{"id":820114,"date":"2026-07-23T04:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820114\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T04:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:34:29","slug":"ottawa-rapid-extend-nsl-unbeaten-streak-with-2-1-win-over-calgary-wild-fc-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820114\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Rapid extend NSL unbeaten streak with 2-1 win over Calgary Wild FC \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

CALGARY \u2013 Ottawa Rapid FC extended its unbeaten run in the Northern Super League to eight straight games with a 2-1 win over host Calgary Wild FC on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Second-half substitute Johanne Fridlund scored the winner in the 72nd minute for Ottawa (10-2-1), which won a fourth straight match in the women\u2019s pro soccer league and moved seven points clear of the Montreal Roses atop the standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fridlund, from the side of the penalty area, fired the ball past Wild defenders and Calgary keeper Katelin Talbert.<\/p>\n

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Keera Melenhorst gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute at McMahon Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She punished a Wild defensive giveaway and carried the ball back to score her fourth goal against Calgary this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kahli Johnson tied the game with a header in the 50th minute for Calgary (0-10-2), still seeking its first win this season.<\/p>\n

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Ottawa carried the advantage in possession (57 per cent), shots (18-11) on-target shots (7-3) and corner kicks (8-0).<\/p>\n

Up next:<\/p>\n

Calgary: Visits AFC Toronto on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ottawa: Visits Halifax Wanderers on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 22, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2013 Ottawa Rapid FC extended its unbeaten run in the Northern Super League to eight straight games…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-820114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}