2025 Northern Super League season

Northern Super League
Season2025
DatesApril 16 – October 19 (regular season)
November 1–15 (playoffs)
ChampionsVancouver Rise FC
(1st title)
Supporters' ShieldAFC Toronto
Matches75
Goals194 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerDB Pridham
(18 goals)
Biggest home winAFC Toronto 7–0 Vancouver Rise
(September 13)
Biggest away winHalifax Tides 0–6 Vancouver Rise
(July 19)
Highest scoringAFC Toronto 7–0 Vancouver Rise
(September 13)
Longest winning run5 matches
AFC Toronto
(June 11 – July 15)
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Vancouver Rise
(July 19 – September 6)
Longest winless run15 matches
Halifax Tides
(July 15 – October 15)
Longest losing run5 matches
Calgary Wild
(August 23 – September 17)
Highest attendance14,518
AFC Toronto 0–1 Montreal Roses
(April 19)
Lowest attendance953
Ottawa Rapid 5–0 Halifax Tides
(August 28)
Total attendance272,496
Average attendance3,633
2026
All statistics correct as of October 19, 2025.

The 2025 Northern Super League season was the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, the top level of women's Canadian soccer. The season started on April 16 and concluded with the final on November 15.[1]

Vancouver Rise defeated Toronto in the final 2–1 to win the inaugural title.

Teams

Six clubs participated in the inaugural season.

Stadiums and locations

2025 Northern Super League season is located in Canada
Vancouver
Vancouver
Calgary
Calgary
Toronto
Toronto
Halifax
Halifax
Montreal
Montreal
Ottawa
Ottawa
Location of the 2025 Northern Super League teams
Team Results Location Stadium Capacity
Calgary Wild FC details Calgary, Alberta McMahon Stadium
35,400
Halifax Tides FC details Halifax, Nova Scotia Wanderers Grounds
7,500
Montreal Roses FC details Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
5,581
Ottawa Rapid FC details Ottawa, Ontario TD Place Stadium
24,000
AFC Toronto details Toronto, Ontario York Lions Stadium[note 1]
4,000
Vancouver Rise FC details Burnaby, British Columbia Swangard Stadium[note 2]
4,500
  1. ^ AFC Toronto also played two home games at BMO Field
  2. ^ Vancouver Rise played their home opener at BC Place in Vancouver

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Calgary Wild England Lydia Bedford United States Meggie Dougherty Howard Hummel[2] None
Halifax Tides Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart (interim) Iceland Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir IWK Foundation[3]
Montreal Roses Romania Robert Rositoiu Ukraine Tanya Boychuk,Canada Mégane Sauvé None
Ottawa Rapid Denmark Katrine Pedersen Canada Desiree Scott None
AFC Toronto Canada Marko Milanović Canada Emma Regan Desjardins[4]
Vancouver Rise Denmark Anja Heiner-Møller Canada Shannon Woeller None

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Halifax Tides Canada Lewis Page Reassigned June 29, 2025[5] 6th Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart (interim) June 30, 2025[5]

Regular season

Format

Each club played 25 matches during the season, playing each other club five times.[6] The top four clubs advanced to the two-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match on November 15.[1][6]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Toronto (S) 25 16 3 6 42 24 +18 51 Advance to playoffs
2 Ottawa Rapid 25 11 6 8 41 26 +15 39[a]
3 Vancouver Rise (C) 25 11 6 8 38 36 +2 39[a]
4 Montreal Roses 25 10 6 9 30 23 +7 36
5 Calgary Wild 25 9 2 14 26 42 −16 29
6 Halifax Tides 25 3 7 15 17 43 −26 16
Source: NSL
Rules for classification: 1) Head-to-head points; 2) Head-to-head goal difference; 3) Overall goal difference; 4) Most wins; 5) Most goals scored; 6) Least goals conceded; 7) Least red cards; 8) Least yellow cards; 9) Drawing of lots.[7]
(C) Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield winner
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points tied 7–7; head-to-head goal difference: Ottawa Rapid +3, Vancouver Rise –3

Results

Home \ Away CGY HFX MTL OTT TOR VAN
Calgary Wild 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1
1–0 0–5 0–3 1–2 2–1
3–1 1–2 1–2
Halifax Tides 1–4 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–6
1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0
1–2 0–1 1–1
Montreal Roses 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–0
2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1
0–2 2–0
Ottawa Rapid 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
0–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–3
0–0 0–1 0–2
AFC Toronto 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–1
2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1
2–1 7–0
Vancouver Rise 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–3 2–3
1–1 2–1 0–0 0–3 2–1
6–0 2–1
Source: NSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by matchweek

Team ╲ Week1234568910131415161718192021222324252627
Calgary Wild623335345455555555555555
Halifax Tides366666666666666666666666
Montreal Roses111111112222223244233344
Ottawa Rapid434424233333332433422232
AFC Toronto555543521111111111111111
Vancouver Rise242252454544444322344423

Playoffs

In July 2025, it was announced that BMO Field in Toronto would host the final.[8]

Bracket

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were played on November 1 and 4, and the second legs were played on November 8 and 10, 2025.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Montreal Roses1–6AFC Toronto0–21–4
Vancouver Rise3–3 (5–4 p)Ottawa Rapid2–11–2 (a.e.t.)
Montreal Roses0–2AFC Toronto
Report
AFC Toronto4–1Montreal Roses
Report
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Vancouver Rise2–1Ottawa Rapid
Report
Attendance: 3,533
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
Ottawa Rapid2–1 (a.e.t.)Vancouver Rise
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 3,068
Referee: Salma Flores-Desrochers
  1. ^ The match was postponed by a day due to inclement weather.[9][10]

Final

AFC Toronto1–2Vancouver Rise
Report
Attendance: 12,429

Statistical leaders

All stats are for the regular season only, and do not include playoffs

As of October 19, 2025[11]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 United States DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid 18
2 Canada Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto 14
3 Canada Latifah Abdu Montreal Roses / Vancouver Rise 9
4 Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto 8
5 Canada Jessica De Filippo Vancouver Rise 7
6 Canada Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses 6
United States Meggie Dougherty Howard Calgary Wild
Canada Quinn Vancouver Rise
Canada Holly Ward Vancouver Rise
10 Canada Stéphanie Hill Montreal Roses 5
United States Mariah Lee Vancouver Rise
Japan Megumi Nakamura Halifax Tides
Canada Nikayla Small AFC Toronto

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
United States DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid AFC Toronto 4–0 (A) June 7 [12]

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto 7
2 Canada Quinn Vancouver Rise 6
Canada Nikayla Small AFC Toronto
4 United States Melanie Forbes Ottawa Rapid 5
Canada Holly Ward Vancouver Rise
5 Canada Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses 4
Canada Lisa Pechersky Vancouver Rise
Canada Victoria Pickett AFC Toronto
9 Canada Samantha Chang Vancouver Rise 3
United States Meggie Dougherty Howard Calgary Wild
Canada Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto
United States DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Canada Morgan McAslan Vancouver Rise 9
2 Canada Melissa Dagenais Ottawa Rapid 7
3 Portugal Sierra Cota-Yarde AFC Toronto 6
Canada Anna Karpenko Montreal Roses
5 Croatia Stephanie Bukovec Calgary Wild 5

Attendance

As of October 27, 2025
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change Median
1 Vancouver Rise 50,936 14,018 1,900 4,245 n/a 3,877.5
2 AFC Toronto 48,699 14,518 1,319 4,058 n/a 2,849
3 Halifax Tides 50,900 5,508 2,891 3,915 n/a 3,872
4 Calgary Wild 43,761 8,552 1,803 3,366 n/a 2,942
5 Montreal Roses 38,649 5,049 2,100 3,221 n/a 2,987.5
6 Ottawa Rapid 39,551 6,980 953 3,042 n/a 2,887
League total 272,496 14,518 953 3,633 n/a

Source: NSL

Awards

Northern Super League Awards

Award Recipient Ref
Golden Boot Canada Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) [13]
Golden Glove Canada Morgan McAslan (Vancouver) [14]
Assist Leader Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto) [15]
Rookie of the Year Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) [16]
Goalkeeper of the Year Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) [17]
Defender of the Year United States Jyllissa Harris (Ottawa) [18]
Midfielder of the Year Canada Emma Regan (Toronto) [19]
Forward of the Year Canada Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) [20]
Player of the Year Canada Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) [21]
Coach of the Year Canada Marko Milanović (Toronto) [22]
Goal of the Season Canada Julia Benati (Ottawa) [23]
NSL Final MVP Canada Morgan McAslan (Vancouver) [24]

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was voted by the players.

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
[25]

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month
Month Player Ref
July Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) [26]
August Canada Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) [27]
September Canada Quinn (Vancouver) [28]
October United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) [29]

Weekly Awards

Stars of the Week
Week First Star Second Star Third Star Ref
1 Canada Anna Karpenko (Montreal) Canada Holly Ward (Vancouver) United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) [38]
2 Australia Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Canada Desiree Scott (Ottawa) Canada Latifah Abdu (Montreal) [39]
3 Canada Quinn (Vancouver) Canada Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) New Zealand Meikayla Moore (Calgary) [40]
4 Canada Grace Stordy (Calgary) Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) United States Kiley Norkus (Halifax) [41]
5 United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Canada Nikayla Small (Toronto) Philippines Jaclyn Sawicki (Calgary) [42]
6 Australia Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Canada Emma Regan (Toronto) United States Jyllissa Harris (Ottawa) [43]
8 France Charlotte Bilbault (Montreal) United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) New Zealand Ally Green (Calgary) [44]
9 Canada Nikayla Small (Toronto) Canada Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Canada Grace Stordy (Calgary) [45]
10 Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Canada Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) Canada Nicola Golen (Ottawa) [46]
13 Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) [47]
14 Canada Holly Ward (Vancouver) Japan Megumi Nakamura (Halifax) Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) [48]
15 Canada Florence Belzile (Ottawa) Canada Latifah Abdu (Montreal) Canada Samantha Chang (Vancouver) [49]
16 Jamaica Tiffany Cameron (Halifax) United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Canada Holly Ward (Vancouver) [50]
17 Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Canada Claire Monyard (Montreal) France Éva Frémaux (Halifax) [51]
18 Canada Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Canada Kathryn Harvey (Calgary) [52]
19 South Korea Kang Chae-rim (Montreal) Canada Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) [53]
20 Canada Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) Canada Zoe Burns (Toronto) Canada Olivia Scott (Ottawa) [54]
21 Canada Quinn (Vancouver) Canada Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa) United States Hailey Whitaker (Montreal) [55]
22 Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto) Canada Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) [56]
23 Canada Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) South Korea Kang Chae-rim (Montreal) Canada Emma Regan (Toronto) [57]
24 Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) United States Alexandria Hess (Montreal) Canada Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) [58]
25 Canada Saorla Miller (Halifax) Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) United States Jorian Baucom (Calgary) [59]
26 Canada Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) New Zealand Milly Clegg (Halifax) [60]
27 United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) United States Alexandria Hess (Montreal) Canada Nikayla Small (Toronto) [61]

Foreign players

Rosters consisted of 20–25 players, of which a maximum of eight could be international players.[158]

The following international players were signed for the 2025 season. Note that players may be considered domestic for NSL purposes (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees) while still representing other countries in international competitions.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Injured Former
AFC Toronto United States Colby Barnett South Korea Hong Hye-ji Japan Aoi Kizaki Finland Sofia Manner Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo United States Croix Soto United States Shaina Ashouri
Calgary Wild FC United States Jorian Baucom Northern Ireland Jackie Burns United States Meggie Dougherty Howard New Zealand Ally Green Australia Kahli Johnson New Zealand Meikayla Moore Netherlands Mijke Roelfsema Venezuela Michelle Romero United States Sarah Griffith
Halifax Tides FC Panama Sofia Cedeño New Zealand Milly Clegg France Éva Frémaux Iceland Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir Japan Megumi Nakamura United States Kiley Norkus Sweden Sara Olai United States Gianna Creighton
Montreal Roses FC France Charlotte Bilbault United States Lucy Cappadona United States Alexandria Hess South Korea Kang Chae-rim United States Julia Leas Germany Lara Schenk United States Jodi Smith United States Hailey Whitaker
Ottawa Rapid FC South Korea Choo Hyo-joo Norway Johanne Fridlund Sweden Ellen Gibson Norway Susanne Haaland United States Jyllissa Harris South Korea Lee Min-a Nigeria Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene
Vancouver Rise FC Philippines Jessika Cowart Sweden Sofia Hagman United States Mariah Lee Wales Josie Longhurst Egypt Nedya Sawan United States Jasmyne Spencer United States Nikki Stanton Japan Yuka Okamoto
New Zealand Rebecca Lake
Sweden Sara Vidlund

Broadcasting

All 75 Northern Super League regular season matches were available nationally across multiple platforms. TSN aired 20 regular season games, while CBC broadcast 8.

French-language coverage was available for all Montreal Roses matches. RDS broadcast 21 matches, while 4 matches aired live on ICI Radio-Canada Télé and ICI TOU.TV.

In addition to linear broadcasts, a "Game of the Week" streamed on CBC Gem and NSL.ca, while 24 additional matches streamed on TSN+ and NSL.ca.[159][160]

In the United States, ESPN+ streamed 40+ matches including select playoff games and the final.[161]

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