The Calgary Wild women’s pro soccer team has named Lydia Bedford the team’s first head coach.
The Wild are part of the six-team Northern Super League starting its inaugural season in April.
Bedford was manager of Leicester City’s women’s team and also a former assistant manager of Arsenal’s women.
The 37-year-old from England was coach of Brentford’s men’s under-18 men’s team last season, which made her among few women to hold a coaching job within a Premier League club.
The Wild have signed several players so far, including three Calgarians, Afghan-Canadian Farkhunda Muhtaj and three-time Olympian Meikayla Moore of New Zealand.
Calgarian and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey is among the investors in the Wild, which will play out of McMahon Stadium.
