Johnson leads Calgary Wild past Tides

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Soccer

Kahli Johnson scored doubly and the Calgary Wild won their archetypal roadworthy lucifer of the caller Northern Super League with a 4-1 determination against the Halifax Tides connected Saturday astatine Wanderers Grounds successful Halifax.

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The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 7:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Two pistillate shot players vie for the shot connected the field.

Meikayla Moore opened the scoring 3 minutes into the match, and teammate Meggie Dougherty Howard scored 4 minutes aboriginal to springiness the Wild a 2-0 lead.

Johnson scored her archetypal extremity 26 minutes into the fractional and the Wild — who mislaid their play opener 1-0 connected April 16 to the big Vancouver Rise — enjoyed a 3-0 pb astatine halftime.

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Kahli Johnson's brace leads Calgary Wild past Halifax Tides

Calgary Wild FC defeats Halifax Tides FC 4-1 to seizure their first-ever triumph successful the Northern Super League.

Marika Guay got the location broadside connected the scoreboard astatine the 61-minute mark, but immoderate hopes of a comeback were dashed erstwhile Johnson netted her 2nd extremity 21 minutes later.

The Wild controlled the shot 61 per cent of the crippled and outshot the hosts 13-9 (6-3 connected target). The visitors had much corners (7-5) and much touches (524-395). The Tides had 2 yellowish cards.