2020 HFX Wanderers FC season

HFX Wanderers
2020 season
President	Derek Martin
Head coach	Stephen Hart
Stadium	Wanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier League	Runners-up
Canadian Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Akeem Garcia; (6 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019 2021 →

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	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Jason Beaulieu	GK	(1994-02-12)February 12, 1994 (aged 26)	Montreal Impact
50	Christian Oxner	GK	(1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 24)	Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
2	Peter Schaale	CB	(1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 24)	CBU Capers
3	Jems Geffrard	CB	(1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 26)	Fresno FC
6	Chrisnovic N'sa	CB / CM	(1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 21)	Montreal Impact Academy
13	Daniel Kinumbe	LB	(1999-03-15)March 15, 1999 (aged 21)	Montreal Impact
14	Mateo Restrepo	RB	(1997-04-29)April 29, 1997 (aged 23)	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
16	Luke Green	CB	(2002-12-12)December 12, 2002 (aged 18)	Suburban FC
20	Jake Ruby	RB	(2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 20)	Trinity Western Spartans
24	Alex De Carolis	LB / CB	(1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 28)	Umeå FC
31	Eriks Santos^[A]	CB	(1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 24)	Dila Gori
Midfielders
5	Louis Béland-Goyette	DM / CM	(1995-09-15)September 15, 1995 (aged 25)	Valour FC
8	Omar Kreim	MF	(1995-02-10)February 10, 1995 (aged 25)	Montreal Carabins
10	Alessandro Riggi	LW / RW	(1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 27)	Phoenix Rising
15	Scott Firth	CM	(2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 19)	Suburban FC
17	Aboubacar Sissoko	DM	(1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 25)	Montreal Carabins
18	Andre Rampersad	CM	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 25)	Santa Rosa
22	João Morelli	AM	(1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 24)	FCI Levadia
Forwards
7	Alex Marshall	LW / CF	(1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 22)	Cavalier
9	Ibrahima Sanoh	CF	(1994-04-11)April 11, 1994 (aged 26)	Holland College Hurricanes
11	Akeem Garcia	CF / RW	(1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 24)	Santa Rosa
23	Cory Bent	LW / ST	(1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 23)	CBU Capers

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Omar Kreim	Montreal Carabins	Free transfer	November 28, 2019	^[2]
17	MF	Aboubacar Sissoko	Montreal Carabins	Free transfer	November 28, 2019	^[2]
9	FW	Ibrahima Sanoh	Holland College Hurricanes	Free transfer	December 3, 2019	^[3]
2	DF	Peter Schaale	CBU Capers	Free transfer	December 12, 2019	^[4]
10	MF	Alessandro Riggi	Phoenix Rising	Free transfer	December 18, 2019	^[5]
5	MF	Louis Béland-Goyette	Valour FC	Free transfer	January 8, 2020	^[6]
13	DF	Daniel Kinumbe	Montreal Impact	Free transfer	January 15, 2020	^[7]
14	DF	Mateo Restrepo	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos	Free transfer	January 22, 2020	^[8]
7	MF	Alex Marshall	Cavalier	Free transfer	January 29, 2020	^[9]
1	GK	Jason Beaulieu	Montreal Impact	Free transfer	February 6, 2020	^[10]
3	DF	Jems Geffrard	Fresno FC	Free transfer	February 18, 2020	^[11]
31	DF	Eriks Santos	Dila Gori	Free transfer	February 25, 2020	^[12]
22	MF	João Morelli	FCI Levadia	Free transfer	February 25, 2020	^[12]
23	MF	Cory Bent	CBU Capers	Selected 1st overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft	May 4, 2020	^[13]
20	DF	Jake Ruby	Trinity Western Spartans	Selected 14th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft	July 31, 2020	^[14]
16	DF	Luke Green	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	Jan-Michael Williams	Retired		December 10, 2019	^[16]
23	DF	Matthew Arnone	York9 FC	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
3	DF	André Bona		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
7	MF	Juan Diego Gutiérrez	Oriente Petrolero	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
4	DF	Chakib Hocine	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
9	MF	Kodai Iida	OKC Energy FC	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
5	MF	Elton John		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
12	MF	Mohamed Kourouma	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
14	FW	Vincent Lamy		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
20	DF	Ndzemdzela Langwa		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
16	DF	Duran Lee	FC Edmonton	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
13	MF	Kouamé Ouattara		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
10	FW	Luis Alberto Perea	Carlos Stein	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
8	MF	Elliot Simmons	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
17	FW	Tomasz Skublak		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
25	DF	Zachary Sukunda	Ekenäs IF	Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]
22	MF	Abd-El-Aziz Yousef		Contract expired	December 14, 2019	^[17]

Canadian Premier League

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

First stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	D	D	L	W	D	W	W
Position	3	4	5	4	6	4	2

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	Morelli 12' (pen.) Béland-Goyette 65' Sanoh 86' (pen.)	Report	Haynes 44' Baldisimo 66' Verhoven 68' Bustos 75'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

August 19 2	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm	Beaulieu 15' Béland-Goyette 44' Garcia 47' Schaale 90+4'	Report	Sabal 16' (pen.) Zajac 48' Cela 90'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

August 23 3	Cavalry FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm	Mavila 29' Brown 90' Wheeldon 90+2'	Report	Restrepo 72' Schaale 85' Garcia 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

August 26 4	FC Edmonton	1–3	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00pm	Esua 37' Velado-Tsegaye 87'	Report	Garcia 35' Morelli 45', 76' Geffrard 64'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

August 29 5	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm	Morelli 22' Marshall 57' Schaale 74' Rampersad 86' Kreim 91'	Report	Aparicio 21' Segawa 35' Telfer 61' Gasparotto 64' Di Chiara 86'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

September 2 6	Valour FC	0–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
2:00pm	Galán 35' Levis 73'	Report	De Carolis 36' 67' Bent 40' Oxner 90+4'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Filip Dujic

September 6 7	HFX Wanderers FC	2–0	Atlético Ottawa	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Garcia 15' Riggi 60' Béland-Goyette 81'	Report	McKendry 45+1'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Group stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to final
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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Result	D	W	L
Position	2	2	2

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	Garcia 2' Ruby 56'	Report	Sabak 43', 56' (pen.) Edgar 71'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

September 12 2	Cavalry FC	1–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm	Wheeldon 2' 11' Carducci 40' Córdova 80' Mavila 83'	Report	Garcia 12' (pen.) Rampersad 30' Morelli 41' (pen.) Oxner 90+4'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

September 15 3	HFX Wanderers FC	0–5	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00 PM		Report	Campbell 8' Bustos 29' Díaz 44' Bustos 45+1' Blasco 81' Meilleur-Giguère 90'	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	Grant 58' Achinioti-Jönsson 60' Edgar 65' Tissot 90'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 20, 2020^[update]

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Akeem Garcia	FW	6	6
2	João Morelli	MF	4	4
3	Ibrahima Sanoh	FW	1	1
	Omar Kreim	FW	1	1
	Alex De Carolis	DF	1	1
	Cory Bent	FW	1	1
	Alessandro Riggi	FW	1	1
Totals			15	15

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

Top assists

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Andre Rampersad	MF	2	2
1	Alex Marshall	FW	2	2
3	Alessandro Riggi	MF	1	1
3	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		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
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Jason Beaulieu	1	0	1	0
2	DF		Peter Schaale	3	0	3	0
3	DF		Jems Geffrard	1	0	1	0
5	MF		Louis Béland-Goyette	3	0	3	0
7	FW		Alex Marshall	1	0	1	0
14	DF		Mateo Restrepo	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Andre Rampersad	2	0	2	0
20	MF		Jake Ruby	1	0	1	0
22	MF		João Morelli	0	1	0	1
24	DF		Alex De Carolis	1	0	1	0
50	GK		Christian Oxner	2	0	2	0
Totals				16	1	16	1

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

Notes

^ 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

External links

Official site

[table_hth_HFX0.84477995375394-19] Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4

[table_hth_VAL0.84477995375394-20] Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

[table_hth_CAV0.89602964273469-22] Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

[spring-2] Player is signed, but hasn't been added to the 2020 roster because of difficulties getting into Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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