Halifax Tides FC Historik
Klubben bildades först som Atlantic Women's FC Limited i början av 2024, och var en av ligans sex grundande franchisetagare. Diskussioner mellan ett konsortium av affärsmän från Halifax och Northern Super League – som då var känt som Project 8 – hade inletts i slutet av 2023.
Dess status som medlem i ligan tillkännagavs offentligt i april och de blev därmed ligans fjärde lag efter Vancouver Rise , Calgary Wild och AFC Toronto .
Halifax Tides färger är "oceancyan ", "granitlila " och " skeppsgrå ". På emblemet avbildas andreaskorset från Nova Scotias flagga "som ett par kolliderande vågor framför ett fartygs bog ". Skeppet utgör vapensköldens konturer, "som en påminnelse om att alltid driva framåt", medan månen avbildas i mitten, som en allegori för klubbens avsedda inverkan på lokalsamhället som månens tidvatten .
I vapensköldens bas finns fyra vertikala ränder som representerar de fyra föregångarna till Halifax Regional Municipality före deras sammanslagning 1996: Halifax, Bedford, Dartmouth och Halifax County .
Organisation
Courtney Sherlock, en veterinär och entreprenör , är Halifax Tides verkställande direktör . Hon var en av grundarna av klubben tillsammans med den tidigare landslagsspelaren Mary Beth Bowie och affärsmännen Adam Baggs, Tara Larsen, Andrea Thompson, Amanda Sparkes och Miriam Zitner. Sherlock introducerades för Zitner genom en gemensam vän och de pratade om familjernas barn som spelade fotboll. Trots att hon inte själv var intresserad av fotboll blev Sherlock snabbt intresserad av att erbjuda sin tjänst efter att ha gått med i klubben. Val Malone är klubbens ordförande, medan Amit Batra är lagets sportchef .
Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia , Halifac Tides FC , 17 augusti 2026 . 1 2 Martin Bauman (11 april 2024). ”“Never been done before”: Meet one of the women bringing pro women’s soccer to Halifax” (på engelska). The Coast Halifax . https://www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion/never-been-done-before-meet-one-of-the-women-bringing-pro-womens-soccer-to-halifax-32675683 . Läst 9 september 2025 . ↑ ”Halifax Tides Logo — 2320403” . Canadian Intellectual Property Office . https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cipo/trademark-search/2320403 . ”Applicant; Atlantic Women's FC Limited [...] Filed; 2024-04-09” 1 2 John Jacques (13 mars 2024). ”Halifax To Get Pro Women's Soccer Team” (på amerikansk engelska). Northern Tribune . https://northerntribune.ca/halifax-pro-womens-soccer-team/ . Läst 9 september 2025 . 1 2 Kayleigh Stevens (10 april 2024). ”Kicking off in Halifax: Professional women’s soccer league to hit the ground running next year - Halifax | Globalnews.ca” (på amerikansk engelska). Global News . https://globalnews.ca/news/10415202/project-8-womens-soccer/ . Läst 9 september 2025 . 1 2 ”Halifax becomes latest city to sign up for Project 8 Canadian women’s pro soccer league” (på kanadensisk engelska). Canadian Press/The Globe and Mail . 9 april 2024. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-halifax-becomes-latest-city-to-sign-up-for-project-8-canadian-womens/ . Läst 9 september 2025 . ↑ Price, Melanie (9 April 2024). ”New professional women's soccer team to debut in Halifax in 2025” . CTV News Atlantic . https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/new-professional-womens-soccer-team-to-debut-in-halifax-in-2025/ . ”The founding clubs will be located in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Halifax.” ↑ ”Northern Super League's East Coast team will be called Halifax Tides FC” . CBC Sports . https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/nsl-east-coast-halifax-tides-fc-team-name-1.7234701 . ”The team also showed off its logo and colours — cyan, purple and grey...” 1 2 ”Rising Tides: Halifax NSL Club Unveils Name, Crest” . SportsLogos.net . https://news.sportslogos.net/2024/06/13/rising-tides-halifax-nsl-club-unveils-name-crest/soccer/ . ”The club’s colour palette includes Ocean Cyan, Granite Purple and Ship Grey. [...] four stripes below represent the four former municipalities that amalgamated into the Halifax Regional Municipality.” 1 2 ”Halifax Tides FC: Northern Super League announces East Coast team's name, new logo” . CTV News Atlantic . https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/halifax-tides-fc-northern-super-league-announces-east-coast-teams-name-new-logo/ . ”Halifax Tides FC's new badge is in the shape of a naval ship, as a reminder to always propel forward. Elements within the club's badge include waves in the shape of an "x," symbolizing the cross in our province's flag. A moon within the badge represents its influence on the tides symbolizing the club’s intended impact on the community.” ↑ ”Halifax Tides FC to bring pro women's soccer to N.S.” . Surge 105.1 . https://surge105.ca/2024/06/14/halifax-tides-fc-to-bring-pro-womens-soccer-to-n-s/ . ”It also has four stripes, signifying Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and Halifax County.” 1 2 Jacques, John (13 June 2024). ”Northern Super League: Halifax Tides Makes A Splash” . Northern Tribune . https://northerntribune.ca/northern-super-league-halifax-tides-fc-club-logo/ . ”Matheson had stated previously that Halifax will likely be the only team playing on grass, which implies that Wanderers Grounds may fit the bill...” ↑ The Canadian Press (20 June 2017). ”Soccer stadium, team touted for downtown Halifax” . TSN . https://www.tsn.ca/soccer-stadium-new-professional-league-team-touted-for-downtown-halifax-1.784107 . ”...a pop-up stadium at a downtown municipal sports field...” ↑ Molinaro, John (14 July 2019). ”Inside pro soccer's long-awaited return to the Maritimes” . Sportsnet . https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/halifax-wanderers-fc-big-read/ . ”...Wanderers Grounds, a historic parcel of land wedged between Citadel Hill and the Public Gardens in the heart of the city.” ↑ Ryan, Hayley (14 September 2023). ”Halifax's professional soccer team pitches city on $40-million stadium” . CBC News . https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-s-professional-soccer-team-pitches-city-on-40-million-stadium-1.6967332 . ”Facility would hold 8,500 people in stands...” ↑ Bailey, Mitchell (26 April 2024). ”Halifax Wanderers push for stadium expansion as ticket demand skyrockets” . Global News . https://globalnews.ca/news/10452704/halifax-wanderers-season-opener-stadium-expansion-cpl/ . ”The project is estimated to come with a $40-million price tag...” 1 2 Davidson, Neil (9 April 2024). ”Project 8 women's pro soccer league unveils Halifax as 4th franchise” . CBC Sports . https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/halifax-project-8-womens-pro-soccer-league-courtney-sherlock-1.7168380 . ”The Halifax franchise has three investors so far with Miriam Zitner and Adam Baggs joining Sherlock. Sherlock is a veterinarian and entrepreneur [...] Sherlock was introduced to Zitner by a mutual friend who knew both had kids who played soccer. Zitner and a group had already had some meetings with Project 8 and Sherlock soon joined the consortium.” ↑ ”Val Malone named as the new President of Halifax Tides FC.” . KBRS . https://www.kbrs.ca/news/val-malone-named-new-president-halifax-tides-fc . ”KBRS is pleased to have assisted in the successful placement of Val Malone as the new President of Halifax Tides FC.” ↑ Acadia University (June 28, 2024). ”Batra joins Halifax Tides FC as sporting director” . Acadia Athletics . https://www.acadiaathletics.ca/sports/wsoc/2024-25/releases/BatraHFXTides . ”Acadia soccer head coach Amit Batra has joined Halifax Tides FC as sporting director.” _(46382497492).jpg)
