Match Thread: April 30, 2022 - HFX Wanderers v Edmonton

[narduch]

Game is at 3pm local time (2pm ET) on One Soccer.

Head-to-head these teams have 3 wins each and 2 draws.

This is Wanderers first home game of the season.

Both teams previous match was v Pacific. Edmonton tied them 0-0 on Wednesday and Wanders lost 2-1 on Sunday.

 

[Lurker]

5C, 20-40km winds, light showers… doesn’t look like the best weather but I think the place is gonna be packed.

[narduch]

Preview from CPL site

https://canpl.ca/article/preview-hfx-wanderers-vs-fc-edmonton-2022-match-15

[grasshopper1917]

Heard a rumor there is a soccer game today?? Thumbs up!

[narduch]

 

[narduch]

1-1 at the half 

[patty]

poor pitch conditions but an entertaining half.

 

[masster]

Shouldnt the pitch be in better shape for the first match of the season?

[patty]

Just now, masster said:

Shouldnt the pitch be in better shape for the first match of the season?

I believe that it's weather related. 

 

[narduch]

Salter gives Wanderers the lead

 

[narduch]

Garcia pk makes it 3-1 for HFX

[narduch]

Wanderers win 3-1

[Lurker]

It’s funny, the pitch didn’t seem that bad.  Perhaps it was the side closer the bench that was chewed up.  I’ll check the highlights out later.

Glad to see we can score from open play!

[yothat2]

1 hour ago, narduch said:

Salter gives Wanderers the lead

 

what is Luke Singh watching

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

 

[toontownman]

1 hour ago, yothat2 said:

what is Luke Singh watching

Shame as he has played pretty well imo. He tends to like being high up the pitch than is neccesary though.

[grasshopper1917]

I don't know I was at the match and the pitch was not great but not terrible. Great day place was packed!

[Big_M]

fernandez was the best player on the pitch

[Lurker]

8 minutes ago, Big_M said:

fernandez was the best player on the pitch

Despite another major defending gaffe I really think Tabi was the player who stood out the most from a raw talent perspective today ( getting to watch him in person ).  He seems like he had a lot of potential to grow into a great player.

Edited May 1, 2022 by Lurker

[Big_M]

fernandez got the penalty + an assist...theres really no way to say that tabi was better specially when he gave up a penalty

[Lurker]

I agree, Fernandez the better player in that game for sure.  Didn’t mean to take anything away from his performance, he was great, we’d be looking at a draw without him.  Getting to see each player live again for the first time in a while it was Tabi that seemed to keep grabbing my attention with raw talent.  I might be biased haha, I thought he stood out since game one vs York.