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“(Everybody on the club) is busy, so we can do all that we can do have a great game on Wednesday in front of a packed house at Spruce Meadows.”

It’s true. Wheeldon Jr. and the Cavs have been busy …

Very busy.

Their return home after nearly a month on the road marks the third game in eight days — and one more follows Friday in Canadian Premier League action against visiting FC Edmonton at ATCO Field.

Finding time to train has been tough, especially during the last week with a cross-country trek that consisted of stops in Montreal and Halifax, where they tied the host HFX Wanderers FC 0-0 Saturday in CPL play to put them on top of the fall season standings with a 3-0-2 record.

“Four days is probably a lifetime for us in the grand scheme of things,” Wheeldon Jr. told reporters about the stretch of time off between the match on the East Coast and Wednesday’s second leg of the national championship. “What we’ve found in this league and this cup run is you can be a victim of your own success.

“You have to be very good at recovery, very good at hydration, very good at sports science, very good at video analyzing … and we don’t get enough of what we’d like on the training pitch. But again, that’s because we are a victim of our own success.

“But like always, the guys adapt and overcome with what we have to work with, and we’ll be ready.”

They always do seem to be prepared on their home turf.

A mighty 7-1-1 mark in their inaugural season is proof of that.

Wheeldon Jr. is quick to credit his support staff, his fellow coaches and the players themselves for such success.