Vancouver Island's only professional soccer club is preparing for its first game outside of Canada.
The Langford-based Pacific FC is in Jamaica to play against Waterhouse FC Tuesday as part of the first leg of the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF League.
"This will be an entirely new test for Pacific, but the players have previously shown they can more than step up in the biggest games," said the soccer club in a release Monday. The Langford-based team won the Canadian Premier League championship in 2021. Since then, the club's had a change in leadership, with new head coach James Merriman replacing former head coach Pa-Modou Kah in early 2022.
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