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Midfielder Jordan Faria is staying in Winnipeg for 2025, sources told The Wanderers Notebook on Thursday, with the club opting to exercise their option on his contract. The move has not yet been announced by the club. Faria, 24, joined Valour last year from Toronto FC II and tallied two
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The Halifax Wanderers and striker Tiago Coimbra have agreed to a new contract, keeping the young attacker in Atlantic Canada until potentially 2028. Looking at the move critically, Coimbra's new deal is a vote of confidence. Although still U-21 eligible in 2025, the Wanderers have secured the Brazilian
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Striker Tiago Coimbra could be a Halifax Wanderer for a long time. The club announced on Wednesday that the 20-year old attacker has signed a deal that could see him in Wanderers blue until 2028, with the first two years of the deal guaranteed and options held through 2027 and
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Gianfranco Facchineri's goals, from the outset of Valour's training camp last year, were both simple and immediate. And as he continued to earn the trust of head coach Phil dos Santos and the rest of the coaching staff, they evolved as the calendar flashed from February
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Star centre-back Thomas Meilleur-Giguère has opted to take his services east, signing a deal to play with the Halifax Wanderers, sources told The Wanderers Notebook on Monday. The Quebec-born defender joins the Wanderers following the expiration of a two-year contract with Pacific FC. Meilleur-Giguère received heavy interest across both the
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It's hard to believe we're a month removed from the CPL Final in Calgary but what a month it's been. From coaching changes to player departures, we're slowly but surely moving into the depths of another off-season. It will be the best
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Mexican football executive Juan Miguel Vega Francis is slated to be announced as the next CEO and general manager for Atlético Ottawa, multiple sources told The Wanderers Notebook on Wednesday. The appointment has yet to be confirmed by the club but sources said Francis has already begun work. Francis, 33,
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Newfoundlanders would call it a large day, which is to say that, amidst the flags and smoke and panoply of fandom, there wasn't a better place to be a Canadian football fan than at Spruce Meadows last Saturday for the CPL Final. It was, with its chilly temperatures,
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Centre-back Cale Loughrey announced on Thursday that his time with the Wanderers is over. "Halifax, my time here has come to an end. Beyond grateful to play for the fans and the city," he wrote online. "A time in my life that I will forever cherish."
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Former Canadian national team defender. Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee. Assistant coach and then technical director in MLS. You name the situation and Halifax's new senior football strategy advisor, Mark Watson, has probably been there. Perhaps unsurprisingly, when asked about his strengths in an exclusive interview on
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Québec-born centre-back Thomas Meilleur-Giguère is receiving heavy interest from both CPL and American clubs, sources briefed on the situation told The Wanderers Notebook on Monday. But although his contract at Pacific FC is set to expire, sources said, a return back to Vancouver Island hasn’t been ruled out. Sources
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The Halifax Wanderers have hired former MLS coach and executive Mark Watson as a senior football strategy advisor, the club announced on Monday. Watson is expected to support the Wanderers' football operations department. “Our results this season were simply unacceptable, and as a club, we need to take a