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Northern Super League
Season2025
DatesApril 16 – TBA
← Debut season 2026 →

The 2025 Northern Super League season is the first season of the Northern Super League, the top level of women's Canadian soccer.

Teams

2025 Northern Super League season is located in CanadaVancouverVancouverCalgaryCalgaryTorontoTorontoHalifaxHalifaxMontrealMontrealOttawaOttawa Location of the 2025 Northern Super League teams

Six clubs will participate in the inaugural season.

Team City Stadium Capacity Head coach
Calgary Wild FC Calgary McMahon Stadium 35,400 England Lydia Bedford
Halifax Tides FC Halifax Wanderers Grounds 6,500 Canada Lewis Page
Montreal Roses FC Montreal Various (TBA) Romania Robert Rositoiu
Ottawa Rapid FC Ottawa TD Place Stadium 24,000 Denmark Katrine Pedersen
AFC Toronto Toronto York Lions Stadium 4,000 Canada Marko Milanović
Vancouver Rise FC Vancouver Swangard Stadium 5,288 Denmark Anja Heiner-Møller

Season and format

Format

Clubs will play 25 matches during the season, playing each club five times. The top four clubs will advance to the two-legged semi-finals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Playoff qualification
1 AFC Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Playoffs
2 Calgary Wild FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Halifax Tides FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Montreal Roses FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ottawa Rapid FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Vancouver Rise FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on November 6, 2024. Source:

Playoffs

Semifinals
TBD 		Final
TBD
        
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Foreign players

Northern Super League rosters will consist of 20-25 players, of which a maximum of seven can be international players.

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 Former players
AFC Toronto South Korea Hong Hye-ji Japan Aoi Kizaki Finland Sofia Manner United States Croix Soto
Calgary Wild FC New Zealand Meikayla Moore Netherlands Mijke Roelfsema
Halifax Tides FC United States Gianna Creighton
Montreal Roses FC France Charlotte Bilbault
Ottawa Rapid FC
Vancouver Rise FC Wales Josie Longhurst United States Nikki Stanton

References

  1. "NSL co-founder Diana Matheson likes what she sees as new women's league countdown to kickoff hits 100 days". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. January 6, 2025. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ^ Davidson, Neil (September 12, 2024). "Northern Super League opens sales of season tickets for 2025 kickoff". CBC Sports.
  3. "Fledgling Northern Super League close to announcing initial women's player signings". CBC Sports. October 18, 2024.
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