Pacific FC, HFX Wanderers set for coast-to-coast battle to open CPL season

Reon Moore and Andre ­Rampersad were teammates last month on Trinidad and Tobago in its loss to Canada in the ­CONCACAF play-in game to see which national side would meet defending World Cup champion Argentina in the opening game of Copa America this summer.

“ James Merriman and Jamar Dixon have an uncanny ability to find talent out there in the world,” said PFC managing-director Paul Beirne.It will be an attack-oriented team with forwards Moore and Zanatta added to returning Trident strikers captain Josh Heard and the slyly-elusive Ayman Sellouf, the latter the 22-year-old Dutch import with experience in the Eredivise systems of NEC and FC Utrecht, who had seven goals and eight assists for the Tridents last season.

It plays to coach Merriman’s philosophy: “We are going to be a technical, attacking team that plays on the front foot. We are going to be possession based. We want the ball.” Known to most fans just by his initials, TMG, Meilleur-Giguère is entering his fifth season with the Tridents. The 26-year-old from Repentigny, Que., was an MLS prospect for CF Montreal and had 12 appearances for Canada in U-20, including in the 2017 CONCACAF championship, and was also selected to the Canada U-23 team for the CONCACAF regional qualifying tournament for the 2000 Tokyo Olympics.

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