Calgary Wild announce Muhtaj first player signing, NHL player Morrissey club investor

By The Canadian Press on October 25, 2024.

Calgary Wild FC has named Afghanistan women’s soccer captain Farkhunda Muhtaj its first player signing and also announced Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey is an investor in the team.

Wild FC is one of six teams in Northern Super League that will begin play in 2025 in a Canadian women’s pro soccer league.

Muhtaj was captain of the Afghanistan women while the team played internationally. She’s played university soccer at York University and professionally in Turkey and the Netherlands.

Her parents immigrated from Afghanistan to Toronto when she was two years old.

From her home in Canada, she helped evacuate the girls youth team from Afghanistan in 2021 following the Taliban takeover of the country in a rescue mission called Operation Soccer Balls.

Morrissey is from Calgary. The veteran Jets defenceman has joined the club’s investor group.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2024.

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