The 2026 Northern Super League season is the second season of the Northern Super League, the top level of women's Canadian soccer. The season started on April 24 and will conclude with the final on November 14.
Vancouver Rise FC are the defending league champions, while AFC Toronto are the defending regular season winners. The two faced each other in the first game of the season at Vancouver's Swangard Stadium.
Teams Six clubs are participating in the 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 BMO Field Vancouver Rise FC details Burnaby, British Columbia Swangard Stadium
Personnel and sponsorship +TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Calgary Wild Leah Blayney Meggie Dougherty Howard Hummel National Bank of Canada Halifax Tides Stephen Hart Sydney Kennedy, Saorla Miller Desjardins Montreal Roses Robert Rositoiu Tanya Boychuk, Megane Sauve Desjardins Ottawa Rapid Katrine Pedersen Olivia Scott National Bank of Canada AFC Toronto Marko Milanović Nikayla Small Desjardins Vancouver Rise Anja Heiner-Møller Shannon Woeller, Quinn National Bank of Canada
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointmentCalgary Wild FC Lydia BedfordLeft to coach England women's U-23 teamMarch 9, 2026Pre-season Sinead McSharryMarch 9, 2026Calgary Wild FC Sinead McSharryInterim spell overJuly 6, 20266th Leah BlayneyJuly 6, 2026Montreal Roses FC Robert RositoiuFiredAugust 20262nd Maryse Bard-MartelAugust 2026Vancouver Rise FC Anja Heiner-MøllerParted waysSeptember 7, 20265th Iain DarbyshireSeptember 7, 2026
Regular season Format Each club plays 25 matches during the season, playing each other club five times. The top four clubs will advance to the two-legged semifinals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match.
Standings
Results
Positions by week
Playoffs For the semifinals, the first legs will be played on October 31 and November 1, and the second legs will be played on November 7 and 8. The final will be played on November 14 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa.
Statistical leaders All stats are for the regular season only, and do not include playoffs. .
Top scorers
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Montreal Roses Vancouver Rise 5–1 (H) July 4
Top assists
Clean sheets
Attendance
Awards Monthly Awards Player of the MonthMonthPlayerRefMay Elyse Bennett (Montreal)June Lauren Rowe (Toronto)July Keera Melenhorst (Ottawa)August Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver)
Weekly Awards Stars of the WeekWeekFirst StarSecond StarThird StarRef1 Elyse Bennett (Montreal) Esther Okoronkwo (Toronto) Cho So-Hyun (Halifax)2 Keera Melenhorst (Ottawa) Rylee Foster (Halifax) Tanya Boychuk (Montreal)3 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Elyse Bennett (Montreal) Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)4 Mya Jones (Calgary) Jordyn Rhodes (Halifax) Choo Hyo-joo (Ottawa)5 Julianne Vallerand (Halifax) Tanya Boychuk (Montreal) Quinn (Vancouver)6 Nikayla Small (Toronto) Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Addy Weichers (Halifax)8 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa) Anna Karpenko (Montreal) Sarah Rollins (Toronto)9 Julianne Vallerand (Halifax) Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa) Nikayla Small (Toronto)10 Lauren Rowe (Toronto) Saorla Miller (Halifax) Liv Scott (Ottawa)11 Evelyn Badu (Montreal) Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Johanne Fridlund (Ottawa)12 Lee Min-a (Ottawa) Jorian Baucom (Calgary) Mia Pante (Vancouver)13 Sadie Waite (Ottawa) Quinn (Vancouver) Charlotte Bilbault (Montreal)14 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Charlotte Bilbault (Montreal) Keera Melenhorst (Ottawa)15 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Lisa Pechersky (Montreal) Jordyn Rhodes (Halifax)16 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) Colby Barnett (Toronto) Anika Tóth (Halifax)17 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver) Serita Thurton (Calgary) Anna Karpenko (Montreal)18 Alex Lamontagne (Vancouver) Jorian Baucom (Calgary) Elyse Bennett (Montreal)19 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto) Anne-Valérie Seto (Montreal) Kahli Johnson (Calgary)20 Elyse Bennett (Montreal) Grace Stordy (Calgary) Keera Melenhorst (Ottawa)21 Josie Aulicino (Calgary) Anna Bout (Vancouver) Lucy Cappadona (Montreal)
Save of the WeekWeekPlayerRef1 Morgan McAslan (Vancouver)2 Rylee Foster (Halifax)3 Danielle Krzyzaniak (Toronto)4 Katelin Talbert (Calgary)5 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)6 Rylee Foster (Halifax)8 Anna Karpenko (Montreal)9 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)10 Anika Toth (Halifax)11 Katelin Talbert (Calgary)12 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)13 Melissa Dagenais (Ottawa)14 Sabrina D'Angelo (Toronto)15 Sabrina D'Angelo (Toronto)16 Anika Tóth (Halifax)17 Anna Karpenko (Montreal)18 Sabrina D'Angelo (Toronto)19 Anna Karpenko (Montreal)20 Sabrina D'Angelo (Toronto)21 Sarah Keilty-Dilling (Calgary)
Goal of the WeekWeekPlayerRef1 Elyse Bennett (Montreal)2 Keera Melenhorst (Ottawa)3 Delaney Baie Pridham (Ottawa)4 Sadie Waite (Ottawa)5 Julianne Vallerand (Halifax)6 Julia Benati (Halifax)8 Lisa Pechersky (Montreal)9 Kahli Johnson (Calgary)10 Anaïs Oularbi (Vancouver)11 Evelyn Badu (Montreal)12 Lee Min-a (Ottawa)13 Sadie Waite (Ottawa)14 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)15 Mimi Alidou (Montreal)16 Nicola Golen (Ottawa)17 Jessica De Filippo (Vancouver)18 Jorian Baucom (Calgary)19 Kaylee Hunter (Toronto)20 Julia Benati (Halifax)21 Taegan Stewart (Calgary)
Other Awards Impact AwardDatePlayerRefSeptember 4, 2026 Allie Hess (Calgary)September 11, 2026 Nikayla Small (Toronto)September 16, 2026 Emily Amano (Ottawa)
Foreign players Rosters consist of 20–25 players, of which a maximum of eight can be international players.
The following international players were signed for the 2026 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 Jordan Brewster Croix Soto Esther Okoronkwo Mia Fontana Colby Barnett Linda Owusu Ansah Lena Silano Sofia MannerCalgary Wild FC Katelin Talbert Allie Hess Jorian Baucom Meikayla Moore Kahli Johnson Meggie Dougherty Howard Michelle RomeroHalifax Tides FC Sheyenne Allen Julie Pedersen Cho So-hyun Katherine Jordan Synne Moe Megumi Nakamura Éva Frémaux Jordyn RhodesMontreal Roses FC Lucy Cappadona Hailey Whitaker Julia Leas Elyse Bennett Kang Chae-rim Evelyn Badu Choi Han-bin Charlotte BilbaultOttawa Rapid FC Susanne Haaland Johanne Fridlund Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene Lee Min-a Choo Hyo-joo Jung Min-young Jyllissa HarrisVancouver Rise FC Jessika Cowart Nikki Stanton María Camila Reyes Yuka Okamoto Maithé López Josie Longhurst Tori Tumeth Chantelle Swaby Mariah Lee
Broadcasting All 75 Northern Super League regular season matches will be available nationally across multiple platforms, through TSN and CBC. In addition to linear broadcasts, a "Game of the Week" will stream on CBC Gem and NSL.ca, while additional matches will stream on TSN+ and NSL.ca. French-language coverage will be available for all Montreal Roses matches, through RDS and ICI Radio-Canada Télé and ICI TOU.TV.
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