Calgary Wild FC

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| founded = {{start date and age|May 30, 2024|}}

| stadium = {{Ubl|McMahon Stadium|Calgary, Alberta}}

| capacity = 35,400

| league = Northern Super League

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| owner = Deanna Zumwalt

| mgrtitle = Head Coach

| manager = Lydia Bedford

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| current = 2025 Calgary Wild FC season

| website = {{official URL}}

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Calgary Wild FC is a professional women's soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in the Northern Super League, a league at the top of the women's Canadian soccer pyramid.

History

In December 2022, it was announced that Calgary Foothills WFC would be establishing a new franchise for the Northern Super League, which began play in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9327977/calgary-vancouver-first-teams-womens-pro-soccer-league/|title=Calgary, Vancouver first teams announced in new women's pro soccer league|date=December 5, 2022|work=Global News}}{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9356028/calgary-foothills-project-8-women-soccer-league-canada/|title=Calgary Foothills, Project 8 outline next steps for professional women's soccer league|date=December 17, 2022|first=Cami|last=Kepke|work=Global News}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.calgarywildfc.com/news/calgary-foothills-soccer-club-joins-first-canadian-womens-professional-league|title=Calgary Foothills Soccer Club joins first Canadian women's professional league|date=December 6, 2023|work=Calgary Wild FC}} In May 2024, the club unveiled their name and branding, the first club in the league to do so.{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryjournal.ca/2024/05/31/calgary-wild-all-womens-professional-soccer-team-launched-in-the-city/|title=Calgary Wild: All-women's professional soccer team launched in the city|first=David|last=Kim|date=May 31, 2024|work=Calgary Journal}}{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/soccer/it-means-so-much-wild-fc-arrives-to-give-women-chance-to-play-pro-soccer-in-calgary|title='It means so much': Wild FC arrives to give women chance to play pro soccer in Calgary|first=Todd|last=Saelhof|date=May 30, 2024|work=Calgary Herald}} The club's logo consists of an owl made in red and violet, colours referencing the Calgary sky, with the rivers and mountains that make up Calgary's landscape are represented, and a W above the owl's eyes, with its five points representing the Famous Five (a group of women who fought to have women recognized as persons under Canadian law) and the five nations of Treaty 7.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-womens-soccer-wild-fc-1.7220449|title=Calgary's newest pro sports team could change the landscape for women's soccer in the city|date=May 31, 2024|first=Omar|last=Sherif|work=CBC News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lakelandtoday.ca/beyond-local/calgary-wild-fc-brings-professional-womens-soccer-to-alberta-8908291|title=Calgary Wild FC brings professional women's soccer to Alberta|first=Tim|last=Kalinowski|work=Lakeland Today|date=May 30, 2024 }} The club plays out of McMahon Stadium, with no seating capacity restrictions.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10535963/calgary-has-unveiled-a-new-professional-womens-soccer-team/|title=Calgary has unveiled a new professional women's soccer team|first=Moses|last=Woldu|work=Global News|date=May 30, 2024}}

In September 2024, it was announced that the club would assume the operations of the ASA High Performance program, operating them as their academy.{{cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/calgary-wild-fc-asa-high-performance-academy-takeover/|title=ASA High Performance Becomes Calgary Wild Academy|first=Nelson|last=Mahmoudi|date=September 20, 2024|work=Northern Tribune}}

On April 16, 2025, the Wild played their first game, the inaugural game of the Northern Super League, a 1–0 loss to the Vancouver Rise.{{cite web |title=Quinn's landmark goal helps Vancouver Rise top Calgary Wild in Northern Super League's inaugural match |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/northern-super-league-calgary-vancouver-april-16-1.7511740 |url-status=live |access-date=June 5, 2025 |website=CBC}} The Wild played their first home game on May 11, 2025, drawing 0-0 with Ottawa Rapid FC in front of 8,556 fans.{{Cite news |title=Calgary Wild FC savours historic match to kick off women's pro soccer in city |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/calgary-wild-fc-savours-historic-match-to-kick-off-womens-pro-soccer-in-city |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250513141016/https://calgaryherald.com/sports/calgary-wild-fc-savours-historic-match-to-kick-off-womens-pro-soccer-in-city |archive-date=2025-05-13 |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=calgaryherald |language=en}}

Players and staff

= Players =

{{Fs player|no=1 |nat=CRO|name=Stephanie Bukovec|pos=GK|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=6 |nat=PHI|name=Jaclyn Sawicki|pos=MF|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=8 |nat=VEN|name=Sonia O'Neill|pos=MF|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=AFG|name=Farkhunda Muhtaj|pos=MF|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=CAN|pos=FW|name=Sariyah Bailey|other=Developmental roster}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=WAL|name=Keelyn Stewart|pos=MF|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=WAL|name=Taegan Stewart|pos=MF|other={{Cref2|A|group=1|1}}}}

{{Fs player|no=88|nat=CAN|pos=DF|name=Clara Monck|other=Developmental roster}}

{{Cnote2|A|group=1|n=1|Counts as a domestic player as she also holds Canadian nationality}}

= Current staff =

{{updated|October 25, 2024|}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/calgary-wild-fc-management-hires-northern-super-league-1.7360671|title=Calgary Wild FC women's pro soccer team announces its leaders|date=October 23, 2024|work=CBC Sports|first=Donna|last=Spencer}}

class="wikitable"
style="background:#AC162C; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2"\|Executive {{Fb cs staff \|bg= \|p=Board Chair \|s=Deanna Zumwalt}} {{Fb cs staff \|bg= \|p=Chief Executive Officer \|s=Lara Murphy}} {{Fb cs staff \|bg= \|p=Chief Financial & Operating Officer \|s=Lisa Oldridge}} {{Fb cs staff \|bg= \|p=Sporting Director \|s=Alix Bruch}}
style="background:#AC162C; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2"\|Coaching staff {{Fb cs staff \|bg=y \|p=Head coach \|s= {{flagicon\|ENG}} Lydia Bedford}} {{Fb cs staff \|bg=y \|p=Assistant coach \|s={{flagicon\|ENG}} Sinead McSharry}}

class="wikitable"

style="background:#AC162C; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2"|Executive

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Chief Executive Officer |s=Lara Murphy}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Chief Financial & Operating Officer |s=Lisa Oldridge}}

style="background:#AC162C; color:white;" scope="col" colspan="2"|Coaching staff

{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Head coach |s= {{flagicon|ENG}} Lydia Bedford}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg=y |p=Assistant coach |s={{flagicon|ENG}} Sinead McSharry}}

Colours and uniform

The home kit is primarily purple, with the secondary red logo and numbers. The deep purple is a symbol of ambition and power, and the red is a reference to the city of Calgary.{{cite web |last1=Valji |first1=Salim |title=Salim Valji: Calgary's Wild FC unveil kit ahead of Northern Super League opener |url=https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/salim-valji-calgary-s-wild-fc-unveil-kit-ahead-of-northern-super-league-opener-1.2274056 |website=TSN |language=en-CA |date=20 March 2025}}

Supporters

The main fan organization for the Calgary Wild is the Wild Roses Supporters Group.{{cite web |title=Calgary Wild FC 'Watch Party' helps to kick off inaugural Northern Super League match |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/soccer/calgary-wild-fc-watch-party-helps-to-kick-off-inaugural-northern-super-league-match |website=Calgary Herald |access-date=19 April 2025}}

References

Category:2023 establishments in Alberta

Category:Association football clubs established in 2024

Category:Northern Super League teams

Wild FC, Calgary