Pacific FC visits CFB Esquimalt

By Lookout Production on Sep 15, 2024 with Comments 0

Members of the Pacific Football Club pose for a group photo on HMCS Regina at CFB Esquimalt. Photos: Sailor 3rd Class Jacob Saunders, MARPAC Imaging Services.

The Pacific Football Club (PFC), Canada’s professional soccer club based in the Westshore, spent an exciting afternoon visiting CFB Esquimalt on Aug. 21 as the crew of HMCS Regina hosted the team for an extensive ship tour.

Learning about life at sea, touring around the many unique areas of the ship and hearing from Royal Canadian Navy members as they shared stories of their deployments, players of PFC were immersed in a full Navy experience.

Team Captain Josh Heard, a Victoria native, expressed his admiration for the Navy and the importance of teamwork.

“It was good for the team to come see this,” said Heard. “There are similarities between what the Navy does and what we do, when it comes to working as a team and everything – there are a lot of parallels that can be drawn.”

The players were left inspired by the experience and thankful to connect with the local military community and some of their newest team fans!

Pacific Football Club CFB Esquimalt Appreciation Night followed on Sept. 7 at Starlight Stadium where they took on the Halifax Wanderers in a classic battle of East Coast versus West.