OneSoccer will host a special watch party on Thursday evening featuring a rebroadcast of Pacific FC's 2019 Canadian Premier League home opener vs. HFX Wanderers FC from April 28, 2019. The full match will be live streamed on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) and made available to all soccer fans via OneSoccer's YouTube channel. If you weren't at Westhills Stadium in Langford, B.C. or didn't see this match when it originally aired on OneSoccer, this is your chance to watch it for the first time. Pacific FC made history that day with a 1-0 win over HFX Wanderers FC, becoming the first team to register a victory in the Canadian Premier League. A 23rd-minute goal by Pacific defender Hendrik Starostzik proved the difference between the two Canadian coastal outfits, with the German centre-back earning the distinction of scoring both the first header and the first goal from a corner kick in league history. Pacific FC had opportunities to double its lead, with Ben Fisk in particular proving to be a handful for the HFX backline. Matthew Baldisimo’s exquisite cross in the 51st minute was picked up by Fisk, who tested HFX goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams with a powerful shot, which the Trinidad and Tobago international coolly deflected away. Juan Diego Gutierrez and Akeem Garcia of HFX Wanderers also threatened at the other end of the field with their speed and combination plays, though striker Tomasz Skublak did not see out the full match, coming off before the hour mark. Pacific's Issey Nakajima-Farran made his CPL debut in the 56th minute, replacing Victor Blasco up top. The Canadian international immediately involved himself in the play, doing well to offer a different look to Blasco in the attack, though with no end product to celebrate by the end of the game. Instead, Pacific coach Michael Silberbauer was forced to survive the final stretch of the match after defender Lukas MacNaughton picked up a second yellow card – and, thus, a red-card ejection – in the 73rd minute. Apart from a near chance by Starostzik in the 76th minute, as well as an acrobatic effort by Gutierrez three minutes afterward, Stephen Hart’s side couldn’t muster the opportunity needed to take advantage of their extra man. Watch the broadcast of this game by visiting OneSoccer's YouTube channel

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