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The feeling around the Halifax Wanderers heading into this weekend's final pre-season friendlies — two tilts against Ligue1 Québec side FC Laval — couldn't be more different than last year. Internally, the expectations are similar: both the 2024 and 2025 iterations of the club eyed silverware, be it
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Before he was a football agent, Winnipeg-native Josh Carabatsakis was a player. And, like any athlete, Carabatsakis believed in himself. He had represented the province of Manitoba on the pitch; he had played at a high level locally. He believed, with the Canadian Premier League (CPL) set to launch in
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16-year old left-back and Canadian youth international Sergei Kozlovskiy is leaving CF Montréal, sources told The Wanderers Notebook on Saturday. Kozlovskiy, a Montréal-native, has played the last 18 months with the Québec-based club’s U-18s. However, the young defender has made the decision to leave the club in pursuit of
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There wasn't a particular moment or play at Rush Green, West Ham United's training facility in East London, that made Tiago Coimbra feel like he belonged. Rather, the experience as a whole was a confirmation of something the 21-year old striker had long suspected: he has
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It appears former Pacific FC star Kunle Dada-Luke may be joining the other side of the Salish Sea Derby, with sources telling The Wanderers Notebook on Wednesday that Vancouver FC was in negotiations to sign the 25-year old full-back. Previously, this publication reported that Dada-Luke — who played four seasons on
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Valour FC added another key piece on Tuesday, signing former Halifax Wanderer and attacking full-back Zachary Fernandez through 2025, with a club option for 2026. Fernandez, 23, arrives in Winnipeg following three seasons with the Wanderers. Signed from then-Première ligue de soccer du Québec side AS Blainville, Fernandez immediately made
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Onrise, a mental health service provider specializing in sports, has partnered with PFA Canada, a statement announced on Tuesday. Through the partnership, CPL players — who are represented by and unionized through PFA Canada — will have access to mental health support at no cost to them. The deal between Onrise and
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The plot — or their midfield, in this case — continues to thicken for the Halifax Wanderers as they added one of Canada's top prospects this week, signing 18-year old CF Montréal player Alessandro Biello on a season-long loan. His signature makes him the club's eighth midfielder under
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The Halifax Wanderers have entered their third week of training camp, the start of the CPL regular season just on the horizon. Josh Healey of The Wanderers Notebook recently sat down on the first day of camp to speak with Wanderers head coach Patrice Gheisar. The conversation ranged from his
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After a busy off-season which saw them re-tool by signing key players like Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, Rayane Yesli and Isaiah Johnston, the Halifax Wanderers officially kicked off their training camp on Monday at the BMO Soccer Centre. Media were invited to attend this first look of the East Coast club as
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The first loan deal in Northern Super League (NSL) history came about relatively quickly, a tidy affair in the otherwise wide and messy world of football. Many negotiations can span months, if not years. But in the case of 19-year old New Zealand international Milly Clegg, who has already made
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And just like that, after months of transfer speculation, new signings across the league and a lengthy hiatus for a certain 8 CPL Thoughts columnist, Canadian football is back in all its Wild Rose-coloured glory. The off-season, mercifully, is at its end. Like a bear awakening from its winter slumber