April 30, 2022 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – FC Edmonton News Release
HALIFAX – Playing three matches in one week can be a very daunting challenge. Add in the cross-country travel, not once, but twice, and that makes it extremely tough.
FC Edmonton battled hard against Halifax Wanderers FC, but a tough second half led to a 3-1 loss, Saturday afternoon at Wanderers Grounds.
The loss caps off a hectic week for the Eddies, who played last weekend in Hamilton against Forge FC, came home to play top-ranked Pacific FC on Wednesday and then flew across the country on Saturday to face the Wanderers in their home opener.
FC Edmonton falls to 0-3-2 on the season, while the Wanderers improve to 2-0-2.
“This is our third game in a week, so we did feel a little heavy in the legs,” said Eddies midfielder Gabriel Bitar.
“We did get off to a good start, scored an early goal, and I feel like we relaxed a little bit in terms of composure. This was our first time going up all season, so I feel like we got pretty riled up and we’ve got to learn from these moments and progress.”
Striker Julian Ulbricht gave the Eddies a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute on a penalty kick, but Wanderers forward Cory Bent tied the match at 1-1 in the 17th minute.
Forward Samuel Salter and midfielder Akeem Garcia scored in the 61st and 71st minute to seal the win for Halifax.
Eddies head coach Alan Koch knew his travel weary group would be in tough against the Wanderers, who were playing in front of their rowdy home fans for the first time this season.
They did a great job of silencing the home crowd early, when forward Kairo Coore got hauled down inside the box, awarding the Eddies a penalty kick.
Ulbricht, made no mistake with a little stutter step move to give the Eddies the 1-0 lead, but the Wanderers quickly snapped away the momentum from the early goal and tied it at 1-1 when Bent got just enough of his foot on the ball off a crossing pass to beat Eddies’ goalkeeper Andreas Vaikla.
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