{"id":9779,"date":"2019-02-26T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=9779"},"modified":"2019-02-26T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:00:51","slug":"dream-come-true-for-fall-rivers-firth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=9779","title":{"rendered":"Dream come true for Fall River\u2019s Firth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FALL RIVER: <\/strong>If anyone needs to have a secret kept, Scott Firth might be the person.<\/p>\n

Firth, of Fall River, had to keep mum on news that he was signing with the newly created Canadian Premier League, his hometown Halifax Wanderers. But he had to keep the news quiet from friends and family who were questioning him left, right, and center about his post-high school plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we handled the responsibility of keeping the news quiet pretty well,\u201d said Firth, a Lockview High student. \u201cOnce the day of my announcement came around it was a big relief because finally my future was public and I can answer peoples\u2019 various questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

He knows how massive the opportunity is with the Wanderers.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/strong>Playing professional soccer is something I have dreamed of but for that possibility in my home town of all places is unbelievable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Firth is positive his game will improve with the squad and the wealth of knowledge and experience both by the coaches and players around me. He can\u2019t wait for the season to start. Halifax\u2019s first home game is scheduled for May 4.<\/p>\n

He is soaking in the excitement and buzz of being the first local player signed by the Wanderers, who will play their home games at Wanderers Grounds in Halifax.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing the first local singing is so cool because I can really experience the passion from the supporters around Halifax and all of the connections that these fans could have with me being born and raised in the area,\u201d said Firth. \u201cThe atmosphere towards the team around Halifax is amazing and I can tell that when game day comes, The Wanderers Grounds will be the place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

So does Firth feel any extra pressure being the first local player signed by the Wanders? Nope, none at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I am the only local player so far, I don\u2019t see any added pressure other than the opportunity to prove that Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada does have talent on the field,\u201d said Firth. \u201cIf anything I see this as a bonus because the fans will be supporting \u201cthe local boy\u201d and I can imagine I will get pretty well known around town. Hopefully I won\u2019t become too much of a celebrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wanderers have since signed local goalkeeper Christian Oxner from the Saint Mary\u2019s Huskies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FALL RIVER: If anyone needs to have a secret kept, Scott Firth might be the person. Firth, of Fall River, had to keep mum on news that he was signing with the newly created Canadian Premier League, his hometown Halifax Wanderers. But he had to keep the news quiet from friends and family who were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[2,332,333,334],"class_list":["post-9779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax-wanderers","tag-scott-firth","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}