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Atlético de San Luis midfielder Jonantán Villal will join sister-club Atlético Ottawa on loan for the 2026 season, sources told HFX Football Post on Thursday. The move was first reported by reporter Karen Peña. Villal, 21, is the latest San Luis player to move to Canada in search of experience.
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I can't speak for the rest of Canada but winter — and therefore the off-season — is certainly well underway in Nova Scotia. The lobster boats, visible from my front porch, shine with ice as they putter into port. The sidewalks are slick in the mornings, posing a particular challenge
Notebooks
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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Jesse Marsch is not one to play coy. Less than four months ago on a snow swept night, the Canadian Men’s National Team head coach stood in the Future Inns Hotel in Halifax and mused on the importance of symbolism. It was, he told reporters that evening, imperative to
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The Halifax Wanderers, for 60 precious minutes, looked like the club they aspire to be on Saturday. Kicking off their 2025 season versus Atlético Ottawa at a soaking TD Place, the Wanderers began brightly with a myriad of new faces in their midst. Former stalwarts like Dan Nimick and Zachary
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The CPL announced on Wednesday afternoon that it's set to play in Québec City, with the Halifax Wanderers and York United playing a regular season match at Laval University on May 31. The tilt, which is meant to showcase CPL clubs to prospective markets, will be broadcast nationally
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A lot has changed since CPL commissioner Mark Noonan last addressed the league's media ahead of the playoff final in Calgary. For starters, CPL matches are scheduled to be broadcast on TSN. There's also been significant discussion around potential expansion, with the league's plans
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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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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