Vancouver FC fell to Halifax Wanderers 2-0 on a rainy afternoon at Willoughby Community Park on Saturday.

After a quiet first 57 minutes of the game, a weather delay was ordered after a lightning strike, a break that ended up being pivotal for the Wanderers, who opened the scoring right after the game restarted, as Ryan Telfer scored on a breakaway in the 59th minute to put his team up 1-0.

After that, Halifax managed to survive some dangerous Vancouver attacks that nearly tied the game up. 

Halifax's Tiago Coimbra would seal the deal, as he slotted home into an empty net after a great cross from Wesley Tim贸teo to make it 2-0, securing the victory for his.

Vancouver FC head coach Afshin Ghotbi said 鈥淚 think always when you lose have a bad result, you want to play the next day, if you can. I think we want to play as soon as possible to get rid of this feeling, it's a bitterness in our stomach. I think we're all gutted because we felt that we did enough to get points out of this game, and even win this game, so to come out down 2-0 is frustrating and disappointing.鈥� 

Vancouver FC will be back in action midweek, as they get set to host Cavalry FC in the first leg of their Canadian Championship quarter-final tie at Willoughby Community Park on Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

A few days later, they'll head out on the road to face York United in CPL action at York Lions Stadium on Sunday, May 25.