🗞 Fate and its cruelties

SPORTS

Late Wanderers push falls short against Pacific FC in home playoff debut

Sometimes, there isn’t much to say about fate and its cruelties beyond what Ray once said in Trailer Park Boys: “That’s the way she goes. Sometimes she goes; sometimes she doesn’t. She didn’t go.” At home in front of a sell-out crowd of 6,500 at the Wanderers Grounds, in a match where Halifax held 72% of possession and outshot visitors Pacific FC 14-8, the Wanderers couldn’t get a shot to go where they needed it most: In the back of the net.

And in a game where Halifax held not just home field advantage, but were the better-rested team—PFC having flown across four time zones on a mere two-and-a-half days’ rest—it was the Wanderers who looked more error-prone in a match that simply wouldn’t yield their way, no matter how much they might’ve wanted it to. In the end, Halifax fell 1-0 at home to the Tridents. A wonderful season is over, sooner than many wished it would be—never mind if the Wanderers already exceeded their pre-season expectations. Way she goes.

Read the full game recap at The Coast.

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