Winnipeg's Valour FC Opening Night May 4, 2019

It was about 13 C for field conditions, some sun and fairly gusty when the game started at 5 PM on Saturday, May the Fourth. The fan club Red River Rising led a procession from a nearby bar to Investors Group Field and took their seats in The Trench even before the anthem was sung. A small fan group from FC Edmonton was present and was fairly focal too. However, the hometown crowd of 9,699 was in full and loud support of Winnipeg's Valour FC. After nearly three decades professional soccer has returned to Winnipeg.

We'll let photographer Matraisa Klippenstein tell the story of Winnipeg's season opener that ended in  2-1 loss. The score did not really tell the story of the team's on field dominance.

Matraisa's site: http://sundogphoto.ca/