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2020 HFX Wanderers FC season

The 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as second season in Canadian Premier League history. The Wanderers were CPL runners-up, having been defeated by Forge FC in the 2020 CPL Final.

HFX Wanderers
2020 season
PresidentDerek Martin
Head coachStephen Hart
StadiumWanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier LeagueRunners-up
Canadian ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerAkeem Garcia
(6 goals)
← 2019
2021 →

Current squad edit

As of July 31, 2020[1]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Jason Beaulieu   GK (1994-02-12)February 12, 1994 (aged 26)   Montreal Impact
50 Christian Oxner   GK (1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 24)   Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
2 Peter Schaale   CB (1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 24)   CBU Capers
3 Jems Geffrard   CB (1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 26)   Fresno FC
6 Chrisnovic N'sa   CB / CM (1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 21)   Montreal Impact Academy
13 Daniel Kinumbe   LB (1999-03-15)March 15, 1999 (aged 21)   Montreal Impact
14 Mateo Restrepo   RB (1997-04-29)April 29, 1997 (aged 23)   UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
16 Luke Green   CB (2002-12-12)December 12, 2002 (aged 18)   Suburban FC
20 Jake Ruby   RB (2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 20)   Trinity Western Spartans
24 Alex De Carolis   LB / CB (1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 28)   Umeå FC
31 Eriks Santos[A]   CB (1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 24)   Dila Gori
Midfielders
5 Louis Béland-Goyette   DM / CM (1995-09-15)September 15, 1995 (aged 25)   Valour FC
8 Omar Kreim   MF (1995-02-10)February 10, 1995 (aged 25)   Montreal Carabins
10 Alessandro Riggi   LW / RW (1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 27)   Phoenix Rising
15 Scott Firth   CM (2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 19)   Suburban FC
17 Aboubacar Sissoko   DM (1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 25)   Montreal Carabins
18 Andre Rampersad   CM (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 25)   Santa Rosa
22 João Morelli   AM (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 24)   FCI Levadia
Forwards
7 Alex Marshall   LW / CF (1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 22)   Cavalier
9 Ibrahima Sanoh   CF (1994-04-11)April 11, 1994 (aged 26)   Holland College Hurricanes
11 Akeem Garcia   CF / RW (1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 24)   Santa Rosa
23 Cory Bent   LW / ST (1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 23)   CBU Capers

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF   Omar Kreim   Montreal Carabins Free transfer November 28, 2019 [2]
17 MF   Aboubacar Sissoko   Montreal Carabins Free transfer November 28, 2019 [2]
9 FW   Ibrahima Sanoh   Holland College Hurricanes Free transfer December 3, 2019 [3]
2 DF   Peter Schaale   CBU Capers Free transfer December 12, 2019 [4]
10 MF   Alessandro Riggi   Phoenix Rising Free transfer December 18, 2019 [5]
5 MF   Louis Béland-Goyette   Valour FC Free transfer January 8, 2020 [6]
13 DF   Daniel Kinumbe   Montreal Impact Free transfer January 15, 2020 [7]
14 DF   Mateo Restrepo   UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Free transfer January 22, 2020 [8]
7 MF   Alex Marshall   Cavalier Free transfer January 29, 2020 [9]
1 GK   Jason Beaulieu   Montreal Impact Free transfer February 6, 2020 [10]
3 DF   Jems Geffrard   Fresno FC Free transfer February 18, 2020 [11]
31 DF   Eriks Santos   Dila Gori Free transfer February 25, 2020 [12]
22 MF   João Morelli   FCI Levadia Free transfer February 25, 2020 [12]
23 MF   Cory Bent   CBU Capers Selected 1st overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft May 4, 2020 [13]
20 DF   Jake Ruby   Trinity Western Spartans Selected 14th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft July 31, 2020 [14]
16 DF   Luke Green   Suburban FC Free transfer July 31, 2020 [14]

Draft picks edit

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.[15] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 1 LW Cory Bent   England CBU Capers
2 14 RB Jake Ruby   Canada Trinity Western University

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
21 GK   Jan-Michael Williams Retired December 10, 2019 [16]
23 DF   Matthew Arnone   York9 FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
3 DF   André Bona Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
7 MF   Juan Diego Gutiérrez   Oriente Petrolero Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
4 DF   Chakib Hocine   Valour FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
9 MF   Kodai Iida   OKC Energy FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
5 MF   Elton John Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
12 MF   Mohamed Kourouma   Atlético Ottawa Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
14 FW   Vincent Lamy Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
20 DF   Ndzemdzela Langwa Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
16 DF   Duran Lee   FC Edmonton Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
13 MF   Kouamé Ouattara Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
10 FW   Luis Alberto Perea   Carlos Stein Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
8 MF   Elliot Simmons   Cavalry FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
17 FW   Tomasz Skublak Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
25 DF   Zachary Sukunda   Ekenäs IF Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
22 MF   Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]

Canadian Premier League edit

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).

First stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 7 4 1 2 10 7 +3 13 Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12[a]
3 Forge 7 3 3 1 13 9 +4 12[a]
4 Pacific 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
5 York9 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10
6 Valour 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8[b]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7 2 2 3 7 12 −5 8[b]
8 FC Edmonton 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 1
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[18]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match edit

Match1234567
ResultDDLWDWW
Position3454642
Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

August 15 1 HFX Wanderers FC 2–2 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
August 19 2 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
August 23 3 Cavalry FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
August 26 4 FC Edmonton 1–3 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic
August 29 5 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 York9 FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
September 2 6 Valour FC 0–2 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic
September 6 7 HFX Wanderers FC 2–0 Atlético Ottawa Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Group stage edit

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 Cavalry 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[a]
4 Pacific 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[19]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round edit

Round123
ResultDWL
Position222
Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

September 9 1 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
September 12 2 Cavalry FC 1–2 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 15 3 HFX Wanderers FC 0–5 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00 PM Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Final edit

September 19 2020 CPL Final Forge FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics edit

Squad and statistics edit

As of September 20, 2020

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CAN Jason Beaulieu 4 0 4+0 0
2 DF   GER Peter Schaale 10 0 10+0 0
3 DF   HAI Jems Geffrard 11 0 11+0 0
5 MF   CAN Louis Béland-Goyette 10 0 7+3 0
6 DF   CAN Chrisnovic N'sa 9 0 8+1 0
7 FW   JAM Alex Marshall 11 0 5+6 0
8 MF   MAR Omar Kreim 10 1 4+6 1
9 FW   GUI Ibrahima Sanoh 5 1 2+3 1
10 MF   CAN Alessandro Riggi 8 1 6+2 1
11 FW   TRI Akeem Garcia 10 6 8+2 6
13 DF   CAN Daniel Kinumbe 4 0 3+1 0
14 DF   CAN Mateo Restrepo 10 0 6+4 0
15 MF   CAN Scott Firth 2 0 1+1 0
16 DF   CAN Luke Green 1 0 1+0 0
17 MF   MLI Aboubacar Sissoko 10 0 8+2 0
18 MF   TRI Andre Rampersad 11 0 9+2 0
20 DF   CAN Jake Ruby 8 0 3+5 0
22 MF   BRA João Morelli 9 4 8+1 4
23 FW   ENG Cory Bent 10 1 5+5 1
24 DF   CAN Alex De Carolis 6 1 5+1 1
50 GK   CAN Christian Oxner 7 0 7+0 0

Top scorers edit

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1   Akeem Garcia FW 6 6
2   João Morelli MF 4 4
3   Ibrahima Sanoh FW 1 1
  Omar Kreim FW 1 1
  Alex De Carolis DF 1 1
  Cory Bent FW 1 1
  Alessandro Riggi FW 1 1
Totals 15 15

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists edit

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1   Andre Rampersad MF 2 2
  Alex Marshall FW 2 2
3   Alessandro Riggi MF 1 1
  João Morelli MF 1 1
Totals 6 6

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets edit

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1   Christian Oxner 2 2
Totals 2 2

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
       
1 GK   Jason Beaulieu 1 0 1 0
2 DF   Peter Schaale 3 0 3 0
3 DF   Jems Geffrard 1 0 1 0
5 MF   Louis Béland-Goyette 3 0 3 0
7 FW   Alex Marshall 1 0 1 0
14 DF   Mateo Restrepo 1 0 1 0
18 MF   Andre Rampersad 2 0 2 0
20 MF   Jake Ruby 1 0 1 0
22 MF   João Morelli 0 1 0 1
24 DF   Alex De Carolis 1 0 1 0
50 GK   Christian Oxner 2 0 2 0
Totals 16 1 16 1

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes edit

  1. ^ Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References edit

  1. ^ "Roster". HFXWanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Wanderers snap up Montreal Carabins duo Kreim and Sissoko". canpl.ca. CPL. November 28, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Wanderers add attacking depth with signing of college star Sanoh". canpl.ca. CPL. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Wanderers bring back defensive anchor Peter Schaale". canpl.ca. CPL. December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Wanderers bring artistry to attack by signing 'tricky' Canadian Alessandro Riggi". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. December 18, 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "Wanderers sign coveted former Valour playmaker Louis Béland-Goyette". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Wanderers add new dimension to back line with signing of Daniel Kinumbe". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 15, 2020. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Wanderers sign enterprising young Canadian defender Mateo Restrepo". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Wanderers add flair to forward line by signing Jamaican international Alex Marshall". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 29, 2020. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Wanderers complete goalkeeping tandem with signing of Jason Beaulieu". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. February 6, 2020. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  11. ^ "Wanderers get defensive know-how with Canadian-born, Haitian international Jems Geffrard". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. February 18, 2020. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Wanderers bring samba style to Halifax with Brazilian pair João Morelli and Eriks Santos". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. February 25, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  13. ^ "HFX Wanderers sign 2019 CPL-U SPORTS 1st overall pick Cory Bent". canpl.ca. CanPL. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Wanderers add youth, competition to back-line with signing of defenders Jake Ruby and local teenager Luke Green". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers. July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  15. ^ "Wanderers pick 'brightest prospect' Cory Bent first and add Jake Ruby in CPL-U SPORTS Draft". HFXWanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  16. ^ "Wanderers goalkeeper Williams retires, joins coaching staff". canpl.ca. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "HFX Wanderers FC thank non-returning players". HFXWanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. December 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  18. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 13, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 13, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links edit

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