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.
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
Team Results Location Stadium Capacity Calgary Wild FC details Calgary, Alberta McMahon Stadium Halifax Tides FC details Halifax, Nova Scotia Wanderers Grounds Montreal Roses FC details Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Ottawa Rapid FC details Ottawa, Ontario TD Place Stadium AFC Toronto details Toronto, Ontario York Lions Stadium Vancouver Rise FC details Burnaby, British Columbia Swangard Stadium
Personnel and sponsorship +TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Calgary Wild Lydia Bedford Meggie Dougherty Howard Hummel None Halifax Tides Stephen Hart (interim) Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir IWK Foundation Montreal Roses Robert Rositoiu Tanya Boychuk, Mégane Sauvé None Ottawa Rapid Katrine Pedersen Desiree Scott None AFC Toronto Marko Milanović Emma Regan Desjardins Vancouver Rise Anja Heiner-Møller Shannon Woeller None
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointmentHalifax Tides Lewis PageReassignedJune 29, 20256th Stephen Hart (interim)June 30, 2025
Regular season Format Each club played 25 matches during the season, playing each other club five times. The top four clubs advanced to the two-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match on November15.
Standings
Results
Positions by week
Playoffs In July 2025, it was announced that BMO Field in Toronto would host the final.
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.
Final
Statistical leaders All stats are for the regular season only, and do not include playoffs
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid 18 2 Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto 14 3 Latifah Abdu Montreal Roses / Vancouver Rise 9 4 Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto 8 5 Jessica De Filippo Vancouver Rise 7 6 Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses 6 Meggie Dougherty Howard Calgary Wild Quinn Vancouver Rise Holly Ward Vancouver Rise10 Stéphanie Hill Montreal Roses 5 Mariah Lee Vancouver Rise Megumi Nakamura Halifax Tides Nikayla Small AFC Toronto
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Ottawa Rapid AFC Toronto 4–0 (A) June 7
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists 1 Esther Okoronkwo AFC Toronto 7 2 Quinn Vancouver Rise 6 Nikayla Small AFC Toronto 4 Melanie Forbes Ottawa Rapid 5 Holly Ward Vancouver Rise 5 Tanya Boychuk Montreal Roses 4 Lisa Pechersky Vancouver Rise Victoria Pickett AFC Toronto 9 Samantha Chang Vancouver Rise 3 Meggie Dougherty Howard Calgary Wild Kaylee Hunter AFC Toronto DB Pridham Ottawa Rapid
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets 1 Morgan McAslan Vancouver Rise 9 2 Melissa Dagenais Ottawa Rapid 7 3 Sierra Cota-Yarde AFC Toronto 6 Anna Karpenko Montreal Roses 5 Stephanie Bukovec Calgary Wild 5
Attendance
Awards Northern Super League Awards AwardRecipientRefGolden Boot Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)Golden Glove Morgan McAslan (Vancouver)Assist Leader Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto)Rookie of the Year Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)Goalkeeper of the Year Anika Tóth (Halifax)Defender of the Year Jyllissa Harris (Ottawa)Midfielder of the Year Emma Regan (Toronto)Forward of the Year Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)Player of the Year Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)Coach of the Year Marko Milanović (Toronto)Goal of the Season Julia Benati (Ottawa)NSL Final MVP Morgan McAslan (Vancouver)
Team of the Season The Team of the Season was voted by the players. +GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsRef
Monthly Awards Player of the MonthMonthPlayerRefJuly Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)August Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)September Quinn (Vancouver)October Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary)
Intact Impact AwardMonthPlayerRefJuly Shannon Woeller (Vancouver)August Sarah Keilty-Dilling (Calgary)October Susanne Haaland (Ottawa)November Jasmyne Spencer (Vancouver)December Marika Guay (Ottawa)
Drive of the MonthMonthPlayerRefMay Colby Barnett (Toronto)June Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir (Halifax)July Latifah Abdu (Montreal)
Weekly Awards Stars of the WeekWeekFirst StarSecond StarThird StarRef1 Anna Karpenko (Montreal) Holly Ward (Vancouver) Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary)2 Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Desiree Scott (Ottawa) Latifah Abdu (Montreal)3 Quinn (Vancouver) Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Meikayla Moore (Calgary)4 Grace Stordy (Calgary) Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Kiley Norkus (Halifax)5 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Nikayla Small (Toronto) Jaclyn Sawicki (Calgary)6 Kahli Johnson (Calgary) Emma Regan (Toronto) Jyllissa Harris (Ottawa)8 Charlotte Bilbault (Montreal) Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Ally Green (Calgary)9 Nikayla Small (Toronto) Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Grace Stordy (Calgary)10 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) Nicola Golen (Ottawa)13 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) Anika Tóth (Halifax)14 Holly Ward (Vancouver) Megumi Nakamura (Halifax) Anika Tóth (Halifax)15 Florence Belzile (Ottawa) Latifah Abdu (Montreal) Samantha Chang (Vancouver)16 Tiffany Cameron (Halifax) Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Holly Ward (Vancouver)17 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Claire Monyard (Montreal) Éva Frémaux (Halifax)18 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Kathryn Harvey (Calgary)19 Kang Chae-rim (Montreal) Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)20 Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver) Zoe Burns (Toronto) Olivia Scott (Ottawa)21 Quinn (Vancouver) Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa) Hailey Whitaker (Montreal)22 Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto) Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary)23 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Kang Chae-rim (Montreal) Emma Regan (Toronto)24 Anika Tóth (Halifax) Alexandria Hess (Montreal) Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver)25 Saorla Miller (Halifax) Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Jorian Baucom (Calgary)26 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) Milly Clegg (Halifax)27 Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary) Alexandria Hess (Montreal) Nikayla Small (Toronto)
Rookie of the WeekWeekRookie of the WeekRef1 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)2 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)3 Holly Ward (Vancouver)4 Stella Downing (Ottawa)5 Sarah Rollins (Toronto)6 Emily Wong (Vancouver)8 Olivia Scott (Ottawa)9 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)10 Stella Downing (Ottawa)13 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)14 Lauren Rowe (Toronto)15 Félicia Roy (Montreal)16 Serita Thurton (Calgary)17 Nikayla Small (Toronto)18 Colby Barnett (Toronto)19 Holly Ward (Vancouver)20 Holly Ward (Vancouver)21 Holly Ward (Vancouver)22 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)23 Noémi Paquin (Montreal)24 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)25 Cloey Uddenberg (Toronto)26 Sydney Kennedy (Halifax)27 Lauren Rowe (Toronto)
Goal of the WeekWeekGoal(s) of the WeekRef1 Quinn (Vancouver)2 Latifah Abdu (Montreal)3 Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto)4 Stella Downing (Ottawa)56 Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto)8 Ally Green (Calgary)9 Gunny Jónsdóttir (Halifax)10 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)13 Meggie Dougherty Howard (Calgary)14 Mégane Sauvé (Montreal)15 Tanya Boychuk (Montreal)16 Quinn (Vancouver)17 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)18 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver)19 Kang Chae-rim (Montreal)20 Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver)21 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver)22 Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto)23 Jazmine Wilkinson (Ottawa)24 Milly Clegg (Halifax)25 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)26 Sydney Kennedy (Halifax)27 Johanne Fridlund (Ottawa)
Move of the WeekWeekMove(s) of the WeekRef1 Holly Ward (Vancouver)2 Lee Min-a (Ottawa)34 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)5 Serita Thurton (Calgary)6 Hailey Whitaker (Montreal)8 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)9 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)10 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)13 Nikayla Small (Toronto)14 Megumi Nakamura (Halifax)15 Lisa Pechersky (Vancouver)16 Tiffany Cameron (Halifax)17 Stella Downing (Ottawa)18 Croix Soto (Toronto)1920Ottawa Rapid21 Félicia Roy (Montreal)22 Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto)23 Quinn (Vancouver)24 Colby Barnett (Toronto)2526 Milly Clegg (Halifax)27
Save of the WeekWeekSave(s) of the WeekRef1 Anna Karpenko (Toronto)2 Gabrielle Lambert (Montreal)3 Sofia Manner (Toronto)4 Morgan McAslan (Vancouver)5 Erin McLeod (Halifax)68 Erin McLeod (Halifax)9 Anna Karpenko (Montreal)1013 Anika Tóth (Halifax)14 Anika Tóth (Halifax)15 Stephanie Bukovec (Calgary)16 Sofia Manner (Toronto)17 Stephanie Bukovec (Calgary)18 Morgan McAslan (Vancouver)19 Stephanie Bukovec (Calgary)20 Stephanie Bukovec (Calgary)21 Anika Tóth (Calgary)22 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)23 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)24 Anika Tóth (Halifax)25 Anika Tóth (Halifax)26 Anika Tóth (Halifax)27 Anna Karpenko (Montreal)
Foreign players Rosters consisted of 20–25 players, of which a maximum of eight could be international players.
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 FormerAFC Toronto Colby Barnett Hong Hye-ji Aoi Kizaki Sofia Manner Esther Okoronkwo Croix Soto Shaina AshouriCalgary Wild FC Jorian Baucom Jackie Burns Meggie Dougherty Howard Ally Green Kahli Johnson Meikayla Moore Mijke Roelfsema Michelle Romero Sarah GriffithHalifax Tides FC Sofia Cedeño Milly Clegg Éva Frémaux Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir Megumi Nakamura Kiley Norkus Sara Olai Gianna CreightonMontreal Roses FC Charlotte Bilbault Lucy Cappadona Alexandria Hess Kang Chae-rim Julia Leas Lara Schenk Jodi Smith Hailey WhitakerOttawa Rapid FC Choo Hyo-joo Johanne Fridlund Ellen Gibson Susanne Haaland Jyllissa Harris Lee Min-a Ngozi Okobi-OkeogheneVancouver Rise FC Jessika Cowart Sofia Hagman Mariah Lee Josie Longhurst Nedya Sawan Jasmyne Spencer Nikki Stanton Yuka Okamoto Rebecca Lake 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.
In the United States, ESPN+ streamed 40+ matches including select playoff games and the final.
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