{"id":24468,"date":"2019-09-03T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=24468"},"modified":"2020-03-21T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T01:35:27","slug":"fc-edmontons-defensive-play-garners-a-point-over-halifax-wanderers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2019\/09\/03\/fc-edmontons-defensive-play-garners-a-point-over-halifax-wanderers\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Edmonton: Defensive play garners a point over Halifax Wanderers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halifax, Nova Scotia \u2014 <\/strong>FC Edmonton headed to Halifax for the first time to play the Wanderers on Labour Day. Heading into a notoriously difficult grounds to play at, FC Edmonton\u2019s defensive play garnered a point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preview<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For both teams, this match marked the beginning of the second half of the fall season. The Eddies were three points behind both Cavalry and Forge ahead of this match. However, Forge FC had two games in hand. HFX was at the bottom of the table with seven points.<\/span><\/p>\n

FC Edmonton came to Halifax looking to make up some ground on their efforts to be the Fall Season winners, while the Wanderers looked to get out of the bottom of the table. The last two times these two clubs faced-off were both in Edmonton. The Eddies took all six points winning both matches 2-0.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eddies lineup changes\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bruno Zebie<\/a> was out of the lineup for Monday\u2019s match with Oumar Diouck playing back in the midfield on the left side. This move brought Ajeej Sarkaria upfront with Easton Ongaro. Meanwhile, <\/span>Amer Didic was also out of the lineup. With the centerback out, James Marcelin received the opportunity to jump back into the starting lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Randy Edwini-Bonsu also got the nod to start today but had to exit early due getting knocked around in a rough first half.<\/p>\n

Clean sheets all around<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Connor James and Christian Oxner registered clean sheets for their respective clubs in the 0-0 draw. James\u2019 clean sheet was much more difficult to earn as he faced six out of 15 shots on target. Meanwhile, Oxner faced only one shot from Diouck, which was not even on goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is James’ seventh clean sheet, putting him one behind Cavalry FC’s Marco Carducci (pre-Cavalry vs. Valour match) for second in the league. Oxner earned his fourth one, putting him fourth in the CPL with Valour FC’s Mathias Janssens.<\/p>\n

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A word with today's Man of the Match, @FCEdmontonNow<\/a>'s Connor James. <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4d Another clean sheet on the season, whose role in net today was crucial in a match where @HfxWanderersFC<\/a> controlled possession and dominated shots. #CanPLxOneSoccer<\/a> | #HFXvsFCE<\/a> | #CanPL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ADIEobZQbg<\/a><\/p>\n

— OneSoccer (@onesoccer) September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n