HFX Wanderers are looking at another attacking option this pre-season, bringing on senior-year NCAA striker Will Baynham on trial. The 22-year-old Australian is at the club after a similar stint with USL Championship team Phoenix Rising, where he played three preseason games before departing for Halifax. Baynham led the Big West Conference in scoring with the University of California's Santa Barbara Gauchos – the same school as Wanderers defender Mateo Restrepo – potting 10 goals and notching eight assists in 24 matches on route to a quarterfinal appearance at the 2019 NCAA National Championship. RELATED READING: CPL pre-season roster tracker: How each team is shaping up While born in Brisbane, Australia, the six-foot-three attacker holds Canadian citizenship through his Ottawa-born father. Previously, Baynham spent time with English Premier League side Bournemouth as a youth. Baynham joins CPL-U SPORTS Draft picks Cory Bent and Jack Ruby as trialists in the Wanderers pre-season camp, which started its second week Monday.

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