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2025 Northern Super League season

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Northern Super League
Season2025
DatesApril 16 – November 15
Matches played39
Goals scored97 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerDB Pridham
(10 goals)
Biggest home winOttawa Rapid 3–0 Vancouver Rise
(May 15)
AFC Toronto 3–0 Ottawa Rapid
(July 10)
Biggest away winHalifax Tides 0–6 Vancouver Rise
(July 19)
Highest scoringHalifax Tides 0–6 Vancouver Rise
(July 19)
Longest winning run5 matches
AFC Toronto
(June 11 – July 15)
Longest unbeaten run5 matches
AFC Toronto
(June 11 – July 15)
Longest winless run6 matches
Halifax Tides
(April 26 – June 5)
Longest losing run3 matches
Halifax Tides
(May 17 – June 5)
Calgary Wild
(June 14 – July 7)
Halifax Tides
(July 15 – present)
Highest attendance14,518
AFC Toronto 0–1 Montreal Roses
(April 19)
Lowest attendance1,319
AFC Toronto 2–1 Calgary Wild
(May 1)
Total attendance138,695
Average attendance4,079
2026 →
All statistics correct as of July 26, 2025.

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

Teams

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Six clubs are participating in the inaugural season.

Stadiums and locations

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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
4,000
Vancouver Rise FC details Burnaby, British Columbia
Swangard Stadium
4,500

Personnel and sponsorship

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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 Canada Tanya Boychuk 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

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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

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Format

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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AFC Toronto 14 8 1 5 21 17 +4 25 Advance to playoffs
2 Montreal Roses 13 7 3 3 15 9 +6 24
3 Ottawa Rapid 12 6 2 4 20 12 +8 20
4 Vancouver Rise 13 5 3 5 18 17 +1 18
5 Calgary Wild 13 4 2 7 14 19 −5 14
6 Halifax Tides 13 3 1 9 9 23 −14 10
Updated to match(es) played on July 26, 2025. Source: NSL, NSL on Instagram

Results

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Home \ Away CGY HFX MTL OTT TOR VAN CGY HFX MTL OTT TOR VAN CGY HFX MTL OTT TOR VAN
Calgary Wild 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 Aug 16 Sep 13 0–3 Aug 2 Oct 17 Oct 11 Sep 18 Oct 4
Halifax Tides 1–4 Aug 2 2–1 0–1 0–6 1–0 Oct 2 Sep 13 0–1 Aug 9 Oct 15 Sep 6 Sep 27
Montreal Roses 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 Aug 23 0–1 Aug 16 Aug 9 Oct 11 Sep 27 Sep 18
Ottawa Rapid 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 Aug 9 Aug 29 1–2 Aug 14 Aug 24 Sep 7 Sep 27 Oct 9
AFC Toronto 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 Aug 30 Sep 21 1–2 3–0 Aug 18 Oct 18 Sep 13
Vancouver Rise 1–0 1–0 1–3 Aug 3 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 Sep 20 2–1 Sep 7 Aug 31
Updated to match(es) played on July 26, 2025. Source: NSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by matchweek

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Team ╲ Week1234568910131415161718192021222324252627
Calgary Wild623335345455
Halifax Tides366666666666
Montreal Roses111111112222
Ottawa Rapid434424233333
AFC Toronto555543521111
Vancouver Rise242252454544
Updated to match(es) played on July 14, 2025. Source: NSL standings, NSL on Instagram
  = Playoffs

Playoffs

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Semifinals
TBD 		Final
November 15
        
1  
4  
 
 
2  
3  

Statistical leaders

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As of July 26, 2025[7]

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 United States DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid 10
2 Canada Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto 7
3 Canada Latifah Abdu Montreal Roses 5
4 Canada Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses 4
United States Mariah Lee Vancouver Rise
Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto
Canada Quinn Vancouver Rise
8 Australia Kahli Johnson Calgary Wild 3
Japan Megumi Nakamura Halifax Tides
Canada Nikayla Small AFC Toronto

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
United States DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid AFC Toronto 4–0 (A) June 7 [8]

Top assists

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Rank Player Club Assists
1 United States Melanie Forbes Ottawa Rapid 5
Canada Nikayla Small AFC Toronto
3 Canada Victoria Pickett AFC Toronto 4
4 Nigeria Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto 3
Canada Holly Ward Vancouver Rise
6 France Charlotte Bilbault Montreal Roses 2
Canada Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses
Canada Samantha Chang Vancouver Rise
United States Meggie Dougherty Howard Calgary Wild
Norway Johanne Fridlund Ottawa Rapid
United States Sarah Griffith Calgary Wild
Canada Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto
Canada Jade Kovacevic AFC Toronto
Canada Lisa Pechersky Vancouver Rise
Canada Mégane Sauvé Montreal Roses

Clean sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Canada Anna Karpenko Montreal Roses 4
Canada Morgan McAslan Vancouver Rise
3 Canada Melissa Dagenais Ottawa Rapid 3
Slovakia Anika Tóth Halifax Tides
5 Croatia Stephanie Bukovec Calgary Wild 2
Portugal Sierra Cota-Yarde AFC Toronto
Sweden Mollie Eriksson Ottawa Rapid
Finland Sofia Manner AFC Toronto

Attendance

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As of July 28, 2025
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Vancouver Rise 34,680 14,018 1,900 4,335 n/a†
2 AFC Toronto 29,416 14,518 1,319 4,202 n/a†
3 Halifax Tides 25,109 5,508 3,140 4,185 n/a†
4 Calgary Wild 23,841 8,552 1,803 3,974 n/a†
5 Montreal Roses 15,054 5,049 2,900 3,764 n/a[a]
6 Ottawa Rapid 20,762 6,980 2,142 3,460 n/a†
League total 148,862 14,518 1,319 4,023 n/a†

Source: NSL

  1. ^ Attendance for the home matches against Halifax on May 10 and against Toronto on May 22 not yet reported

Awards

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Monthly Awards

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Drive of the Month
Month Player Ref
May United States Colby Barnett (Toronto) [9]
June Iceland Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir (Halifax) [10]

Weekly Awards

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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) [11]
2 Australia Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Canada Desiree Scott (Ottawa) Canada Latifah Abdu (Montreal) [12]
3 Canada Quinn (Vancouver) Canada Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) New Zealand Meikayla Moore (Calgary) [13]
4 Canada Grace Stordy (Calgary) Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) United States Kiley Norkus (Halifax) [14]
5 United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Canada Nikayla Small (Toronto) Philippines Jaclyn Sawicki (Calgary) [15]
6 Australia Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Canada Emma Regan (Toronto) United States Jyllissa Harris (Ottawa) [16]
8 France Charlotte Bilbault (Montreal) United States Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) New Zealand Ally Green (Calgary) [17]
9 Canada Nikayla Small (Toronto) Canada Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Canada Grace Stordy (Calgary) [18]
10 Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Canada Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) Canada Nicola Golen (Ottawa) [19]
13 Canada Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) United States Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) [20]
14 Canada Holly Ward (Vancouver) Japan Megumi Nakamura (Halifax) Slovakia Anika Tóth (Halifax) [21]
15 Canada Florence Belzile (Ottawa) Canada Latifah Abdu (Montreal) Canada Samantha Chang (Vancouver) [22]

Foreign players

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Northern Super League rosters consist of 20–25 players, of which a maximum of eight can be international players.[71]

The following international players are 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 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 Northern Ireland Jackie Burns United States Meggie Dougherty Howard New Zealand Ally Green Australia Kahli Johnson New Zealand Meikayla Moore Netherlands Mijke Roelfsema United States Sarah Griffith
Halifax Tides FC 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 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 Sweden Sara Vidlund
Japan Yuka Okamoto

Broadcasting

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

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

In addition to linear broadcasts, a "Game of the Week" will stream on CBC Gem and NSL.ca, while 24 additional matches will stream on TSN+ and NSL.ca.[72][73]

In the United States, ESPN+ will stream 40+ matches including select playoff games and the final.[74]

References

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  33. ^ "Lauren Rowe showcased her talents in Week 14". instagram.com. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
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