowing that a strong base of some 5,000 fans will be in attendance week-in, week-out.

Martin also revealed the club will be holding onto a reserve of tickets for each tilt in anticipation of welcoming new fans who join their movement as the momentum builds throughout 2019.

As for that first game? Martin affirmed the expectation is that Wanderers Grounds will be “completely sold out.”

So, for those adventurous supporters looking to take in an away trip to Halifax and see the rest of this beautiful country, the advice here is to start booking early. Because, as Martin explains, Halifax isn’t holding back the love for HFX Wanderers FC.

“There’s really not a week that goes by where I’m out driving around or at an event or out with my kids on the weekend and we don’t run into somebody who’s wearing a t-shirt or a hat or a scarf,” Martin said, adding that he and his son have made a hobby of pointing out all the bumper stickers they spot of the club logo.

“When you see that stuff you envision in your own mind start to be adopted by the people, it’s a pretty rewarding feeling. It’s been an amazing thing to watch happen.”
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Great to see!

Honestly, it makes the most sense for Halifax on a cultural basis.
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If you are going to lose the first game, doing by only one goal is the best way to do it. I didn't see all of it but so proud that this has started! Bring on the home opener!!
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I think the home crowd will give them the motivation to be more aggressive on offence. I watched the whole game, very exciting and proud of the wanderers!
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Amazing to see the amount of space the *@&#%! Oval takes up by comparison.

Also, how did Citadel High (I presume) get a piece of land across the street at the base of Citadel Hill to use as a parking lot?
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Also, how did Citadel High (I presume) get a piece of land across the street at the base of Citadel Hill to use as a parking lot?
That is an Indigo public parking lot. Fans can also park at the large parkade in Park Lane Mall (Only $5).
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Solid venue, lots of localized vendors (and nationals)
great atmosphere
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Solid venue, lots of localized vendors (and nationals)
great atmosphere
Did you go? It looked great on Television!

2-1 Victory!


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Sportsnet Coverage of the game by Sportsnet's John Molinaro:

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Thrilling HFX Wanderers home opener a landmark moment for Halifax



HALIFAX – While serving as coach of the Canadian national team, and desperately trying to drum up fan interest ahead of a World Cup qualifier in Toronto in 2011, Stephen Hart urged local sports fans to buy tickets for the game by famously imploring them to “taste the soup.”

“Come out and see what it’s about, and sort of push the team along. If it’s truly something you want to see — [Canada qualifying for] a World Cup — you could be a big part of that and you could also probably have bragging rights to say ‘I was there from the very beginning,’ and not just jump on the bandwagon,” Hart said at the time.

Eight years later, Hart now finds himself as the head coach of HFX Wanderers FC, who earned a 2-1 win over Hamilton-based Forge FC on Saturday afternoon in their home opener of the Canadian Premier League season. Akeem Garcia wrote his name in the history books as the first goal scorer in Wanderers’ history, and Luis Perea brought the house down with his game-winning goal in the 82nd minute.

Beyond seeing his team earn its first win, Hart had to have liked what he saw, as not only did Halifax sports fans “taste the soup,” they licked their bowls clean and asked for seconds. A sellout crowd of 6,113 fans jammed into the popup stadium located on the historic Wanderers Grounds in the heart of the city, wedged between Citadel Hill and the Public Gardens, marking the return of pro soccer to Halifax for the first time since 1991 when the Nova Scotia Clippers competed in the old Canadian Soccer League.
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