Overview

• Her one-year FIFA ban for involvement in a 2024 Paris Olympics drone espionage incident expired this month
• She will take charge of the Wellington Phoenix women’s team in July 2025 after relocating from Canada
• Priestman and her family left Canada following threats and public backlash that made them feel unsafe
• She led Canada’s women’s national team to Olympic gold in 2021 and worked for New Zealand Football until 2013
• Her marriage to former New Zealand international Emma Humphries underscores her deep ties to New Zealand football