Josh is a journalist based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, with a love of football. His work appears in The Athletic, The Guardian, OneSoccer, TFC Republic and more. He's been covering the Wanderers and Tides since 2023.
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This year's Canadian Premier League table is tight. Extremely tight. Overall, this bodes well for the league at large but — entering Week 7 — makes it hard to make sense of clubs not named Forge or Pacific FC. Three points currently separate third placed Cavalry and the last placed
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After realizing dream of being drafted in MLS, Omar aspires to help lead Wanderers rebuild and beyond Mo Omar says he likes to live in the moment, good or bad. And there's moments that stand out if you peruse his footballing CV: leaving his family to attend Berkshire
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"They bossed us and this can't happen at home," says captain Rampersad Progress isn't linear and Saturday's match against a motivated York United showed just how much this new-look Halifax squad still has to learn. The Wanderers had their moments but conceded
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Both players looking to make their mark after careers spent in Europe Halifax Wanderers head coach Patrice Gheisar, wearing a tuque against the maritime chill, blows his whistle and sets his squad up to work on their set pieces. The ball is positioned on the right side of the pitch,
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Club earns fifth draw of the season at ATCO Field in Calgary Patrice Gheisar's squad is leaving Alberta with a point in the bag but a sour taste in their mouths following a controversial penalty in the 78th minute. Having stormed back to score two goals before half-time,
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Canadian football is in full swing and the Halifax Wanderers are already one month into this year's CPL season. Wanderers head coach Patrice Gheisar is still in search of his first CPL win, having drawn all four league matches, including his home opener to Vancouver FC. The club
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Coach Gheisar 'disappointed' with result but still hungry for first win It was a tale of two halves for Patrice Gheisar's Halifax Wanderers in Winnipeg. The match started closer to a back alley brawl at IG Field than football as both the Wanderers and Valour FC
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Broncos head coach shares his thoughts on first-year centreback's potential Be it the NCAA or the CPL, it doesn't take long for Daniel Nimick to make an impression. In his first campaign with the Halifax Wanderers, the Labrador-born but England-raised centreback has proven a steady option
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Despite promising start, Wanderers again concede lead going into half-time Down a goal and choked in midfield by a sea of white shirts, Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi made a gutsy call which would ultimately earn his team a point. Ghotbi had granted Vancouver midfielder Nathaniel St. Louis his
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Excitement builds as Vancouver FC arrive for Halifax's home opener You can feel it in the spring air. The excitement, the anticipation of tomorrow's songs and half-priced pints and football shimmers above Halifax on the eve of the new-look Wanderers' home opener against Vancouver FC.
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Gheisar applauds positive start to season, still looking for first win Halifax Wanderers captain Andre Rampersad turns and runs hard towards his own 18-yard box. He is scrambling to close off the space exposed by a teammate's poor cross and tracks the flurry of orange shirts closing in
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Club dominates possession in opening games against Atlético Ottawa Patrice Gheisar is a coach driven by philosophy. And after a long off-season, CPL fans have finally gotten a taste of his front foot, attacking system which earned him so many accolades at League1 Ontario club Vaughan. The Wanderers first two