Watching Pacific Over The Atlantic

The Tridents give us their season review. A perspective from over the Atlantic Ocean. What an end to the season we had. We suffered an aggregate loss against Atletico Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League Playoffs which meant our season ended one game shorter than we would’ve liked, however the season overall was a very mixed bag. James Merriman had a good first season in charge, winning 13 of the 28 games played scoring 3 more goals than we had conceded. We went through patches of inconsistency, losing games we should otherwise win. Take Halifax as an example of that, a 3-0 home loss is something that we wouldn’t have predicted after our lightening start to the season. Losing Alejandro Diaz (left) was a huge loss after his mid season transfer to Norway, we didn’t quite have the same firepower upfront for the rest of the season. We signed Jordan Brown from Electric City FC, but he never really had the impact that was needed. The most bizarre thing about this season for the CanPL as a whole is Diaz finished top scorer, despite leaving midway through the season and playing at least 9 games less than other players in the top scorers charts.

We’re content with this season as at some points it really did look like we were out of the running but our determination and our effort pulled us through & we finished the season well. We’ve lost our Captain, Jamar Dixon (in action below), who has been absolutely class as a leader both on and off the pitch. His effort has been absolutely spot on & we have been so lucky to witness his impact. I hope our next captain is just as reliable as Jamar, a true leader & a proper captain. As I am sure you are aware, us here at The Tridents UK are based over in England so watching the CPL can be a ball ache*, but this season we watched every minute of every Pacific game. Even the 3AM kick offs which involved coffee, cans of monster and plenty of snacks!

We’ve truly enjoyed watching the boys this year, we love seeing the players develop and gain a true foothold in the league. We can’t wait to see what next season brings, we wish the players leaving Pacific FC nothing but the best for the future and we look forward to seeing what new signings and developments the off season brings. Roll on 2023 & the Vancouver derby! *Point of order to those who are unaware of the English vernacular, ball ache is basically “a pain in the ass!!!!”