2020 HFX Wanderers FC season

HFX Wanderers
2020 season
PresidentDerek Martin
Head coachStephen Hart
StadiumWanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier LeagueRunners-up
Canadian ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerAkeem Garcia
(6 goals)
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The 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as second season in Canadian Premier League history. The Wanderers were CPL runners-up, having been defeated by Forge FC in the 2020 CPL Final.

Current squad

As of July 31, 2020[1]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Jason Beaulieu Canada GK (1994-02-12)February 12, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Montreal Impact
50 Christian Oxner Canada GK (1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
2 Peter Schaale Germany CB (1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 24) Canada CBU Capers
3 Jems Geffrard Haiti CB (1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 26) United States Fresno FC
6 Chrisnovic N'sa Canada CB / CM (1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 21) Canada Montreal Impact Academy
13 Daniel Kinumbe Canada LB (1999-03-15)March 15, 1999 (aged 21) Canada Montreal Impact
14 Mateo Restrepo Canada RB (1997-04-29)April 29, 1997 (aged 23) United States UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
16 Luke Green Canada CB (2002-12-12)December 12, 2002 (aged 18) Canada Suburban FC
20 Jake Ruby Canada RB (2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 20) Canada Trinity Western Spartans
24 Alex De Carolis Canada LB / CB (1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 28) Sweden Umeå FC
31 Eriks Santos[A] Brazil CB (1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 24) Georgia (country) Dila Gori
Midfielders
5 Louis Béland-Goyette Canada DM / CM (1995-09-15)September 15, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Valour FC
8 Omar Kreim Morocco MF (1995-02-10)February 10, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Montreal Carabins
10 Alessandro Riggi Canada LW / RW (1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 27) United States Phoenix Rising
15 Scott Firth Canada CM (2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 19) Canada Suburban FC
17 Aboubacar Sissoko Mali DM (1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Montreal Carabins
18 Andre Rampersad Trinidad and Tobago CM (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 25) Trinidad and Tobago Santa Rosa
22 João Morelli Brazil AM (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 24) Estonia FCI Levadia
Forwards
7 Alex Marshall Jamaica LW / CF (1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 22) Jamaica Cavalier
9 Ibrahima Sanoh Guinea CF (1994-04-11)April 11, 1994 (aged 26) Canada Holland College Hurricanes
11 Akeem Garcia Trinidad and Tobago CF / RW (1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 24) Trinidad and Tobago Santa Rosa
23 Cory Bent England LW / ST (1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 23) Canada CBU Capers

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF Morocco Omar Kreim Canada Montreal Carabins Free transfer November 28, 2019 [2]
17 MF Mali Aboubacar Sissoko Canada Montreal Carabins Free transfer November 28, 2019 [2]
9 FW Guinea Ibrahima Sanoh Canada Holland College Hurricanes Free transfer December 3, 2019 [3]
2 DF Germany Peter Schaale Canada CBU Capers Free transfer December 12, 2019 [4]
10 MF Canada Alessandro Riggi United States Phoenix Rising Free transfer December 18, 2019 [5]
5 MF Canada Louis Béland-Goyette Canada Valour FC Free transfer January 8, 2020 [6]
13 DF Canada Daniel Kinumbe Canada Montreal Impact Free transfer January 15, 2020 [7]
14 DF Canada Mateo Restrepo United States UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Free transfer January 22, 2020 [8]
7 MF Jamaica Alex Marshall Jamaica Cavalier Free transfer January 29, 2020 [9]
1 GK Canada Jason Beaulieu Canada Montreal Impact Free transfer February 6, 2020 [10]
3 DF Haiti Jems Geffrard United States Fresno FC Free transfer February 18, 2020 [11]
31 DF Brazil Eriks Santos Georgia (country) Dila Gori Free transfer February 25, 2020 [12]
22 MF Brazil João Morelli Estonia FCI Levadia Free transfer February 25, 2020 [12]
23 MF England Cory Bent Canada CBU Capers Selected 1st overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft May 4, 2020 [13]
20 DF Canada Jake Ruby Canada Trinity Western Spartans Selected 14th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft July 31, 2020 [14]
16 DF Canada Luke Green Canada Suburban FC Free transfer July 31, 2020 [14]

Draft picks

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.[15] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 1 LW Cory Bent  England CBU Capers
2 14 RB Jake Ruby  Canada Trinity Western University

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
21 GK Trinidad and Tobago Jan-Michael Williams Retired December 10, 2019 [16]
23 DF Canada Matthew Arnone Canada York9 FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
3 DF France André Bona Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
7 MF Peru Juan Diego Gutiérrez Bolivia Oriente Petrolero Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
4 DF Algeria Chakib Hocine Canada Valour FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
9 MF Japan Kodai Iida United States OKC Energy FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
5 MF Trinidad and Tobago Elton John Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
12 MF Guinea Mohamed Kourouma Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
14 FW Canada Vincent Lamy Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
20 DF Canada Ndzemdzela Langwa Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
16 DF Canada Duran Lee Canada FC Edmonton Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
13 MF Ivory Coast Kouamé Ouattara Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
10 FW Colombia Luis Alberto Perea Peru Carlos Stein Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
8 MF Canada Elliot Simmons Canada Cavalry FC Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
17 FW Canada Tomasz Skublak Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
25 DF Canada Zachary Sukunda Finland Ekenäs IF Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]
22 MF Somalia Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Contract expired December 14, 2019 [17]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).

First stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 7 4 1 2 10 7 +3 13 Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12[a]
3 Forge 7 3 3 1 13 9 +4 12[a]
4 Pacific 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
5 York9 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10
6 Valour 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8[b]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7 2 2 3 7 12 −5 8[b]
8 FC Edmonton 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 1
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[18]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match1234567
ResultDDLWDWW
Position3454642
Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 15 1 HFX Wanderers FC 2–2 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
August 19 2 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
August 23 3 Cavalry FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
August 26 4 FC Edmonton 1–3 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic
August 29 5 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 York9 FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
September 2 6 Valour FC 0–2 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Filip Dujic
September 6 7 HFX Wanderers FC 2–0 Atlético Ottawa Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Group stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 Cavalry 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[a]
4 Pacific 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[19]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round123
ResultDWL
Position222
Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 9 1 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
September 12 2 Cavalry FC 1–2 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 15 3 HFX Wanderers FC 0–5 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00 PM Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Final

September 19 2020 CPL Final Forge FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 20, 2020

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Jason Beaulieu 4 0 4+0 0
2 DF Germany GER Peter Schaale 10 0 10+0 0
3 DF Haiti HAI Jems Geffrard 11 0 11+0 0
5 MF Canada CAN Louis Béland-Goyette 10 0 7+3 0
6 DF Canada CAN Chrisnovic N'sa 9 0 8+1 0
7 FW Jamaica JAM Alex Marshall 11 0 5+6 0
8 MF Morocco MAR Omar Kreim 10 1 4+6 1
9 FW Guinea GUI Ibrahima Sanoh 5 1 2+3 1
10 MF Canada CAN Alessandro Riggi 8 1 6+2 1
11 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Akeem Garcia 10 6 8+2 6
13 DF Canada CAN Daniel Kinumbe 4 0 3+1 0
14 DF Canada CAN Mateo Restrepo 10 0 6+4 0
15 MF Canada CAN Scott Firth 2 0 1+1 0
16 DF Canada CAN Luke Green 1 0 1+0 0
17 MF Mali MLI Aboubacar Sissoko 10 0 8+2 0
18 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Andre Rampersad 11 0 9+2 0
20 DF Canada CAN Jake Ruby 8 0 3+5 0
22 MF Brazil BRA João Morelli 9 4 8+1 4
23 FW England ENG Cory Bent 10 1 5+5 1
24 DF Canada CAN Alex De Carolis 6 1 5+1 1
50 GK Canada CAN Christian Oxner 7 0 7+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Trinidad and Tobago Akeem Garcia FW 6 6
2 Brazil João Morelli MF 4 4
3 Guinea Ibrahima Sanoh FW 1 1
Morocco Omar Kreim FW 1 1
Canada Alex De Carolis DF 1 1
England Cory Bent FW 1 1
Canada Alessandro Riggi FW 1 1
Totals 15 15

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad MF 2 2
Jamaica Alex Marshall FW 2 2
3 Canada Alessandro Riggi MF 1 1
Brazil João Morelli MF 1 1
Totals 6 6

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Christian Oxner 2 2
Totals 2 2

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Canada Jason Beaulieu 1 0 1 0
2 DF Germany Peter Schaale 3 0 3 0
3 DF Haiti Jems Geffrard 1 0 1 0
5 MF Canada Louis Béland-Goyette 3 0 3 0
7 FW Jamaica Alex Marshall 1 0 1 0
14 DF Canada Mateo Restrepo 1 0 1 0
18 MF Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad 2 0 2 0
20 MF Canada Jake Ruby 1 0 1 0
22 MF Brazil João Morelli 0 1 0 1
24 DF Canada Alex De Carolis 1 0 1 0
50 GK Canada Christian Oxner 2 0 2 0
Totals 16 1 16 1

Updated to match played September 20, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Notes

  1. ^ Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

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