HFX beat Vaughan 3-2 in first leg of Canadian Championship qualifier
VAUGHAN, Ont. — Mohamed Kourouma scored on a penalty kick in stoppage time, lifting the HFX Wanderers to a 3-2 road win over the Vaughan Azzuri on Wednesday in the first qualifying round for the Canadian soccer championship.
Tomasz Skublak and Akeem Garcia scored in the first half for the Wanderers, who host the Azzuri in Halifax in the second leg of the two-game series next week.
Vaughan had erased a 2-0 halftime deficit with second-half goals before Kourouma’s penalty.
The Wanderers, of the newly formed Canadian Premier League, controlled the game with 60 per cent possession and had 13 shots (three on target) to Vaughan’s nine (four on target).