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Healey & Bailey Notebook: Halifax Wanderers' Daniel Clarke talks CPL draft, winning U-Sports national championship and trialing at clubs in England

On this episode, we're joined by 20-year-old goalkeeper Daniel Clarke, the fifth overall pick of the 2024 CPL U-Sports Draft. We talk being selected by the Halifax Wanderers and how he's preparing for pre-season, growing up in the UK before moving to Canada, his time trialling with the likes of Leicester City and Port Vale in England as a teenager, his stellar university campaign which saw him win the U-Sports Men's Soccer national championship with Cape Breton University, if he'd ever represent the #CanMNT, and lots more!

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Halifax Tides make history, debuting professional women's football in Atlantic Canada, but fall 4-1 to Calgary Wild

The Halifax Tides were greeted by singing, drums and thunderous support from a nearly sold out Wanderers Grounds on Saturday as they made history with their Northern Super League (NSL) debut. Despite the dreary weather, the atmosphere was electric as the Tides starting XI — which included Nova Scotians Sydney Kennedy

Squad depth, exemplified through Vitor Dias' late heroics, propels Wanderers past Valour FC

"These are not your 2024 Halifax Wanderers!" These words, exclaimed by OneSoccer's Adam Jenkins following midfielder Vitor Dias' 90th minute winner versus Valour FC on Friday, highlight what head coach Patrice Gheisar and the Wanderers have worked hard to prove since the off-season: this is

‘The vibe is great’: Wanderers’ growth evident in 3-1 home opener win versus Pacific FC

It was a familiar situation — leading 2-1 and with time trickling away — against a formidable foe in Pacific FC, a script, if one were to re-visit past iterations, where the Halifax Wanderers were destined to play the tragic hero. It is a role they reprised again and again in 2024,

Wanderers earn first win of 2025, showcasing trust, in pursuit of 'an idea that will continue to grow'

This iteration of the Halifax Wanderers is very much incomplete, an oil painting still on the easel. But on Sunday, versus an organized opponent at York Lions Stadium, head coach Patrice Gheisar's side laid a few more brushstrokes, earning their first win of 2025 in a spirited 2-1

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Halifax Tides make history, debuting professional women's football in Atlantic Canada, but fall 4-1 to Calgary Wild

Squad depth, exemplified through Vitor Dias' late heroics, propels Wanderers past Valour FC

‘The vibe is great’: Wanderers’ growth evident in 3-1 home opener win versus Pacific FC

Wanderers earn first win of 2025, showcasing trust, in pursuit of 'an idea that will continue to grow'